Filming Fisheye in SESSION: Skate Sim The Ultimate Guide | Golden Rule of Skate Filming Ep.1 Remake
19*FULL FILMOGRAPHY AND TIMESTAMPS BELOW*
Hopefully this helps if you're trying to figure out HOW or WHY to film skating with a fisheye lens. Exact keyframe and framing advice, IRL examples, skate video deep dives, this is truly the all-dressed guide for filming fisheye in Session's replay editor.
*FILMOGRAPHY (by order of appearance AFTER the intro)*
- Original GOLDEN RULE Ep.1 video: https://youtu.be/wGusqNzG8wQ?t=88
- éS - Menikmati (2000): https://youtu.be/nQnXa2rg58Y
(Froston at 44min03)
(Tom Penny at 23min16)
- Plan B - True: https://youtu.be/H3ocHKwy-zI
(Chris Joslin at 3min06)
- Zero - Misled Youth: https://youtu.be/2RNRzWPILXk
(Chief at 11min19)
(Adrian Lopez at 1min25)
(Friends at 7min23)
(Jim Greco at 6min09)
(Matt Mumford at 4min57)
- iDabble VM - What's in the bag? (Beagle): https://youtu.be/Uh6WjtdD3yI
- Thrasher - My War: Beagle: https://youtu.be/SB9ldNNL2zU
- Zero - Dying to Live: https://youtu.be/chZP0RgilSE
(Chris Cole at 21min11)
TIMESTAMPS:
PART 1: THE MIND
1:55 - Standard fisheye shot in 5 keyframes: Keyframes + framing
3:23 - "The Whoosh"
3:52 - Pivot shot (alternative to Standard shot)
4:31 - Close-up "panning" shot (alternative to Standard shot)
PART 2: THE HEART
5:41 - intro + drone shots
6:30 - Explaining "the camera must emulate the action"
7:00 - the camera IS the action, not a reaction
7:21 - 3 key moments in any given trick
7:48 - Screen real-estate pt.1: explained
8:06 - How to apply "screen real-estate" with a fisheye
9:13 - Putting visual emphasis during a trick
9:45 - BEAGLE talks about the most expensive fisheye lens
10:11 - IRL bad filming consequences + Chris Cole KF Muirlands board break
10:58 - TANGENT: Using camera zoom or FOV with fisheye lens (don't)
12:56 - Screen real-estate pt.2: filmer positioning
13:08 - Filmer positioned too far (in-game + IRL examples)
13:43 - "The Danger Zone" explained
14:06 - Why skating must be filmed by skaters
OUTRO:
14:58 - closing statements from the old 2023 video
All gameplay captured on my regular old PS4,
exported to PC using this approach: https://youtu.be/2WxlrFKbcBM
Music is just random guitar improv recorded by yours truly.
Hope this helps.
Patience for your practice!
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