Win a Fuku
7Last October / early November (shooting was November 3rd), Pavlov's firm had the chance to consult on a project using the Phantom Flex4K High-Speed Digital Camera, a camera that we've used extensively for clients since we first got our hands on a (beta) preview copy of the camera in March of 2013, courtesy of Vision Research. This particular shoot was a ton of fun, even though it was a technical monster - and I, Pavlov (along with several of my colleagues), appear in the video. Pick me out (put the timestamp and description of who you think I am) in the comments section below and the first one to get it right wins a Fuku of questionable content (it'll be good) courtesy of your's truly. You only get one guess, make it good. If no one picks me out by Sunday, 2-15-15, I'll award the Fuku randomly so the thread will die and end the suspense. The video is a recent Vimeo Staff Pick. We're proud to have been a part of the planning and execution of the project and we thank VLB Recordings & La Planete Rouge for the opportunity.
This is a real-time performance, filmed at 1000 frames/second from a vehicle driven at a constant 50 km/h across approx. 80-90 meters - the shoot was 5 seconds (limited by the camera), yielding an approximate 3 minute, 30 second video. Obviously, there were composite elements added in post and multiple takes were stitched, but it is an amazing accomplishment - all in only four takes.
Enjoy!
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Good stuff. No guess from me, I have enough fuku in my life.
ok, I'll guess. Couch phone guy.
@cleverogre No, Sorry.
@Pavlov that's a relief. I really don't need more stuff, no matter how cool. Thanks for sharing!
@cleverogre Thanks, you're welcome. Glad I could help by not sending you crap.
My guess is:
You are the Angel eating grapes and swigging JD at 0:30
@thismyusername I didn't even look that good in High School . . . nope.
@Pavlov Do we get multiple guesses or just one try? and here have a yellow box for that reply :D (image explaining my yellow box comment )
@thismyusername Just one guess per username please (I do not condone the making of another username, but no one is stopping you, and @snapster will think he had a spike in membership).
@Pavlov aww man... here is hoping your thread falls down the list where no one notices and I win the random ;)
Okay.
So you're not Siska.
If I had to guess, which it seems I do, I'd say you're one of the Army-men manning the confetti cannon.
@er1c Sorry, no. Although I have a bag attached to the ceiling in my bedroom and my wife controls the rip-cord. You do the math.
@Pavlov A bag of confetti, that is to say.
2:42: Guy with Red Lightsaber.
@BillLehecka Dude...I was just gonna say that. Ouch town, population: me.
@studerc No, sorry.
Since @BillLehecka stole mine just seconds before posting i will go with the guy with the Blue Lightsaber.
@studerc No, sorry.
@studerc We're both losers.... HIGH FIVE!
@BillLehecka HIGH FIVE, ALRIGHT!!
@studerc Although he did quote you... Not me... Hmm...
@BillLehecka Sorry - wasn't intentional. It was not your guess either.
One of the photographers at 1:33, the one with the short sleeve green shirt.
@Trillian Sorry, nope.
You are the guy with sunglasses and a bathrobe getting shot by an arrow.
@phatmass Sorry, no.
Awesome video! I'll go with arrow shooter at 0:24.
@KatyG Thanks! Nope, sorry.
With the hat and holding the camera in the air.
@pooflady Sorry, no.
Very slick video, watched it twice through before making a guess. 0:44 The vacuum cleaner salesman
@Nikodemus No, sorry - but I do know him. Good guess though for several reasons (which will remain a mystery), actually.
@Pavlov
was gonna go with vacuum guy but ill go with guy on sofa.
@Headly Sorry, no.
Would the Fuku happen to include a Phantom? ;-)
@jqubed A DJI Phantom? No. Sorry.
@Pavlov no, no, I want the camera.
@jqubed Yes, I know, hence my reply. A DJI Phantom would be as close to the high end amount of $$ I'd consider to be in a rocking ass Fuku. The Phantom Flex isn't Fuku, it is a lottery win.
You're obviously the guy fishing in the beginning of the video
@tfreeman451 Obviously, you've guessed . . . wrong. No, sorry. But I am a guy and there are only 80-90 people in the video, so this shouldn't last too much longer.
The fisherman at the very beginning?
@conandlibrarian Sorry, no.
I say the person in the sheet at 1:12
@walruspl DING DING, that didn't take long. We have a WINNER. Congrats! Send your shipping deets to codenamepavlov at gmail dot com.
@walruspl GRATZ!
@walruspl I'd like to get this to UPS or FedEx this weekend, don't forget to send shipping details to codenamepavlov@gmail.com and if you're up for it do post pictures of your Fuku back here in the thread please. Thanks!
@Pavlov Yay! I've never really won anything before - It's nice that it would be a Fuku. Thanks for the cool contest!
@walruspl You're welcome! I've got your info and the Fuku will ship out tomorrow!
@walruspl has won - thanks for playing! Enjoy the video!
@Pavlov holy crap your a g.. g... g... ghost!
@Pavlov You know, my SECOND guess would have been guy in the sheet. Oh well...
@BillLehecka Yes, a sheet ironing a sheet. Gotta love it.
Only because he's one of the few people that seems to be looking at the camera - I'm going with the guy in the red top at 1:02.
@ilovereality bzzzzzz I lose - lol
@ilovereality Sorry - but thanks for watching!
I would have guessed wrong anyway, but that's hella cool. Watched it through three times and I know I'll see new stuff the next couple of views, too. Nice.
@editorkid Thanks kid. You're on my list of peeps to hang with before I die. My treat.
That was definitely a cool video! I saw it too late to try and win.. but I enjoyed the video and the idea behind the contest! Good times! Thanks @Pavlov
@kadagan Thanks!
I was going to guess you were dressed as the fish. So... not the fish? Are you sure?
