Cool! Thanks for posting!

Sam just couldn’t stand up to his own head’s power. le sigh.

Aww heck, seemed like the perfect excuse to do a tutorial on merging the same people into the same, complex shot. I don’t even recall seeing any shots where both their faces were clearly visible.

Nice one! Can’t wait to see Sam get electrified.

LOL I love this. Great visual quality too with that camera

woot! Its hilarious!

Cool, Andrew! It’s a very good stuff.

LOL that’s great! I love it!!

Loved the video, I couldn’t stop laughing after I watched it.

But out of curiosity, why would you use the SLR camera for the video as opposed to an ACTUAL video camera?

Poor Sam… Even in victory, he still suffers defeat…
We appreciate your sacrifices Sam!!!
Great new tuts Andrew! Thank you too!

I’m surprised the bullet doesn’t keep bouncing on Sam’s head!

…”i don’t wanna have to kill you… but i will kill you, if i have to.”

hahaha… awesome

After that I’m sure that Sam is really a lucky guy

Sweet! Thanks for uploading them, now I can show them to my friends!

its looking like movie clip
ya u can make nice movie
wating for lence flare

Oh, i have a question. I’m pretty sure that when Sam…. fired the shot, after the muzzle flash, I think you used an optical flare right?

I’m reading this on my phone right now but will watch when I get home

I liked the extra addition of the ricochet having an effect on the environmen, but I almost think that there should be some sort of scorch or indentation on the surface which it encounters.

This is Great, I’m thinking about getting the 7D myself.

Awesome! Thanks Andrew! Sam rocks.

woaaaaah awesome

Are you going to make more of such short films in the future?

whew, im sooo glad sam didnt die.

yo hows it going, from canada

Thats great to know you can do that with the 7D.
Im waiting for one with an 18-135mm lens.

I keep hearing that people have trouble colour correcting the footage from it though.
Crushed blacks and artifacty.

Did you use any of the custom picture styles, like ‘advanced flat’?

Very funny poor sam

I figured, that i got the same Gun.. is that Glock 17 BB-gun? Or lock 18?

Why wouldn’t you use the 7D? Sure it’s an SLR camera, but it’s got more professional, cinematic qualities to its image than any other prosumer cameras. I’d say its pros outweigh its cons by a longshot. The average viewer can’t tell the difference between 7D/5D footage or RED.

Look, I don’t have to have to kill you… But I will kill you, if I have to…

Cracks me up everytime

errr. want to… grrr. now i ruined it.

Finally… we have a NAME!

…GEAR JUNKIES…

Just give us MORE “tech specs”…
(I love it when I talk like that)

Okay then, that is brilliant. The Oscar for an outstanding performance in an online tutorial goes to…. Sam Loya.

Also, ‘Free Sam Loya’ t-shirts with a snap of evil Sam’s face as he cocks that eyebrow. Yes!

We still look forward to the Action Essentials 2 mini-film… I hope?

Hey Andrew and all the others with a Canon 7D or 5DMkII. I just found a video on how you can increase the dynamic range of your camera. His examples are a bit over the top (regarding the saturation) but it is amazing what you can achieve with that little thing.

http://vimeo.com/7256322

oh my gosh….that outtake is so bad. I almost feel guilty for laughing so hard.

oh poor Sam… Even in victory, he still suffers defeat

This is great Andrew. Just a suggestion: if you want to get detailed with it, put a bullet hole or make a bit damage on the shovel at 00:28 after the bullet glide on it..

Oooh man I was did repeat again and again the clip, Sam was killed a lot of times himself, that was so hard for him, what a headache!!

I can’t stop of laughing

Ouch!! my stomach.

But the Action Essentials 2 RULES!!
the image it’s amazing

But the surfaces were not damaged, what happened?
with the level of quality that are driving now is a detail that should not happen.

Sorry!!

The face Sam makes when he’s using his telepathics power is really really hilarous
You should create a Sam’s fan club, selling goodies etc

Awesome stuff! just a quick side note, for the title is that just simple lens flare for making the blue light?

After watching this a few times now and the shot from behind Sam with the gun, as he tries to prevent it turning on him (0:19-00:20)… I can’t help it but Evil Sam should be in the shot, it’s as if Sam is actually on his own is a warehouse.

