braddsn Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Hey guys, I finally got my vid edited and ready to go. Thanks to everyone on this forum for all the help getting me to this point. Thanks especially to Jopetes, Dynomike, Gregh and XP. Couldn't have done it without ya! It's hard to get an idea of how big the breaks were, but as a reference, my dad was 350 yds away and even some of the 3" breaks were outside of the field of view. Everything went great, and I learned a lot. Next year will be even bigger, and better!!! The sequence is: 3" shells from start to 7:20, then from 7:20 to 17:30 is all 4" shells, then from 22:40 on is 6" stuff. The finale is at 24:30. I set the video to some cool music. Enjoy!
braddsn Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 Oh and, I am ALWAYS open to criticism, and any input for that matter. I want to improve until I can't improve any more.
Wiley Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Excellent work man! It all looked good to me. The flashes from those peanut shells sure shows really well on video. 1
gregh Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Very nice Brad. Great Job. I am really impressed with how you have picked this up. You have talent. (And a job that lets you build fireworks on the clock...)
Core Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Coming from a complete novice, that was pretty great man! Awesome job!
braddsn Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 Thanks for the compliments guys! Now I shall step it up for next year...
db5086 Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Excellent job Brad. I see hours and hours of work and worth every second of it. Thanks for sharing.
Sparx88 Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Bofore long you should be getting paid for your shows. Nice work.
rogeryermaw Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 When you go pro, I'll be one of your first employees. Hell I'm ready now! 2
TYRONEEZEKIEL Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Do you have the original audio of the raw shells firing and breaking. I think the music took away from the shells IMO. You did a phenomenal job building those. Im impressed.
Rocketier Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 I wish I lived in the States........................Damn I like to make a show like yours................Looking good dude!
braddsn Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 Thanks guys! I really appreciate it! Tyrone, I actually wanted to use the original audio... but the people behind the cam including my dad were loudly commenting between every shell.. and I felt it would have been annoying for folks. Lol. 1
Livingston Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Good Work buddy!!! I truly enjoyed it!! I think its time to in vest in sum new toys!!! hehe You deserve it!!
SideGlance Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Looks like you had several low breaks. Next time elimate the music unless it's playing in real time we like to hear the booms and crackles. Other than that the shells were outstanding how many years experience do you have ?
braddsn Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 SideGlance, I have 10 months pyro experience. This was my first display and was put together in a matter of about 4 months. Many of these shells were built before I really knew what I was doing. Since then, I have perfected some things and improved some colors. Next year will be a different story. Out of 280 shells, I only had 2 low breaks, and zero flowerpots. More may have looked low to you because of where the camera was, but I assure you altitude was perfect on the rest of em. As for the music, see my post above. My dad and another guy were behind the camera, and they were overly excited about each and every shell (and they were very vocal about it... LOL) so I didn't want to annoy folks with the jibber jabber, so I dubbed it out and inserted a music track. Next year, you will certainly hear the shells.
gregh Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 My wife blabbered endlessly through my fireworks too... even telling everybody I would be mad because she talked so much (and much of it was out of focus too), but that didn't slow her down! 1
dynomike1 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Yea Gregh i had the same problem to. My wife just cant get it right. 1
MrB Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I know very little about wife's, but have you thought of replacing her with a simple tripod?Well, just for the purpose of shooting the fireworks, not entirely. Sleeping with the tripod would soon get old. But a wide angle shot, with a reasonable enough camera should yield working footage, even if some shells get out of focus, or even out of frame.B!
dynomike1 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Dam Brad i cant find the ghost shell anywhere on the video. 1
pyrovinny Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Awesome job man !! love the designs you have put into the shells its nice to change them put other then just a round break with a few colors. let me know when your hiring. lol 1
SideGlance Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 SideGlance, I have 10 months pyro experience. This was my first display and was put together in a matter of about 4 months. Many of these shells were built before I really knew what I was doing. Since then, I have perfected some things and improved some colors. Next year will be a different story. Out of 280 shells, I only had 2 low breaks, and zero flowerpots. More may have looked low to you because of where the camera was, but I assure you altitude was perfect on the rest of em. As for the music, see my post above. My dad and another guy were behind the camera, and they were overly excited about each and every shell (and they were very vocal about it... LOL) so I didn't want to annoy folks with the jibber jabber, so I dubbed it out and inserted a music track. Next year, you will certainly hear the shells. Haha now you gotta post the video with your dad and friend jabbering 1
asdercks Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Some really nice shells in there, really nice work 1
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