What do you think of my Video?

[WPoch]

If you guys could tell me ways I could improve on editing/filming this video, it would be great appreciated. I'm always trying yo improve on these things and I just like other peoples besides people I knows imput! Thanks again!

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[video]https://vimeo.com/136394572[/video]

 

[Bensun]

I really dislike the film burns. I feel as though they are overused and they take away from a shots original crisp aesthetic. The go pro shot of the kid hiking up to the waterfall was meh. The water on the lens looks bahhhd

 

[Forcillo]

IT was a cool tribute to your buddies and had a great feel, definitely some cool shots in there too, but there were enough film burns in that video to set fire to a small village.

 

[Bensun]

forgot to mention that i liked a bunch of the shots! especially the fires and the sunset

 

[WPoch]

I really dislike the film burns. I feel as though they are overused and they take away from a shots original crisp aesthetic. The go pro shot of the kid hiking up to the waterfall was meh. The water on the lens looks bahhhd

IT was a cool tribute to your buddies and had a great feel, definitely some cool shots in there too, but there were enough film burns in that video to set fire to a small village.

okay less burns! I What ones did you think worked and didnt? I always used them as a natural transition look... Is there any other way to replicate that?

 

[IBAM]

Sick shit Will. Thought it was awesome, just agree with a few less burns, and some of the shots I felt were a bit longer than they needed to be. There were also just a lot of shots of you guys hanging out condensed at the end. Overall though, sick film, edit, and wicked summer vibe!

 

[WPoch]

Sick shit Will. Thought it was awesome, just agree with a few less burns, and some of the shots I felt were a bit longer than they needed to be. There were also just a lot of shots of you guys hanging out condensed at the end. Overall though, sick film, edit, and wicked summer vibe!

Thanks man! I also agree I felt some of them were long af. Thanks for the feedback tho! And sorry haha but you know my name but what's yours again?

 

[IBAM]

Thanks man! I also agree I felt some of them were long af. Thanks for the feedback tho! And sorry haha but you know my name but what's yours again?

Issak, I ski at SR with Cam and the crew

 

[WPoch]

Issak, I ski at SR with Cam and the crew

Ah that's who I though! Okay dude thanks again

 

[WPoch]

Heres the updated version! Thanks for the input guys

[video]https://vimeo.com/136457063[/video]

 

[Swandog7]

Heres the updated version! Thanks for the input guys

[video]https://vimeo.com/136457063[/video]

Loved the editing on this. Didn't watch the first one because it was non existent I guess. Love the transitions and footy. You would get some really sick B-roll in ski edits, and the music choice was great. The only takeaway I have was the film burn round 2:55. Didn't really stay consistent with the others. All and all it was a sick edit

 

[xnick11]

Lots of cool shots in there! Here are a few suggestions to try different next time:

1. Record some natural audio of the environment!

2. Record interviews with your friends! Ask them questions like where you are, why you are there and so on. Let the audience know what this video is all about. Sound is just as important as picture, so keep that in mind. More sound will help with one of your opening titles "Headphones Recommended". All you had was a song there... no natural audio, no voice track, nothing else... really we didn't really need to wear the headphones to listen to a song, but to hear more precise sounds then yes its necessary to wear headphones. Being an editor, I have headphones on for 8+ hours a day, so yes I did watch your video with a nice set of monitoring headphones. Enough with that rant... in all just loose that title unless there is some good quality audio in the final mix.

3. A lot of people were talking about your over use of light leaks or transitions. Personally I think transitions need to have some sort of meaning to them. Use them to help push your story forward, for instance change of scenes. Your at the cliff jumping area, use a light leak transition to transition into your camp site area. This not is only useful with light leaks, but any transition in general. All transitions should have some sort or meaning. We don't see crazy light leaks all throughout films in movies. We see transitions for passing of time, place, etc.

4. The shorter the better! No one wants to watch a 3:45 of you and your friends having fun. Yes, you and your friends may think its great, but you need to think about who the video is for. Who is your audience? I think with having just a music track, a 90 to 120 second video would be a much stronger video here. If you were to capture interviews or some sort of dialog and was able to tell a more compelling story then maybe the four minutes wouldn't seem so boring and long.

I hope you take all of these techniques into consideration when making your next video. Thanks and keep shooting!

 

[WPoch]

Lots of cool shots in there! Here are a few suggestions to try different next time:

1. Record some natural audio of the environment!

2. Record interviews with your friends! Ask them questions like where you are, why you are there and so on. Let the audience know what this video is all about. Sound is just as important as picture, so keep that in mind. More sound will help with one of your opening titles "Headphones Recommended". All you had was a song there... no natural audio, no voice track, nothing else... really we didn't really need to wear the headphones to listen to a song, but to hear more precise sounds then yes its necessary to wear headphones. Being an editor, I have headphones on for 8+ hours a day, so yes I did watch your video with a nice set of monitoring headphones. Enough with that rant... in all just loose that title unless there is some good quality audio in the final mix.

