just wondering
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June 3, 2011 1:26 p.m. plance1 Dork
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June 3, 2011 1:26 p.m. e_pie New Reader
I don't get it either.
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June 3, 2011 1:30 p.m. Javelin SuperDork
Because the in-car audio quality is crap.
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June 3, 2011 1:36 p.m. ransom Reader
In reply to Javelin:
I guess that's fair. But I'd rather have the option of deciding whether there's something meaningful in the audio (driving style cues, etc) and be able to turn it down if it sucks.
As opposed to so much of the music that has me frantically clawing at the volume controls with a dire need to have it OFF NOW
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June 3, 2011 2:32 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
as a once-professional video editor.. the people new at it tend to throw in music they like.. thinking that everyone likes that music.
The really new people Love to do cheesey wipes and transitions too.
I came doing news to video.. so I was a straight forward and simple editor. Straight cuts, little to no music, and maybe only one or two "artsy" shots thrown in (depending on the subject.
So to sum up. People throw in music because they can
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June 3, 2011 3:00 p.m. racerdave600 HalfDork
mad_machine wrote:
as a once-professional video editor.. the people new at it tend to throw in music they like.. thinking that everyone likes that music.
The really new people Love to do cheesey wipes and transitions too.
I came doing news to video.. so I was a straight forward and simple editor. Straight cuts, little to no music, and maybe only one or two "artsy" shots thrown in (depending on the subject.
So to sum up. People throw in music because they can
Same here...except I started in a production house.
I do however remember editing a friend's run in a hillclimb and matched the shifts as best as possible with V10 Ferrari F1 soundtrack! He had a Jetta! That's the only one I've ever dubbed over. Of course there are ways to boost in the in-car audio without a lot of effort.
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June 3, 2011 3:01 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork
Well, there's always the "you're watching the wrong videos" angle, too.......
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June 3, 2011 3:27 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
Capturing good video is orders of magnitude easier than capturing good audio. Well, not really, but the devices that people buy to capture video are certainly not capable of capturing audio in the same league as the video they can deliver. I think the natural tendency for folks is to want the quality of the audio and the video to match, so they grab some produced music they like.
Sometimes it's done real well—the right score can make an otherwise boring piece of video something fantastic. After all, we all have powerful emotions tied to music. Sometimes it misses, however (like whenever Sammy Hagar is involved).
jg
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June 3, 2011 4:41 p.m. donalson SuperDork
yup... play with any of the inexpensive HD recording players and you can get amazing vid quality... but they still rely on a cheap crappy MIC... my canon 60d does awesome HD vid... including 60FPS for quality slow motion shots... but the audio is no better (and prob worse) than the VHS or super8 vid cameras my fam had when I was a kid... there are ways around this but that adds complexity and cost...
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June 3, 2011 5:45 p.m. mike Reader
I buy all of the above reasons. Now, can we make it stop? The earplugs, they do nothing...
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June 3, 2011 6:17 p.m. plance1 Dork
I just don't find any of the racing videos boring enough to need stupid music.
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June 3, 2011 6:23 p.m. novaderrik Dork
who doesn't want to hear some obscure Eurotrash techno or (shudder) Nickelback while watching in car race video?
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June 3, 2011 7:06 p.m. Jay SuperDork
Generally, if your camera is mounted on the rollbar of a convertible, and you're not using some sort of remote mike (put somewhere like right up at the firewall in the passenger footwell), I don't want to hear the audio. Please do dub over the constant wind noise and massive clipping.
That said, if you're going to overdub with music, pick something that fits the video. And DON'T use that retarded "song" that starts out whispering and then goes EEEUUURRRAAAAAAAAAGH at sixteen million dB. Whoever wrote that needs to be launched into the sun.
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June 3, 2011 8:10 p.m. Teh E36 M3 HalfDork
That's it. If I ever make a racing video, I'm going to get Sammy in it somehow. You messed with AMERICA when you tried to bring down the Sammy!
Long Live the Red Rider!!!
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June 3, 2011 9:20 p.m. shadetree30 Reader
It could always be early '70s porn background...
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June 3, 2011 9:29 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
Just to be on the safe side, put "Ace of Spades" behind everything. If Lemmy can't make it better, no one can.
jg
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June 4, 2011 8:38 a.m. jimbbski Reader
Because some people just can't go through life without a soundtrack. Everywhere I go people just have to have music blasting along with whatever they are doing. I guess peace & quiet are obsolete!
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June 4, 2011 9:56 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I am afraid to say you are right. Working here in the Casinos.. I see a LOT of dealers and such that as soon as they come off of the floor, they pop out the earbuds and turn on the iPod..
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June 4, 2011 12:31 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
racerdave600 wrote: I do however remember editing a friend's run in a hillclimb and matched the shifts as best as possible with V10 Ferrari F1 soundtrack!
This could be fun.
You could go the other way, too...dub in the sounds of a Jetta over video of a Ferrari F1.
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June 4, 2011 12:36 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
stuart in mn wrote:
racerdave600 wrote: I do however remember editing a friend's run in a hillclimb and matched the shifts as best as possible with V10 Ferrari F1 soundtrack!
This could be fun.
You could go the other way, too...dub in the sounds of a Jetta over video of a Ferrari F1.
Win!
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June 4, 2011 1:15 p.m. 93gsxturbo HalfDork
You mean you guys don't like Drowning Pool and White Zombie?
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June 4, 2011 8:43 p.m. gamby SuperDork
Jay wrote:
Generally, if your camera is mounted on the rollbar of a convertible, and you're not using some sort of remote mike (put somewhere like right up at the firewall in the passenger footwell), I don't want to hear the audio. Please do dub over the constant wind noise and massive clipping.
That said, if you're going to overdub with music, pick something that fits the video. And DON'T use that retarded "song" that starts out whispering and then goes EEEUUURRRAAAAAAAAAGH at sixteen million dB. Whoever wrote that needs to be launched into the sun.
I think Korn started that and shortly thereafter it became a convention of nu-metal.
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June 5, 2011 9:29 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
Jay wrote:
Generally, if your camera is mounted on the rollbar of a convertible, and you're not using some sort of remote mike (put somewhere like right up at the firewall in the passenger footwell), I don't want to hear the audio. Please do dub over the constant wind noise and massive clipping.
That said, if you're going to overdub with music, pick something that fits the video. And DON'T use that retarded "song" that starts out whispering and then goes EEEUUURRRAAAAAAAAAGH at sixteen million dB. Whoever wrote that needs to be launched into the sun.
The sad thing is that even though there's a few songs that fit that description, i know exactly which one you're talking about.
