The kids have adopted the Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” video as the theme song for ADRoadtrip this Summer. So, I thought I would have a little fun with it. All the headphones in the video are from the iFrogz EarPollution line. They look great and sound great. They are a big hit with all the kids.
The entire video was shot on the Flip MinoHD (they have free shipping right now), which was really easy to use, particularly when trying to move around and get tight, quick shots. I played with the color a lot in iMovie ‘09, so it created a little distortion when uploaded to Youtube (they compress it a ton).
The Flip was so easy to use - simply turn it on, push the red button and we were capturing great moments (the drumming scene in the video was exactly that way - a live band was playing and their drummer offered to let the kids drop a couple beats, and the Mino got is all).
I hope you like the video, and get a feel for the fun we are going to have out on the road… we are just getting started.
So I have contemplated video capture for this road trip on more than one occasion this week. I have a pretty slick Sony HiDef camcorder, but I want to minimize its use to prevent damage that will inevitably ensue with 4 rug rats all fighting for their 15 minutes of fame.
I also want to get the kiddos hands and eyes in on the road trip action too, but I don’t want them to shoot hours and hours of fruit loops in the seat cracks either.
Enter The Flip Vide0 camcorders - easy, small, practical and absolutely kid worthy:
And with the handy limit of 60 minutes of built in recordable time, I can limit their total daily video content capture, and hopefully train them to be judicious in their camera work to be patient for laying tape down on the really good stuff.
I hit BestBuy to take a look at The Flip models first hand, and I particularly like the USB 2.0 flip feature… NO MORE CABLES TO LOSE! Woohoo!
I’ll grab a few of the ULTRAs for them, and a MINO for the wife and me, and we’ll be ready to capture every roadkill and car sickness moment with quality and ease. I will edit their video capture every other day or so, and post the highlights right here in the blog for all to see. That way when we blog about your ad you’ll get a special video that will rival one of those highly desired hallmark moments.
Stay tuned for more… we’ll be getting started on video capture in the very near future to put the kids through a mini cinemetography boot camp of sorts.
