Games Highlights

Crunched two late nights at work to deliver this piece. These are the biggest moments from the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. I chose to slow some of the shots down to aid with the drama and awesomeness of the competitors. One thing I learned from this edit is that Optical Flow in Apple’s Motion worked better on the shots i wanted to slow than the Twixtor plugin for After Effects. There was a lot of trial and error finding shots that would work and not jello too bad. Some of the shots worked very well and others not so much. When it takes 5 minutes to render a 3 second clip on a tight deadline, some times you just have to let some questionable ones slide. My personal favorite was the slowed shot of the female swinging on the bars at 5:11.