YOU WILL WANT TO SEE THIS! (I'm kind of stoked because this came out so good!)

I put together a WindowsMedia music video with some of the highlights from this year's Jamboree. I'm going to be selling tapes of the raw footage (at cost, ~$12 w/ shipping, see thread), but Toyo_Runner96 asked for a sneek peek of what it might contain, so here it is:

http://www.reapur.com/car/co4rj-2003/CO4RJ-2003.wmv

It's 5.9 megs, so you may want to right click on it and save it first. For those on dialup (like me), it's worth waiting for (IMHO).

Please note, the video I'm selling won't have music or fancy edits.

E N J O Y !

 

Kick Ass! Vid.
I wish it were longer

 

Wow very cool. Yep, you can definitly put me down for one of those!

 

That is a cool video. Looks like you guys had a fun trip. I wish we had woods like that here is So Cal. My wife and I are planning to come out to CO to see her family next year. I will try to plan it around your next CO4RJ. Her family lives in Leadville.

 

Very good vid indeed, it's going into my 4x4 vids folder to keep.
Saw Steve's crawlers kickin' the tires real slow, and the even the French Fry was in it at the end.

Perhaps offer up two versions of the vids on one tape.
One without music, and one with.
It's nice having the music in too.

 

I don't know if anyone noticed, but I tried to be a little clever:

You'll notice that there's one shot where the pickup lunges up the ledges. I then followed it up with a slow motion of the same. Well, a few scenes later, I have Steve Schaefer using his crawler gears and it's real slow. So instead of doing a slow motion shot as a follow up, I inserted a sped up version -- in this case, 4.5 times normal speed. And I think that's Steve's crawler ratio. So here, via the miracle of instant replay, we can all see what Steve's truck would have done without his Marlin!

 

HOLY CRAP, Mike! That was awesome! Looks like you're a regular video editing buff. Great job! Great footage.

I didn't have music when I viewed it so I'll have to watch it on another machine here in a little bit to get the full effect.

*Added 5-star rating* My first ever rating awarded!

 

Believe it or not, this is the first video I've ever made. (I only opened the software on Tuesday!)

By the way, Pinnacle Studio 8 video editing software is super easy to use, but totally buggy -- just horrible! This video could have been done in 4 hours if the software worked like it's suposed to. Instead, it took closer to 12! (Two evenings till 2AM.) The software just crashes all the time.

If anyone out there is thinking of buying it, I'd say, save your sanity and wait until they get the kinks worked out. (Just check the support boards on their web site.) I think I'm going to take mine back to Circuit City.

 

very nice! Can't wait to see some more footage.

 

Man, great clip!!

That video is gonna be kick !!!

 

Excellent work Mike!! It had a bit of everything. I especially like the ending. "Burnout!!"

 

More of the "high points" I see.



How about that French Creek run I did. That kicked ass.

 

Steve,

I'm glad you mentioned that. It actually did dawn on me that it might appear that I only put stuff in where you were stuck. The real story is, while you DID climb up stuff like French Creek really, really well, it was so slow and graceful that it just didn't fit in in a fast-paced video. (Who's most fun to watch, the tortise or the hare?) The stuff of you that I put in was chosen because it had some drama and personallity to it. (I am an artist you know...) I also tried to put in some stuff that showed off just how slow your crawler can take you.

Don't feel bad -- for video drama purposes, that guy with the open diff pickup had us all licked.

(There's no pleasing film critics!)

 

Where's the love? Oh you guys will love this one, Yesterday Erika informed that it was HER Land Cruiser and that stupid truck with the noisey levers was mine.

Where's the love? I need some love? Where Pmurf1 when you need him?

 

i love you steve

 

Great job on the vid, Mike!
Thats really cool that you got my front wheel coming off the ground on that one obstacle on Wheeler's...Wahoo!

 

I know that you have a life beyond making a copy of this, but I was wondering what the status of the copies was?

Do you intend to make a certain number of them, or only make one for each request?

Thanks,
Adrian

 

Here's the status: I now hae possession of Yoder's digitlal camera whichi is is letting me borrow so I can make a digital master of the tapes. That master will be used by the tape duplication place. I should have that ready in a couple days. My hope is to have the tapes ready to ship by the end of next week.

I have to decided how we're going to do this. I have 3 hours of footage, and I don't think I'd be able to edit it down an hour without removing a lot of footage some people would want to see. So I have 3 options:

1. Make it into 2 VHS tapes recordeded at SP speed (best quality)
2. Make it into 1 VHS tape recordeded at LP speed (medium quality)
3. Make it into 2 DVD's (best quality, easier to mail) I'm not possitive yet I could even make this affordable.

Is there anyone who wanted a tape who doesn't have a DVD player?

 

Okay, by popular demand (from Steve), I now have the French Creek footage prepared for public consumption.

http://www.reapur.com/car/co4rj-2003

You can tell why I didn't included it in the CO4RJ music video -- this segment alone is almost as long as the entire music video!

The editing software I'm using has sound effects you can add to movies, so I coudln't resist adding a couple to enhance the entertainment value. (This is all in the sprit of fun and friendship. )

Let's all chant together: "STEVE'S CRAWLER SPANKS! STEVE'S CRAWLER SPANKS! STEVE'S CRAWLER SPANKS!"

 

I forgot to answer this. Since I'll be doing this at cost, I'm only going to make the number pre-purchased (probably via paypal, or check for Matt). I will e-mail those who've expressed interest with details -- plus probably everyone who attended the Jamboree. That will likely happen toward the end of this week or early next week.