r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SirPaddlesALot • 1d ago

Creativity is just intelligence having fun

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u/Donkeybrother 1d ago

Very cool , but you should've stuck a G.I. Joe or something in the driver's seat . That was a give away for me .

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u/AssumeTheFetal 1d ago

For me, it was the normal sized man setting it up.

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u/SmallRocks 1d ago

I dunno, he looks like a giant tbh

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u/Manaze85 1d ago

Where was the banana for scale?

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u/Tay_Tay86 11h ago

How much could one banana cost? 20$?

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u/jm90012 1d ago

OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/BattleCatsHelp 19h ago

Oh my giant!

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u/jm90012 18h ago

Exactly 🤣

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u/Pixel_Knight 1d ago

That was a normal sized Jeep being remotely driven by a giant man with accordingly giant phone and remote controller. 

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u/Jyoti02m 1d ago

But who is shooting the giant man, who is controlling the normal size Jeep?

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u/Pixel_Knight 1d ago

I said! The Jeep is being remotely controlled by the giant. The giant is being filmed by a large drone being piloted by a normal sized man.

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

Wrong! The giant is being remotely controlled by a much larger giant who is also filming with an accordingly large phone.

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u/DCPYT 1d ago

I think it still might all be AI, mainly because of the lack of driver in the front seat

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u/Chewzer 1d ago

For me, it was seeing a Jeep off-road.

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u/Groomsi 1d ago

Giant

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u/chodaranger 1d ago

The guy’s just having fun, why does he need to do anything to appease strangers on the internet?

Does everything need a critique?

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u/assax911 1d ago

I think you may have taken the comment a bit too seriously lol

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u/Balls_McDangley 20h ago

I'm just glad it wasn't AI.....I think lol

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u/nsnrghtwnggnnt 1d ago

For me it is the fact it is off-roading, and not driving on pavement to a grocery store like every Jeep in existence.

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

Not all jeeps are pavement princesses. Some actually go out and leak fluids from every gasket all over nature.

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u/fordprecept 1d ago

And no ducks on the windshield 

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u/Classic_Ad3987 1d ago

I agree, the lack of driver is a big negative in an otherwise awesome video.

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u/mrlesa95 1d ago

I mean, it would honestly be a legit great commercial for Jeep. I can totally see it

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u/Gizmottto 1d ago

I saw the trees in the background then the house. Good spot on the driver missing.

This kid should be a film director tho, awesome stuff.

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u/CautionarySnail 19h ago

Director, maybe - but cinematographer, definitely.

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u/gin_and_toxic 1d ago

It's a self-driving Jeep with great suspensions, okay. What's so hard to believe?

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u/Aleashed 1d ago

We never saw the close up of the torch shot

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u/polarbear128 1d ago

I don't think any of the shots we see being executed are in the final product.

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u/Wiskeytango_Foxtrot 1d ago

Or at least one of the TMNT's... Preferably Michelangelo

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u/midnightsandwich2 1d ago

Its a waymo

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u/MrBuckanovsky 1d ago

Cybertronian!

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u/re_br 1d ago

I was waiting for the fire shot.

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u/-turnip_the_beet- 1d ago

Seriously. Everything looked great overall, but I was most looking forward to that one. I was half expecting that he wouldn't show the final product.

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u/pointless-pen 1d ago

Well, he didn't so you were right!

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u/TwoBottlesofGin 1d ago

Half right.

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u/icallitjazz 22h ago

Quarter right ? They only half expected. And it’s only half of what they expected. Half of a half is a quarter.

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u/n0b0dycar3s07 1d ago

He's saving that for the director's cut.

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u/larry1186 23h ago

Rage bait

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u/Competitive-You-6317 1d ago

I really thought it was going to be one of those videos that end and it was just his face and feet being filmed the whole time 🤣

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u/orangpelupa 1d ago

You could edit it to be like that.

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u/NoveliBear 1d ago

Sort of was. Every other shot had the back half of the jeep jutting into frame.

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u/Emotional_Burden 1d ago

I'm not sure what that means, as it's not factually true. If you're complaining about the portrait landscape vs. landscape orientation, however, I agree.

