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I went on a road trip recently with my wife Linda. I accumulated a bunch of disparate footage that I didn't quite know what to do with. I decided to put together a montage representing the places we stayed and what we saw out the car window during our long journey home from New Mexico to Washington.

This is the longest piece I have uploaded so kick back and immerse yourself in this beautiful and epic world :)

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Cinematography/Videography: Steven Dempsey Rating: 4.56

Tags: 24p beach California dempsey disjecta film look HDV Nature New Mexico ocean pacific road trip Travel Washington Wind Turbines

Equipment: Bogen 516 Video Pro Bogen 3246 Canon XHA1 Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

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Peter Klaassen

May 01, 2008 12:45 PM

Beautiful. Great choice of music.

Charles Hesman

May 01, 2008 03:46 PM

Charles Hesman

Absolutely inspiring Mr. Dempsy! Music choice wonderful. Did you use extreme at all?

Steven Dempsey

May 01, 2008 03:49 PM

Thank you for the comments. Charles, no adapter used, just the camera.

Shiv Kumar

May 02, 2008 05:47 AM

Steven,

Can't imagine how you can simply drive by and produce such stunning visuals. You also have this great ability to pick fitting music that totally sets the mood for your films. Superb!

There is only one shot I didn’t really care for and that was the one of the seagull @3:13. It didn’t seem to fit the epic nature of this film I feel.

From 3:09 onwards (the silhouette of Linda) this film takes on a whole different turn and the shots you have a mind blowing.

Will Mahoney

May 02, 2008 08:43 AM

Nice.

Peg Futrell

May 02, 2008 09:25 AM

Hi Steven,

You've managed to make a tale from these "disparate" pieces. At the start the rainsdrops inching across the windshield foretell of the automobile travellers wending their way up the highways and biways of the American west. The viewer sees where we're heading, then where we are, and then where we've been, from shots using the car's side mirror.

The inanimate objects, be they landscape formations or windmills, come alive and join the people in enjoyment of their special placement in the geography, giving the impression of standing in wondrous appreciation of the vistas they behold. The music greatly enhances the beauty of the scenes and understandable awe of the "spectators".

At the end, the curtain is drawn as the clouds overtake sun and ocean. You've captured the incredible deep blues of the ocean and the reflective silver light on the tides. Simply beautiful shots.

Alexander Danehy

May 03, 2008 03:44 AM

I came across this since I'm in the market for a hi-def camera. XH-A1 was my initial thought - now I'm certain.
Curiously, what's the song title? It's not from Gladiator or King Arthur (at least, I don't think it is).

Steven Dempsey

May 03, 2008 10:52 AM

Alexander, it's from the DaVinci Code

Steven Dempsey

May 03, 2008 10:57 AM

Peg, it's hard to put into words how much I appeciate you sharing your take on this film. Despite some of my cavalier descriptions of what I post, every film I make, whether it's a 30-second experiment or a more expansive piece, is very meaningful to me. It's actually a great gift in my life. When I painted, I loved the idea of creating something from a blank canvas. It's the same with what I do now. I am quite surprised sometimes by what the process produces at the end of the creative pipeline. To be able to create "worlds" is just amazing to me. My films take on a life of there own very soon after the edit is complete and I love that moment when I can say goodbye to my child and know she is fully grown and can take care of herself...that's the moment that makes what I do worthwhile, whether I get rich doing it or go broke trying.

Anh Trinh

May 04, 2008 03:42 AM

Hi Steven,

I've been a big fan of yours for over a year now. I really enjoy your work. You've just inspired me to get my first HD cam, the XHA1. I'm primarily using it for church ministry and to see what you've done has really given me something to aspire to.

Anyway, I do have a question. I hope you don't me asking. I'm also running Premiere Pro CS3 but I don't see an HDV preset when creating a new project. Will my new XHA1 have software that will allow me to get HDV presets for my new projects in Premiere CS3? Thanks in advance. Keep up the great work as usual.

Shiv Kumar

May 04, 2008 03:51 AM

Hi Anh,

I thought I'd answer on behalf of Steven since I am a PPro CS3 user myself. You should be able to use PPro CS3 for footage captured using the XHA1 (I'm an XHA1 person myself). The preset you'd use depends on the framerate and the dimensions of the footage captured. For the A1 it's 1080 (unless you intentionally want to use a 720p timeline. And the frame rate you used 30p, 24p 60i etc.

Do you not see these options?

Alexander Danehy

May 06, 2008 03:10 AM

I just re-read my comment and I realize that I said nothing about the video itself..! I LOVE it. I've seen the video over 10 times already - it's moving. I'm not big on travel but this piece makes me want to go out and see some of those places - particularly the beach that comes after the wind farm.