Fun In The Snow

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:37 PM -0800 2/17/04, Rocky Mullin wrote:
>At 12:23 PM -0800 2/17/04, Jeryd wrote:
>>Looks like you had some fun!  Next time though, try adding some music in the
>>background.  Watching a movie that makes no noise is weird to me...

Yes, and I'd suggest Top Gear/Clarkson as a perfect example to 
study(well, save that horrible intro theme he uses with the guitar 
that sounds like it's being slaughtered, slowly).  In many episodes 
they've got it down better than a music video producer; camera 
techniques and photographic styles, along with music, match the 
particular car's image.  For example, in a review of a TVR, they used 
Juno Reactor from The Matrix soundtrack- perfect match.  For a 
Bentley Arnage T, flowery classical music.  Best damn motoring show 
I've ever seen- where else can you see an Overfinch Range Rover 
off-roading beat a CLK320 on dry tarmac in a drag race? :-)

Watching Clarkson tool around a lake in a Riva Aquarama(god, what a 
gorgeous boat!) to the tune of Sour Times(Portishead) in Extreme 
Machines is just...marvelous.

Whatever you do, DON'T copy "The Stig"(also from Top Gear, widely 
rumored to be the supposedly-kicked-off-the-show Tiff Needel- always 
wearing a helmet, so nobody knows).  Of course it's entirely on 
purpose, but he listens to REALLY bad music while taking the cars 
around the test track(my favorite would be the Renault Clio test, 
where he crosses the finish line backwards).

>	also, next time consider saving it as an mpeg file, so it's
>much more compatible.  i couldn't watch it.

Download either Mplayer or Video Lan Client.

Both are available for the three major platforms, and both play more 
formats than god.  Mplayer is a CPU hog on my powerbook, which is no 
slouch; VLC is very efficient(about 3x more so).  Mplayer is better 
for skipping around- does so flawlessly(left/right keys).

Brett
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