Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean recorded in December of 2004 PHOTOMATT 2014-07-20 | This video was taken in December 2004 using a Sony VX2100. The video quality is fairly good, considering it's almost 10 years old. The sound is very good. The Johnny Depp additions had not been completed yet, so there are some scenes that are different than what you would see today.
Disneyland - Fantasmic! 3.0 - May 24, 2024 - Please read description PHOTOMATT 2024-05-29 | This video was recorded from the Blue Bayou section. It's only in HD because the camera was mistakenly set to output to HD. I intended to livestream the show, but YouTube would not accept the stream. I hooked up an external recorder and forgot to change the output to 4K. The recording on my camera kept stopping because I had an incorrect setting there as well. The dynamic range was destroyed while I was trying to salvage the video, so please don't think the video is too dark. It's only dark before the show starts. I wasn't going to post this because it's not that great, but there are sections that are OK. The Mark Twain is way overexposed because I intentionally had all my settings on manual. I will go back soon and record this correctly.
4K - Disneyland - Candlelight Processional - December 2, 2023 - 7:45 show - Part 1 (first 41 min) PHOTOMATT 2023-12-04 | This is the first part of the video. I accidentally stopped the recording. I might join the two parts and clean up the audio, but I don't know when I will have time to do this.
4K - Disneyland - Candlelight Processional - December 2, 2023 7:45 show - Part 2 (last 8 min) PHOTOMATT 2023-12-03 | This is the second part of the video. I accidentally stopped the recording. I might join the two parts and clean up the audio, but I don't know when I will have time to do this.If you see this and it's not 4K, it means the video is still processing. If you see this and there's no first part, it means the first video is still processing.
4K - HDR - Disney Enchantment Fireworks - Magic Kingdom - Second to last show - April 1, 2023 PHOTOMATT 2023-05-02 | This is the same recording as the SDR version. The difference is that it was rendered so that it's best viewed on an HDR monitor. This video will appear flat on regular monitors, although some people might prefer that. It looks pretty amazing on recent model iPhones and iPads. If the video appears to be dark, please increase the brightness of your monitor or watch in a dark room. I'm really happy with how I was able to preserve most of the colors in the fireworks. They usually get blown out in many videos.
4K - SDR - Disney Enchantment Fireworks - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World - April 1, 2023 PHOTOMATT 2023-04-30 | This was the second-to-last showing of Disney Enchantment.If the video appears to be dark, please adjust the brightness on your monitor or watch in a dark room.The video was encoded to look best on regular monitors. An HDR version will be posted soon.
4K HDR - Return of Happily Ever After Fireworks - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World - April 3, 2023 PHOTOMATT 2023-04-14 | This is the same recording as the last video, but the codec is Apple ProRes 422 HQ. This means that YouTube will display the video in HDR on monitors that are capable of showing HDR video. If you have an iPhone or iPad, it should display in HDR. The main difference is that the halo around the bright fireworks is much less and the colors are much more vibrant.If the video is dark, please adjust the brightness or watch in a dark room. The show itself is dark which is part of the problem. I chose this angle to get as many of the fireworks as possible. I will go back again soon to get the castle projections. The video was recorded using a Sony A7 iii. Audio is a mixture of live audio from the show and the source audio which was downloaded off the internet.Here is a link to download the video - https://rb.gy/v8azu
4K - Return of Happily Ever After Fireworks - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World - April 3, 2023 PHOTOMATT 2023-04-11 | This was recorded on April 3, 2023, the public premiere of the return of Happily Ever After.If the video appears to be dark, please adjust the brightness of your monitor and/or watch in a dark room. It might seem really dark, but that's because the show is dark in parts. If you look at the lights in the background and the cell phone lights, you can see the exposure is correct. You can download the video here - https://rb.gy/r3t09
4K - Disney Enchantment Fireworks - Center Castle View - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World PHOTOMATT 2023-04-10 | Recorded with a Sony A7 iii on March 30th, 2023. The location was just behind the Partners statue. Edited with Adobe Premiere.If the video looks dark, please increase the brightness of your monitor and view in a dark room. This version is specifically for SDR (normal) monitors, but it looks great on iPhones and iPads with the brightness near or at maximum. The HDR version has already been uploaded and it has processed to 4K, but now I'm waiting for YouTube to convert it to HDR.The black sky can appear noisy on some monitors. This is a function of monitor quality and YouTube's compression. There is no noticeable noise when viewing on an iPhone or iPad.The black box (mask) at the bottom is to hide a cell phone. Without the mask, the video is really hard to watch because the cell phone moves around so much. I will re-edit with Adobe After Effects to completely remove the cell phone, but the black box works for now.The audio is a mixture of a live recording near a speaker in Frontierland mixed with a low bitrate, mono "source" audio that can be found on the internet. The original SDR and HDR videos will be uploaded once I have time to remove the cell phone.
