VIDEO Summer in Japan (and Taiwan)

namco · 27th August 2012, 2:38 PM

My life in Japan and a short trip in Taiwan.
Shot in June, July and August 2012.

Using OM-D with 12/45/20 lenses.

Deftone2k · 27th August 2012, 3:00 PM

Nice mate.. great like your last video.

Also great choice of music.. Beach House definitely suited that video.

Blankdots · 27th August 2012, 7:03 PM

Nice. Really loved how the start and the end went back to a train station.

You were really brave to film when you went clubbing. I've seen peoples sensors get destroyed by those sweeping lasers.

dche5390 · 27th August 2012, 8:21 PM

I am .. blown away ..

breakd0wn · 27th August 2012, 9:22 PM

I love it. The music, the tones, the footage... everything. It just comes together so perfectly.

I recently came back from Japan and the way you have captured the subculture of Japan and the life you lived is pretty spot on to my own experiences.

Good work! Keep it up champ!

Just a curious, what editing software did you use for this video? and did you apply a video tone on it? and if you did, which one?

froggi · 27th August 2012, 10:12 PM

amazing! seeing your video just makes me wanna go back to both countries!

namco · 27th August 2012, 10:58 PM

Cheers guys.

I edited it using Final Cut Pro X. I'm a noob at it so I only tinker with what I know. I like the colour correction feature because it's familiar to me coming from years of photography.

I didnt use any presets. Every scene was colour corrected individually. This is the first time that i've fully played around with colour correction so it was real easy to go too far etc. This definitely took the most amount of time.

kpra1 · 27th August 2012, 11:19 PM

Awesome stuff mate

Definitely inspired!

+1 for Beach House

lothloriel · 27th August 2012, 11:59 PM

wonderful. loved every bit of it.

GreasyBear · 28th August 2012, 12:16 AM

Sweet video dude, good work

a777 · 28th August 2012, 2:03 AM

Awesome work as per usual!

Reason · 28th August 2012, 2:44 PM

Another great video... editing is spot on.
a noob? yeah right, a natural is more like it.

matt-chops · 28th August 2012, 5:24 PM

Great footage, really nicely shot and edited.

herzeg · 28th August 2012, 11:50 PM

That's bloody fantastic...

Pollywaffle · 29th August 2012, 1:09 AM

I am without speak. Nothing I say can do justice to how beautiful/sweet/soothing this video is.

27th August 2012, 2:38 PM	#1
namco Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 156	Summer in Japan (and Taiwan) My life in Japan and a short trip in Taiwan. Shot in June, July and August 2012. Using OM-D with 12/45/20 lenses.

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Deftone2k Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: North Strathfield, NSW Posts: 12,634	Nice mate.. great like your last video. Also great choice of music.. Beach House definitely suited that video. __________________ Jack Chauvel Photography Guide to B&W Film Development \| Flickr \| Facebook \| Twitter \| My Travels in Photos 186* Successful Trades Last edited by Deftone2k; 27th August 2012 at 3:08 PM.

27th August 2012, 7:03 PM	#3
Blankdots Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 29	Nice. Really loved how the start and the end went back to a train station. You were really brave to film when you went clubbing. I've seen peoples sensors get destroyed by those sweeping lasers. __________________ Successful trades: Interlopr ($1800), Kujaroth ($230), Zangetsu ($630), Winston Pang ($35)

27th August 2012, 8:21 PM	#4
dche5390 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,900	I am .. blown away .. __________________ Storytellers of love + life

27th August 2012, 11:19 PM	#8
kpra1 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 214	Awesome stuff mate Definitely inspired! +1 for Beach House __________________ Redbubble flickr Last.FM

27th August 2012, 9:22 PM	#5
breakd0wn Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 84	I love it. The music, the tones, the footage... everything. It just comes together so perfectly. I recently came back from Japan and the way you have captured the subculture of Japan and the life you lived is pretty spot on to my own experiences. Good work! Keep it up champ! Just a curious, what editing software did you use for this video? and did you apply a video tone on it? and if you did, which one?

27th August 2012, 10:12 PM	#6
froggi Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 432	amazing! seeing your video just makes me wanna go back to both countries!

27th August 2012, 10:58 PM	#7
namco Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 156	Cheers guys. I edited it using Final Cut Pro X. I'm a noob at it so I only tinker with what I know. I like the colour correction feature because it's familiar to me coming from years of photography. I didnt use any presets. Every scene was colour corrected individually. This is the first time that i've fully played around with colour correction so it was real easy to go too far etc. This definitely took the most amount of time.

27th August 2012, 11:59 PM	#9
lothloriel Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,147	wonderful. loved every bit of it. __________________ \| last.fm \| What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? -W. H. Davies

28th August 2012, 12:16 AM	#10
GreasyBear Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sydbourne Posts: 3,150	Sweet video dude, good work __________________ www.kenlolwell.com

28th August 2012, 2:03 AM	#11
a777 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Queensland Posts: 2,781	Awesome work as per usual! __________________ -

28th August 2012, 2:44 PM	#12
Reason Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 334	Another great video... editing is spot on. a noob? yeah right, a natural is more like it.

28th August 2012, 5:24 PM	#13
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28th August 2012, 11:50 PM	#14
herzeg Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Melbourne Posts: 496	That's bloody fantastic... __________________ "I found it where I'd left it; unweathered, unbattered, undeterred. And it remains erected upon the pivot of make-it-or-break-it, as I watch it sway, either way..."

29th August 2012, 1:09 AM	#15
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