New Edit, haven't posted in while. Give it a look.
- Thread starter Bhroscoe
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I think you missed on a few aspects (unintended pun) of the video.
1.The 1:2.35 aspect ratio did absolutely nothing for me, it increased my expectations/standard instantly and it let me down throughout the video. So many of your shots were not framed correctly for the crop, cutting off heads/upper bodies can be acceptable when done intentionally (ie close up shot of the skis on the snow, close up on a swap, grab, etc) but every time you cut the body off it just made me think about the aspect ratio again. My advice: only use this crop if your shots can match it, stick to 16:9 especially if you doing mostly follow cams. Using a 1:2.35 aspect ratio definitely adds to the cinematic feel of the video, but if you don't frame your shots correctly, it loses that feel.
2. I thought you had far to many unrelated filler shots, random shot of the dog, other shots of the trees, etc. Just sort of took away from the video, the shots themselves were quite nice and I understand why you used them, just maybe save those kinda shots for a reel in the future, etc.
3. Throw away this kinda intro, especially in 2018. No one wants to click a video and wait 35 seconds to see the first shot of someone skiing and 59 seconds until the actual skiing starts. People will instantly click away from your video after seeing that. Again, this doesn't take away from the shots themselves, some great drone shots although a bit repetitive, again just adding video that doesn't necessarily add to the video.
Other than that, it was enjoyable to watch, some great shots in there man. I was slightly let down there wasn't more natural audio in the video, but it sounds like you don't have a great mic setup (if any at all) so thats understandable.
One thing i noticed is that after watching a minute or so of slomotion, that first shot seemed very fast, almost like I got thrown into the video. You could transition into the skiing with a fast timelapse or some other skiing shots at full speed to kind of easy into that.
Keep working on your followcams, some were money, some the framing was poor, some the shots we a bit shaky, but practice makes perfect, keep filming and editing.
1.The 1:2.35 aspect ratio did absolutely nothing for me, it increased my expectations/standard instantly and it let me down throughout the video. So many of your shots were not framed correctly for the crop, cutting off heads/upper bodies can be acceptable when done intentionally (ie close up shot of the skis on the snow, close up on a swap, grab, etc) but every time you cut the body off it just made me think about the aspect ratio again. My advice: only use this crop if your shots can match it, stick to 16:9 especially if you doing mostly follow cams. Using a 1:2.35 aspect ratio definitely adds to the cinematic feel of the video, but if you don't frame your shots correctly, it loses that feel.
2. I thought you had far to many unrelated filler shots, random shot of the dog, other shots of the trees, etc. Just sort of took away from the video, the shots themselves were quite nice and I understand why you used them, just maybe save those kinda shots for a reel in the future, etc.
3. Throw away this kinda intro, especially in 2018. No one wants to click a video and wait 35 seconds to see the first shot of someone skiing and 59 seconds until the actual skiing starts. People will instantly click away from your video after seeing that. Again, this doesn't take away from the shots themselves, some great drone shots although a bit repetitive, again just adding video that doesn't necessarily add to the video.
Other than that, it was enjoyable to watch, some great shots in there man. I was slightly let down there wasn't more natural audio in the video, but it sounds like you don't have a great mic setup (if any at all) so thats understandable.
One thing i noticed is that after watching a minute or so of slomotion, that first shot seemed very fast, almost like I got thrown into the video. You could transition into the skiing with a fast timelapse or some other skiing shots at full speed to kind of easy into that.
Keep working on your followcams, some were money, some the framing was poor, some the shots we a bit shaky, but practice makes perfect, keep filming and editing.
IanAvery-Leaf
Active member
I agree with eheath, and to add, the drone shots made for a really poor opening IMO. Drone shots in 2018 don't just automatically = professional, in this case them not being good hurt your edit. Shutter speed was too high (also applies for the entire edit), its hard to watch the first shots with the camera pointed right down. The transitions at 0:12, 0:29, and 2:39 also made no sense since its cutting to identical looking shots, a good editor cuts with intention and to further the story. The blacks were also extremely crushed in mostly the shots from 0:27 - 0:34 (which also are poorly composed with the entire bottom half being nothing), but also a handful of other shots throughout the edit. The smoking shot at 0:50 taking up only 10% of the frame to the right and him being covered by his friend definitely shouldn't have made the cut. Overall I'd say none of those drone shots should be in there at all, and they had nothing to do with Keystone also...
for your next edit I'd say leave the drone at home unless it actually enhances the edit in a relevant way, and also try to add more variety to the ski footage, like more focal lengths and some tripod shots to mix in. Biggest thing would be slow the shutter speed down to make it watchable
for your next edit I'd say leave the drone at home unless it actually enhances the edit in a relevant way, and also try to add more variety to the ski footage, like more focal lengths and some tripod shots to mix in. Biggest thing would be slow the shutter speed down to make it watchable