Arcade Collecting Youtube Series

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Hi,

This is my first post to the forums (I should've gotten in to this years ago!).

The Youtube series is called Arcade Impossible and every month we are getting a new arcade machine to build the perfect home arcade. Eventually we hope to have around 30+ machines in the basement arcade and at least 4 pins.

Please let me know what you think. I'm Gregg from the videos by the way, so this post serves as my introduction and to share the series with everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/arcadeimpossible
 
nICE JOB bro!!!! Polished production, fun storyline, really good and I'll recommend it to others...

Totally there with you and Mike when you guys walked into Metro Arcade, and saw the number of games, shall I say, scant number of games there. I have shown up to out of town places to see no classics, just a few newer games here and there. Sad to see that compared to what most of us here on this board experienced in 1981-1984, and later.

So, what is your next machine quest? You should post it here and in the wanted machines section. You might have someone closer to you help you out. As you can see, I am a little far from you, but at the same point in collecting. It is a little addicting....g/L
 
Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback.

We already have the next machine ready to go, but that will be in the next episode on Aug 1st. I did brainstorm for a bit and added some machines that I think would be cool to the VAPS page.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/members/member_detail.php?member_id=437736

I am definitely going to start using this forum, I honestly have no idea why I didn't think about it or think to use it. I've been on the forums and using KLOV for at least 4-5 years, but never thought to sign up.
 
Hey Gregg!! Glad to see you made it over to the forum. I was the person who commented on Youtube yesterday on you loading the Galaga into and off of the truck and wearing flip flops. Enjoy your time here!!!
 
Hey Gregg!! Glad to see you made it over to the forum. I was the person who commented on Youtube yesterday on you loading the Galaga into and off of the truck and wearing flip flops. Enjoy your time here!!!

Hey! Yeah, I'm glad I finally got on the forums.
I will definitely be wearing proper footwear for the next loading/unloading :)

Thanks for mentioning KLOV by the way, you reminded me of this huge resource (forums, KLOV, VAPS). Cheers.
 
Loved it! Very well done; I can't wait for the future episodes and doing a series is a great idea.
 
Such great video and HIGH production value.
What video editor do you use?
Very very PROFESSIONAL!

Steverd

As someone who made a career in production, I find this hilarious.

This is NOT very professional, this is NOT high production value. Puh-lease.

This is a couple cats having fun, putting stuff together, making a great little idea...

...and if I ever post a video of my stuff on here, it'll be just as fun & janky. :)
 
As someone who made a career in production, I find this hilarious.

This is NOT very professional, this is NOT high production value. Puh-lease.

This is a couple cats having fun, putting stuff together, making a great little idea...

...and if I ever post a video of my stuff on here, it'll be just as fun & janky. :)

OOOooooooh, BUT to a person that is not in the field and still uses Coral Videostudio X4, this is pretty FANCY STUFF!!! I really need to improve my video skills.
Is the problem, ME? or VideoStudio X4?
What do you recommend?
 
OOOooooooh, BUT to a person that is not in the field and still uses Coral Videostudio X4, this is pretty FANCY STUFF!!! I really need to improve my video skills.
Is the problem, ME? or VideoStudio X4?
What do you recommend?

Smoother zooms, a (at least) pro-sumer grade 3 CCD camera, using a mount or tripod for every shot (LEVELED)... a proper voice-over mic (though the sound here is "ok"), proper audio processing/levels/eq, et al...

IMO, using that kinda stuff can do more than expensive editing equipment (I was an AVID MC guy) than vice versa... basically, if there's stronger production elements, the editing can be pretty dry and straightforward but it'll still shine.

And, again, when/if I post something here, it ain't gonna be totally slick and stuff... so I'm being kinda hypocritical.
 
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Smoother zooms, a (at least) pro-sumer grade 3 CCD camera, using a mount or tripod for every shot (LEVELED)... a proper voice-over mic (though the sound here is "ok"), proper audio processing/levels/eq, et al...

IMO, using that kinda stuff can do more than expensive editing equipment (I was an AVID MC guy) than vice versa... basically, if there's stronger production elements, the editing can be pretty dry and straightforward but it'll still shine.

And, again, when/if I post something here, it ain't gonna be totally slick and stuff... so I'm being kinda hypocritical.

Good advice - Whats your thoughts on Coral VideoStudio? It's super easy to use but I would think most professional use some different!

I know I can't afford a good pro-sumer grade 3 CCD camera, right now. Any good ones under $1000?
 
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Thanks for the comments.
I'm using Adobe Premiere and After effects.

And adamzero is right. It is just for fun and not professional by any means.
We are soooo Janky.
 
We are soooo Janky.

And you know I meant that in an endearing way, not really trying to be negative.

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Do you guys remember those K-Y commercials with the couples that are too busy or not involved or etc, and they use the K-Y Intense and they show quick cuts of crowds cheering/boat horns/sirens/fireworks/et al? I was involved with those.

Also, Andie MacDowell is probably one of the nicest people I've ever met & Marie Osmond is probably the biggest fake/b**** I've ever met.

That is all.

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Steverd-

I wouldn't recommend Avid, as it can be... well, overkill for what you want to do. In the past, I've recommended Final Cut to folks because was a bit more user friendly, but I've heard that's no longer the case. (My career in media ended in 2010)

Of all the things I mentioned, proper framing & using a tripod as much as possible are the two biggest things, really. And least expensive!
 
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