3. A lot of people were talking about your over use of light leaks or transitions. Personally I think transitions need to have some sort of meaning to them. Use them to help push your story forward, for instance change of scenes. Your at the cliff jumping area, use a light leak transition to transition into your camp site area. This not is only useful with light leaks, but any transition in general. All transitions should have some sort or meaning. We don't see crazy light leaks all throughout films in movies. We see transitions for passing of time, place, etc.

4. The shorter the better! No one wants to watch a 3:45 of you and your friends having fun. Yes, you and your friends may think its great, but you need to think about who the video is for. Who is your audience? I think with having just a music track, a 90 to 120 second video would be a much stronger video here. If you were to capture interviews or some sort of dialog and was able to tell a more compelling story then maybe the four minutes wouldn't seem so boring and long.

I hope you take all of these techniques into consideration when making your next video. Thanks and keep shooting!

Wow thank you so much for the great block of advice! Means a lot to me +K!!!

1. As for audio, I did use natural sounds mostly near the end with ex: lake water while SUPing, fire crackle, footsteps hiking down, and some splashes here and there. But I see what you mean! I don't really have a audio recorder so I use my camera internal mic as well as a rode vidmic pro sometimes. But it was hard to do so with all of my friends constantly talking and playing music. But I so agree. My favorite videos ever have some of the most amazing sounds inside it which make it that much more enjoyable!

2. I tried that! but all they did was joke around and say immature things haha so I gave up right there!

3. That was fantastic thanks for the knowledge! I'll try to separate my light leaks into better conditions. I always have had trouble with transitions and they get kinda repetitive so light leaks are a good way for me to spice things up and give it a vintage look.

4. The length to this came from the song, which was actually around 4:30. I've always wanted to use this song so I couldn't help myself. But I agree also. Shorter videos also incorporate my only HQ videos into the edit without using any LQ videos just to increase length! And again the interview thing was a bust... Maybe I should just get new friends! (Just kidding these guys were the best even with their immaturity)

 

[xnick11]

Wow thank you so much for the great block of advice! Means a lot to me +K!!!

1. As for audio, I did use natural sounds mostly near the end with ex: lake water while SUPing, fire crackle, footsteps hiking down, and some splashes here and there. But I see what you mean! I don't really have a audio recorder so I use my camera internal mic as well as a rode vidmic pro sometimes. But it was hard to do so with all of my friends constantly talking and playing music. But I so agree. My favorite videos ever have some of the most amazing sounds inside it which make it that much more enjoyable!

2. I tried that! but all they did was joke around and say immature things haha so I gave up right there!

3. That was fantastic thanks for the knowledge! I'll try to separate my light leaks into better conditions. I always have had trouble with transitions and they get kinda repetitive so light leaks are a good way for me to spice things up and give it a vintage look.

4. The length to this came from the song, which was actually around 4:30. I've always wanted to use this song so I couldn't help myself. But I agree also. Shorter videos also incorporate my only HQ videos into the edit without using any LQ videos just to increase length! And again the interview thing was a bust... Maybe I should just get new friends! (Just kidding these guys were the best even with their immaturity)

I'm sorry the first watch I must have not noticed the underlying audio so good job on that but lets hear more of it. It's okay to use an on camera mic in this instance of things. If you have a smart phone, you have an audio recorder capable of recording great sound on the go. Rode makes an app for recording audio, so if you want to get higher quality audio download the lite version for free or pay the $5.99 for the full version. I'm not too familiar with the app but I'm sure its simple enough to plug the mic into your device, and hitting record in the app. This will be a good use when you want to get the mic closer to record interviews, or just for recording on location sound. You can sync up both of your audio recordings with the captured video later in the post production process. The magic of the syncing with sound feature in your NLE has never been easier! Yes, and extra step in the process but it will make for a much better outcome.

I'm sorry about the immaturity of your friends. I can only tell you to just keep filming them, maybe one time they will say something funny or compelling enough to help tell your story.

The song you used is such a consistent beat that it could have been cut down a bit shorter. Look for that exact beat that plays throughout the song. Make a cut directly in the middle of that beat, and then down the line later in the song as its about to finish, find that same beat and cut in the middle of the beat again. When you stitch it together it should be seamless and if not I usually just add 2-4 frames of a cross fade transition to help stitch them together. This doesn't always work for every song, but I've done a number of projects where I had to use a certain song but the final video can only be 60-90 seconds.

Constructive criticism is your friend, it will help push you harder to make better videos. My only advice is to keep shooting and editing, you will only get better as time goes on. Happy shooting!