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1. Summertime Blue
2 months ago
Bit of footling about done over the weekend before last with my new Canon gizmo.

Big props to Philip Bloom and those GreenJelly Film lads who's work here on Vimeo have been both an inspiration and a kick up the jacks for me to take up an account herein and to explore what I can do with the HF10 beyond 'happy clips'. Been a long time stills jockey but go easy - this is my first ever 'short' I guess.

So this is it then.

Shot on a Canon HF 10 post done in FCE and grad with Magic Bullet Looks. Edit: Exported h264 .mov @ 1280x720

Music: Stormy Weather - Duke Ellington.

Happy enough for a first attempt on what was a very wet afternoon.

Things I've learned:
Get a more robust tripod and keep yer damn hands off the thing when shooting. Have patience. Keep warm!

Things to get/save for:
Letus Mini + some Canon Primes and a Zoom
Decent tripod.

But hey it's early days :o)
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  • monso 2 months ago
    very very beautiful
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  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 2 months ago
    You're on your way to something big here :)

    The ducks didn't do much for me. Maybe you should have framed them differently. Colour grading was nice - the vignette/border thing a little too heavy at times, though...

    Keep it up.
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  • Greg Wallis 2 months ago
    Dark, moody, nicely done. We likes it.
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  • Adam Clare 2 months ago
    Thanks lads! Gonna keep trying, this place is an inspiration, you've all got great portfolios.

    Yep was going for moody/dark but maybe I need to ease up a little - less is more and all that. Appreciate the feedback! It's how we learn and grow. Cheers! :o)
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  • Jason Zada 1 month ago
    this is awesome. Nicely colored and done. I just bought the Canon hf10 today and I am looking forward to playing around with this in upcoming weeks. Any advice on shooting modes?
  • Adam Clare 1 month ago
    Thanks Jason! and congrats on getting a HF10 (dinky arn't they?) - in it's price bracket it is the best point and shoot AVCHD IMHO (would love an EX1 or EX3 but don't have the pocket money at the mo' - one day eh ;o))
    Well I'm only just starting out with it myself and used the the Cinema Mode @ 25p for this short (although some of the rain shots were 50p come to think of it)

    Thanks for adding the clip to the HF10 pool! :o)
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  • Tom Wong 1 month ago
    Beautiful compositions & color grading ! Looking foward to your next film. One question - you wrote you edited in FCE (Final Cut Express), does Magic Bullet work with FCE ? Because I thought it only works with Final Cut Pro. Thanks !







  • Adam Clare 1 month ago
    Thanks Tom! Yep MBL works in FCE no problem!
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