Comments on: The Flip Video That Launched a Giant https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5369 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:55:51 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5369 In reply to Saundra McBride.

So glad to hear the video and the blog post inspired you. Thanks Saundra. I wish you much success.

]]> By: Saundra McBride https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5368 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:05:53 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5368 I just seen the video and I have to say, I was on the verge of never picking up a camera again, and closing my biz totally. Zach’s video just took tons of pressure off me and freed me in a way I didn’t expect. Thank you Zach and Thank you Ron, for exposing me to it. Right now all I can say is WOW, after watching it 5 times. Love to you both.

]]> By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5367 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:23:18 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5367 In reply to Zack Arias (@zarias).

Thanks my friend for always being so open, vulnerable and giving. I never tire of Transform. 🙂

Looking forward to seeing your other video work too. 🙂

]]> By: Mirian Silva https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5366 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:53:18 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5366 I ain’t got nothing but love for Zack. Thanks for posting Ron.

]]> By: arfd00d https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5365 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:38:57 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5365 Cheers to Erik Dixon. I hadn’t seen that one. Well done! When I originally saw Zack’s video on the Kelby blog, I thought it was the best of all the guest entries, and it still is.

]]> By: Angel De Armas https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5364 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:38:18 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5364 Cheers to you!
I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but never wrote about it. To shoot from your gut, there is nothing more powerful. I too been caught in the new technology, but I can never give up the old school of film. When I shoot film, it comes from who I am, from love at what I do. When I shoot video it comes from a job, a profession.

]]> By: Michael Wright https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5363 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:35:35 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5363 I needed to see that… I’m overcome by Transform and at a complete loss for words…

]]> By: Zach Frailey https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5362 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:19:35 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5362 Wow, that video…so powerful. It’s the simplicity, the music and the heartfelt voice over by Zack that make this work so well. I’ve always been in the boat of, the message is far more important that how it’s conveyed. Just powerful, powerful stuff. It doesn’t happen often, but this legitimately moved me emotionally. I’ll probably never forget the part about Zack’s dad…

]]> By: Zack Arias (@zarias) https://daredreamer.com/the-flip-video-that-launched-a-giant/#comment-5361 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:06:11 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=5840#comment-5361 Thanks for this Ron!

As I move forward in the world of video and try to find my place in it I keep going back to transform. I’ve gotten the 5d since then along with sliders, and a jib, and a video tripod head, etc. etc. etc. I’ve shot the “OMG BOKEH!!!” shots at 1.4. All that…. and I’m bored to tears with it because that’s what we are all doing. We’re all sliding. We’re all jibbing. We’re all shooting for razor thin DoF.

Nothing I have ever created has seen more attention than that little B&W video shot on a Flip. As you stated I found the issues with the Flip, hid them, and had to rely on narrative and audio to bring it together. That video came from my gut. I shot it however I wanted to shoot it. Lately I’m shooting video how I think I’m supposed to shoot it. The last video project I shot I have not shared with anyone because it isn’t “me”. It slides. It cranes. It has rack focusing. It has shallow DoF. It has no soul. Not my soul at least.

As I move forward in video I’m going back to what I was doing in Transform. I may do it with better gear but I’m not looking for the visual masturbation shots as I call them just because I can do them. Jib shots were always so amazing because they were the shots only Hollywood could pull off. Now everyone can do it and over do it and do it some more and they are losing their awe factor.

So yeah. Use what you have. Do the best you can with it. Don’t get all caught up in the “I can do this now because I have this gear” when maybe something simple will do the job much better.

Note – Within 10 days of releasing that video I had three major book publishers calling me wanting me to write for them. I’ve kept a relationship with one of them and I’ll be putting out a book… when I’m ready to put out a book. Just because someone will publish the shit I have to say doesn’t mean it’s the right time to do so. That video… it changed my life.

Cheers,
Zack

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