http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community » Tag: funny - Recent Posts en Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:59 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37823 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:20:19 +0000 nickxjones 37823@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> As for the speed she spoke at, she was supposed to be an uptight business woman just rambling; what she said wasn't entirely important. But for all of your other advice, I really appreciate it. I have recently started looking into buying a mic. How much am I in for if I want a quality product on a budget?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37820 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:23:52 +0000 ralck 37820@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I agree with robgrauert about the sound.  It was very hard to hear the subjects.  And I thought the girl talked way too fast.</p> <p>I'm not sure I agree with the shotgun mic suggestion.  Though I don't know the technical details of why, most people often say a hypercardioid mic (a form of omnidirectional mic) sounds more "natural" indoors.  Of course, if your on a tight budget, a shotgun mic will usually sound better than the camera's mic and will generally be useful in a lot more situations than a omnidirectional will (i.e. if you can only buy one mic now, get a good shotgun like a Rode NTG-1 or NTG2).</p> <p>I also agree that the wavy letters weren't very appealing.  They waved so much it was kind of hard to read them.  If you can decrease how much the letters move, that would work much better.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37815 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:42 +0000 nickxjones 37815@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Haha, I'm not sure how old you are...but she's 16 and currently unavailable. Sorry haha.  But thanks a lot for taking the time to watch it, even if the video itself isn't what kept your attention! I keep on hearing the same advice from everyone who I ask to critique it, so obviously those are some pretty important issues.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37814 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:44:22 +0000 robgrauert 37814@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I also saw one cut at the end when the girl walks out where her movement didn't match up right. Once again, preproduction planning........</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37813 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:42:12 +0000 robgrauert 37813@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> damn, that girl is hot!</p> <p> Your audio is bad though. Use a boom with a shotgun mic in the future.</p> <p> And you cut from wide shot to wide shot a lot. You need close ups. I'm not sure how much preproduction planning you've done, but that dramatically increase your production values.</p> <p>I didn't like the opening title sequence either. I didn't like the farts, but it worked with the video content, and thats what matters, so that ok. But what I didn't like was the wobbly text.</p> <p>ps. does that girl have a myspace?! hook me uuuuup</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37806 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:03:34 +0000 nickxjones 37806@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> This is a video version of a one-act called Fart-Zen. </p> <p>I did not write the script, so I am not looking for a critique of the subject matter; please keep the critiquing strictly to the production values, camera work, editing, music, etc. </p> <p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc4lbxmbCW4 " rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc4lbxmbCW4 </a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-37609 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:54:09 +0000 P63 37609@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I showed up outside a church for a fundraiser video. I wanted twilight, and mass had just gotten out, so there were only a few stragglers. My video was going to have flames (Holy Spirit) and a candle-lit ballerina. The ballerina arrived with several costumes, one of which I picked.</p> <p>We were attracting  a certain amount of attention: some serious equipment, talent with costumes, helpers, cameras pointing at the church. The people who were leaving were glancing frequently at us.</p> <p>When ballerinas do shows, they wear a body-colored leotard and put their costumes over it. This helps them with their costume changes. As I was answering some lighting questions, out of the corner of my eye I (thought I) saw a nude woman. I turned and it was the ballerina with her body colored leotard putting on her costume. I had already let out a loud "YELP" which had attracted even more attention.</p> <p>She was laughing at me. Goodness knows what the people leaving church were thinking.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36793 Sun, 25 May 2008 21:20:59 +0000 sham 36793@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I do freelance work shooting events for television.  Recently I was hired to cover a ceremony  at the official residence of the President of my country.  I shoot with two cameras: camera one is on the speaker at the podium and camera two  (handheld) on the audience. My assistant, a comely lass in her twenties, was on camera one and I on camera two. It was while His Excellency was speaking that I saw my assistant trying to tell me something from across the room.  I walked across to her. "I want some water," she said as I reached her.  Now this was President's House and the President was speaking, where was I to get water?  I thought. Just then, without warning she started falling backwards.  I tried grabbing her but she slipped through my hands and fell to the wooden floor with a loud thump.  The President stopped talking and everybody turned around.  