Trying to do some work on a mtb-edit, where I have to figure out how to combine material from an EX1 and a 5DmkII the best possible way. Currently converting the 5DmkII to 25fps, but not too sure what to do with the 50fps material from the EX1. After all, I do need 50fps for the slow-mo. If there is an easy way of including 25p material with 50p material, do not hesitate to fill in the details below in the comment-field.
Anyway; in my search for tutorials etc. I stumbled across these two tasty vids. Emjoy.
Forrige onsdag holdt vi premiere på eksamensfilmene som har blitt produsert av tredjeårselevene ved film- og tv-studiet ved Universitetet i Bergen. Vi regner med å ha filmene på nett i løpet av januar. Nå venter en velfortjent ferie. Godt jobbet alle sammen!
There's no trying to deny that the winter is here.
Going home from Bergen to Lillehammer we experienced some serious degrees below, but luckily it makes for a white christmas. Even though being a keen mtb'er means that summer is the preferred season I can't deny that it would be great to ride some pow this holiday.
coming to a cinema near you very very soon (tomorrow actually, if you're in Bergen)... - Så, møt opp på Magnus Barfot onsdag 15. desember klokken 16:15 for å få med deg verdenspremieren av Spirer Etter Torden
We're getting closer. I realised how difficult it is to rebuild an entire dialogue (put together of post-recordings) and how hard it can be not to make stuff sound cheesy. Whether it's a success? We'll see - in 36 hours...
Ja, det har ikke vært så mange ord om dette filmprosjektet på denne siden. Men det kommer nok... Nå er det innspurt på postprod., og på onsdag vises filmen på Magnus Barfot her i Bergen. Les litt om prosjektet her imens...
I took the sunday off, and headed up to Ulriken here in Bergen. Ulriken is the biggest hill/mountain surrounding Bergen (not that high tho), and back in the days it hosted one of the national dh races. For the past years mtb'ers have left the track alone, leaving it to mother nature. This year the riders are back, and there has been some work trying to rebuild and maintain the track. I was up there today digging some berms, draining dirt and shuffling rocks, and the place looks sick. Some parts of the track are plain mental, and I'm real eager to see if I dare to go full out here. Over the winter we'll keep doing some work to 'er, and maybe there'll be a vid in march/april.
For now, have a look at some photos from the track:
Sort of trying to get my head around Soundtrack Pro watching web-tutorials, and it seems to be quite a handful. That's when I found this bike-ride a bit relaxing.
Yeah, I might be repeating myself, but here's another awesome mtb-trailer. Film's called MADE, and it's by Callum Swift. Last year he released a film called The Uprising, and it looks like he is taking a big step up in terms of sheer quality.
Super travle dager, fulle av utfordringer og nye problemstillinger. BIFF (Bergen Internasjonale Film Festival) er godt i gang, og vi på sisteåret ved UiBs film- og tv-studie løper Bergen rundt for å produsere det vi så enkelt kaller BIFF TV. Kort og godt så er dette nettreportasjer og flerkameraproduksjoner hvor BIFFs program og besøkende står i fokus. Hva med å ta en titt? Klikk her!
Må jo ha noe som ikke har med BIFF å gjøre også, og hva passer vel bedre enn å drømme seg bort til havet?
Yeah, that's what it's all about. Sunny days in october, in the otherwise very wet town, Bergen. Went out to do some dh-riding with Jarle yesterday, and luckily Torbjørn, Jesper and Øyvind tagged in with some camera's. Torbjørn and Jesper were shooting with a 5d MKII and a Canon EX1, and they got some pretty good shots. So stoked they could join us, as it is something we've been trying to realise for quite some time now.
Torbjørn's pretty eficient. He made a sweet little preview of his material, and it looks awesome! Stoked on watching the complete video with the 50p material from the EX1 as well in there.
Yeah, the never ending search around vimeo is a weekly business of mine. I've grown a small passion for animated films during the (almost) past year, and Yellow Cake (by Nick Cross) is a good example of how big topics and serious agendaes can be stressed or portrayed through a style or genre often related to kids and cartoons.
Yeah, I recently mentioned Freeride Entertainments new mtb-movie that's coming out pretty soon. It's the 10th in the New World Disorder line, and here is a preview of the young, yet well established freerider, Brandon Semenuk's segment. Looks pretty sick!
I'm a big fan of airports! With their big glass and metal covered surfaces they seem to both hide and reveal so much stuff, and mute it all down into one big buzz.
Over to some mtb stuff.
A mtb movie called Life Cycles will soon be released, and it looks really promising. Some of the most talented mtb-cinematographers and riders, all working to get a real tasty result. Aesthetic and awesome, both in the same film.
Yeah, I recently wrote about my cravings for Canon 5D mkII and Canon 7D. Two beautiful cameras that both do pretty well at HD-recordings.