Andrew, you really have got to make more of these shorts, no tutorial required, just let others work it out for themselves, a bit like homework… Would love a 7D myself

@Ennis Buchi:. Too be honest, if a bullet hit that many objects on it’s way from gun to head, I very much doubt it would cause a fatal wound, so had it put a bullet hole in the shovel, it would have stopped there.

Awsome AK Love it.

Gear Junkies….Love it when you talk dirty to us LOL.

Did happen to notice sa was missing on the cut at about oh :17 when sam is pointing the gun in his mouth.

HAHAHA you should do a Direct TV Freeze frame in there that would be to die for, or the MGD Slow mo with say your old sponser.

Do you use a rig with the 7D and can you recommend one – the zacuto one’s are looking good, but is their own version of a follow focus working?

dude that was seriously funny we need more of sam doing crazy stuff, it is so epic and funny you guys rock sam your my hero lol

haha awesome! Can anyone tell me how to compress a movie so that it maintains its HD quality but is good enough for web??

Great job. love it.

Whoever wins. We lose.

Poor Sam!!!! It´s time he gets his guest role in HEROES!!!!!

which lens flare you have used at the start of the video

LOL Sam is definitely a good actor! haha

No longer enough. Stop this brutality. Sam s should not die. Andrew’u want to see the new Tutorial. Sure will be very enjoyable. :D

@mark louie : yeahh…he’ss rock

Hey

This is great, and the quality is pretty top for a Video SLR, I was just wondering, how did you shoot the audio, sounds too clear for a camera mic, did you use solid state? or is there a audio in on the 7D?

Thanks

I hope Sam wins.

The 7D footage looks great, any further comments since the video blog on it?

I don’t understand… This is the 35 second clip that was shown in the last tutorial. Where are the “behind the scenes footage and some added commentary” that you mentioned there are in your post?

Never mind…. It’s in the blog show

Nice result – seems the 7D is worth every cent. BTW, did you grade the footage or is this the original look out of the camera?

Poor Sam, no more headache !

“Sam outtake” LOOOL! Sooo funny! hahaha! Sorry Sam But good to know you’ve got much more lives than a cat!!

Hi AK,

You say you shot on Canon 7D? I have been looking into several cameras for good quality, but most of them are fairly expensive. Do you know of any cameras that produce great quality footage, but aren’t TOO expensive?

Cheers, Nathanael

Thanks Andrew,

Awesome post man!

Dom

haha anyway somebody of them had to die))

Nice. Is the jitter you speak of sometimes referred to as the Jelly effect? Isn’t there an Anti-Jelly plug-in?

Was the audio done using an adapter on the 7D? (Beachtek, Juicedlink) etc. Or was it on an external machine?

It was sort of film like, but a bit echoy. Curious!

It is great Film Effect… i like it

Very good, thank AK for this!!!

What did you use for audio? Just the 7D built in mics?

please, tell us how did you color correction in this episode!
( probably in next blog show )
thx!

Very nice! Have you found a way around the scrolling shutter on the 7D?

Poor Sam, only thing he’s good at, is dying.

I am really disappointed…
I had never been able to imagine you posting such a kind of cruel suicide crap…
Sorry, first time I can say something negative on this site..
Mr. Kramer, this stuff is low level..

about the car reflection and city, Andrew how thei done this so cool, help please

Hi andrew!
Your are the best !
I love all that you do!
Thank you from france.
Sorry, my english is bad !

about the car reflection and city, Andrew how thei done this so cool, help please

http://www.barbecue-design.de/home/latest/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1247136232&archive=&start_from=&ucat=8&

poor Sam. the world was a better place with him in it. r.i.p.

haha that’s fantastic ^^
love to sam, you’re great!

Evil Sam ROCKS!!!! I want MORE!!!!!

so cool effects bro ! you’re the best of the very best

Haha I think “I don’t want to have to kill you…but I will kill you, if I have too” is now one of my favorite lines ever thanks.

NIce one.
lol, it is usual you can’t smell CO xD

Wiggle

Could do u tell us please, how did you make the camera shake – what was that ? is expression ???

Can I shoot like this video with Nikon D90.

Are there any Cinema Look Treatment

Thank you

It’s realy cool camera. I can’t make so brilliant video tracks with my sony(((. Big pixels looks very bad after collour correction. But your “sam vs sam” video is perfect!!! Hello from Moscow, Andrew!!

So, Sam is one of Fringe’s shapeshifters?

Cooooooll!!!! Niice!! Nice HD Comera tooo!!!