4K - Disneyland - Wondrous Journeys - Projections Only - Re-edit - Link to original included PHOTOMATT 2023-03-19 | Here is a link to the original - https://rb.gy/rmsrbvIt's 82GB. It could take quite a long time to download if you have slow internet. You will also need a relatively fast computer to play it properly.Although the original looks great when viewed on HDR monitors, it looks flat on regular monitors. This edit fixes that. It looks great on most monitors when viewed on YouTube, and it's incredible if you download the original and play it.I also switched out the live audio of the exit music and replaced it with the source. Now you no longer have to hear CMs in the background screaming about "This is a walkway!".
4K HDR - Disneyland - Wondrous Journeys projections only - Center Sleeping Beauty Castle view PHOTOMATT 2023-02-09 | #disney100 #disneyland #disney #wondrousjourneys If you have a later model iPad or iPhone, the device will let you watch in HDR. The quality is incredible. If you are using a regular monitor, the first few seconds might appear to be a little underexposed and washed out, but that is not noticeable once the show starts.
Disneyland - Wondrous Journeys - A113 Easter Egg PHOTOMATT 2023-02-08 | From Wikipedia, A113 (sometimes A-113, A-1-13, A1-13 or A11-3) is an inside joke and Easter egg in media developed by alumni of California Institute of the Arts, referring to the classroom used by graphic design and character animation students.Many of the graduates work for Disney.
Disneyland - Flag Retreat - January 6, 2023 - Special Guest - Buffalo Soldiers Iron Riders PHOTOMATT 2023-01-10 | ...
4K - Disneyland - A Christmas Fantasy Parade - 2022 - Evening performance 11/11/22 PHOTOMATT 2022-11-17 | Shot with iPhone 14 Pro Max and DJI OM4 gimbal
4K - Disneyland - 2022 - Holiday projections on Sleeping Beauty Castle when fireworks canceled PHOTOMATT 2022-11-14 | I was setup for fireworks but they were canceled. I didn't know they were going to do a projections show so I didn't have time to adjust my settings, which is why the castle is overexposed at the end.
4K - Disneyland Band - July 17th, 2022 - Disneyland 67th birthday - Noon ceremony in front of castle PHOTOMATT 2022-07-20 | ...
4K - Disneyland - Return of Fantasmic! - May 28, 2022 - Sony A7iii - Stationary Camera PHOTOMATT 2022-05-31 | Video was recorded with a Sony A7iii using a log profile. It has not yet been graded, which is why it appears underexposed. I just wanted to upload something now until I had a chance to edit the video.The camera does not move, which means there are parts where it just shows the fountains (portions of the Jack Sparrow segment and finale). I wanted to keep the camera stationary so I could use parts of this video for a multi-angle one that I will eventually make.The sound is pretty good for a live recording.Thumbnail image copyright belongs to Disney.
4K - Disneyland - Tale of the Lion King - May 28, 2022 - Sony A7iii - Rode VideoMic Pro PHOTOMATT 2022-05-30 | The tripod was bumped once and I adjusted the angle once, but other than that the video and sound are good.