Newspaper photographers started snapping pictures. With some assistance I lifted her to a nearby couch. Two doctors were on hand and examined the fainted girl. When she came to, we beat a hasty retreat. I was feeling so embarrased.  This girl always works for me and of all places she would choose to faint away was at the President's House. Now when we remember the incident we just have a good laugh.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36762 Sun, 25 May 2008 02:48:36 +0000 cdanddvdpublisher 36762@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p>The 2nd wedding I ever shot, I was interviewing the maid of honor and she started off with a mic in her hand and under the glare of the cam light said" As you see behind me there are 3 dead bodies - oh, I'm sorry, I thought I was at work." Then she continued her congratulations for the bride and groom. I thought this was so odd. I brushed her off as a weirdo and went on with my filmming. The next day I was watching the local news and there was the maid of honor as a TV reporter. She was holding a microphone just like at the wedding and started off with congratulatory comments for the bride and groom and quickly cut off and said "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought I was at my brother's wedding for a minute." I felt embarased, but had to laugh. I think we shared an inside joke on local television. Not that funny but it is the best I've got. Trey</p></blockquote> <p> I can only imagine how odd that must have been initially... hopefully the wedding filming went a bit smoother from there on</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36711 Fri, 23 May 2008 17:14:06 +0000 FallingStarFilms 36711@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The 2nd wedding I ever shot, I was interviewing the maid of honor and she started off with a mic in her hand and under the glare of the cam light said" As you see behind me there are 3 dead bodies - oh, I'm sorry, I thought I was at work."  Then she continued her congratulations for the bride and groom.  I thought this was so odd.  I brushed her off as a weirdo and went on with my filmming.  The next day I was watching the local news and there was the maid of honor as a TV reporter.  She was holding a microphone just like at the wedding and started off with congratulatory comments for the bride and groom and quickly cut off and said "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought I was at my brother's wedding for a minute."  I felt embarased, but had to laugh. I think we shared an inside joke on local television.</p> <p>Not that funny but it is the best I've got.</p> <p>Trey</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36702 Fri, 23 May 2008 08:35:44 +0000 KBVP 36702@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I was shooting a series of comercials for a cable show(Wedding Magazine) and one of the advertisers was a bakery.  The owner wanted to do the commercial herself instead of our talent.  She would freeze when tape rolled and was starting to look like we where going to use up the whole day.  We told her that we were going to take a coffee break and asker her to practice her lines with the camera unmanned.  We returned about 10 minutes later and asked her how it went.  She felt she had got into her comfort zone.</p> <p>We rewound the tape and checked it on the monitor- perfect!  We didn't tell her tape was rolling while she practiced and we had turned off the the "red light" on the camera.  At first she was stunned that we rolled the tape, but after showing her the perfect take, she was greatly releaved she wouldn't have to try again.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36613 Mon, 19 May 2008 02:49:48 +0000 cdanddvdpublisher 36613@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p>It was about 100 degrees outside and I was shooting a scene that had to look like it was in a place with no water or anybody around. So I found a perfect spot filled with sand, tumbleweed, and dead/burnt trees. But there was a slight problem, it was about 2 miles and I would have to cross 2 busy highways to get there. And remember, I am young so I don't have a car which means I have to do this on foot. So me and my friend are packing my camera and getting ready to go. About 40 car wrecks later we are at the place. We drank all the water we had on the way there, it is burning hot, and we are exhausted. Then we turn on the camera, my friend gets ready to start acting, and I hit the record button. But then I notice something flashing on my screen. So I am looking at it I am too hot and tired to focus on the screen or anything else. So I told my friend to go find some shade so we can rest a bit. So we're laying in a ditch (only shade we could find) and we're talking about the video. Then I take out my camera to make sure the battery isn't ready to explode. I turn it on and I see the thing on my screen again. But now I am fully awake so I can whats flashing. The moment I saw it I was thinking in my head why the mighty gods of film making would do this to me. The message on my screen read, "NO TAPE". I then called my mom and forced her to come pick us up :)</p></blockquote> <p> That's definitely a rough trip - bet you've never gone out again without checking for tape...