Making Trials Videos

[findy camera man!]

I'm more photography than video but have been given the task of making one.

anyone got any tips for me, what kind of footage to get, programmes to use etc.......

any help much appreciated

[Mark W]

Hey,

First off, just get as much footage as possible. Even if you think it'll be useless, record it and save it. It may come in handy later.

Get a decent editing package. Moviemaker2 is free from www.download.com, and althoguh basic will let you get to grips with editing.

To choose the music, pick something that compliments the riding, not just something you happen to like. Trials is, by it's nature, a more mellower sport than BMX, so it doesn't ahve to be super heavy metal or anything, you can get away with much more chilled stuff like hip-hop, etc.

So yeah, just get moviemaker2, get footage, listen to loads of songs 'til you find one that fits, then edit away :turned:

Mark

[cp101]

I dabble in the visual arts, and I am a poor musician. Don't use Linkin Park. Anything that is angsty, and rather BAD at that, don't use. Yes, it's opinion, but these are grown men, GROWN MEN TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS YOU FACED AS FOURTEEN YEAR OLD. I am done.

Trip Hop - good stuff, slow and mellow.

Massive Attack

Unkle

Rock - Soft, usually, not a lot of distorted guitar.

Audioslave's new album is pretty good.

Coldplay

If you use the internet, as I'm sure you do, download Adobe Premier, those bastards are rich as it is, f-em, and you're not selling the stuff, are you?

But, yes - a lot of footage, a lot of differing footage, most people don't like seeing the same thing over and over again. That bench may be pretty, but I don't care for it.

If someone crashes, and tries the same thing again, for the sake of originality, don't include that as your footage.

Like Ryan Leech says "manifesto style" in that cocky canadian accent. make sure you don't capture half the hopping a rider does to correct himself.

Get rid of the sound from the pre-music footage for christsakes, its tacky.

If you see someone about to crash, follow the rider, to see how he messed up, then use it for the footage of the crash video you're gonna make one day featuring your favorite hard rock band ( not Linkin Park ).

Don't use classical music; trials is not that fancy. you wish. YOU WISH.