So andrew what do you think about the 7D would u use it over and panasonic hvx200?please reply

Happy Birthday Andrew ! ! U Rock !

I hate this.

EVERY freaking time I bet on someone, I always pick the loser! I was hoping Sam was gonna win this one, but it seems I have a knack that could be summed up as “Loser Chooser”.

Better luck next time, Sammy-boy.

Only one line in the whole thing, but it’s a great one.

Awesome vid!!! You should do a tut for this.

I’m glad sam didn’t die in this one.

wait…or did he??? I’m confused…
;D

I would love to see more short films like this.

I have a question regarding optical flares. Do anamorphic lens flares like that with all the artifacts and intricate reflections actually happen on real lenses or are they exaggerated in this plug-in? Do movie studios make their own flares or use the ones that actually occur on the lens?

Andrew, you mentioned new VideoCopilot hats in the last video-blog. Are those going to be available for purchase or where you just showing them say “we” (us here at VC) have new hats? thnx

Tell Sam I said Great Job!

Cool video,I like the quality of the camera.

this video very cool but he was need strong movement to be appered like his Resistance but the after effect like blode and video setting is wonderful

Sam, dude.. I think you are one hell of an actor… I think i heard on the first video copilot series that you were on 24, the first season or something. Back then i didnt know you but ill make sure i check it out.
I like how it really looks like you are resisting pointing the gun to yourself and i love the hilarious (well…i find it hilarious) facial expression that the evil you has just as you are about to pint the gun at yourself.

That was an awesome video… you guys as VC rule!
Wassup Andrew!

For perfection, you should make damages on the surfaces where bullet ricochates (After it hits the surface).
Also, it’s not logical that bullet ricochates from leather sleeve.
Otherwise very cool…

Bye the way, am i the only one from Macedonia???

I love this. Great visual quality too with that camera

Sam, You really look like Matt Parkman there (Heroes)

Really nice job making this.

If you export the video as h.264 without the alpha channel I think they are playable on most cellphones

You guys are so violent! ^^ Always thinking in shots, kills, death, explosions, burns, blood, etc.
I like it! =D
You know, it’s part of us all this themes.

hahaha nice headshot Andrew.. yeah sam really looks like Parkman

I can see the red-brown shirt on sam with the gan under the sweatshirt
it’s very cool, good job andrew

Every time Sam gets killed in this video… i think Andrew should appear and say
“Oh My God… They Killed Sam!! You Bastards!!!”

Very funny
Is 7D a great camera for movie?

I love how people criticise the amount of ricochets, “oh thats not realsitic” Since when are evil clone’s the norm?!

Great clip! I want me one of them 7D’s!

I was rolling watching the video outtake of Sam in the car….ROFL!!!!!

Sam… don’t give up..

Andrew,

Where did you get the sounds from the meteor tutorial of the chunks of road falling to the ground

Please Replay,
Thanks

c’est cool sam tres bien fait

Sam, you rock man !

It’s good to see he finally got over that ham & eggs phobia…

I have a canon 7d, and i want to now, how do u make that cool film look? Big fan of your work Andrew.

That is amazing…I plan on geting a Canon 7D also, I’m a big fan of yours. Great Job!!!

No offense Sam, but I was actually hoping you would go through with it. )))

J/K of course. As usual, fantastic video.

Come on! why Good Sam has to die leaving Evil Sam. Part 2-Sam Emerges with only a flesh wound and a headache.

Man I m Ur New fan

hi andrew
this video have very high quality
sx1 is it same as canon 7d?

love the killer eye look of evil sam. .

wish i could post more. .

anyway. .

i think VCP is mad at me. .

Hi

Andrew or somebody might be able to help me out here. I am experimenting with the Nikon D300s HD Video options.

Anything I shoot, whether indoors or outdoors is always very noisy, a lot of grain and also jumpy. I know this camera can produce super HD video also, but I need some advice on the correct settings required?

Cheers

It should turn out that..the good Sam is actually the bad Sam and the Bad Sam is actually the Good Sam. The next part should go back in time to explain how they got mixed up………. maybe a Mission Impossible effect where the bad Sam peels off his face to reveal Andrew????

Lol, awesome, great clip!

andrew, did you forget the quickmatte plug-in ? i think yes ..

Sam reminds me of matt parkman off heroes

Great stuff as always! and funny too lol
my only smallest complain is that
there should be some kind of burn mark after the bullet bounce off the metals… but that shot is like .5 sec so doens’t matter =P

what camera did you use? the quality is awesome!

