TSD Rally Video?

While I have run rallys before, I would like a video to 1. - Teach me something I missed (I am sure I did) and 2. - to show to folks to give them an idea of what we do on one Saturday a month driving around the countryside.

Are you interested in any particular part of the rally, for him to concentrate some effort on,  Clint? 

I'd like to show it to my car club, to show them what  rally is (not high-speed cruising.)

When we have family things like Chistmas or birthdays, I get out my digital voice recorder and let it run in my shirt pocket.  You can do the same for meetings, classroom lectures, etc.   I can get 40 hours of audio on it. You might try that;  recording a LOT of raw audio, then grab bits for the video.    That way you can create a narrative while things are happening realtime, and you won't have to remember what was happening in the video/film because you've got the narrative on the recorder.  Except the parts when you go to the restroom.

It might even be useful to us here or other interested people who don't rally to be able to read a transcript of the video, including the conversations, in-car talk, etc., if you are able to do that after you are finished editing.

That's what I would do if I were doing this project myself.   I think I will take my voice recorder at the least, because I'm going to be working a CP at a rally on the 6th.

fwiw

Good idea about the digital voice recorder, I had the same idea. I have a recorder that I keep in my car for recording interesting looking roads and landmarks that I can go back and look at on a map. My only concern is that the audio quality may be a little rough for a video, but that may be fixable with a good mic.

I help out on a stage rally car that uses the same idea to record the in-car audio on stage. The driver combines the audio from the recorder with the video footage so you can hear road/engine noises and the stage notes together. Camera is a Hero Go-Pro camera mounted to the roof of the car. I may try to borrow this camera for the videos, but need to talk to the owner first. Just to warn you, there is a naughty word near the end of the video, so you may not want any kids around the first time you watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHh56iPHZg

What rally are you going to?

Per a discussion about this on another place,  the idea came up to script what happens in the video;  exactly what should happen, just like they do in the movie business.

Video from a real rally may not necessarily be the best thing, but could add some realism in certain situations.  Instead create the script, and go out on the road, per se, with another to simulate a rally team and record whatever video and audio things are needed.   You will get exactly what you need exactly when you want it to happen. You could record the spoken parts in a studio or room (like at home) but it might sound a little too quiet, not like real in-car audio.  Maybe sit in a parking lot in the car to get the spoken parts?

I'll script one myself for fun and give it a shot myself.  Polishing engine parts to a mirror gets boring and I need a break.

thxZ

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Last edited by abbey (2010-06-28 05:36:45)