4K-Disneyland After Dark-Star Wars Nite-Celebrate the Nite Fireworks-May 27, 2022-iPhone 13 Pro Max PHOTOMATT 2022-05-30 | This was recorded at the Star Wars Nite on May 27th, 2022. I used an iPhone 13 Pro Max with 24fps ProRes settings. I also have video recorded with my Sony A7iii. It has better sound because I used a Rode VideoMic Pro. It was recorded with a picture profile using HLG3, so it needs to be graded before I can upload it.
Disneyland After Dark - Star Wars Nite - May 3 and 4, 2022 - DJ in hub - Meco - Star Wars Theme PHOTOMATT 2022-05-08 | ...
Disneyland After Dark - Star Wars Nite - Main Street Guest Costume Parade - May 3, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-05-08 | ...
Disneyland After Dark - Star Wars Nite - Cantina Band on Rivers of America - May 4, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-05-08 | The sign says, "Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes"It was upside down on the 3rd, but they fixed it on the 4th. It's an unfortunate mistake, but I am pretty sure that reading Aurebesh wasn't in anyone's job description. :)
4K-Disneyland After Dark-Star Wars Nite-Celebrate the Nite Fireworks-May 3, 2022-iPhone 13 Pro Max PHOTOMATT 2022-05-07 | I arrived too late to setup my tripod, so this is handheld. It's still watchable, though. I will be back on the 27th to film this with my Sony A7iii and my tripod.
4K-Disneyland-Main Street Electrical Parade 50th Anniversary-Parade Preview-April 20, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-05-01 | This video was recorded with a Sony A7iii using movie mode, but with automatic exposure settings. Hint: don't do that. :/ When you do that you get overexposed floats and underexposed floats. The exposure keeps changing. You don't want that.What you want to do is watch YouTube videos beforehand that tell you how to use your camera to record good video. The trick is to set the camera so that your F stop is as open as it can get. If you are recording in 4K and 30 frames per second, you want to set your shutter speed to 1/60. The general rule is to set your shutter speed to double the frames per second. Then, to get the exposure right you adjust the ISO. So, how do you get the right ISO? Well, look at the parade floats in the video and then figure out what you think the perfect exposure is. That's entirely subjective, but once you think the floats are exposed perfectly pause the video. Then, look at the lights inside the Emporium and on the castle. Look at the brightness and remember that. Use your phone to take a screenshot if you have to. Then, before the parade starts, set your ISO to match that exposure. Don't forget to look at all the floats and don't forget to consider the lighting that the face characters have. If you are not using a picture profile, underexposing a little is better than overexposing. You can push the video a little in post.Once you get all that correct, you can start to learn about picture profiles and HDR, which I need to do.The camera stopped recording about a minute too early. I recently reset all the camera settings and forgot to change the auto power off heat sensitivity back to high.The audio was recorded with a Rode Stereo VideoMic Pro. It's much, much better than what you would get with the on camera mic, but if you look online you can find the source audio Disney used during their livestream. That will always be the best version.Thanks again to Disney for inviting some members of the media to the preview. It was greatly appreciated, and the cast members are awesome. If you want to see video of the parade shot at the same time from the same location using an iPhone 13 Pro Max, please check MiceChat's channel. It's posted there, and I will eventually repost it here.Thanks for watching.
4K Disneyland - Main Street Electrical Parade 50th Anniversary - April 20, 2022 - iPhone 11 Pro Max PHOTOMATT 2022-04-24 | This video was recorded during the sneak preview of the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland on April 20th, 2022. The video was recorded with an iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have two more videos from this same location that will also be posted. They were shot with an iPhone 13 Pro Max and a Sony A7 iii. You will be able to see how much the iPhone improved in just two versions, and in the Sony video I will be able to show you what NOT to do when using it to record video. :)Special thanks to Disneyland PR for inviting certain members of the media to the sneak preview. It was greatly appreciated.
