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focalintent ([personal profile] focalintent) wrote2009-10-01 02:13 pm

freeze frame

The other night I went to the dna lounge to go see Psyclon Nine and Imperative Reaction play (photos coming soon). I took videos of a couple of the songs to play around with video on the 5d mk II. I learned that I need to get a better mic for it, for one. I also learned that this video thing could be something fun to get into. Also learned that while in-lens image stabilization is nice, more support would be better. Also, also - focus can be an interesting project. Finally, I learned that the software at vimeo that chooses a "preview frame" for your video has a great sense of humor, or just luck - as it chose the frame just before an overzealous fan body checks the lead singer of Psyclon Nine down into the crowd :)

(apologies for how noisy the video is. Some of it is because the builtin mic on the 5d2 sucks, the rest of it is because Psyclon Nine are a bunch of screeching, loud, noisy motherfuckers)

[identity profile] divineseduction.livejournal.com 2009-10-01 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay. :)
They played down here in Phx while I was up in Reno, sadly. So at least I get a little vicarious show-going, thanks to you. :)
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[personal profile] chipadeedoodah 2009-10-01 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have paid good money to see Marshall take a body check like that in person. Did it fuck him up? Please say it fucked him up. Please.

Hilarious Psyclon Nine story: I saw them at The Pound (I think?) several years ago, on the Inri tour. Marshall pulled out a bible to burn it, but the dumbshit bought a flame retardant bible. He threw it out into the pit, which had stopped to watch him fail to do more than scorch a bible, demanding that we tear it up for him.

I caught it and winged it back at his stupid head. He was upset.

It was such a classic Spinal Tap moment though, seeing him hold a fireproof bible over a zippo like that. Awesome awesome awesome.

[identity profile] heresiarch.livejournal.com 2009-10-02 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
great quality video. does nothing to improve the act, though :P.