Made a STIHL commercial

[Ernest T. Bass]

Stihl is hosting a commercial competition at poptent.net. Seeing as we use Stihls and enjoy film making, we had to give it a shot...

Check it out.. Let me know if it makes you want to buy a Stihl...
http://www.poptent.net/media/24982

[peternap]

That's pretty darn good!

What camera did you use and what audio or was it camera audio?

[MountainDon]

   Andrew


If I didn't love my Husky so much I'd be inclined towards a Stihl.

[Ernest T. Bass]

Shoot--I failed! We thought about doing one of those Mac vs. PC commercial spoofs... "Hi, I'm a Stihl".. "..and I'm a Husky"..  Though, name-bashing is just too unprofessional.

peternap- The camera, unfortunately, is merely our pathetic 6-year-old Canon MiniDV. The audio was camera-recorded with an external shotgun. I know that probably really hurts our chances of winning, but Stihl did not specify if the footage had to be HD. I'm hoping for an HD camera someday, but for now we just work with what we have..

[ScottA]

Funny commercial.  I was already sold on the saws, been using them for over 20 years.

[NM_Shooter]

Which external microphone do you use?  I'm shopping for one now....

(BTW.... very, very nice job)

[Ernest T. Bass]

http://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATR-55-Condenser-Shotgun-Microphone/dp/B00006J04Z

It's just an inexpensive one, but at the time I bought it I decided from the reviews that it was the best thing I'd find for under $100. I've been happy w/ it... I had to make a shock-absorbing collar for it to eliminate handling noise, but I think that's pretty typical.

[Alasdair]

very cute! 

[dug]

Very nice! A professional looking job, I would have thought it already was a Stihl ad had I not known. I think you have a real shot at it.

I covet my little 260.   

[rick91351]

I vote for STIHL even though I can not afford one.  

Bought a new ECHO falling saw this year.  But you guys and STIHL are so good.  WOW!!  

[diyfrank]

Love the commercial, Ha Ha
I run stihl not just because they're a great saw but because no matter where I am I can find a stihl dealer right around the corner.

[Whitlock]

That was a cool commercial.
We should video Glenn trying to start one of his Stihls but then not many Stihls would be sold and the editers would ruin our video with beeps

[Ernest T. Bass]

Thanks for the compliments, guys!

That was a cool commercial.
We should video Glenn trying to start one of his Stihls but then not many Stihls would be sold and the editers would ruin our video with beeps

It's all about special-effects, Whitlock. We could make Glenn's saw into a smooth-running machine no matter how much abuse it has taken... 

[phalynx]

We have a lot of video editors on here I see.  I belong to the video editors and Stihl club too...  

Earnest,,, here is a commercial idea for you...  Video the Stihl starting up and listen to it run, then show brand X each time you pull it, bleep out the ticked off cord puller.  Then make a little musical montage of Rrrrrrrrrrrrr, beep,  Rrrrrrrrrrrr, beep.  Close by saying, "If you didn't buy a Stihl, you bought (beeep)"

[glenn kangiser]

Sometimes it starts with no trouble, Whitlock, and if I'm not cutting overhead it never leaks gas in my face...

BTW, good job, Andrew.  I liked it.

[rick91351]

Sorry about that.... I know I should proof read a little better .....

I did go back and correct it. I do apologize to YOU ALL and to STIHL as well.

Rick   

[glenn kangiser]

Not a problem, Rick.  Typos happen.  I just made about six of them typing this sentence.

I think I corrected at least 5 of them [ouch]

[Windpower]

Oh great

now I am pissed off again -- you reminded me that some SOB stole my Stihl 192T from my garage 2 months ago ( for real)

I was just getting broken in -- started first pull every time

but great video !

[Ernest T. Bass]

Ouch. 'Guess our commercial hit too close to home to be funny...   Stinks that stuff like that happens. Sounds like you enjoyed your short time together, though.  

[peternap]

Do you know what compression format your host site is using?
Unless I upload in 1080 or 720 P...Vimeo does a number on my video quality. Yours looks great.

I did this last night and  to save a couple of hours uploa time, sent it in High quality SD...It irritates me to watch it.

http://vimeo.com/14822205

[NM_Shooter]

Weird... I looked at this yesterday, and now it is telling me I don't have permissions to view that page.

[MountainDon]

Me too. I guess we wore out our welcome, Frank.   

[peternap]

He may have passworded it to keep the competition from seeing it.

[Ernest T. Bass]

Sorry about that, guys... There was a little mixup on Poptent's part, as Stihl wanted to keep the videos private until after the submission deadline for some reason. It should be available again after midnight tonight.

I have no idea what Poptent does as far as encoding goes.. That's getting a little technical for me. I've never had a problem with bad-looking vimeo vids.. http://vimeo.com/user1018315/videos

[peternap]

Sorry about that, guys... There was a little mixup on Poptent's part, as Stihl wanted to keep the videos private until after the submission deadline for some reason. It should be available again after midnight tonight.

I have no idea what Poptent does as far as encoding goes.. That's getting a little technical for me. I've never had a problem with bad-looking vimeo vids.. http://vimeo.com/user1018315/videos

Could be my converter is lossy, As long as I stay in H264 1080 or 720 P, you can cut yourself on the image. Once I go below that, I lose detail and saturation. I may try a different converter.