Disneyland - Maynard and a Dole Whip - Final day - April 1, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | This is just a short clip of some Maynard zaniness shortly before he left the Tiki Room for the last time.
Disneyland - Maynard - Time for Freedom - April 1, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | This is just another moment of Maynard zaniness shortly before he left the Tiki Room on his last day.
Disneyland Resort-Disney California Adventure-Guardians of the Galaxy Opening Day line-May 28, 2017 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | ...
Disneyland Band - Beauty and the Beast with characters - May 7, 2017 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | This was recorded on May 7, 2017 when they used characters as part of the show.
Disneyland - Moment of Zen - Rivers of America - May 7, 2017 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | This video was recorded a few days after the RoA was refilled. They were still doing construction on the back end of the river and it was still dry.
Superman Media Event - Six Flags Magic Mountain - April 29, 2017 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-16 | Six Flags Magic Mountain media event. Announcing the first ever addition of the Superman face character.
Disneyland - Maynard in the Enchanted Tiki Room - April 1 2022 - 12:05am show PHOTOMATT 2022-04-04 | This was recorded on April 1, 2022, which was a few minutes after the park closed for the operating day of March 31st. They usually do one last show that starts a few minutes after park closing. Maynard retired later that day after working for Disneyland for more than 28 years.
Disneyland - Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room - Maynards last show - April 1, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-04-04 | Maynard worked for Disneyland for 28 years and this is a recording of his very last show.
GoPro Hero 10 Black (Suction Cup Mount) - Flight Video - Las Vegas to Long Beach - March 19, 2022 PHOTOMATT 2022-03-21 | I'm posting this video in case people want to see the quality of the GoPro Hero 10 Black. Audio has been removed. The video is not of the complete flight. There is about a 10 minute gap so I could let the camera cool down. I wanted to make sure I could record from Victorville to landing without overheating. Next time I need to keep my hands away from the window.:/Segments were combined in Adobe Premiere and then exported using optimized 4K YouTube settings. No adjustments were made to the video other than removing audio.I'm pretty impressed with the quality. I have also done this with an iPhone 13 ProMax, but that presents stability and focus challenges. I will share those videos soon.I have been on about 5 or 6 flights so far with the GoPro suction cup mount in the window and no flight attendant has said anything. I even had two in the window on one flight and no one said anything. I still think I will eventually run into a flight attendant who will ask me to take it down, but so far so good.ProTip - Spray some Windex on some paper towels and put them in a ZipLoc bag. Put some dry paper towels in another bag. This will allow you to clean a dirty window, which most of them are.ETA: After watching the video, I noticed that it looks like I am moving the camera independently of the movement of the plane. This is noticeable as we are lining up for the runway and as we make the initial southbound turn after takeoff. The camera was firmly mounted to the window and it was not moving. This must be due to an object-tracking feature that was turned on. Once I find it I will turn it off.
4K - Walt Disney World 50th - Epcot - Beacons of Magic - Rainbow Connection from the Muppets PHOTOMATT 2022-02-16 | The live audio has been replaced with the source, which can be found here - youtube.com/watch?v=_1bkSgjUXhQThe video has been exposed +1/2 of a stop and the saturation maxed out to bring out the colors in the rainbow.
4K - Epcot - WDW 50th - Beacons of Magic - Epcot Anthem - Score by Pinar Toprak - HQ Audio PHOTOMATT 2022-02-14 | ...
4K Disneyland Halloween Screams Fireworks September 3, 2021 PHOTOMATT 2022-01-13 | 4K Disneyland Halloween Screams Fireworks September 3, 2021
4K Disneyland Band 1045 performance Main Street Train Station September 1, 2021 PHOTOMATT 2021-10-20 | Disneyland Band10:45 performanceMain Street Train StationSeptember 1, 2021Sony A7iiiRode Stereo VideoMic ProAudio slightly enhanced in Adobe PremiereStereo Enhancer Effect at 150Left -2dB Right -1dB
