We have diverse possibilities: - Best Action Oscar category; Best Construction tip category; Best unintentionally comical category etc....'Dumbest video presenter category' etc.. 
I'm almost tempted to post one of my ride-along videos this year, but they don't have all the cool effects of the video you posted. 
Ah, yes The video charmed me; an entertaining wee rib-tickler..and that's the reason I chose it; but it's none of my own handiwork..I wish it were!! I've bought a special mount for my iPhone 6 and that should allow me to film in HD with
Your videos are already pretty good, Gary..and that 'dang' enthusiasm just busts out of the screen. The ground level angles, the shot of the tank passing over the camera (positioned in a trench), aerial clips, slo-mo explosions and all the stock tricks and devices used by prosMax-U52 wrote:That's pretty cool, Roy, but wait til next year's Oscars. I'll (hopefully) know how to edit by June and if that happens I'll be making some very cool videos this summer.
Seems to me, part of the fun in building these wee monsters is to get them to simulate real action, in miniature (on film)....or, on a Cecil B. De Mille scale, if you happen to have 1/4 or 1/6 scale tanks. Nominated in the "Sound effects' category.. and I do like the Commander's eye view. That needs to be cut, and mixed, with short clips of the camera looking at the 'Commander'.. A camera mounted on the barrel (Moby gorilla gripper would sort that)Max-U52 wrote:If you have a "Best Ride Along" category (or best outtake?) I nominate this, tentatively titled "A Fly Hitches A Ride". At least until the cannon fires!
..Hmm.,.. well there were 'Flying Tigers" in WW2, but not the tracked variety. Anyway, there are some tasteful production ideas here:- 
