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Does FVE has lost ?

Comment by thereallyniceman on October 27, 2013 at 20:51: Easy.. I can do that ;-)

Comment by Jody Stecher on October 27, 2013 at 21:58: what it doesn't sound like is a guitar.

Comment by thereallyniceman on October 27, 2013 at 22:28: Me thinks that the camera CAN lie !

...So can computer editing. It is very clever though with a metronome and a clock seconds finger moving to convince us that it is really genuine.

Comment by Jody Stecher on October 27, 2013 at 22:40: I think it is possible to play that fast. But listen to the tone. It's a simple electronic wave form. Not at all like what a wooden instrument sounds like.

Comment by Mike Moss on October 28, 2013 at 12:29: Comment by Mike Moss just nowDelete Comment

Here's how I'd go about doing it with Vegas or a similar video editing programme... I'd record the guy playing at a normal pace (perhaps performing unnaturally slow facial gestures that will look "natural" when sped up). I would then run that sped up as required, with a digitally-added green screen layer (mask) added over the left side of the picture. I would then chroma key out the green mask on the left, running the left half of the regular video (with the clock) at normal speed next to the sped up guitar player. Since both are from the same video, the impression of time running at a normal speed would be seamless unless the player attempted to cross over to the left side, which he does not. The metronome sound would be added after production to create the illusion that there is no change between the first (non-edited) bit and the edited part when he's playing.