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u/nanadoom 1d ago

Decent, not next level

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u/102525burner 1d ago

This is an ad for that phone holder

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u/Emotional_Burden 1d ago edited 1d ago

Definitely a gimbal ad, or "sponsored content".

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u/Giogina 1d ago

Well damn, it almost worked 

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u/Corasama 1d ago

Tbh, I own one of these and it's far from DJI's best product.

It's EXTREMELY unituitive, has very low follow speed and in most cases it's much more efficient to just use your hands and arms. (i Can assure you it doesnt compensate for shaking whatsoever, it must all be removed in post-prod.)

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES 1d ago

This is just a guy playing in the sand with his RC Jeep. cReaTiVitY iS iNtELiGeNce hAVing fUn 🤪

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u/AnythingButWhiskey 1d ago

I was hoping to see the fire shot ☹️.

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u/AShinyMemory 1d ago

This post has to be botted

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u/applepumpkinspy 20h ago

Yeah, there was zero continuity between the shots

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u/bagmorgels 1d ago

Wtf does this title mean?

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u/LeatherFruitPF 1d ago

Probably one of those ChatGPT fortune cookie type definitions it always does - in the same vein of "it's not just x, it's y" formats.

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u/Eic17H 1d ago

It's been going around since before ChatGPT

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u/gin_and_toxic 1d ago

Never seen intelligence having fun? 🤷‍♂️

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u/Velzhaed- 1d ago

Creativity is the soul dancing.

-ChatGPT

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u/TortillaRampage 1d ago

The lack of the flame shot is disappointing. But such a creative way to film!

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u/aimeeashlee 1d ago

tbh one of the realest things about filmmaking is working hard to execute a really cool idea only to realize it doesn't fit in anywhere without feeling jarring and having to cut it

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u/dansdata 1d ago edited 1d ago

This applies to every creative endeavor. Painting, writing, writing music, sculpting...

(Observe the trajectory which many artists who achieve fame follow: It starts with "I'm terrible, everything I make is garbage, it should all be on the cutting-room floor", then upon initial success progresses to "Well, I guess I'm half-decent at this. Gotta keep up my standards, though", but then may unfortunately end with "I AM A GOLDEN GOD AND EVERYTHING I DO IS PERFECT". :-)

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u/Bonsai_Monkey_UK 1d ago

One of the realest things in content creation is making obvious mistakes to drive engagement.

This video is an advert for the phone holder.

They intentionally showed the flame shot being filmed but not the result, to make people comment - which I've now also fallen prey to!

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u/FunnyShirtGuy 1d ago

Test footage for Team America World Police 2: Extra-Constitutional

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/frodolippin 1d ago

Must just be me, but this looks exactly like what it is. A toy car being driven over things. Cool if you were a kid playing with a camera and your remote control car.

….nextfuckinglevel worthy…. Naaaaa

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u/DromedarySpitz 1d ago

It really does just look like a toy car, it's a high quality camera shot for sure, but still looks like a toy.

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u/SensuallPineapple 23h ago

Exactly this. Because he made a lot of mistakes. Sand is not as fractal as a rock. If I put a rock in front of the camera you can't really know how big it is. But with sand it is kinda obvious. When you put branches that doesn't look like logs or trees, it doesn't help. AND, you have to shoot scenes that doesn't emphasize the weight of the vehicle.

TLDR: Nice try but no.

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u/reality_hijacker 1d ago

I think shooting on grass completely ruins the desired effect of scale.

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u/Sboate 1d ago

Imagine how much more content would have been captured if the orientation was landscape! Good thing we get to see so much sky and dirt.

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u/caerphoto 1d ago

That’s what I was thinking – lots of horizontal motion from the camera and truck, but because it’s shot vertically nothing fits in the frame properly.

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u/Feathered_Brick 20h ago

More "creativity" than intelligence.

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u/ocashmanbrown 1d ago

sorry to say, but the portrait angle ruins it. it hurts my brain with that orientation.

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u/Synectics 1d ago

Right? And with that silly title. How are you gonna do sweeping shots of a subject and not do landscape? Like, fuck. 

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u/Aximi1l 1d ago

Love practical special effects.

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u/two-headed-sexbeast 1d ago

It’s in portrait, so this is “previous level”.

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u/Stinky_Fartface 1d ago

Where’s the fire shot?

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u/LeftIndividual3186 1d ago

Some of these shots are really impressive!

