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Go Pro: Do's and Don'ts

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eastcoastprobz
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i just watched an edit that had a kid straight airing jumps that was filmed by a go pro mounted to the kids helmet so here is my simple three step plan to make your edits actually enjoyable
1. take the go pro off you helmet and start throwing bigger tricks and add a lot of style.
2. give the go pro to your Filmer so he can throw it away, he doesn't have time for this baby shit.
3. Take you skis, burn them, and never return to the terrain park.
 
Jun 18 2013 8:48PM
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t_rob
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Jun 18 2013 9:00PM
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Z-Juice
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Jun 18 2013 9:05PM
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BrokenBones
Posts: 1274 - Karma: 694
Man, I'm pretty that kid was having the time of his life.  I think that even being able to get air on skis put you in the top 25% of people who ski.  Why all the hate?  Damn, the already jaded 14 year olds hounding for acceptance from their icons by being dicks to others is intolerable sometimes.  Yet.. that's NS in a nutshell i suppose.
Jun 18 2013 9:24PM
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eastcoastprobz
Posts: 25 - Karma: 228
hahahahahah this was suppose to be a joke but everyone has to take it serious...this is why i love newschoolers 
Jun 18 2013 9:30PM
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SorryMrMittens
Posts: 295 - Karma: 769
i dont know how to embed.. :/

but here you go OP

http://www.southwesterndifference.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/backpedaling.jpg
Jun 18 2013 9:32PM
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OCM
Posts: 1276 - Karma: 975
4. Don't use a GoPro.
Jun 18 2013 9:33PM
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~Gotama~
Posts: 821 - Karma: 3,160
HAHAHAHAHA that was a hilarious joke.
Jun 18 2013 10:30PM
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milk_man
Posts: 5214 - Karma: 6,497
Gopro is the way to go..

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Jun 18 2013 10:36PM
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DeRizzo
Posts: 3827 - Karma: 3,483
Wait so I'm not getting how the person will throw bigger tricks and add style to them if he has to burn his skis and never return to the terrain park.
Jun 18 2013 11:33PM
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teamdummy
Posts: 1187 - Karma: 2,595
I totally got it bro! Lol for days! High five.....up top! Yeah!
Jun 19 2013 4:25AM
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WillyTheKid
Posts: 106 - Karma: 639
See where you went wrong OP is that your joke was so unfunny that everybody received it like it was just a really dumb idea. Be funnier and this won't happen.
Jun 19 2013 10:33AM
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northeast
Posts: 2119 - Karma: 254
nice save, dude. you should be a spinster for politicians.
Jun 19 2013 4:24PM
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gusestomp
Posts: 1377 - Karma: 746
BUT I SAW SOME PROZ USING DEM B4? I THOUGHT DEY WERE KEWL?
Jun 19 2013 10:41PM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Gopros are cool, except when people try to mimic Abe Kislevitz.
Jun 20 2013 12:32AM
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WyattShapperd
Posts: 113 - Karma: 158
I wish the gopro had an optional fisheye....
Jun 25 2013 6:53PM
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Balbertt
Posts: 1585 - Karma: 4,723
Why dont you just admit you failed? everyone knows the "It was a joke haha not serious at all" cover up.
Jun 25 2013 6:56PM
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DosasNMimosas
Posts: 1701 - Karma: 664
hero 3 black edition is a solid 4k camera for the price
Jun 25 2013 9:20PM
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FreeskiThe603
Posts: 861 - Karma: 1,409
Your right, GoPros are shit, dont use them. They just simply do not work. In fact, why don't we ask Abe Kislevitz about using GoPros, because he of course would just say they suck right? And his edits suck because he uses a GoPro right?


