Friday's Vimeo Video: Standard Definition

Here is another timely installment of Friday's Vimeo Video. Or shall I say Videos for this occasion. As you may have noticed, there are several videos this week, all in Standard Definition. As you may have also noticed, it is not Friday and I have also not done a FVV in about two months now. Anyways, this weeks edition is meant to show those young and naive filmmakers out there that not everything has to be in Hi-Def. Don't get caught up in upgrading your equipment when you have a perfectly fine tool if you know how to use it. The bad part is, most of you noobs don't. Hopefully these videos will help you get to that point.


I give you D90! Yeah, the D90 can shoot in HD. It can do a many great things as I have experienced first hand, but it can also do great in SD. Check out this video by Matt Vella. Who needs a narrative right?



Umm, this one has naked chicks in Standard Def.



You can also go towards the animated route. Who cares if it's in Hi-Def? They're just lines right?!


This one is my personally favorite. It was shot by the father of one of those boys in the film, Jarbas Agnelli. Who says you need Hi-Def to tell a good story? Hell, who needs words, unless of course you have the voice of Jose Gonzalez. I say, all you need is a Super-8 camera, a slo-mo sequence and a made in 1974 sticker on you, for vintage purposes.

OK, so maybe this SD=HD reasoning is a little flawed. All of these films could have looked better in Hi-Def! But then how else would I have showed you four videos in one blog post? Huh?! Anyways, DSLR HD, lesbians in HD, animations in HD, Super-8 HD, everything is better in HD! Get used to it or get left behind ya nubs.

Peebles.

This is a little montage from one of the days on the set of Flicker. We had over seventy extras with dead zombie make-up on even though we couldn't even see it in the final shot.

Watch it here in HD.

Friday's Vimeo Video: Gunsmith Factory.

Another video from Ivan Despi, the maker of last week's Vimeo Video. This one is older but just as cool. It's really cool to see what these people do. The music is So Long, Lonesome by Explosions in the Sky.

Check it out here in HD.

Friday's Vimeo Video: Semana Santa.

So I know it's not Friday, but yesterday I already put a video so here is the one for today. This one's from a fellow D90 user documenting his trip to Holy Week in the Philippines. Check it out here in HD too.

Fridays with Me 2.

Here's the latest Day with Duy episode featuring some of the regulars with the addition of some Manassas locals that include Billy Roper of The Hundreds. Watch it at the Days with Duy channel on Vimeo where you can view it in HD.

Thursdays with Me 2.

Apart of the never ending Days with Duy series, this Thursday I hung out with Caleb on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University as well as did messing around with Danny in the Cinema Studio. Check it out in HD here.

Classics.

This is Nathan. He is playing his guitar in his room. I took videos. His sweet Mom loved it.

Watch in HD here.

Wale @ The National.

Here's that video I promised. Vimeo sucks because you can only upload one HD video a week. But I'm no Bobby Hundreds to switch to YouTube just like that. I'm also no rich guy to drop $60 for Vimeo Plus. So make use of the HDness and watch it here too.

Anyways, Wale, National, Breakdown, Attention Deficit Tour, April 9th, 2009.

Ghosting.

If you did not know, a few weeks ago I was in a production as the 2nd AC to the first ever 35mm production VCU has had. And if you remembered, I already wrote about this here.

Anyways, this was apart of an impromptu behind the scenes documentary type thing I did when shooting The Persistence of Everything. I shot it all using my D90 with a 50mm and 10.5mm Nikon primes. And when I wasn't behind the camera, either Caleb, Danny, Ian, Forrest, or Gerry was filming.

Feel free to watch it in HD here.

Fridays with Me.

The final installment of Days with Duy Nguyen. Friday the Thirteenth edition starring Blake and Francis with special appearance by Goose. What happen when a friendly game of skate goes horribly wrong? Find out.

Or find out in HD here if you dare.

Thursdays with Me.

Here's episode 2 of 3 of Days with Me. If you are not in the video, know anyone in the video, or don't skate, don't watch this. This is Thursdays with Duy Nguyen. Starring Blake and Francis with a special appearance by Goose.

Watch it in HD here.

Wednesdays with Me.

Here's the first of a current three part series called Days with Duy where I run around with a camera and be annoying. Unfortunately Vimeo only let's me upload one HD video a week so the rest will be coming on the next two Mondays and make sure you watch it in HD here!

Talk of the Town.

Well here it is. I officially got my hands on the new camera yesterday, well I guess two days ago since it's 1 AM. I've taken a few shots with it and the big display makes the pictures look a lot better. With the autofocus motor, I can now work with my lenses better. I've taken two old ones from a film camera lying around the house so now I have a 20-70mm as well as a 70-200mm. But of course, there is video. My brother took the family out to dinner to celebrate his new job and probably to show off his new car. I took this opportunity to shoot some video. Above is the end result. Edited quickly in iMovie, I'm happy with the results. You can watch it in HD here.