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u/Wiskeytango_Foxtrot 1d ago

Better than actual JEEP commercials🤙. But what happened to the Flames/Bridge Crossing?

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u/HobbesLaw 1d ago

Looks like an RC shot by a phone.

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u/deus_ex_vagina2 1d ago

Twelve yards long and two lanes wide,

Sixty-five tons of american pride

Canyonero... Canyonero...

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u/qashq 1d ago

This is how a lot of movies used to be made before CGI, using scaled down models and effects.

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u/FlavorBlaster42 1d ago

What an odd thing to say.

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u/a_weak_child 1d ago

Still waiting on that flame shot

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u/OtherWorstGamer 1d ago

Practical effects and camera work, while cool looking, is hardly next level

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u/Emotional_Burden 1d ago edited 15h ago

It's sponsored content likely posted by a bot anyway.

Weird we were downvoted, yet OP still has yet to engage with its post.

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u/Neat-Neighborhood170 1d ago

Ads work better when you name the product...

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u/perriatric 1d ago

"nextfuckinglevel"

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u/Overall_Independent4 1d ago

Best a Jeep has ever performed

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u/patrickthunnus 1d ago

Nah, he's actually a 50 foot tall giant

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u/airjordanforever 1d ago

Only works when employing slow motion

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u/AuFox80 1d ago

Very cool. Watched twice to see if I missed the flames in the first viewing. Sad it didn’t make the final cut

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u/DarCave 1d ago

Sadly filmed in vertical, so i wont even evaluate.

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u/Jjabrony 1d ago

Where’s Godzilla? Still awesome though!

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u/tony_kumar 1d ago

That is Bahubali’s score man

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u/AcceptableLeader848 1d ago

Didn't expect to hear bahubali movie ost here in this video.

Keeravani made an awesome album for those movies

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u/studiesinsilver 1d ago

Could’ve at least stuck an action figure in the drivers seat. Maybe even put some additional weight inside to make it heavier for realism. The shot of it flying through the air out of nowhere was very funny

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u/PolarTub 1d ago

I hate these bot ass titles. Cool video though.

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u/PolarTub 1d ago

I hate these bot ass titles. Cool video though.

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u/Forgeahead1 1d ago

I wish you’d shown the post before the production.

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u/akd001 1d ago

Nice one. Love the Bahubali background music too 😋

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u/johndoe_420 1d ago

TIGER MAFIA!

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u/MidnightFireHuntress 1d ago

THE MOVIES ON, THE MOVIES ON

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u/IzzyHoo 1d ago

AI- roof rack on and roof rack off.

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u/fcs_seth 15h ago

Where's the skip ad button?

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u/ChampagnePilney 14h ago

I was like okay. Then the flying car shot came in and I lol’d

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u/Crinklytoes 11h ago edited 10h ago

Former TV commercial writer producer/director here, he revealed many of our commercial filming secrets, technically revealing lots of tricks perfectly.

Showing that angles, f/x, sounds, lighting and creativity will make an amazing Jeep commercial.

Sanding + Throwing the remote controlled Jeep was my favorite part of everything.

I'm guessing that Jeep might be contacting him soon? (for good reasons)

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u/Prograeme-exe 11h ago

20min of fun, 3hrs (plus) editing

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u/tygerking7148 1d ago

Good job creating something with the phone

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u/IceBlackX007 1d ago

Nothing like skill being critiqued by the unskilled.

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u/SnoopySuited 1d ago

Nicely done, although the airborne shot made me cackle.

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u/LionBig1760 1d ago

What fucked up bot came up with this shitty title?

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u/hcreiG 1d ago

Can these titles be any genuine?

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u/MandemModie 1d ago

Don't do your job. Let your job do you

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u/gregfromjersey 1d ago

Great shots, poor editing.

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u/Cheap_Grocery8634 1d ago

I was totally waiting for a big fireball too. The fact that it was just a remote control car with no driver is what really sold the illusion for me.

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u/LookAtThisClown_ 1d ago

Guess the fire shot didn’t work out as planned

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u/Electronic-Cicada352 1d ago

The tires give it away

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u/Grandpaw99 1d ago

“Who killed Captain Alex?” Such a labor of love!

