What makes good CMP ride along video?

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Phil,

....But here goes;

Just like Mike, I prefer 4 and 5, with at least a small piece in position "9".....yes, the one that was not really included . In my opinion what often lacks in ride along video's is some shots of the vehicle driving past (9)......

...... Only a few seconds of the vehicle driving past would make a huge difference.

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I would avoid music....or maybe just something neutral in the background. I am not a fan of stereotype army music.....or any kind of stereotype music for that matter. A few weeks ago we had a classic steam locomotive and rail event here in Holland.....there was an item on it in the local TV news....any guesses which music they used?

Alex

Hi Alex

Thanks for the feed back, particularly the "9" which probably should actually be number 1 in any video the exterior shot either still or on the move of the vehicle subject. Give people a feeling for what they are riding in. Which a CMP probably should include a shot that establishes that it is a RHD vehicle.

One difficulty I've had up until now is placing the camera so that it can be turned off and on while driving. Having missed some really good video when the camera was off I think will go to just leaving the GoPro running for more of the trip that way it can be positioned to catch more.

I bought the GoPro last spring because we were doing a long Convoy, bottom to top and back of the State of New Hampshire about 235 miles each way. On that trip I missed out on some great video when our Convoy met an Army National Guard Convoy in the middle of Franconia Notch one of the most picturesque spots in the mountains here, and off course the camera was off. Now I know that the batteries and memory card are good for about 4 hours. Simple answer get more memory cards and batteries.

I'm now with a new computer I'm editing up all the video that I shot on the trip. Doing a long and short version of the trip which will post soon. All that trip was shot with the camera mounted on the dash of the C60L.

Getting to your point on avoiding music, know what you mean though I did use vintage music on a time lapse video of putting the engine and nose back on the C60L https://youtu.be/Rd1IXU0fchA

In editing that trip I discovered that the couple of times I removed camera from the dash the mechanical noise coming up through the mount disappeared so I will have to play with better mic and better location for the mic. But if I do that do I edit out all the missed shifts?

Shot 4 in the Pattern 12 with the top off is really my favorite for showing whats going on in the Cab and the view around. That angle would work great on a Jeep with the top down.

As you point out 5 & 6 inside of the Cab show how critical camera position and angle are to the quality of the view. Since then I've discover that the best way to set the camera is using wifi to the tablet so that I can see what the camera is seeing. Only problem with the wifi on the GoPro is that it kills the battery pretty fast so you have to set the view lock the camera down and then turn off the wifi on the camera.

With winter coming I'm assembling all off the video I've shot into a couple of very long videos that I just put up on the side screen of the computer as light amusement when I'm sitting at the computers.

Thanks again for the input.

Cheers Phil