 Poster: A snowHead
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Any tips for making a ski DVD of my next trip.
Particular things you can do like film in circles round someone, etc.
Or just basically take as much film as possible and edit later?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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everything looks better with a bit of sun
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Try to avoid purple snow....
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GordonFreeman,
Ski long runs and fast... 4-5 turns look poor.. so ski for 200 mtrs of so and use the zoom...but not too much zoom as this will make the camera shake very apparent on film
Film from below and get the skier to ski as briskly as they can for the best results.
Unless your camera work is very very good...film loads as most will be average viewing and you'll not want to use it...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Do video of the group going past the camera otherwise you look like your hardley moving.
Film plenty and edit.
Pass the camera arround
Sun
Ensure any falls are captured 
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Yes, falls must be caught on film.
We had a cracking fall today. Well, I say fall, but it was more upwards than downwards to begin with. Doing long banana turns down a black run the course conductor was filming us. So, we all thought, we'd have some cracking viewing... the bug didn't film that turn!
Real shame as it was the single most impressive thing I have ever seen on an open piste. A sudden upwards move, the legs went right up and over, helicoptering a good few metres off the floor. We couldn't see the guy clearly as he created a snow cloud as he was launched. Then, back down he came, both skis shot off (literally flew away from him) and he went for quite a tumble. He managed to grab one ski as he came to a rest (quite a way down the slope), but the other continued all the way to the bottom of the piste, where, a minute or so later, a group of intermediate skiers stopped and just seemed to look at it, bemused as to where a single ski could have come from.
I relay all of this as the guy was perfectly fine after the event (and what an event it was), which is extraordinary given the speed he was going, the violence of his leap into the air and the way his skis seemed to launch themselves like a bullet as they came off. It really was a moment you've only ever seen on Eurosport.
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Endless footage of people cruising blues and reds quickly gets boring. Obviously you need some of everyone looking good but much better is people trying jumps bumps and off piste when slightly out of the comfort zone. Wipeouts and falls are really what you want as you can slo mo them for your dvd and they look great. Also if you want to make a dvd of your whole holiday you need plenty of scenery shots, panoramas, stills, your chalet or appt, night shots ,boozy evenings etc to mix with the ski footage.
Film plenty and edit down to 20 - 30 mins
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GordonFreeman, I advise using lots of unusual angles... eg shoot skiers from snow level or from above (on the lift), shoot nightclub scenes at 45 degrees, get in really close on subjects... ie just show part of someone's head at a funny angle rather than the typical full face portrait. Try setting up the camera stationary in a busy place and just let the action pass the lens - when you edit speed it up and add music. Avoid too much use of zoom, it never looks good. In fact, don't do it. Better to shoot... stop... reframe... shoot... stop and so on. Leave the camera on auto and let it sort things out, you just concentrate on the shot. To do it properly you'll need hours and hours of footage to create a short film and your pals will get fed up with you!
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You need lots of raw footage to put together an interesting 20-30 min DVD. My tips would be:-
1. Keep the camera still rather than attempting to track your subjects. Tracking shots generally look jerky and unprofessional. If you do track, do it very slowly and smoothly in 1 direction only.
2. Avoid zooming in and out if possible. If you do use the zoom, only go in 1 direction (either in or out) and do it slowly.
3. Do not attempt to combine tracking and zooming, it will look a mess.
4. Take lots of short static or very slowly tracking or zooming scenic shots. They make nice fillers and help to create an overall picture of the resort.
5. Get an helmet cam if you want a more action packed video. They're great for tracking your friends hammering down favourite runs. Some of the all-in-one units are quite cheap now and can provide reasonable quality.
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If you can ski holding the camera in one hand, follow fellow-skier down piste. Have additional filming person standing halfway down piste to film both of you coming down past them. Edit this little bit into your footage. Overtake fellow-skier, but instead of turning round and skiing backwards to film them, turn the view-finder round (so you can see what's being filmed) and hold camera pointing backwards - same effect.
Personally our footage has always been much better with the hand-held camcorder than helmet cam - the OH must have a steady hand 
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