Bigbird Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hope this is in the right section... Anyway, after seeing this on another site (Nasioc, Subaru forum for those that don't know), and having seen things recently like the upcoming car show, and Rob's slide shows, I came up with an idea. It's called CR Quarterly. It's like an e-zine video. Basically a few times a year we compile all the madness from this site into a video compilation. It could include such things as... -Build updates. Basically someone would interview a few of you guys that are more open with your builds, and you could give a tour of what you've accomplished over the past couple of months, and maybe take us for a virtual ride in your car (assuming its in the running stage). -Car of the Quarter A lot of other sites do something like this, but we don't. Basically everyone nominates people for the title of best car, the top nominees get voted on, and whoever wins gets...well something haha. We could do a feature on the video of the persons car, as well as revealing the winner. -Drama Report In this part of the video we could document all of the lol-worthy arugments, grudge matches, and other general asshatery that goes on on CR. You've got beef with someone and want to settle it on the track? Well let the cameras follow so everyone can see the outcome. -Meets and Track Days This should be fairly self explanatory. This would just be clips of the meets and track days, a video compilation to go along with the great pictures we get. Another section of the video could be added for whenever a member is lost, as a way of paying respects to that member. This is just a rough idea, and would obviously be a ton of work. I have some background in video editing, but I no longer have a video camera, or any editing software. But with all of the creative minds here on CR, I'm sure there's someone out there that could take care of it. We could potentially put this on a dvd and sell it to members to raise money for meets, or possibly also a small prize for winning "Car of the Quarter". Again, a very rough idea, and I'm open to all suggestions. I was just thinking about all the stuff that has happened on this site since I've been here. It would be really cool to have a chronicle of all of this. Let me know what you guys think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 i like,... but dont think it will come to light. not because no one wants it, but because most of the time ideas like this get lost in the shuffle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I want this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Holy shit it's a ton of work, I would be willing to help if it ever happens though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1qwk767 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 sounds like a good idea, would like to see it happen so if whoever does this and wants help lmk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Speed S4 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 that would be pretty sweet its just gunna take some work from a few people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Drama Report? That's daily, not quarterly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Yeah, I know its almost not feasible. But I thought the concept was really cool and wanted to see what you guys thought. I'm sure that with enough members involved it would be possible to put this together. The main issue will be just that, actually putting everything together and editing it into one video. I also thought of another thing to put in it. -Shop Showcase We could go to some of the local shops and talk to the people that work there about what they offer, what kind of things they specialize in, and all of that. This could help get the word out about some of the lesser know, or up and coming shops, as well as allow people to get a more personal look at the bigger ones. I'm sure just about everyone here has heard of the places like IPS and Dynotune, but a lot of them have never been there to check it out. Obviously there are a finite amount of shops in town, so this wouldn't be something in every "episode". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I doubt anyone is going to seriously say its a bad idea, but I don't see too many people jumping to do the work. I'm certainly not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderboy Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 This is cool. I would like to offer some help with this but, I have no experience with stuff like this so, with a little guidance/ supervision I would be willing to do whatever I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Most of it wouldn't be too hard to figure out. Pretty much just make up "screen play" for each scene, a light draft of dialog, and kinda just wing it. Really the only thing stopping this from happening for me is the lack of video/editing equipment. If I had this stuff I would just acquire video over the summer, and slowly edit it together. We would need people that are willing to participate in the different segments and have their cars filmed. Also we would have to figure out how we want to do "Car of the Quarter". This would rely heavily on the website for nominations and voting. The winner could be revealed in the video, and then a banner could be placed somewhere on the site, linking to that persons gallery. This is something that we could do even just on the site even if we don't go forward with this video thing. All of this really just popped in my head today, and I wanted to write it down before I forgot about it haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I think its a cool idea, the only issue would be finding people to put in the time, and keeping the info fresh. Easier to do with a site that is national, and has 200,000 members to pool from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jizzle Juice Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 I like it but how about we do something similar just film everytime we have a meet and track day for the whole season the after the season ends just compile it to a "club" video?? just an idea id be willing to help but as steve said i have no exp. in any of this but i can hold a camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 i've got ass loads of video editing experience, I just no longer have the programs available to me anymore to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 What did you use Jason? I used premier and final cut. Used premier more, but I liked final cut better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Final cut mostly, some premier, Cyberlink and sony vegas. And then just smaller programs to make own effects/music/texts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Final cut mostly, some premier, Cyberlink and sony vegas. And then just smaller programs to make own effects/music/texts. You should try to "find" a copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 It's good in theory, but in practice maybe not as good. I like the idea, but I certainly would not have the time to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbospec29 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Just start with a car of the quarter and go from there... Of course that would require its own "director" to get things done right, like all other things on CR I vote you Ryan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Ryan, i would be more than happy to ride translucent steeds and help film the tom foolery of the night with you. Count me in brotherrrrrrrrr. Oh, i have no experience, i just know where to get the steeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 You should try to "find" a copy I have enough junk on my laptop as it is. If i had a desktop i would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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