Video- The Yellowjacket Chronicles

[JOE33075]

12,000 miles in 24 days
Key West, Florida to Deadhorse, Alaska and back solo
on a R1150R "Yellowjacket"

see the video
The Yellowjacket Chronciles - Test footage 9/2006 (http://timelypressbooks.com/video/Small%20YJ%20Test%20Footage%2090106.wmv)

[Mika]

:thumb :thumb

What a way to start my day!
What a first post!
I can not wait for the December release of your Yellow Jacket Chronilces! I have a ton of questions as will others but I have not had coffee yet.
:lurk

[snoone]

What a great trip and video.. I enjoyed every second of your test. Can't wait to see the rest of it.. Any Plans for TV? Cause its that good!!!

[RTRandy]

Dude !! Very cool ! How'd you produce that? The camera shots are from different positions including some that appear from another vehicle. Did you travel with other riders? Thanks for sharing that.

[SNC1923]

Epic. Beyond cool. What a great production. You'll have a lot of people wanting to watch this well-produced drama. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[username]

details? camera used, mountings, and video editing software? did a crew accompany this fellow?

the trailer had me cracking up.

[EastTNBeemer]

That was great. I cant wait. Ditto on camera, mounts, techniques, etc. :clap

[JOE33075]

Well thanks for the suport.

I film solo, meaning there is no crew and filming is done entirely by me. To accomplish this I use a series of cameras on the bike. Different cameras for differnet purposes.
I priamrily use a sony dvx-2100 for good quality color shots and interviews/
I use a smaller sony dvcrtc-22 for quick shots and on the bike out-the-front and back shots.

I have a special camera rig, I designed, which is essentially an articulated arm with a camera on it. It extends from 22-80" off the bike in any direction depending how its set up. This allows the appearence of a chase vehicle.
I call it the Magic Broomstick.

Production is also a solo afair

[SHawn_P]

That was fantastic! :clap

I'm going to have watch that several more times...

[kbasa]

:lurk

[robsryder]

I quite liked your test video. With clever editing I think that you will have a very nice video that could be sold.

A while back there was a thread with the topic of "making motorcycle videos".
http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8389

This prior thread mostly concerned use of helmet or bike mounted cameras and discussions of various recorders. (And I had some examples on how not to do some things! :-) Some nice examples were shown - I really like sfarson's Visit Colorado on a GS [my title] videos.

I thought that the yellowjacket test video was interesting with the self interview/narration and the off-bike footage. These techniques are a nice departure from just showing an on-bike forward view. I would really like to see some pix of the physical set-up that you use (i.e., your "broomstick").

Obviously you have a good deal of patience. I say this because you must have on at least one instance dropped your bike, taken the time to get out the camera, set it up and begin filming while you lifted the bike. I don't know that I would have thought of that.

One of the downsides of placing videos on the 'net is that there is usually a significant loss of resolution (particularly with the free hosting sites, e.g. Google Video, YouTube, PutFile, etc.) If your video is distributed on a DVD then the resolution can be as high as captured by the camera. Sfarson has his own server and his videos retain very good resolution.

I await the further yellowjacket episodes or the full product (a few hour long video is ok with me as the winters are long and cold :-)

[JOE33075]

Of course eveyone would like to see the broomstick, but all I can offer is this

Magic Broomstick - Movie (http://timelypressbooks.com/video/Small%20Magic%20Broomstick.wmv)

other videos from along the learning curve
index (http://timelypressbooks.com/video/)

[alien_hitchhiker]

Joe, I love it!!! You are definitely onto something - this revolutionizes what a rider, a bike and a camera can do.

Got patent?

[BradfordBenn]

So if that is the test, I can't wait for the real version

[ILBulldog]

Loved it!!!

I especially liked seeing the yellowjacket. I miss mine.

Bulldog

[username]

joe - can you tell us about the software you use and the hardware you have?

[JOE33075]

Most of my gear is consumer grade, with the exception of the DCR-VX2100 camera which most would consider pro-sumer grade. The Magic Broomstick is something original unto itself.

In general cameras are 300lines or better resolution, recording to Mini-Dv which seems to be most convienient and most robust for road work.

For editing, I am aprtial to the adobe suite of production tools. Expensive, but you can't beat their value. For mac users, final cut would be the alternative.

[jjlawrence]

This is going to be a great video to watch. :dance

[GNUSE]

Thanks for sharing your talent and enjoyment.

[GRANT63RT]

Fantastic job Joe. :thumb I'm looking forward to seeing the whole trip. I hope you'll let us know when we can order the DVD.

As for that Majic Broomstick....If you haven't already, talk to a patent attorney! That thing works great and I'm sure you'll find a good market for it if you want to go that way.
Good luck! I'll be waiting for the next installment. :lurk

[BubbaZanetti]

As for that Majic Broomstick....If you haven't already, talk to a patent attorney! That thing works great and I'm sure you'll find a good market for it if you want to go that way.
Good luck! I'll be waiting for the next installment. :lurk


my first thought, what a cool device!

[JOE33075]

theres an article on Vince's desk
I don't expect it to get printed

[robsryder]

theres an article on Vince's desk
I don't expect it to get printed

Are you meaning that you have submitted an article with a schematic of the Magic Broomstick for publication in the ON? If so, I would personally like to see such an article.

In fact, an expanded article about the making of your video would be interesting.

Clearly a fundamental way in which the internet differs from a printed magazine is the ability of the internet to provide video. From the responses to the earlier linked article on making motorcycle videos many other forum participants also think so. I can't think of anyone that wouldn't be moved by the video ride reports submitted by sfarson.

The magazine would be an appropriate place to let the wider membership know that such videos exist. I would also favor pointing the wider MOA membership to resources outside the MOA website (e.g., AdvRider). The only real danger is that one can end up spending hours and hours in front of the computer.

Hopefully you will be proved wrong about the publication of your article.

Thanks for sharing your video snippet. [P.S. I'd like to see more!!!]

[JOE33075]

sorry, issues all full with other more important stuff

no broomstick for you

[robsryder]

sorry, issues all full with other more important stuff

no broomstick for you

If your submitted article has actually been rejected were you given a reason? There may be other ways of getting your article published. Some possibilities include the AMA's magazine American Motorcyclist or one of the commercial magazines. I seem to favor Rider over the others, but that is likely because of Clement Salvadori's writing.

[JOE33075]

thanks but lets fix the problems at hand

ps- you might also like the post "SoBe Boxer" under ride reports. Another BMW movie.
BMW only! :wave

[Voni]

And the links don't work.

More here:

http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5279

Voni
sMiling

[jdmetzger]

Remember how Joe33075 entertained us. :bikes He was Doghoused.

And the links don't work.

More here:

http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5279

Voni
sMiling

It wasn't just us that banned him. He was banned from the site Voni linked to, as well. I did some digging, and saw comments like "wow, two thread locks and a banning!", and "I haven't banned anything around here in two years". I guess he was liked everywhere he went, eh? :dunno

[ultracyclist]

I am getting :Error 404-the requested resource could not be found.

What am I doing wrong?
I can see video from other links.