</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36602 Sun, 18 May 2008 09:39:42 +0000 JBorunda 36602@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It was about 100 degrees outside and I was shooting a scene that had to look like it was in a place with no water or anybody around. So I found a perfect spot filled with sand, tumbleweed, and dead/burnt trees. But there was a slight problem, it was about 2 miles and I would have to cross 2 busy highways to get there. And remember, I am young so I don't have a car which means I have to do this on foot. So me and my friend are packing my camera and getting ready to go. About 40 car wrecks later we are at the place. We drank all the water we had on the way there, it is burning hot, and we are exhausted. Then we turn on the camera, my friend gets ready to start acting, and I hit the record button. But then I notice something flashing on my screen. So I am looking at it I am too hot and tired to focus on the screen or anything else. So I told my friend to go find some shade so we can rest a bit. So we're laying in a ditch (only shade we could find) and we're talking about the video. Then I take out my camera to make sure the battery isn't ready to explode. I turn it on and I see the thing on my screen again. But now I am fully awake so I can whats flashing. The moment I saw it I was thinking in my head why the mighty gods of film making would do this to me. The message on my screen read, "NO TAPE". I then called my mom and forced her to come pick us up :)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36549 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:20:25 +0000 cdanddvdpublisher 36549@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> <blockquote><p> My first film was for a Boy Scout merit badge(Cinematography). My scout leader divided us up into groups and we did treatments, scripts, storyboards, etc. There was a lot of funny things about that film, but it's a long story... The wildest part was that my best friend and I had actor problems during production so that eventually we had three hours to do all the editing/graphics/sound before we showed our movie to the troop. This meant that we couldn't add the AWESOME musical score I had written on my guitar. So, during my first premiere, I sat at the back of the room playing my guitar so that my movie would have music. My audience wasn't very impressed. It makes me laugh now.</p></blockquote> </blockquote> <p> Hey man, good for you for playin' it anyway.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36308 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:13 +0000 chrisColorado 36308@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> <p>My first film was for a Boy Scout merit badge(Cinematography). My scout leader divided us up into groups and we did treatments, scripts, storyboards, etc. There was a lot of funny things about that film, but it's a long story...</p> <p>The wildest part was that my best friend and I had actor problems during production so that eventually we had three hours to do all the editing/graphics/sound before we showed our movie to the troop. This meant that we couldn't add the AWESOME musical score I had written on my guitar. So, during my first premiere, I sat at the back of the room playing my guitar so that my movie would have music. My audience wasn't very impressed. It makes me laugh now.</p> </blockquote> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/7-minute-video-first-video#post-36299 Mon, 05 May 2008 02:04:55 +0000 FallingStarFilms 36299@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Well said GilbyGood.  Also, try writing before shooting - it's not the only way to make a movie, but it does have significant merits.  Thanks for making making this, but do another one with our advice - just for the @#%$&amp;% of it.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/7-minute-video-first-video#post-36296 Mon, 05 May 2008 01:41:03 +0000 GilbyGood 36296@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The premise of the film might have been interesting except after the third or fourth outburst of foul language I stopped watching it.</p> <p>Why not rethink the plotline and reshoot it for a broader audience without the foul language and show that you are more intelligent than what the film shows. Go back some in time to show why the character is so violent.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/7-minute-video-first-video#post-36289 Sun, 04 May 2008 00:50:01 +0000 johndubyaolson 36289@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>My brother and I made this yesterday. It's the first video we've made and there wasn't a script, so I think it turned out pretty well for what it is. We didn't even have an idea of what it was gonna be until we just started driving around and filming things. Once we had the (very basic) plot figured out we figured out what the next scene was gonna be and did the scene in usually one take. I think one of the scenes we did 3 times 'cause we messed it up, so not really any rehearsal. I think it actually took us longer to edit it than it did to shoot it. I hope ya'll find it entertaining. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puhAixwgqGc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puhAixwgqGc</a> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tell-us-your-funniest-story-while-making-video#post-36287 Sat, 03 May 2008 21:28:05 +0000 Aspyrider 36287@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Got a funny story or something that happened while you were shooting a video? Tell us about it...</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/win-a-development-deal-from-marshall-media#post-33572 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:02:35 +0000 marshallmedia 33572@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>Marshall Media is looking for the best in comedic talent and will reward winning submissions with a cash prize, and a development deal to produce a series of short comedy videos!</strong></p> <p> Send us your short comedy video, and you could <strong>win a film making job</strong> and more prizes, including <strong>$5000 in cash</strong>, an <strong>Apple iPhone</strong> or a <strong>Nintendo Wii</strong>.</p> <p> Register today at: <a href="http://www.marshallmediainc.com/contest">http://www.marshallmediainc.com/contest</a></p> <p> MySpace site: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marshallmediainc">http://www.myspace.com/marshallmediainc</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.marshallmediainc.com/contest"><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e7/tulancha/MMIshortcomvidcontestbanner.jpg" alt="Marshall Media Short Comedy Video Contest" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.marshallmediainc.com"><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e7/tulancha/mmilogo.gif" alt="Marshall Media, Inc." /></a></p>