Watch my video and give me a critique?

1. robGRAUERT
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    I just finished a quick video for my hold high school that I graduated from in '05. It was all shot by me with my GL2. Let me know what you think. It's a kind of low on quality though because of compressing for myspace. 

   http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2104646723 

   Rob Grauert, Jr
   http://www.robgrauert.com
   http://command-r.tumblr.com

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. GilbyGood
   Member

   

   The film held my attention was crisp and well paced. I think it would improved by adding appropriate titles for the viewers that are not familiar with the content.

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. ThomScratch
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   Nice piece.  Very professional.  Could run very close to as-is as a featurette on local TV in many major markets (i.e., large cities).

   Last shot (freeze frame) was awkward; not worthy of the rest of piece.

   Do you have permission for the music.  I know; everyone steals ST material for MySpace and the like.   Having a corporate lawyer (hired by a rich band) come after you for 500K or so could be a life changing experience, if you were to use the copyrighted material in an exploitive way (i.e., try to make $25 worth of income with the piece).

   Not bad for a GL2.  Gym shots would have more saturation/zest with a Sony2100.  Also, while the gym look is fine (everthing in amber/ocre), experimentation with white balance might have given a more eye catching result.  (Not saying, more realistic; saying more eyecatching.  BTW, 99% of all TV commercials (not shot on cheap budget locally) favor eyecatching over realistic.)

   The Asst Coach cutaways were not as strong as the other interview bits.  A bit of mumbling.  And what he said maybe he could have said better with a little help from the "director" !!!

   Do more more more of these and you can make a mark out there.

   REGARDS ... Thom 

     

   Posted 3 years ago #

4. robGRAUERT
   Member

   

    Nice...great advice guys. I haven't gotten the rights to the song only because it's for my old high school, and the video is for their annual all-sports banquet they have at the end of each school year. So it's only for the student's and coaches, which is why I didn't have more informative lower thirds either. 

    

   I agree with your comment about the VX2100 though ThomScratch. The GL2 doesn't perform very well in low light situations. Looks awesome when their is plenty of light though. At least I think so...I'm still in college, so I don't see much high quality footage yet haha.  

    Oh and the last shot isn't a freeze frame. Myspace didn't let it fade all the way to black for some reason. I'll be sure to take all your advice with me for future projects.  

   Posted 3 years ago #

5. derrickvideos
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   man thats nice. professional well edited damn near espn material. text could be just a tiny bit better. but i loved it.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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