Here are some pictures from that day.

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Get Crump.

I guess the good folks at Crumpler took note of my new camera and decided to send me one of their 5 Million Dollar Bags. Which is great because my old one was getting a little dated. I love this bag because it's small and easy to use. It's not a backpack camera bag so you don't have to set it on the ground every time you need to switch lenses. Just wrap it around your shoulder and your good to go. It's got enough space for what I need; a camera and three accessories. Mix and match with flashes and lenses. Of course there are smaller pockets for other things, however there's no tripod holder thing. HINT HINT. COUGH GIVE ME A BRAZILLION DOLLAR BAG END COUGH.

2008 Shopping Guide.

Well as Christmas draws closer, less than 24 hours closer, some of you fellow rich, important, "unaffected by the economy" folk need some quick presents to bear but have no idea where to start. Well here's a little guide I made that to help you if your price range is around $1,000 to $1,000,000. This would have been my wish list if I didn't already go out and buy five of each myself.

The Nikon D90, for the "I May Actually Know What I'm Doing With A Camera" type. This thing does everything that the common D40 can do and then some. The main reason why I wanted this over my already capable D60 is because of a couple things. The autofocus motor. I have an AF 50mm and 10.5mm and the only AF-S is the decent kit 18-55mm. I'm perfectly fine with manually focusing, but when it affects my pictures in low-light areas, that's bad. It's too dim to even see how sharp something is. Help me out robot. With this bad boy, you can walk around campus knowing you have a better camera than all the other noobs with the kit D40. And by not having the D40, you'll probably know how to use it too. Not bashing on the D40 at all, it's probably the only camera you'll ever need. I'm just an elitist when it comes to other photographers. But seriously, stop with the flash photography.

Another thing is the 24 FPS 720p HD Video mode. That's right. You have probably seen me drooling over this in a recent post. This is the first DSLR camera able to record video. So you and your Canon can suck it Bobby. So what I stole this whole layout from you? The least you can do is return my calls dammit! That takes us to our next gift on the list...

You can never have enough glass. This is the best wide-angle zoom of it's kind on the market. It's also the cheapest. For the "I Lurked Flickr To Find Out What Lens People Use -- I Heart Ken Rockwell" type. I bought 5 of these because they're that good and I am that wealthy.

This is a big flash. If you have this flash I will not hate you for using a flash. Just make it bounce. For the "I Don't Want To Look Like The Tool Without A Speed Light While At The Latest Dance Party" type. Add this and a MB-D10, and you'll look like the most pro dude out there. Don't forget your hood lens!

Collectibles! For the "I'm Into Cool Toys From Japan That Sit On My Window Sill And Show What Kind Of Person I Am" type. You can get them the entire Final Fantasy VII x Play Arts collection, the tall standing 19 inch Cloud Strife Masterpiece Arts work of art for only $400. I bought them all but Square Enix will be restocking on May 2nd. Don't forget about Old Snake. And Naked Snake, Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, Solidus Snake, Camo Naked Snake, Boss, Big Boss, Raiden, Grey Fox, Meryl, Naomi, Vamp, Otacon and the whole MGS Crew too.

When I said you can never have enough glass. I meant games. You can never have enough games. For the "I Am Not Really Good At Video Games So I Just Buy Them All To Compensate" type. Just to name a few games that I have yet to receive; Assassin's Creed, Heavenly Sword, Mirrors Edge, Bioshock, Call of Duty 5, and Rock Band World Tour just to name a few.

I know what you're thinking. "Duy, I thought you said you didn't want a bike and would skate everywhere." To be honest, it's hard skating on cobblestone roads and if I plan to get a job anywhere off campus, I'd rather not leave an hour before work and show up panting and smelly. So this present is for the "I Want A Bike To Go To Work And Other Things Like That" type. No this doesn't have to be a fixed gear, I don't like humping my bike to have it brake. But it can be a fixie. A lot of my friends are those "fixie kids". And they're all the rage right? I could say I got the bike from my Dad who used it in Vietnam where it wasn't trendy, it was just cheap. Yeah, thats it!

When I said you can never have enough games, that also goes for Authentics. They'll keep making different colors, and even then your white ones will get dirty so there's really no excuse. And wouldn't they go great with my bike? For the "I Keep It Real By Just Wearing Vans, I Have 50 Pairs..." type. I remember when the slip-ons were all the rage. I thought I was such a trailblazer when I bought the Converse slip-ons. Then little Tim Roskie comes up rockin' a pair of "the Vans with the Laces". 

But seriously, whatever you decide to get your little sister, older brother, significant other, or gay lover, make sure it comes from the heart. And at least costs $100. When you have purchased your gift, make sure you send them to me first so I can sign them.

Santa.

I need this in my life. This is shot using the Nikon Digital SLR, the d90. 720p HD, it is beautiful. Vimeo doesn't allow us to embed HD, so what you need to do. Is hover over the video, turn HD on and check it out on the Vimeo site.