Don't give too much credit to that "YouTube Video". It's 99% an EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE television commercial that ran on-air ages ago.
All they did to it was replace the soundtrack with Hillary Clinton speaking and superimpose her image on the screen the people were watching. Oh. They added some text also. *yawn*. They're calling this a "mash-up", but it isn't. You could do the same thing with a static shot of Prince playing the halftime show @ this year's Super Bowl. Find a shot where nothing moves, and there's a screen present in the background. Use any editing system that allows you to change the location, size, rotation and perspective of the video you want to be on the screen to make that video cover exactly the location of the screen in the background. Et Voila... You're on the big screen @ the Super Bowl eating potato chips while Prince is in the foreground singing and playing. PS - Don't forget to remove the image just before the frame of the explosion, so it looks like they blew up your actual video. Technology's advanced a lot since the original commercial was made, but at the time, hardware for broadcast quality editing and special effects was VEEEERY expensive. If you include building the set, hiring the actors, shooting on film (high speed film to get smooth slow motion), special effects explosions and lighting effects (make the crowd light up as if a screen actually exploded), film to video transfer, color timing, messenger fees... oh... it was a commercial, so paying the Account Execs, Writers, Art Directors, Supervisors, Producers, Editor(s), paying for the Edit Suite @ ~300/hr, Sushi for lunch and whatever else I forgot about editing commercials..... It's safe to say that that "YouTube Video" cost more to make than most people's houses. Literally. That's not to say that we can't make good videos with the equipment that's available to us, including iMovie and Windows Movie Maker. The point is that that particular video was made with minimal effort to piggyback on an already successful MSM commercial... similar to MC Hammer rapping over already established records like "Super Freak" and having that record be a hit. -- Bill C. http://TheLab.ReelSolid.TV --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Aldon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the YouTube video, Vote Different, is sure getting a lot of > attention. People have talked about how with YouTube, anyone can now > make and distribute great videos. > > I must admit, I think it is an incredible video, but with all of my > limited video editing ability, there is no way that I could make such > video. > > So, my question to everyone on the list: What sort of tools do you > think were used to create the video, (or what tools would you have > used?) How do we help others learn to use such tools and be more > creative in the videos the produce? > > Aldon >
