12 April, 2008
Ep 13.5
Well, Ep 13.5 (yep, 13.5) is up! It was originally a part of Ep 13 but I couldn't fit it into the 10 min YT limit and I also felt considering how short it is that it didn't warrant separating Ep 13 into 2 parts so there you go!
This episode addresses the question of whether the Draft really matters anymore considering that wrestlers from all 3 brands are often seen on all three shows such as CM Punk and others
It's a very good short 2-min vid with a slight change to the format. It has a different theme song which I borrowed from Adobe Soundbooth. The song plays throughout the whole vid, is copyright free so I don't need to credit the owner, and is a nice change
Remember to Rate 5 stars, comment, and subscribe! Muahaha
Regards, Cliff
This episode addresses the question of whether the Draft really matters anymore considering that wrestlers from all 3 brands are often seen on all three shows such as CM Punk and others
It's a very good short 2-min vid with a slight change to the format. It has a different theme song which I borrowed from Adobe Soundbooth. The song plays throughout the whole vid, is copyright free so I don't need to credit the owner, and is a nice change
Remember to Rate 5 stars, comment, and subscribe! Muahaha
Regards, Cliff
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09 April, 2008
Upcoming BTB episodes and more updates
Well, I uploaded BTB 12 (1 of 2) last night, went to sleep (because it can take around 2 hrs to upload one of these vids), woke up this morning and was pleasantly surprised that it already had views, a comment, and ratings. Even better.. it wasn't takblek, who happens to be one of the commentors :p
This is encouraging news for the team who do this because we're all passionate about wrestling so thank you everyone for your support!
Now for the upcoming episodes..
** SPOILERS BEWARE ** (Highlight to see spoilers)
As you may (or may not) know we film multiple episodes during a shoot, usually on Tuesdays, as this is the best time for us to get together and the best way to do as many episodes as we do. Yesterday we filmed four episodes (BTB 12-15). Some of these maybe broken up into multiple parts such as BTB 12, but as full topics we filmed four
The first is a given since I've uploaded part of it already. It's our Review of Wrestlemania 24 - The Bestest All-time Ever Review of Wrestlemania 24! Lots of hilarious moments in this one so stay tuned for part 2
On a side-note, it's taking considerably longer (up to x12 longer) to render videos in Premiere Pro than it did in VideoStudio (so what took 10 mins now takes 30 mins - 2 hrs) so I won't be uploading new vids as much as before. So rather than every other day. It'll be every other other day. You shouldn't notice much of a difference unless you're refreshing your page on my channel every time you jump on the net. Go you. Woot!
On another side-note, you've seen the last update to the show, I promise. The latest change is we're now in widescreen/letterbox format. This is how we've always filmed except when I used VideoStudio to capture our footage it stretched it vertically whereas Premiere either lets you cut off the ends (Pan & Scan) or use a letterbox format. Since I'd like Michael and I to be in the shot I opted for the later. lolz
I'm pleased with how everything looks now so no more changes.. at least for a while :p
Back to our upcoming episodes, in 13 and 14 we answer a user submitted question (takblek) and give our predictions for the upcoming Draft and Backlash PPV, and in 15 we do a video response to another user and one of our subsribers (mickhellion85). In this one we cover our top 10 favorite all-time wrestlers
These are some really awesome episodes and I can't wait to put them together for you to see
That's all for now! I think you've been spoilered enough. lolz
See you on YT :)
Regards, Cliff
This is encouraging news for the team who do this because we're all passionate about wrestling so thank you everyone for your support!
Now for the upcoming episodes..
** SPOILERS BEWARE ** (Highlight to see spoilers)
As you may (or may not) know we film multiple episodes during a shoot, usually on Tuesdays, as this is the best time for us to get together and the best way to do as many episodes as we do. Yesterday we filmed four episodes (BTB 12-15). Some of these maybe broken up into multiple parts such as BTB 12, but as full topics we filmed four
The first is a given since I've uploaded part of it already. It's our Review of Wrestlemania 24 - The Bestest All-time Ever Review of Wrestlemania 24! Lots of hilarious moments in this one so stay tuned for part 2
On a side-note, it's taking considerably longer (up to x12 longer) to render videos in Premiere Pro than it did in VideoStudio (so what took 10 mins now takes 30 mins - 2 hrs) so I won't be uploading new vids as much as before. So rather than every other day. It'll be every other other day. You shouldn't notice much of a difference unless you're refreshing your page on my channel every time you jump on the net. Go you. Woot!
