I just looked at my video,

I just looked at my video, and WOW, your advice looks spot on! I wonder why I couldn't see that? Oh, yeah, I'm a newb. Thanks! Gonna try your suggestions.

As for the background, the final shot will be zoomed out quite a bit more (a cowboy shot) and will have some additional graphics to break up the lines. I had it zoomed in to see details.