Jun 26 2013 7:40AM
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gravel
Posts: 5479 - Karma: 41,493
the age of kislevitz has died, it's all the same now, just funky angles with overedited footage to some dumb techno. it's old.
Jun 26 2013 10:08PM
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FreeskiThe603
Posts: 861 - Karma: 1,409
when you can put out an edit that fucking good with a GoPro then you can come back to me and tell me that his edits are "overedited footage to some dumb techno"
Jun 27 2013 12:06AM
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gravel
Posts: 5479 - Karma: 41,493
i'm not saying what he puts out isn't good. i'm saying that the way people are trying to replicate it is old and dead. i'm sick of seeing kids thinking they're mastermind editors just because they can mask and pause in AE in order to do the sequence shot effect.
Jun 27 2013 12:37AM
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FreeskiThe603
Posts: 861 - Karma: 1,409
well the fact of the matter is, it looks sick when done right and adds a cool effect to any edit. It adds an interesting twist to just an ordinary shot. The editing done in his edits is far from simple and is certainly not easy. The man has talent
Jun 27 2013 12:42AM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Fact is a strong word... and Gavin is right; shit's gay as fuck. It truly is overedited and his colors are whack (satuation/constrast boosts is straight played).

I used to like Abe's edits, but then I turned 16 and realized that shit's childish. But hey, it's a great marketing scheme for selling to kids and parents whose only exposure to freeskiing is USC ski team and x games.
Jun 27 2013 1:03AM
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FreeskiThe603
Posts: 861 - Karma: 1,409
What I'm saying is that it's still very impressive. It's not simple to edit like that. It's not like he's just going into a software and picking out different effects and just using every other one, he is intricately adding in each effect to go in the perfect spot. Dude's a talented editor
Jun 27 2013 1:13AM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Sure it's difficult, but what does it accompolish? All you're really doing is taking away from what should be the subject (the skier). The only reason I see anyone adding those effects is to show that they can do said effect.

Those effects are neat, but they have no place in any credible edit or in any credible short film. Neither do those colors, nor his song choices. Abe's a great editor (and I envy his job), but he makes skiing look like its a fucking frat party (and god forbid that ever happens.)
Jun 27 2013 12:16PM
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FreeskiThe603
Posts: 861 - Karma: 1,409
well the song choice is completely up to the editor and in all honesty there is nothing wrong with the song choices. There fun, upbeat songs, which totally fit the mood of the edit itself
Jun 27 2013 6:04PM
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abek
Posts: 1255 - Karma: 1,587
Who says the subject has to be the skier, what if my subject is creativity or art? This is the sole basis of why some of my videos became popular - because it's not about the skiing or the tricks. It's about the vibe and being different. And I agree, it's not for everyone - especially not your typical 'hard core' skier, but I'd like to think it gives inspiration to people out there to try something different.
Jun 27 2013 6:05PM
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abek
Posts: 1255 - Karma: 1,587
And yes, along the way you will get a lot of people mimicking the style, but that is just an avenue to learning the tools to eventually be able to branch out on their own.
Jun 27 2013 6:07PM
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gravel
Posts: 5479 - Karma: 41,493
this is true... it certainly was the way i went about developing into a filmmaker.
Jun 27 2013 6:17PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
Finally someone agrees with me.

Sure abe, you come out with quite a lot of cool shit, that one with the coloured snow comes to mind.

But then your latest videos are pretty much 90% you guys high fiving and dancing on the fucking chairlift, it gets repetitive as balls. When you're a good filmer and a good skier, you should actually film skiing.
Jun 27 2013 6:57PM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
I thought that there was a general consensus that the subject of every ski edit is the skier(s). And who says creativity/art cannot be achieved when filming a skier?



Jun 27 2013 7:02PM
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abek
Posts: 1255 - Karma: 1,587
I totally agree; however, most of my skiing now is actually my time to socialize with friends I don't see often. My job takes up 97% of my time so the rare opportunity I get to be out shredding for fun is when we're just enjoying the company of one another and not throwing down. I try so hard to get everyone together and get them stoked to throw down but when you're out of college, 7 hours from the mountain and everyone has full time jobs it's not the easiest. :)
Jun 27 2013 7:34PM
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