On another side-note, you've seen the last update to the show, I promise. The latest change is we're now in widescreen/letterbox format. This is how we've always filmed except when I used VideoStudio to capture our footage it stretched it vertically whereas Premiere either lets you cut off the ends (Pan & Scan) or use a letterbox format. Since I'd like Michael and I to be in the shot I opted for the later. lolz
I'm pleased with how everything looks now so no more changes.. at least for a while :p
Back to our upcoming episodes, in 13 and 14 we answer a user submitted question (takblek) and give our predictions for the upcoming Draft and Backlash PPV, and in 15 we do a video response to another user and one of our subsribers (mickhellion85). In this one we cover our top 10 favorite all-time wrestlers
These are some really awesome episodes and I can't wait to put them together for you to see
That's all for now! I think you've been spoilered enough. lolz
See you on YT :)
Regards, Cliff
08 April, 2008
BTB 11
I'm in the process of uploading the latest episode of BTB (ep 11)
This one centers around backstage politics in the WWE so it's bound to be controversal, and in fact.. since we film "off the cuff" we're bound to have a few factual errors in there too, but who cares! This is damned good entertainment and as Michael likes to say in a quote from Eric Bishoff's book, "Controversy creates cash!"
Regards, Cliff
PS: This one also has a few more updates. So let me know what you think ;)
This one centers around backstage politics in the WWE so it's bound to be controversal, and in fact.. since we film "off the cuff" we're bound to have a few factual errors in there too, but who cares! This is damned good entertainment and as Michael likes to say in a quote from Eric Bishoff's book, "Controversy creates cash!"
Regards, Cliff
PS: This one also has a few more updates. So let me know what you think ;)
03 April, 2008
BTB 2.0 from Ep 10
Hi folks,
The last few days have been pretty full-on (aside from other commitments) so it's taken me a little longer than usual to post BTB Episode 10, and here's why...
As of Ep 10 I'll be using Adobe Premiere (AP) to edit the show. You'll begin to notice some slight changes and improvements from here on. I've tried to retain the general look and feel so hopefully the upgrade won't be too OTT :)
Part of what took so long is: I had to learn how to use AP first, then I had to redo everything (intro, outro clips and their music, other titles, and more) in AP so that it looked consistent with what you're used to but, now that the hard part's out of the way it should be considerably easier to make future episodes!
Ep 10 will be up shortly. Tell me what you think of the "new" show! BTB 2.0.. woot!
Regards, Cliff
The last few days have been pretty full-on (aside from other commitments) so it's taken me a little longer than usual to post BTB Episode 10, and here's why...
As of Ep 10 I'll be using Adobe Premiere (AP) to edit the show. You'll begin to notice some slight changes and improvements from here on. I've tried to retain the general look and feel so hopefully the upgrade won't be too OTT :)
Part of what took so long is: I had to learn how to use AP first, then I had to redo everything (intro, outro clips and their music, other titles, and more) in AP so that it looked consistent with what you're used to but, now that the hard part's out of the way it should be considerably easier to make future episodes!
Ep 10 will be up shortly. Tell me what you think of the "new" show! BTB 2.0.. woot!
Regards, Cliff
01 April, 2008
The FYI on lostinz
If you've just signed up and you want to know what's up with this.. lostinz ..channel here's your chance!
lostinz is a username I carried over from the official lost forum. My name was supposed to mean "lost in new zealand". Now it means something different. What that is I can't say. I don't exactly love the name, but I'm getting subscribers now so it's here to stay!
Here's some info on the different shows I'm producing at the moment:
BELOW THE BELT:
Arguably my most popular show. It's a pro-wrestling (mostly WWE) commentary, news and review show featuring Lenaire, Michael, and myself (Clifton). It was born about a month ago when I was thinking about the conversations we would have as a group which revolved around what's happening in the WWE. I told Lenaire and Michael about the concept I had for an interview show where I would ask them questions about something wrestling related. They liked the idea and agreed to being filmed for the show on youtube. Lenaire came up with the name which I loved and the rest, as they say, is history!
