*Non-Skiing* Critique my Documentary?

Forcillo

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Paving Paradise: A Longboarding Documentary from Alex Forcillo on Vimeo.

Also please go to Vimeo and watch in HD as the SD version is trash.

This is the first video I've made that isn't an edit. I tried to interweave a story component and give people a good background on the sport, as well as keep it interesting with good action shots over the voices. Accepting any and all critiques. Thanks!
 
Nice! The one thing that stood out was that in the interviews their heads were always in the center of the shot. keep them on the upper third and maybe get closer to the subject. Other than that I thought it was pretty darn good! Well done.
 
Thanks for your input! I hadn't had any experience with interviews in the past so I guess I didn't really know the tricks of the trade. I'll definitely keep that in mind for my next project though, thanks!
 
I thought it was pretty good for a first time.

With the interviews try not to have them right in the middle. Get closer to them so its not their whole body in the frame. Next time maybe try having them more to one side of the frame (doesn't matter left or right its up to you.) and then you should sit on the other is of the camera so the person you are interviewing looks across the open space at you. I found they were kind of looking around and stuff while they were talking it was a little distracting.

With the kid in the red you had him sitting with the sun at his back. If you are going to do that maybe try having a flex fill or bounce board (Something to reflect the light) so you can fill in the shadow on his face.

When interviewing outside try to do it on a day with no wind at all or maybe invest in a deadcat to help with with wind clipping.

The editing was good, but i think you could have had some more b-roll over the interviews like where there are jump cuts in the interview. (2:50 for example)

Do you have a good tripod? If not i think that might be the next thing you should look into getting. Felt like a few good tripod shots of them skating could have added a lot to it.

I think thats all i had to say. Well done tho! Documentaries are pretty fun to make.

Nevin.
 
This is the shit I like to hear. Thanks man I really appreciate it. The interview pieces make sense after you said them, rewatching it made me realize this. The wind could have been helped, I probably should have done them inside on that day. With the red shirt interview I didn't consider the sun at all so that advice will be held for next time. Again, thanks a ton dude, this helps so much.
 
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