Weekend Extra: Video Camera & Disappearing

That's a great trick and an entertaining video, I don't get why everyone hates it so much, everyone on the internet seems to hate it when kids make videos.

>>>Jareth wrote on July 21, 12:55 am
This trick may seen to be common sense, but many of the tricks and edits used now didn't used to be so common

wait!? how is ethan getting all these props!? its such  an obvious trick that a retard could think up in 2 seconds

This is an awesome trick, when I first learned it I loved it 

well the disappearing camera has been used since silent films, so theres pretty much nothing new to it... But the little dude still put some effort into it so GOOD JOB!

lol

Ethan is obsessed with llamas...

David Lynch used the exact same method in Blue Velvet when Frank (Dennis Hopper) screams LETS F***! I'LL F*** ANYTHING THAT MOVES! and it created a surreal effect.

Good job!

Another way to do this is to just keep on recording, and in the editing program cut out the part where you take the object out so you don't get that little jump in the shot.

great job, Ethan! keep it up, bud. You've got talent

This is like the teleporting effect.You stand or move somewhere,cut away and show the actor somewhere else.

ARE YOU PEOPLE HIS RELATIVES OR SOMETHING?
THAT WAS A VIDEO ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE!

THAT WAS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!! HOW COME YOU PEOPLE LIKED IT SO MUCH??? THE VIDEO WAS BAD QUALITY, THE LENS WAS OUT OF FOCUS, AND IT WAS A STUPID EFECT!!!!!!!!!!!

very well know trick but im sure someone didnt know how to do it. i reccomend you just keep recording and cut in later editing because you are most likely to nudge the camera

the hat looks like a dick Like U

capitalization doesn't matter u faggot

uhh..yea

just make sure there are no moving stuff in the background or else itll dissapear and re appear like you

Although this is a very very old trick very nice work ethan however you did fail to mention make absolutely sure there are no moving entities in the background or else youll be dissapearing and all the sudden that plane in the background didnt make it across the shot it also dissapeared and possibly reappeard close the the end of your shot.

Ethan, you suck donkey balls!

Damn, that was my method! I just finished the film for it! (curses under breath)

Hey Eric can you make a small little chucky guy!

Ethan, while your basic explanation is spot on i would suggest not pressing the record button to ensure that the camera is not moved.  Also focus your camera or if you have auto-focus on take it off.  you should never shoot with it on.

hey Erik,
            i need a camera as cheap as you can get that can get up to an our of footage. i am not talking about 50 dollars im 11 and nead real cheap products! thanks for looking at this. 

good job

its a little shaky but cool

you can make it better by getting a controller for your camera or never stop filming and splice it in post.

When you turn the camera on and off it shakes a little, an easy way to prevent this is just filming the whole thing at once, then simply cut the actor walking on and off out with some software. Good job.

Huzzah!

yaa  umm this made no sense to me???

awesome stuff! i subscribed to your vids!

somthing that takes more work but is fairly simply,usefull if your the camra man and the actor,just do the stuff go to the diffrent spots...upload it and edit it,and just split the movie befor you moved,and once you got in position...delete the part were you moved

Hey guys, these tips are awesome!! 
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Hey! U dont have to stop shooting when you appear/disappear. Just film when you're at one place. Wait 10 secs or so, then run over to the other spot, then just edit the running out! U will have absolutely no camera shake at all!

What was so great about it? its a good trick, but he was SCREAMING into the camera... just saying,,, anyway, INDY MOGUL IS AWESOME!

Good job but it was difficult to listen to the video by how you spoke, it was a bit shaky and you paused every once and awhile, Just make use of a script to mostly get rid of this problem :)

to ensure that the camera doesnt shake upon button press, simply use the remote if it came with your camera

lol i love the first part of the llama.... hey im still here...

thats cute

another way to avoid having to press the button is just keep it recording and edit out the middle.

I also saw on a show how to make someone dissappear and reappear more slowly and not so sudden. You take the footage of the person in the shot and the footage with noone in it and overlap them in a video editing program and slowly transition the one to end on top of the other one. 

Thank you for the info :)

There's lots of plans on the web to attach a camera to a bike. I did it once, but had trouble with vibration.

Hey Erik,
I just thought i would be funny if in a future episode you spilt soda on yourself. Just an idea. 
-Ian

Ethan great job.  I might have to hire you. When you get older.

Sorry for adding so many comments but how about a video about how to attach a camer to a bike so it wont fall off. I read an article on instructables but it was a little confusing and i bet you guys could make it simple and easy to follow thanks.

hey indy mogul. some friends and i have been working on a movie which includes lots of sword fighting, we've tried to make the swords out of many materials like foam and card board, even wood, but we dont have a lot of tools or money, any help?
-Alexzandria

I think Ethan needs his own show.

It can also help to switch your camera to manual exposure and focus instead of auto, so it won't suddenly change focus when you disappear.

For the disappearing effect, lots of people tend to hit the record button. I used to be one of them. and it was a good tutorial. But can't you just record the whole thing first. What i mean is record the object there, and the object not there without pressing the record button, and then editing the shots together. That way it is reassured the camera won't slightly move after hitting the record button. 

As we grow older in our filmmaking, it's hard to remember that the simple effects work too. While this trick can be accomplished with editing softweare, it can also be accomplished with a pause button on the camera.

In fact, many time-lapse and claymation films started out just like this.

Great job for the tutorial Ethan. Was that RedHandedFilms?
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedHandedFilms

If you do use editing software to accomplish these effects, remember "tripod tripod tripod". You really need to lock down your camera for effects like this. (as pointed out earlier, especially if you're going to be touching the camera to hit pause). 

If you are using editing software, often a sound effect can help the "pop" effect make more sense. This trick was used to great effect in TV shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. (not to mention Star Trek and Lost in Space).

This trick may seen to be common sense, but many of the tricks and edits used now didn't used to be so common, and it's people like Ethan there who helping to make it more so.  So good job in explaining that one, and hopefully we can see some from you!

Awesome work Ethan, love it. They used this type of  effect in Star Wars often for splicing in the Light Saber effects. You can see the frame jump a bit when the light saber comes out. I know this because I just watched the first 3 in the past 3 days because its on HBO on demand. :)

This trick is pretty much common sense

Ethan is the MAN!!!! 

haha your funny Ethan
good job =)

Great job Ethan! Thats one of the oldest film-making tricks in the book, and yet it took a Kid to explain it to us! 

Just a quick tip, every time you push the record button on and off, the camera shakes a little, so try recording it with remote software like AMCAP, so that you never touch the camera.

Kevinaz

Nice job Ethan!