Hmmm…..for some reason I only get a green screen when trying to watch the video. I downloaded and installed the latest plugins. No change.
Oh well, i’m sure it’s a good video

Very very good stuff here…”I dont want to have to kill you, but I will kill you…if I have to.” I was SO hoping for some –shifty eyes– after that line. TAKE 2!

The things you have to do to keep actors happy *sigh*
…kidding, Sam, you are obviously a great sport.

Hey Andrew, any “Black Friday” Sales?

Cheers, for the great work all

Haha.. Latley, we’ve gotten to see what you look like, and what Sam sounds like and it has scared the crap out of us At least when i saw you xD

This video is really unrealistic, there is no way that Sam could be killed by just a bullet

Hahahaha! Sam couldn’t take it anymore. The exhaust wasn’t fast enough to kill him, so he whipped out a huge, friggen gun!!! Awesome! Poor Sam.

Best evil eye ever. Only Sam could pull off such a decidely accurate shot without even thinking about it. He needs an agent so he can start getting blown up in michael bay movies. Go Sam!

thats a great one. keep rocking guys

Very nice andrew. cool

hmm very nice andrew.

Sam should be an actor in comedy. He could do that really well

hi andrew,big fan of you from israel
can you please tell me, what kind of video camera, you guys using to your tutorials….love the quality

@italy

the tutorials are recorded using screen capture software.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHOF_enUS349US349&ei=ILj1SomaL8uW8Ab1krDzCQ&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CA4QBSgA&q=screen+capture+software&spell=1

For itay:
Andrew uses Camtasia Studio from http://TechSmith.com for screen capture and I understand an EX1 for the monologue bits

Real actor!!!
good job

wow, nice video andrew

I like it

You guys are crazy! In FUNNY way!

Poor sam, why dont u be the actor Andrew!!!!?

Where can I find some bullet ostracizing sounds like in this video?(when the bullet hits the walls and mettals etc)

I had a good look at that camera. Its amazing, 1920×1080 res at 24p. The sensor is huge on it too. I’m really thinking of getting it to use along side a larger XL H2 for tight angles and close ups. You need Canon sponsorship Andrew!!

im not gonna say a word . cas there r no words to praise a person like u andrew

maybe you noticed… but even Dj Basshunter and the dutch television is using all your tutorials and products:P how awesome is that haha!

haha hilarious! he shot himself!

jusssssssssssssssssst nice :p

SAM never DIE ANDREW lolol

You’ve stated that it was the 50mm 1.4 lens but previously introduced the 7D with the cheap 50mm 1.8 MK2…as the 1.4 is around 3x the price I just wanted to check which lens it was.

I’ve got the 50mm 1.8 and 500d, the quality is astounding.

very nice camera movement

Thats awesome, make a tutorial!

Nice One… Maybe u can make a film like fast and the furios. U are pro in Adobe After Effects (Y)

it s cool but idont like the idea

Wow!

Mr.Sam want to kill him.

its like gerri’s game of pixar
nice stuff brother lol….

nice video andew .you are the man

i am glad to brose you site

AWESOME… SICK… NEED TO BUY THE LIGHT PACK THINGAMAJIG…

good work ;nice effect

Just picked up this camera today. Really excited to see what my friends and I can pull off with this thing.

The filming-quality of the canon 7D is awesome!

wow yar
oda goood effects

Apart from the camera wiggle, this is all starting to look very movie-like. Great work!

take a look at the trailer they are using Andrew stuff and by the way cool movie…

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/jeeja-yanin-b-boys-muay-thai-raging-phoenix-trailer/

Is this the first time we got to HEAR Sam act? Being Andrew’s friend is a great gig.

Lol that AWESOME!!!

As we could expect… brilliant!
Simple and funny. Just perfect man

Hahahahahha i laughed so hard
I love this site (A)

That is amazingly funny! Great acting, great action, great fun!
Daniel

HA! I laughed out loud. Great job of telling a quick story that looks great!

This is an awesome clip, can you guys do a tutorial on split screening and how this video was made, i’d really like to see that.

Great tutorials btw and very informative site, thanks!!

Dopeness! Pure Dopeness!

Beautiful quality.

Wow. Funny . It has a “Heroes” feeling.

You guys simply ROCK !!!!!! RAD stuff

And here i thought 1 sam was good, when 2 would be better! Oh sam and his sexiness! ;D

Wound healing of automatic