How is this done

[knaste]

Hi

I was watching a music video from this years TdF, in the first 5 seconds of this video there is a rapid black flickering. Is there a plugin that does this or is it just manual clipping of black frames over the video/title that creates this effect?

http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/sumo/?treeId=132005&progId=630447

After pressing the link you have to choose the one called "Musikkvideo" amongst the 5 videos on the left, I am not able to link directly to this video for some reason.

 

[Dave Braine]

I get a message saying that I can't watch it here in the UK.

 

[knaste]

I found the same clip on youtube so this link should work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjN7HZ3yyf0 The same effect is also after about 40 sec of the video.

 

[LethalWolfe]

I'd assume it was done by hand.

 

[hsilver]

There is a plug-in for FCPX - maybe for FCP7 as well but I doubt it that will do that for you: http://www.fcpeffects.com/collections/entire-catalogue/products/bpm

 

[Hillskill]

Id just be doing it by hand. playback and CTRL+V to the beat

EDIT: On reflection that post makes me seem a bit arrogant. I appreciate they are very quick cuts. You can chop in the beats that you are quick enough to and then zoom in and manually add more.

 

[knaste]

Thanks for your answers, I recon the intervals are somewhere in the range of 5-10 frames and zooming inn on the title as I go along. I will try doing it manually first and then see if there is a plugin that will do the job later.

 

[mBox]

All of the above but its a little distracting kind of takes away from the logo and the shots.
Great shots too.

 

[ThePreditor]

Right, of all the techniques in this piece, that flicker at the beginning is the last one I'd want to replicate.

 

[WRP]

There are tons of ways to do it and none are any better or worse.

If you want it consistent you can use the strobe filter. If you want to manually do it you can manually paste black 1-frame slugs over your video on the timeline. You could also razor your clip and leave a 1-frame black chunk missing. Don't move the clip, simply remove a frame.

Personally I would go the black solid route so I could disable them on the fly if need be and bumping them one frame or the other would be quick and easy.

 

[Zwhaler]

There is a plug-in for FCPX - maybe for FCP7 as well but I doubt it that will do that for you: http://www.fcpeffects.com/collections/entire-catalogue/products/bpm

Thanks for posting, I just bought almost every plug in they have after seeing this