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It was Sara and Steve Curtis and Ty Losey from Arizona Arsenal. Joe and I were filming. Last night we found out that an edit of the commercial is going to air in the second quarter of the Super Bowl. For those that just can't wait, you can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvoSw1TiJ8 Here are some other edits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpwiqBCSN10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-XPZH3OoOI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ealq_Tamdho

Yes. Thanks Greg. The visuals (especially the confetti) are absolutely amazing. But when I see you and Joe on the camera credits, for some silly reason, I fully expect to be wowwed. And have yet to be disappointed.

For those who are curious we used an ARRI 235, Phantom, Red, ARRI IIC and a hand crank ARRI IIC to get the look and feel the band wanted. We pulled in Chris Burket to direct for the ground shots. The stop motion shots of the objects was done by taking 100 still shots over a several hour period while the objects were moved inches at a time. For ground shots of the band and lead singer we shot at 12 frames per second while the song was played at half speed. In editing the sequence uses 24 fps so it gives a cool look to their movement since they are moving fast but everything is in synch with the song. Joe Jennings used the Phantom camera to capture the super slow motion shots. It was filmed at 1000 fps at 720P. The shot of Ty in the recliner with a bathrobe and beer in hand is comical. His shot of the confetti being released is stunning. The most fun for me was filming the piano. The exit was a bit scary as the 2X6 boards used to roll it out of the Skyvan caught the relative wind and flew right past us. The first third of the dive it was surreal watching the piano tumble. Then it started to fall very slow so I got on my back underneath the piano and filmed up at it while it was falling. The visual of looking up at a piano dancing in the sun as it hurtled to the ground will be forever etched in my brain. The lead singer Ryan Weisberger learned how to skydive for the shoot. For the close up shots of him I used an Ultra Prime 8R lens which is a super wide angle lens that does not have the typical fisheye look of many super wide lenses. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as we had fun working on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZxFCU2hEbA&feature=channel_video_title

I would not like to see that.

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B.J. Worth did that stunt. I know that for sure. Was he being helped by Malnuit? Perhaps there were multiple takes, or multiple jumpers? No disrespect to BJ Worth, who is rightfully a legend in skydiving, but Zoo is one of the world's most experienced BASE jumpers, and if I were looking for someone to make a stunt BASE jump, I'd probably pick him first. Here is a link to a post by BJ about the stunt. http://www.afn.org/skydive/skydive/usenet/1995/nov/1499.html

I just wanted to say thanks for everybody's help. Eule pointed us in the right direction and AlexCrowley got us the files we needed. Internet access is not as convenient as usual otherwise I would have responded sooner to say thank you again to everyone.

Thanks so much. Another user found them and should be able to get them to me today. Blue Skies Greg

I am hoping that someone in the DZ.com family is familiar with David Gilmore or might have access to some of his songs. Katarina and Adrian's family are looking for two songs to play at his service. Apparently one of them was on a live DVD that he did. The songs were "Lullaby" and then music from "The Pearl Fisher". If anyone has these or knows where to find them and could get them to us in the next day or two they would be ever so thankful. I looked on iTunes and the obvious but had no luck. You can PM me or email me at gasson at mac dot com. PS - Adrian's family is reading the posts on the condolences thread for Adrian and is very touched by the response.

I am hoping that someone in the DZ.com family is familiar with David Gilmore or might have access to some of his songs. Katarina and Adrian's family are looking for two songs to play at his service. Apparently one of them was on a live DVD that he did. The songs were "Lullaby" and then music from "The Pearl Fisher". If anyone has these or knows where to find them and could get them to us in the next day or two they would be ever so thankful. I looked on iTunes and the obvious but had no luck. You can PM me or email me at gasson at mac dot com. PS - Adrian's family is reading the posts on the condolences thread for Adrian and is very touched by the response.

Looks a lot like Oliver Furrer shot over Eloy (probably mid to late 90's). Most likely Marcus Heggli or Knut Krecker camera flying.

If Kebe and I really wanted to go we would have found a way to get to Brazil. The main reason I chose not to go was that Brazil was chosen for the 2000 world cup and dropped the ball so Skydive AZ hosted it. The 300 way was originally planned for Brazil and it too was moved to Skydive AZ. As it turned out, a few weeks before the 2004 meet in Brazil it was cancelled and another DZ in Brazil was chosen at the last minute. I had an opportunity to go to Singapore the month before the meet on a well paid gig. Looking back, I am glad I went to Singapore instead of the competition.

In the past I used Sorenson-3. You might want to experiment with other codecs, key frame settings, quality settings, limit data rate and tweak other settings, but after a day of doing so I came to the conclusion that I am just going to use H.264 from now on. I was able to reduce the file sizes but the quality greatly diminished compared to H.264. Eventually people will upgrade to the new version of Quicktime and the more people start using it the more it will catch on.

I am using Final Cut Pro but I have a guess as to what is happening. It is probably defaulting to the H.264 codec. You could export it using MPEG-4 and it would most likely work on your Windows machine or upgrade your version of Quicktime on your Windows machine.

Thought this might be a video people can learn from and be more aware for future jumps. Never assume you are alone with your friends. http://www.skydivingstunts.com/dzdotcom This happened last weekend and the pilot saw me right before I saw him. Brandon was on the ground trying to radio and got no response. Suzy our pilot also tried contacting him and also got no response. He was flying directly over the DZ about 2000 feet. I am guessing that he was flying from Phoenix to Tucson using Eloy as a midpoint. I noticed him visually as he started to bank to avoid our group.