Comments on: Crazy Baseball/B-Ball Shot

By: Real

Real — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:10:30 +0000

I have to say it’s real, although it looks unbelievable, I can’t really see any signs of an edit other than the fact that the ball goes out of frame. Everything else like where he hit it and how the ball moved looked flawless, like real gravity, spin and elasticity was with that ball.

By: Yes

Yes — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:21:51 +0000

Who Cares if its fake. It still looks cool.

By: Pussies

Pussies — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:10:30 +0000

Why would a few kids go through so much pain just to make a video like this?

I think this is real.

By: BS

BS — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:51:47 +0000

Another Irrelevant Comment

By: The Truth

The Truth — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:32:55 +0000

NO ONE GIVES TWO SHITS IF YOU THINK THIS IS FAKE OR NOT!
for everthing that is slightly amazing on the internet there is some douchebag who goes “oh im a professional and i know that that is fake because obviously basketballs arn’t even that size blah blah blah” STFU NO ONE CARES STOP POSTING SHIT IS FAKE

By: Chase

Chase — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:04:28 +0000

To “me”: You are a moron and are obviously bad at your job if you think this is real. The ball VERY obviously skips across the screen twice. Not to mention the composite effect is very easy to create using just about ANY video editing technology. We did this same thing in my tenth grade video tech class 5 years ago.

By: me

me — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:33:58 +0000

To charles:

its called physics u moron, when u hit a ball with a bat the ball spins causing it to curve…..basketball, dodgeball, baseball it doesn’t matter.

p.s. all you “expert” out there who have been watching too much csi and think they can analyze video….let me break it to you…

I have spent 20 years in the motion picture industry from special effects to camera work and I can tell you that this is 99.9 percent REAL. I can give you a long list of reasons but quite frankly I am sick of typing

By: simon is a fag is a fag

simon is a fag is a fag — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:10:55 +0000

go fuck yourself

By: charles

charles — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:28:12 +0000

yeah anyone who thinks this is real is STUPID. even IF the ball the guy ‘hits’ was real, its trajectory was taking it up and to the right… then it comes back into the shot all of a sudden heading to the left and level/down, with way more velocity. not to mention that it sounds like a ball you play dodgeball with, not a basketball.

By: G33

G33 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:44:11 +0000

you forgot to use distance calculations. look at 41-44 and watch how the ball drastically change in size.Fake

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:29:34 +0000

besides the fact that it could be fake there is really nothing that proves its not real….

By: Demonreborn

Demonreborn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:45:23 +0000

All arc theories and video editing aside, I know for a fact that if they did hit a ball that hard to make it go that far, the hoop would have moved way more than it did. Have any of you had one of those driveway hoops? Thing moves in a stiff breeze, let alone a basketball shot moving with the velocity to go that far. Im gonna have to say fake.

By: Guito

Guito — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:57:10 +0000

I mean the basket pole.

By: Guito

Guito — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:56:43 +0000

Look a the pole zone for flicker

By: Guito

Guito — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:55:46 +0000

right after the ball is hit, there is a image glitch on the entire screen, a 1 frame filcker. look a the basket zone for instance to notice it.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:18:25 +0000

Its Real or atleast appears so, im not a video nerd so im not gonna analyze it but either way very entertaining

By: bobo

bobo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:06:56 +0000

it’s real! I was there, in the bushes, watching those kids play baseketball.

By: real

real — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:56:13 +0000

haters..it’s real..everything on the onterweb is NOT fake

By: Fake

Fake — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:34:16 +0000

it is obviously fake…anyone who has ever tried to hit a basketball with a baseball bat would know that there is not a shot in hell that this kid could hit the ball that far.

By: fake

fake — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:45:49 +0000

watch the ball, you can see it goes towards the right OUT OF VIEW. then it happens to arc right at the hoop. either hes part of the trinity or its edited.

By: Bill Billington

Bill Billington — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:23:12 +0000

@truth

Ok fine, its rotating. Still easily achieved by green-screening someone throwing the ball and just chroma-keying out the green.

Still fake.

By: truth

truth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:36:18 +0000

@Bill

Except you can see that ball rotating in the air after it comes back into the shot.

Hardly static, if you ask me.

By: JStew

JStew — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:04:13 +0000

Two words.

After Effects…

By: lol

lol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:53:38 +0000

Really, that fact that you guys take so much time trying to disprove something makes everything funnier than it would be otherwise.

By: Bill Billington

Bill Billington — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:39:52 +0000

This is fake, here’s why:

First notice where the camera is placed. It’s behind the batter but not showing his full profile (cuts off just above his knees). Now watch as the pitcher throws the ball. He gives it an easy lob and the ball only makes it about half way to the batter before bouncing (even though he could have easily thrown it all the way).
The ball then bounces, OFF SCREEN, before coming back up. This is where the film editing comes in. The pitcher did in fact toss the ball, but when it goes off camera, it stays off camera. What comes up is a static image of the same basket ball, inserted via a film editing program (Premiere, Final Cut, etc).
When the batter swings, he is swinging at nothing. It’s a very simple process on the editors part of moving the ball around through the frames to match the velocity of the swing.
Same goes for when it hits the hoop, this is all done on a computer. The sounds you hear? Pre-recorded and synced with the ball’s movements.
Besides this, the two actors do a terrible job of convincing us of the video’s legitimacy. I don’t know about you, but their false surprise and awe just doesn’t do it for me.

Here’s a tutorial that shows you how to do the same basic editing technique that these guys used. I’ve done it myself in my own films:http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tutdes_pingpong.htm

Sorry folks, it’s not real.