@DaveInSoCal Smell my finger. That's not fish.
Saw this way too late - but love the ghost costume :)
@trlenoir Did you notice we used the "sheet ironing the sheet" I was dressed up as for a marker to splice in post? Watch closely and I disappear and then magically reappear as if being squeezed behind the foreground . . . No one has commented on it yet . . . There's actually a good reason we used a "ghost" - subconsciously, when most people watch the video, their minds are tricked by "oh, that's someone playing a ghost" - so when the ghost disappears, they don't notice it. Their brain just accepts the illusion. It was strategic.
@Pavlov Or "strategery " . . .
@Pavlov I finally got to watch it on a monitor, thus making it much easier to see. The splice is perfectly timed as you pass behind the guy in front of you. I'm sure at anything close to real time it wouldn't be visible. Good stuff!
@Cinoclav One pass in real time is five seconds. Start to finish.
@Pavlov Yeah, caught that in the description. When I was young I really wanted to get into special effects work. It's truly amazing to see where technology has taken us.
I saw two separate flying cats in the video. Can you claim no animals were harmed in the making of this video?
What about the guy that got hit in the chest with an arrow? Did he died?
@cengland0 1) No. Animals were in fact harmed during the making of this film but they were not feline. 2) No, but his condition is terminal. As is everyone else's.
The Fuku has been sent - 20 x 12 x 8 - 12 lbs.
@walruspl should have it by Tuesday or Wednesday end of day, and has reported back to me that he'll post details of the Fuku here in the thread.
This was really fun - I hope someone else does something similar sometime!
Thanks everyone!
Cool video! So much going on, and I like how it came full circle with the arrow shot at the beginning hitting the guy near the end.
@hallmike What?? No spoiler alert warning??? ;)
Really awesome video, @Pavlov! I'm curious what your exact role was for the video, what did you work on?
@JonT Vision Research asked us for a favor to lend technical support to La Planete Rouge in planning the shoot and blocking elements of the scene based on Benoit Maffone's visionary VFX concept. We assisted their team in rendering basic 3D modeling of the shoot and used our past experience with the camera to help them ensure that the passes would (could) be stitched somewhat seamlessly based on said character blocking accounting for multiple passes and allowing for compositing, as there was no way this could be pulled in a single take. Some composited elements were dropped by their team as a result of our cursory collaboration and others were substituted. Additionally, we offered advice on maximizing dynamic range with the camera so that the footage would be easier to manipulate in post as natural lighting conditions changed over the course of the multiple passes. In all, our contributions were small relative to the amazing brilliance and planning of Benoit Maffone and director Guillaume Panariello. As we enjoy a close working relationship with Vision Research it was our privilege to assist in any way which we could offer.
@Pavlov That was fantastic, hope you guys had fun! How many takes did you do, or was it a one shot kinda thing?
@smigit2002 There were four passes that the team made - four takes. There is video of one pass here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1531416613787300 (in real time).
@Pavlov Also - here are some stills from Siska's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1532904656971829.1073741828.1525384704390491
@Pavlov good good
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/it-only-took-5-seconds-to-film-this-entire-music-video-1685122179
@CrossIT PetaPixel's article itself is a bit better and links to one of the inspirations for this video at the bottom, a project realized by Adam Magyar. See: http://petapixel.com/2015/02/10/3-5-minute-music-video-shot-5-seconds-1000fps-high-speed-camera And although it does look like it is mostly all one take, footage from all four takes comprises the final cut. In fact, I've pointed out one (large) transition point between takes in this thread. Glad you liked it!
Great video!
@Cirrius Thanks! The end result was amazing.
@walruspl's Fuku was delivered today - hope he likes it! Maybe he'll post pics or list it out - I was going to keep track of everything I tossed in the box, but he said he has never really "won" anything before and I just kept packing random things in. Enjoy!
Well, here it is -
wow this was a whole lot of awesome!
Included in my fuku contest box winnings were:
notebook cooling case
spongebob kite
B&D pocket flex light
enesco angel
portable coffee maker
60% chocolate (where's the other 40% ?)
USB sharing device
pinewood derby kit (gift wrapped)
Fantastic Four comics
neoprene sleeves (where have I seen these before?)
clothes pins (old style)
camera bag
included in the camera bag were:
green energy battery charger
car emergency light
clairol hair color (now I can color my hair - is this unisex?)
glow orange sticks
tripod
toothbrush (after chocolate use)
Very, very cool. Thanks a bunch @Pavlov!
@walruspl You're welcome. The chocolate I got at a duty free at Ben Gurion Airport (Israel) on a layover = it is REALLY good stuff. You left out the multi-tool from the list . . . the "tripod" is a Targus laptop cooling stand. The bigger Microsoft cooling base is better but I didn't know if the noise from the fan would be a bother so I tossed it in too. @BillLehecka will probably fight you over the comic books. Find a creative use for the clothespins. I dunno if the hair color is unisex but I wouldn't have sex during application - but, that is totally up to you. Have fun, my new Meh friend! Enjoy! (I actually forgot some o the stuff I tossed in, I should have kept a list, but it looks like it is all there)
@Pavlov I have to ask..did your son just cross over to scouts? Re: pinewood derby car..we have sooo many leftover!
I love purple.
@mikibell No - he's still Webelos working on his Arrow of Light, I just have a lot of the cars . . . A LOT.
@Barney Thanks for the love Barney.
@walruspl wow - looks like a fuku haul better than even alot of the fuku meh sends out. i wanna trade with @pavlov in march!
@volcanic @pavlov ME TOO (although what I got from @studrec was pretty darn nice as well!! Thanks again!)
Whattt a cool video! It had everything
Here it is in real time (saw the link on one of the comments on the video) - it is on a loop.
http://coub.com/view/4zc4a