So I have decided that once Nigel arrives in a week or two I am going to put him to good use in filming some good MINI videos to excite people on the MINI experience.... The last 2 months of waiting have taught me that there is a very limited supply of good MINI videos online to keep myself excited during the long delivery waiting period. Ive gotten pretty good with being an amateur filmmaker with the wonders of iMovie and FinalCut so I think I can come up with some good stuff... I'm already beginning to piece together titles and music from the opening title to 2001: A Space Odyssey (Otherwise known as "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Strauss) I'm thinking "Cooper: A MINI Odyssey" and big, epic, cinematic, but perhaps a bit fewer lens flares that JJ Abrams might prefer...

Really basic stuff without any car pictures, b-roll footage, and other content to fill in all the blanks. Im thinking of using this theme for opening the door, seeing the MINI's 'heartbeat' pulsing, the ignition glowing, putting my foot on the brake, the ignition lighting up brighter, pressing start and seeing the car come to life, nav screen, speedometer, heads-up display rising,headlights on, brake lights glowing, and the car is ready to motor! All in about 90 seconds...

All feedback and suggestions are much appreciated.... I have probably another 7-10 days until I get to take delivery, so I have time to work out camera angles, photo shots, etc in my head between now and then, and please check out the other videos on my youtube channel too :-)

 

I did some rough-storyboarding on my first mini video, all the pictures and photos are just stuff grabbed off of youtube until I get my own MINI and can do a lot of shots and filming on my own in HD, but I think this gives an idea of what I am aiming for... still a few seconds of blank video with music towards the end but I really like the closing tagline... inspired by the end of Star Trek: The Motion Picture...

 

Nice!

 

Did some more cutting and editing on storyboard draft for video. None of this film was shot by me, just using some pics and clips off the web to play around with, so in the final product every pic/film will be original by me. Changes a few fonts, tweaked a few shots, etc.

 

Looks very nice.

 

Somewhat related; I did this drumming video which features some Mini footage:

 

Nice volcanic orange mini and awesome drumming skills!

 

thank you, and your video is looking great! I hope I didn't take your thread off course.

 

no, not at all! I welcome any video ideas for my mini films, was yours shot with a head mounted GoPro?

 

Yes, Hero 3 black edition gopro.

 

Just got an SD card with all of the fun little audio files from the Mini Camden "Mission Control" Over 1300 audio clips to browse and sprinkle into future mini videos... I'm listening to them now, they're cute. And thanks for the super fast shipping ECS Tuning!

 

You are welcome. .


Nice , yea it has the files. Funny to hear.

More mission control info here:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ofit-help.html