Found this vimeo-video just now, and this guy certainly states that 7D is not like any other DSLR-cameras. Looks more like some sci-fi weapon if you ask me...
Just picked up a goodiebag for my Santa Cruz V10. Decided I'd give the frame a little treat, so I rang up the local SC dealer and ordered a kit of new bearings, bolts, and other sweets that will make the bike feel like new again.
Stripped down the forks last week as well, giving it some new oil and dustwipers. Was way easier than expected, even though it did feel a bit scary. I'll put out some photos next time I'll do it.
Soon ready for some serious mud-rippin' action in the local woods, goal being we might be shooting some of it and putting it into a short film. So, watch out!
Yeah, I thought I should start up with something new. Calling it film of the weekend, and there's really no criterias for what films that might be... This weekend though, it is time for a MTB film. "What's Next?" is made by Aaron LaRocque, and it contains some really good riding. All captured with great cinematography. Have a look:
This is amazing! Yeti Bicycles of Colorado, US, has reworked their website to something really exciting. This is the new way of doing product-related websites, where the potential customer can get a real feel of what the product (in this case bikes) has to offer. Super stylish, and informative! Thumbs up, Yeti!
They're also awesome at posting webisodes from their WC-races, as well as small videos of their athletes. Below is short clip of Aron Gwin, US National Champion of 2009.
If the embedded version doesn't work, please follow this link.
Tired of the good old slow-motion fight-scenes, or seeing someone stomp a sw bs 10 at 50fps. What about office workers dating a fist, at 1000fps? Pretty cool!
Yep, the Santa Cruz team checked off this years team overall as well, repeating last years overall win. Last year they had Minaar on the top of the world cup podium, with a team overall. This year they have Peat on top of the World Champs podium, and a team overall. Congrats!
I really feel the need for a new camera, and what's better than having one that can shoot crisp and wonderful HD at 50fps at the same time? I know the 5D mkII might be hotter, but rumours has it that they're having troubles giving it 50fps. Anyone know the facts about this?
Lots of videos popping up on vimeo that are shot on the 7D and the 5D mkII. They all look so amazingly great... 35mm lenses shooting HD. Can't go wrong. That's for sure...
Once again, Sam Hill of Australia proved to the world that he is the ruler of slippery and steep terrain. With a blistering pace, he just won the final round of this years DH world cup. Also giving him the overall win! Great to see Hill back at the top, and super good to see the young Kiwi Sam Blenkinsop getting a podium on the last wc-race of the year. What's also worth mentioning is that norwegian Anita Ager-Wick qualified 13. and put in a 10. place run today. 16 seconds behind the winner that is, so still a bit to go. But I think that might be the first time a norwegian DH-racer claims a top ten at a world cup race. Congrats Anita! You deserve some solid back up from a team!
Here's a vid. from yesterdays 4x and the DH practice
This weekend the last round of this years DH world cup is going down in Schladming, Austria! The track seems to be fast and rough, and it is guaranteed to create some exciting moments for both spectators and riders. It is super-even amongst the top-four riders, which means that they'll be going flat-out!
First video of the race-prep is out! Be sure you watch it. MTBcut delivering the stuff, that is:
Do you wonder how the track looks like from a riders view? Please welcome abord Ben Reids chest-cam. The Irish rider schreddin' down the steep gnarl that this hill has to offer.
Even though things are busy, most of the stuff going down is actually pretty fun. Just handed in a script, and looking at this weeks schedule it is filled with meetings regarding shortfilm productions or workshops on everything from writing doco-scripts to directing actors. In between that I'm spending some hours in a bike-shop, getting some extra income. Oh, and on top of that it's student-tv! How's that for a week?
Thinking a lot about short films nowadays, as we're closing in on our script-deadline. What makes short films interesting is that they don't have to bear any obvious meaning to be good. Being creative, portray good cinematography, or just brilliant editing can be more than enough... The place for such films are all the various channels at vimeo.
Here's a random selection of three films I really like, which can be found at vimeo.
Things are going down, big-time. So much to do, and so little time. Luckily things will probably ease down a bit over the next couple of weeks...
One good thing is that the fall isn't all about hard work. It's also packed with quite a few movie premiers. It suits this time of the year well. First of all there's the incredible amount of awesome ski- and snowboard films, but there's also a couple of more summer-related releases.
A little bird just flew by and informed me of a film called "Who is J.O.B.". Pretty sick trailer... Don't wanna go surf now... No, not at all. Yeah right!
While I've been on a cabin-trip with Bergen Student-television, two important races went down this weekend. The latter one being a lot bigger than the first. It was all about crowning champions, with both the Norwegian and the World DH Champs being arranged. While the Norwegian riders fought on slippery and technical terrain in Oslo, the big international riders had to put both power and skills into it to claim the win at the rocky track at Mt. Stromlo in Canberra, Oz.
