UPSB v3

Presentation / Angle/Setup Tutorials?

  1. strat1227
    Date: Sun, Apr 11 2010 22:48:25

    I'm known for my terrible angles lol, I'd like to get a really nice one, but I never know exactly how I should tilt the camera, or where to place the light, or where/which way to face when i'm sitting.

    If some people wanted to show videos of their angle, and then show a video/pictures of how exactly they get that angle, it'd be really appreciated smile.gif

    I'm moving into my new place soon, and when I get there I want to have like a permanent setup/angle, and I'm not really sure which one i want so I want to test a few.

    Thanks guys smile.gif

    EDIT: Things to include: camera tilt, lighting location, hight of camera relative to hand, chair location, angle you face when you're spinning

  2. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 21:03:03

    http://www.mediafire.com/?jhqkdmzuim2

    Any questions, just ask them. tongue.gif

  3. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 21:53:24

    thanks man biggrin.gif

  4. JC
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 22:00:46

    It sorta depends on what's a good angle depending on how you do your tricks...sometimes tricks that someone does at one angle looks good, but will look worse if someone else does the same trick at the same angle

    Main points are though:
    -Make sure you're hand is centered (perhaps focus on centering the wrist actually)
    -Make sure your hand is always on screen, so film a bit and do a wide variety of tricks and aerials and see how it looks
    -Make sure you're zoomed in enough, but give yourself enough space to not go off screen

    I guess first start off by watching a collab or two or something..and take an angle that you like and try to imitate it.

  5. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 22:07:01

    QUOTE (JC @ Apr 12 2010, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I guess first start off by watching a collab or two or something..and take an angle that you like and try to imitate it.


    yeah that's the problem, I see angles i want but don't know how to create them, hence asking for setup tutorials lol ...

  6. JC
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 22:14:15

    QUOTE (strat1227 @ Apr 12 2010, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    yeah that's the problem, I see angles i want but don't know how to create them, hence asking for setup tutorials lol ...

    what do you have..? tripod? gorillapod?
    webcam? camera?

  7. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 22:35:11

    digital camera, gorillapod

  8. blahblahting
    Date: Tue, Apr 13 2010 17:46:34

    well my setup is: camera 45 degrees to the left of where i am spinning, about 1 1/4 to1 1/2 inches away from where my hand is while spinning. i keep the camera lens about 20-21 inches off the table

    i use a tripod + digital camera btw. dunno if you can raise a gorillapod to be that high. ive never owned one :/

  9. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Apr 13 2010 18:25:26

    QUOTE (Erirornal Kraione @ Apr 12 2010, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    http://www.mediafire.com/?jhqkdmzuim2

    Any questions, just ask them. tongue.gif


    upload this on youtube smile.gif

  10. Chief_Snake
    Date: Tue, Apr 13 2010 21:19:42

    don't want to threadjack, but anyone got any tips for removing shadows? here's a video of my camera set up and lighting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1k7cHMO9d4

    thanks for any help.

  11. strat1227
    Date: Tue, Apr 13 2010 21:30:45

    CS, put a lamp at a low angle so the light hits the floor where your shadow is now

  12. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, Apr 16 2010 06:56:16

    I think that a good angle should suit your spinning. Like, some people look good with angles like HAL's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WotckWxQs8A and others look good with angles like kin's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu7hPdZEHDw Other people look good when they're holding the camera too.

    Like, for myself, I have my camera on the left side of my spinning area, angled down towards the table at about 30 degrees from the horizontal and the angle of the camera itself is about 20 degrees, as in this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt3L_2if7hA I've tried other angles, like over the shoulder and directly in front, but I find that my spinning looks the best from my current angle.

    So like, just experiment with different angles, and if you're undecided, put up a video on youtube and ask for people's opinions on which one they like best. It took me a while to find a good angle lol.

    Hope that helped at least a bit =\

  13. Pen Ninja
    Date: Fri, Apr 16 2010 07:10:34

    tower of cd cases ftw! nice tilty webcam, if not stick a pen under there to tilt it, gotta have it high, hand level is ugly, and on the palm side (left side if ur right handed, right if ur lefty) lazy typing atm

  14. Kari-Chan
    Date: Sat, Apr 17 2010 06:11:40

    i like baaron's angle. how does he do it? =)

  15. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sat, Apr 17 2010 07:56:26

    QUOTE (Kari-Chan @ Apr 16 2010, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i like baaron's angle. how does he do it? =)


    Me too. Baaron has one of my favorite angles.

    Gimme your angle blueprint, Baaron! D:

  16. blahblahting
    Date: Sat, Apr 17 2010 17:58:04

    i think my angle is somewhat similar to baarons :/ ive been trying to copy it.
    his desk is only half on the screen though

    me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TfxinO0Vu0
    baaron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYT3cPQGQk...amp;feature=sub

    if you guys like my angle, i gave a description in an earlier post dunno.gif

  17. Sankaku
    Date: Sat, Apr 17 2010 18:36:42

    I got a pic of my camera setup. And you can't see it, but there's a shit load of junk hanging from my light lol.



    Edit: uploaded better picture tongue.gif

  18. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sat, Apr 17 2010 21:25:09

    QUOTE (blahblahting @ Apr 17 2010, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i think my angle is somewhat similar to baarons :/ ive been trying to copy it.
    his desk is only half on the screen though

    me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TfxinO0Vu0
    baaron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYT3cPQGQk...amp;feature=sub

    if you guys like my angle, i gave a description in an earlier post dunno.gif

    You don't have baaron's cool lighting.

    @Kaku
    Nice monitor.

  19. Nation
    Date: Mon, Apr 19 2010 20:33:24

    okay guys, I've pretty much been able to copy Baaron's angle.
    If you look at Kaku's angle, baaron's is pretty close, but just rotated.
    so, rotate the camera.
    and to get good lighting, high lights are great.
    I'm lucky, since my cam fits perfectly into a microphone stand, allowing me to have virtually any angle I want.
    and Kaku take off the white mat once in awhile, brown desk is ftw.

  20. blahblahting
    Date: Tue, Apr 20 2010 01:47:13

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Apr 17 2010, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    You don't have baaron's cool lighting.

    @Kaku
    Nice monitor.


    true sad.gif

  21. Milk
    Date: Fri, Apr 23 2010 06:32:58

    Sorry to threadjack, but requesting how to get angles like at ~1:13 and ~2:29 here:

  22. Kari-Chan
    Date: Fri, Apr 23 2010 07:00:08

    QUOTE (Milk @ Apr 23 2010, 04:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    If anyone can tell me how to the angle at ~1:13, I'll wub.gif you


    from where?

  23. hoiboy
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 02:00:02

    iPod nano version smile.gif

  24. Baaron
    Date: Tue, Jun 8 2010 02:40:40