2007 SIFE WORLD CUP TRIP:
This series is my "master-piece"-in-work travel vlog (video blog). It features the adventures my friends and I had in the United States last year. We began the trip in Auckland, left for New York where the SIFE World Cup was held, a massive international business competition (google it for more info), and from there we left for the last leg of the trip in Los Angeles
If you like the BTB videos you should at least like some of these. In fact, almost every episode ends in something funny happening and your favorite hosts of BTB are in there too (actually, by default I'm in all of them). This is a much more personal series for me. You'll love it, I promise, but you have to watch it from part-one in order to understand where we are in the "story". This may possibly mean listening to music you hate. lolz. I happen to love all styles of music and have tried to cover a little bit of everything from jazz to rap in this series :)
OTHER:
I take my camera everywhere I go! If I like something I'll usually edit and post it to YT. There's usually no "epic" story with these types of vids such as concerts, mega-mixes, and comedic sketches (such as the Maori Dalek) so they're either a once-off or just plain random, but then.. I guess, when it comes to a concert.. it is the story!
Everything I do I try to do professionally. I will probably never upload a purely unedited video. Although, since I've said it that would be an interesting challenge! To upload a video with no cuts, no editing, or anything and still be entertaining. Hmmm. Nah. lolz
THE GEAR I USE:
As a production team of one, I use:
lostinz is a username I carried over from the official lost forum. My name was supposed to mean "lost in new zealand". Now it means something different. What that is I can't say. I don't exactly love the name, but I'm getting subscribers now so it's here to stay!
Here's some info on the different shows I'm producing at the moment:
BELOW THE BELT:
Arguably my most popular show. It's a pro-wrestling (mostly WWE) commentary, news and review show featuring Lenaire, Michael, and myself (Clifton). It was born about a month ago when I was thinking about the conversations we would have as a group which revolved around what's happening in the WWE. I told Lenaire and Michael about the concept I had for an interview show where I would ask them questions about something wrestling related. They liked the idea and agreed to being filmed for the show on youtube. Lenaire came up with the name which I loved and the rest, as they say, is history!
2007 SIFE WORLD CUP TRIP:
This series is my "master-piece"-in-work travel vlog (video blog). It features the adventures my friends and I had in the United States last year. We began the trip in Auckland, left for New York where the SIFE World Cup was held, a massive international business competition (google it for more info), and from there we left for the last leg of the trip in Los Angeles
If you like the BTB videos you should at least like some of these. In fact, almost every episode ends in something funny happening and your favorite hosts of BTB are in there too (actually, by default I'm in all of them). This is a much more personal series for me. You'll love it, I promise, but you have to watch it from part-one in order to understand where we are in the "story". This may possibly mean listening to music you hate. lolz. I happen to love all styles of music and have tried to cover a little bit of everything from jazz to rap in this series :)
OTHER:
I take my camera everywhere I go! If I like something I'll usually edit and post it to YT. There's usually no "epic" story with these types of vids such as concerts, mega-mixes, and comedic sketches (such as the Maori Dalek) so they're either a once-off or just plain random, but then.. I guess, when it comes to a concert.. it is the story!
Everything I do I try to do professionally. I will probably never upload a purely unedited video. Although, since I've said it that would be an interesting challenge! To upload a video with no cuts, no editing, or anything and still be entertaining. Hmmm. Nah. lolz
THE GEAR I USE:
As a production team of one, I use:
- Asus A6U laptop (an oldee but a goodee) with 2 gigs of ram, Win XP Pro
- Ulead Videostudio 10+
- Sony Handycam (HDV) for BTB
- Panasonic Lumix still/video camera for all other work (07 SWCT, etc)
- 3-ft tripod
Most of what I do in my videos is self-taught, observation of what other people are doing with their videos or movies and intuition, and not what software or gear I have. If I could've used Movie Maker I would've except my first camera (lumix) only makes quicktime movies
Anyways, it's your turn to get out there and make movies! See you on youtube!
Regards, Cliff
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