At the end of the day the young riders weren't cabable of outdoing the "old guns". Emil Carlson won in Oslo, once again proving why he is regarded as one of Norways most capable downhill mtb'ers. He was the man to beat at the end of the 90s, and he still is. He's an awesome mountainbiker, and a great inspiration to us younger riders. To read more, visit terrengsykkel.no.
On the other side of the globe, and a little before Emil claimed his crown, the man who's claimed most world cup wins finally got the long awaitet title as world champion. Steve Peat has been riding and racing world's since the mid-nineties, winning several world cup titles. But never a world championship. This time, it was finally his to claim. For those who don't know who Steve Peat is, the best way to describe him would be as a downhill legend. He might be one of the main reasons why british riders are so good at DH, having supported and trained younger riders while he has still been focusing 110% on his own career as well. I think he might possibly be the most important downhill rider of all times. If I could spend a day riding with one of the wc-contenders, Steve would be the one. So stoked for his win!
To read more about worlds and about Peaty's win, visit dirtmag.
Here is a video summary of the WC in Canberra made by DirtTV.
The past 3-4 weeks have been pretty hectic, yet really awesome. Meeting friends, riding my bike, and then finally getting back to Burgundy: Probably the best student-city in the world. It's good to be back here, though I wish that Norway and New Zealand could just merge into one insanely great place! If Norway and NZ were to have a child, it would have been a true wonder-child.
Anyway. Big amounts of work seem to stack up, being everything from scriptwriting at my study, to budgetary work within Bergen Student-TV.
No adventures at the moment, but I'll soon post some photos from this summer. Meanwhile, drop in at my good friend Lars' blog. Here you can read about his work and adventures in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
It ain't even half-easy trying to sum up my past five months in New Zealand. It has been more a journey than a semester at a university, as I quite often found myself in a car or a bus going somewhere to do something. A constant change of landscapes and scenarios passing by. A metaphor for how life can be I guess, where we're free to stop whenever we want to. At the moment I'm not very keen at stopping at all, but just keep on going. I guess that is what we did when we were in New Zealand; we just kept on going. We tried to fill every hour, and quite often it lead to some rather busy days. Worth it? For sure!
Do something small, do something big. Most importantly; do something you enjoy.
The summer is certainly affected by the NZ travelmania. Just after I got back home it was onto a late-night week shift at the good ol' work place, meaning that weekends got rather occupied. Last weekend was spent chilling out in Kragerø, getting some real norwegian summer. Good people, good beer, games and fun. I've got tons of photos of people from the party; but in these days you never know who wants to be "on the web" or not. So I'll spare the portraits for later. Meanwhile, here are some general shots of the mood, the early-mornings and the late-night sunset.
This weekend it's Oppdal for pre-race riding, and then it all goes tootilitoo. The following 3 weeks or so I'll be travelling a little less than 3500kms around south-, east- and west- Norway. It goes something like this: Lillehammer-Oppdal-Lillehammer-Kristiansand-Lillehammer-Oppdal-Lillehammer-Bergen-Lillehammer-Siljan-Lillehammer-Bergen.
Got home on monday evening, and it has taken me a few days to get my body into the -10 hours and the everlasting summer-light. I'll be back soon with last words and photos from NZ, as well as updates from Norway. Now it's DH and norwegian beers that's on the agenda... Thanks to all of you great Kiwi's for making my stay in NZ so good! You're all welcome to drop by the northern hemisphere!
While I've been packing stuff and sorting out some final practicalities down here, some of you might have been enjoying the Extreme Sports Week (Veko) at Voss, Norway. It is probably one of my favourite festivals, packed with events and concerts, surrounded by beautiful scenery and super good vibes. I felt slightly gutted not being there this year, but I'll be back next summer!
Here are some random shots from Veko'07
You should also watch Torbjørn Fjellestad's film from the river surf this year. A sweet little edit, with great cinematography!
While we've been down here the graduating class at Film- and Television-production in Bergen have been producing some really good short films!
They're def. worth a watch, and it almost scares me knowing that we're about to start with our own graduation productions. It will be difficult to produce something as good as this, but we will do our very best! For now though, lean back and enjoy these great vids!
Four days of super chill at Cam's casa, hanging out and taking it easy. Night out at the pub, bluebird days, watching the Hangover being hungover, spa, mini-surf, sushi, photos, super-nice people, couple of bargains: Goodtimes. Thanks to all of you! Best of luck with recording to ze boyz in Fletcher, and to Cam and Craig: Hope you catch some sweet waves in OZ. See you guys in Europe and Norwegen!
Instead of dropping any more words I'll just post some photos from the days in the Mt.
