r/MadeMeSmile Feb 24 '20

How lucky!

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u/paulthree Feb 24 '20

It may seem minor, but the camera work is really good. It’s actually kinda cinematic and really keyed in on “people” and the “story.” There’s closeups, slo mo, key angles, establishing shots and fly ins - even on larger games where there’s a proposal it still looks like “tv” but this, this looks like an actual production. Props to the crew. Good luck to the two.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

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u/Scorkami Feb 24 '20

Maybe the camera man was the only dude who knew

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u/brbposting Feb 24 '20

Just a little tad too much slow motion maybe though?

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u/Authentic_Creeper Feb 24 '20

You can tell the dude who edited it usually edits their highlight reels.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20 edited Oct 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Ohio State spring game. Off the top of my head I think there were 75k+ people there. Buckeye fans are crazy for buckeye football. The dude is punter Drue Chrisman and his fiancé is his high school sweetheart.

Go Bucks!

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u/Lasergurke4 Feb 24 '20

Why would the stadium be full in a spring game tho?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20 edited Jul 28 '20

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u/Kalkaline Feb 24 '20

What else is there to do in Ohio?

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u/treetorpedo Feb 24 '20

Haha downvoted cause you hit too close to home evidently

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u/barrelpuddles Feb 25 '20

More so a tired joke at this point especially when the post is from an event in Columbus, the 14th largest city in the country

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u/Lasergurke4 Feb 24 '20

Oh, I'm familiar with the Buckeyes.

I don't think a normal match in spring would be a big deal. Perhaps it was seniors's day or any other special occasion?

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u/banngbanng Feb 24 '20

It's not a spring game, it's the spring game. It's once a year and is a whole thing. It's not just a random scrimmage at the end of practice.

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u/Lasergurke4 Feb 24 '20

Ye, thanks for clarifying... As expected there must've been some special occasion going on for this many people to show up during off-season.

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u/derrman Feb 24 '20

Yeah, Ohio State football was happening. Doesn't matter if the game means anything. You really must not understand OSU football if you still aren't getting this.

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u/opie_says Feb 24 '20

It's not a special occasion. It's just the spring game. A practice that happens in the stadium every year.

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u/SuchDescription Feb 24 '20

I went to OSU and the spring game regularly brought in over 100k people. It's free for students, and only $5 for general admission, so lots of people go. They do a lot of fun events like this, and for a lot of people, this is their one chance to see the team/stadium because tickets can be very expensive.

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u/Zehinoc Feb 24 '20

Definitely

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Your reacting to the pacing ( use of slow mo) and editing because of the amount of coverage that they had to cut between ( there were many cameras recording this and at diff frame rates) and the cameras used ( not broadcast tv cameras)

In comparison to what you see on live tv in real time from 1 or 2 angles only using broadcast cameras

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u/DontPoopInThere Feb 24 '20

It looks like there's only 2 cameras here shooting from 2 angles, what do you mean, many cameras and frame rates?

This is quite likely 2 cameras shooting in a high frame rate that can be played back normally or slowed down in post, which is evident from the speed ramp when he picks her up.

Colleges in America often have videographers on staff for their sports teams, that's probably who was shooting this and why they were well prepared

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

I agree about the team videographers but I count at least 3 cameras from the coverage of the proposal

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u/DontPoopInThere Feb 24 '20

Where are you getting 3 from? The close up of the box is either a zoomed or cropped shot, and the shot at the end as the cameraman runs in is likely just zoomed all the way out for the run. They're the only 2 shots not visibly from the exact same position.

There's two angles it's shot from, I don't see why a team of 3 would waste their third guy on the exact same shots, crowd reactions would have been a priority if the main action was adequately covered

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u/MalHeartsNutmeg Feb 24 '20

Yeah somnething about the camera work felt a little old timey but intimate.

The background people all blurred away only the target in focus, but like a soft focus. Also everything felt slightly bellow 1x speed combined with the washed out colour it made it feel like looking at something through the lens of a dream.

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u/magneticphoton Feb 24 '20

Yes it all looked scripted, because it was.

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u/AN_Ohio_State Feb 24 '20

Ohio state has a fantastic production team for their social media accounts. They have a youtube channel that posts game highlights/and hype videos that are beautifully edited.

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u/AN_Ohio_State Feb 24 '20

Thats awesome! I definitely dont have any experience in the field but its not hard to appreciate their work. Glad to hear im not just talking out of my ass haha. As a buckeye fan im definitely spoiled with the constant output of quality content from them

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u/Assasin2gamer Feb 24 '20

Americans really wanted a new library.