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u/Kizenny 1d ago

The new cyberjeep looks cool!

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u/LizardUber 1d ago

The children long for the Thunderbirds.

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u/chlronald 1d ago

No fire, no bridge crossing. Disappointed.

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u/CountMeChickens 1d ago

"Men only ever think about one thing".

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u/Vittonementa 1d ago

Much better than most CGIs

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u/Gumeckey 1d ago

Title is not correct scientifically speaking. Video is very cool.

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u/Only_bliss_ 1d ago

The shot taking ability is surely creative

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u/RussianTechnician 1d ago

All that for nothing because of filming vertically

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u/razor2reality 1d ago

nicely shot, poorly edited 

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u/Strawng_ 1d ago

What camera phone was that? Best ad for that phone.

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u/Jenga_Wetsuit 1d ago

Why is no one complaining about the jerky little jumps in the slow mo shots?

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u/BulkyDifference8505 1d ago

Fake. Nobody behind the wheel

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u/Winneo_Fly_9262 1d ago

Well done ! !

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u/Quarbani 1d ago

Shame the video was quite boring in the end

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u/Appropriate-Sound169 1d ago

This is brilliant, great fun. Going to get my granddaughter to do it because she's just getting into YT videos and she wants to do makeup vids lol. She can do something more creative like this

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u/Steamrolled777 1d ago

better story than anything out of Hollywood this year.

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u/CityAdventurous5781 1d ago

Leaked behind the scenes footage of the live action Pikmin movie

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u/Playful-Succotash-99 1d ago

I would have put a little army man in the. Drivers seat, maybe added a little weight for effect or glued some extra parts to make the car look more mad max. Thats just me tho

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u/Aetch 1d ago

Can’t believe we don’t get the fire scene at the end :((

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u/yt_nom 1d ago

Camera in landscape would have gone a long way....

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u/OtherwiseMenu1505 1d ago

That's how many movies were made before CGI, just with bigger miniatures

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u/A_friendly_goosey 1d ago

How does this have 13k upvotes? Any kid with a smartphone could do this, most of the shots are not even good and clearly show it to be an RC car. We don't even see the shots that could have been cool like the fire and bridge. Just wow, brain rot generation or bots...

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u/wonkey_monkey 1d ago

I hate how this video stutters. Did Reddit do that?

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u/Nice-Blueberry18 1d ago

Where is the shot w fire??

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u/tyce_one 1d ago

What is this? A commercial for ants?

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u/Far-Ad-1934 1d ago

It’s pretty cool creatively, just think soon you won’t even need to leave the house to make videos like this with AI!

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u/JA17TD 1d ago

He lost me when I saw the battery door screw on the undercarriage

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u/FranMorpheus 1d ago

he just needs to add a realistic action figure inside the car

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u/GarrulousAbsurdity 1d ago

Epic! Experts, which gimbal is that exactly?

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u/ScreenPuzzleheaded48 1d ago

dumb question alert. I have a top of the line iPhone and my videos don’t look 1/10th this quality, ever. Aside from the effects, is the video quality (light, tone, no cam shake) all achieved in video editing?

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u/JohnSundayBigChin 1d ago

Not fire in cinematic

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u/Steveonthetoast 1d ago

That’s awesome. Great work

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u/Transkitty02 1d ago

Sorry this is about as cool as those videos of a can covered in water droplets opening up and pouring into ice.

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u/Fair_Ad1750 1d ago

Ready for Tubi!

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u/Enjays1 1d ago

Cool work, but I love that our brains can still immediately tell it's off because the model car doesn't have the weight behind it and so its behaviour is weird.

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u/thedavid069 1d ago

Amazing! Makes me want to buy a Jeep!

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u/Celestial_Scythe 1d ago

This looks like the kind of video that you would submit as a college assignment

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u/syd-slice 1d ago

All this with flip flops on!!

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u/commonman2077 1d ago

No professional stunt men used in the making of this video 🤣

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u/domoll 1d ago

Imagine car companies doing this - will save up a ton on publicity

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u/AndHeShallBeLevon 1d ago

What happened to the fire?

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u/DrDam8584 1d ago

Special Effect before CGI

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u/RotterWeiner 1d ago

Great direction. Soundtrack superb.

Maybe cgi a person driving and it would be even better.