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3 months ago
Direct link to this HD Quicktime video on my webpage: tomguilmette.com/Site/EX1_Letus_Videos/Pages/attitashmtb720_hi.html

This is a short film I shot and edited for Attitash Mountain in Bartlett, New Hampshire.

The idea was to create a film for attitash.com to let other mountain bikers (or people who want to try the sport) know that Attitash has some great lift service downhill mountain biking.

I shot this three days ago and mounted a Sony HC3 HDV camera to a Bogen magic arm and clamped the contraption to my Iron Horse Sunday downhill bike. I rode down the trails that we were going to showcase in the film.

I joined up with six local riders from the Bartlett, NH area and I shot the Holy Chute trail from start to finish with the guys. I used my Sony PMW-EX1 with the Letus, a Vinten Vision 3 tripod, and a bag of assorted 35mm lenses. I shot the entire film in 720p 24p.

TRT 4min 25sec

Go to attitash.com for more information.
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  • Scott Karlins 3 months ago
    Tom, excellent footage! Very nice film short. It looks like the Bogen MagicArm worked out great. Very stable shots.
  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    i added a few tie wraps to the magic arm just in case.
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  • Matthew Robertson 3 months ago
    Great work tom! Loved the shot at 3:23
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  • astute 3 months ago
    Very nice, I love the interview shots, vibrant colors, good dof nice framing, good camera work.
    Also the zoom action shots were very sweet.

    Only it is very noticeable that the flash video codec is not amused by all the sudden movements and it gets blocky and low bit-ratey a lot of times.

    I must say this is the most polished piece of work that I have seen from you. Only minor comment, it might be a bit on the long side near the end.
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  • alex haworth 3 months ago
    I prefer a lot tighter shot when filming riding as it sets the adrenalin more and you become emerged in it more as its a high action sport.

    not sure if i liked the cam mount, seems to be done a lot in mtb amatures but it did look sweet on the lift.

    brave man strapping your camera to the bike!

    ridings fun :D i filmed a documentary on a dher who did a 30foot drop and smashed his spine and now rides with 1 arm, some rushes on my profile in pap quality.
  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    tight is good, but i am shooting with a letus 35mm adapter in low light and my depth of field is as thin as a blade of grass. in this case, wider was easier!
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  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    I had a problem with this video on Vimeo, sorry. I am re-uploading the video and it should be ready to watch now.
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  • Skyler Nilsen 3 months ago
    good riding/editing, but you can tell most of the clips are sped-up hahaha
  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    yea all of the riding shots are. 10 percent to 30 percent.

    anyone who rides downhill mountain bikes can tell, but it speeds things up and paces the film well.
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  • Robert Lyon 3 months ago
    One of the best I've seen on here yet!

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  • Nowawes 3 months ago
    Excellent!
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  • Brian Boudreau 3 months ago
    Really great work on this one Tom great DOF on the interviews. audio was great what mic are you using? I cant belive you mounted your cam on that bike. worked out well. that shot at 3:23 is crazy
  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    thanks brian. i use the sony ecm-77b lav mic hard wired via xlr to my ex1.
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  • Brennan Wright 3 months ago
    this reminds me of rush HD that one extreme sports tvshow soooo cool
  • Tom Guilmette 3 months ago
    the guys from matchstick productions were on attitash mountain shooting a week before me. aaron chase, cameron zink and others were downhilling and being video taped with a sony 750 hdcam and 16mm film camera. it will air on rush hd on a show called "focused". it should be on soon.
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  • Steve Muskie 3 months ago
    Lots of fun to watch. At age 59, I'll never be doing it, so it's a vicarious pleasure. I liked the timing of the piece and would enjoy seeing a longer short.
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  • Greg Girardin 3 months ago
    Great vid as usual. Glad to know that the footage was sped up a bit because if I tried to go down that mountain that fast I'd be dead by now!

    Definitely would want a bike with full suspension before I'd try that.
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  • Austin Vavrovics 3 months ago
    I didnt know you ride! Thats good stuff! DH is way to much fun and it hurts like a bitch!
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  • elholandes 2 months ago
    did you use wireless lavaliers on your video. I think I saw one lavalier sticking out of one guy being interviewed. Loved the audio.
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