Drone's eye view of a fireworks display
Here's a cool little video: This guy piloted a heli-drone through an ongoing fireworks display. The footage is pretty awesome. Looks I might have to go buy myself a quadracopter or equivalent after all!
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Sorry (Score: 1)
by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-05 13:48 (#2BN)
But I kind of hated it. It was extremely manipulated, even REVERSING footage towards the end for some godforsaken reason (explosions clearly going backwards). And the musical choice was really obnoxious. What would have been wrong with natural audio?
There's no reason to trust any of it.
Good idea, but I hate whoever produced this.
There's no reason to trust any of it.
Good idea, but I hate whoever produced this.
Re: Sorry (Score: 1, Informative)
by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-05 14:26 (#2BQ)
What would have been wrong with natural audio?You can't hear much of anything over the rotor wash and wind. As much as you don't like the music, a few minutes of this might be more obnoxious.
And what do you mean by trust? It's not like they're trying to convince you of something.
Re: Sorry (Score: 0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-05 19:19 (#2BX)
Wrong, of course they are. They are trying to convince us this is notable/unique footage of a real phenomenon from a remarkable perspective. If it's just manipulated and sweetened to the point you don't know which streaks are real and which fake, it loses all possible value. Firework streaks are trivial to animate/mirror/replicate.
And running the footage BACKWARDS? There's no possible valid reason to do that. It's a dreadfully lazy 1920s era special effect.
How can I be impressed by something when I can't reasonably believe it to even be real?
I believe for now a drone was used, but I can't trust any particular segment of that video to be an accurate depiction of what the camera captured.
My point was that the producer did a real disservice to the entire concept by overproducing the presentation to the point it's indistinguishable from a really bad segment of Disney's Fantasia.
And running the footage BACKWARDS? There's no possible valid reason to do that. It's a dreadfully lazy 1920s era special effect.
How can I be impressed by something when I can't reasonably believe it to even be real?
I believe for now a drone was used, but I can't trust any particular segment of that video to be an accurate depiction of what the camera captured.
My point was that the producer did a real disservice to the entire concept by overproducing the presentation to the point it's indistinguishable from a really bad segment of Disney's Fantasia.
No take down (Score: 1)
by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-05 15:16 (#2BS)
For me, it was some pretty great footage. I can see why not everyone would like it, though. Didn't realize there was any music to it - I usually have my laptop's speakers muted. I spent the whole video waiting to see if one of the final blasts would actually nuke the copter out of the sky. Realized afterwards I was kind of disappointed it didn't happen. Stay tuned for drone's eye video of the American military blasting a picnic of Taliban generals wedding party into the hereafter!
Actually, that footage probably exists somewhere, but getting it can land you in Guantanamo.
Actually, that footage probably exists somewhere, but getting it can land you in Guantanamo.