350z twin turbo video shoot!

[djtimodj]

Just been playing about yesterday and did a small shoot (on the drive way! lol) of the zed! what do you think?

Any tips for filming would be great too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2A_8BuHj4

[RB Will]

Car and video look pretty slick but did I see standard Brembos on there

[djtimodj]

RB Will said:

Car and video look pretty slick but did I see standard Brembos on there

Yeah OEM brembo's but stoptech floating disc's, Performance friction carbon pad's, braided lines and Motul RFB 660 fluid! There set up quite well to be honest! LOL..I would love a BBK though! ha..

[DanDC5]

Sure I saw this coming from Silverstone last Sunday. And it was on the cover of Banzai mag a while back I think?

[djtimodj]

DanDC5 said:

Sure I saw this coming from Silverstone last Sunday. And it was on the cover of Banzai mag a while back I think?

Yeah I was at the brit car 24H last weekend mate, Were you the one In the DC5 I passed?

[Beeznitch]

Needs more red Corvette as the camera car Timmy

[DanDC5]

djtimodj said:

Yeah I was at the brit car 24H last weekend mate, Were you the one In the DC5 I passed?

Yea. I wanted to have another look at your car so decided pass my mate

It does look mean coming up behind. I did have a quick look at much it would be to twin turbo a 350 when I got home, then I got depressed when I saw the costs.

[djtimodj]

Beeznitch said:

Needs more red Corvette as the camera car Timmy

LOL... So you are still alive! lol... Yeah mate need to get out and do another video soon.

[djtimodj]

DanDC5 said:

Yea. I wanted to have another look at your car so decided pass my mate

It does look mean coming up behind. I did have a quick look at much it would be to twin turbo a 350 when I got home, then I got depressed when I saw the costs.

Lol... Yeah tell me about it :-s haha

[DanDC5]

Car looks and sounds very nice though dude. I like a lot.

[djtimodj]

DanDC5 said:

Car looks and sounds very nice though dude. I like a lot.

Thanks man, I love the DC5's too, My girl friend really wanted one but she's a bit small for them really so she's looking at a S2K now!

[Benbay001]

I like the music what is it? Great video editing skills too!
Forget that, i found the song.

[DanDC5]

djtimodj said:

DanDC5 said:

Car looks and sounds very nice though dude. I like a lot.

Thanks man, I love the DC5's too, My girl friend really wanted one but she's a bit small for them really so she's looking at a S2K now!

I keep looking at S2k's to be honest, didn't realise how cheap I could insure one for now I'm 25. It's made a massive difference. Think it's going to be a wait until after winter decision....

[Lunja]

Your vids look great! Have you been watching any of Stephen Brook's films on Vimeo by any chance? If not it's definitely worth having a look because he creates beautiful vids using a humble DSLR and a few primes.

To take it to the next level I would suggest investing and a tripod with a fluid video head to give smoother pans and tilts. Manfrotto, Vinten and Libec are the most well known, but their stuff isn't cheap. One super-cheap way to get smother pans with a cheaper tripod is to hook a rubber band around the pan bar and pull the tripod head round with your finger. The band acts as a shock absorber and smoothes the movement.

Quick question - what are you using to create the shaky low-signal type effects?

[RB Will]

djtimodj said:

RB Will said:

Car and video look pretty slick but did I see standard Brembos on there

Yeah OEM brembo's but stoptech floating disc's, Performance friction carbon pad's, braided lines and Motul RFB 660 fluid! There set up quite well to be honest! LOL..I would love a BBK though! ha..

How well do they cope? I run the same Brembos on my Impreza which I'm guessing is a fair bit lighter than your 350 and even with braided lines, 5.1 fluid and DS2500 pads they just can't cope with it on a track. I have a set of AP Racing 6pots going on there shortly.

[djtimodj]

Lunja said:

Your vids look great! Have you been watching any of Stephen Brook's films on Vimeo by any chance? If not it's definitely worth having a look because he creates beautiful vids using a humble DSLR and a few primes.

To take it to the next level I would suggest investing and a tripod with a fluid video head to give smoother pans and tilts. Manfrotto, Vinten and Libec are the most well known, but their stuff isn't cheap. One super-cheap way to get smother pans with a cheaper tripod is to hook a rubber band around the pan bar and pull the tripod head round with your finger. The band acts as a shock absorber and smoothes the movement.

Quick question - what are you using to create the shaky low-signal type effects?

Thanks mate, A fluid head is next on my shopping list! The effects were all done usinf FCP X software. You can pick a trial version up that lasts 30 days!

[Tuvra]

I think the video needs a few "whole car" shots at the end with some nice effects.

In regards to the car, its great, however the standard Z wheel does look awfully cheap, it may just be the video though...

[djtimodj]

Tuvra said:

I think the video needs a few "whole car" shots at the end with some nice effects.

In regards to the car, its great, however the standard Z wheel does look awfully cheap, it may just be the video though...

Yeah no full car shots as this was taken on the driveway! lol...Wheel? steering wheel? Yeah Its not the best and I have a Nardi tornio deep corn ready to go on when I pick up a steering wheel quick release!

[Tuvra]

djtimodj said:

Tuvra said:

I think the video needs a few "whole car" shots at the end with some nice effects.

In regards to the car, its great, however the standard Z wheel does look awfully cheap, it may just be the video though...

Yeah no full car shots as this was taken on the driveway! lol...Wheel? steering wheel? Yeah Its not the best and I have a Nardi tornio deep corn ready to go on when I pick up a steering wheel quick release!

Yeah sorry, the steering wheel, it looks very cheap and old fashioned. Its the shape plus the texture of the plastic I think. A new wheel will correct my only complaint - Love the WHEELS by the way

I think a few full car shots in a cool location (im thinking derelict factory) with some nice lighting effects effects would slide in lovely right at the end of a very cool video.

Good work!

[Lunja]

djtimodj said:

The effects were all done usinf FCP X software. You can pick a trial version up that lasts 30 days!

Is there a specific effect that you dropped onto the clip in FCP or did you create it yourself? I use Premiere and I'm sure I could replicate the effect by using a lined overlay, playing with the white levels and keying the movement, which isn't a huge amount of work but if there's a drag-and-drop effect that gives that result I'll look around for the CS5 equivalent.