Alright so as promised here is my first official edited HD film that I have evaaaarrrr made! This I can tell will be a start to something awesome that I will work towards getting better at just as I did with my photography. I'm sure many of you remember my first shoots I posted wayyy back now, and where I've come too now. I would expect this process of video making will be similar.

There is much I would like too improve on all the way through the process from shooting too post process but you gotta start somewhere.

This video was initially created for a class assignment I had for English class as part of my Graphic Design program. All we had to do was write a 1000 word essay, but I found that a tad bit boring and cliche. I decided to write this monologue/documentary on my car. The topic of the assignment was too take an inanimate object or thing in your life that means virtually nothing to anyone else but everything too you, and too explain that so thats why you hear all the dubbed audio. Slightly corny, but I mean everything I wrote in the video.

Anyways I'll let you guys be the judge. For some reason i find the compression of the video got a lot worst once I through it on Vimeo, and I have the plus+ account and all that so I'll have to figure out why that is.

C&C welcome for sure as always!!!




If anyone knows how to embed vimeo videos please PM me, but I haven't seen it done yet.

P.S. Also on my Vimeo account you will find a little teaser of the Nashville Import Alliance video from a couple months back that I never had time to get around to. That video was PURELY for fun, and really is just kind of a thing for the guys who were part of the trip, to relive a bit of the night we left.

Thanks for your time guys!

 

Not bad

 

I like it! sweet video make some more love the car and the background where you live. looks like a nice city.

 

Honest reply:

It was pretty slow, not enough shots of the car moving made it feel like a 7m slideshow. Also the fact that the majority of the shots were exterior shots I felt like I had seen the same shot lots of different times.

 

LOL generic as hell.

 

kinda boring

 

some notes:
- opening shot is way too long. either shorten it or add credits. Give a visual other than a garage door opening
- get rid of the vignetting. for photos, it's ok. for video, looks amateurish (which it is).
- Get a tripod with a fluid head. the pan of the civic near the pier was choppy.
- some directors have a style that involves keeping the camera moving. I don't particular care for this style.
- each shot should be telling something more to the story.
- edge to edge clarity. your lenses are jacked or you intentionally made the edges blurry. Don't.
- if doing slow-motion, don't shoot in 24fps, 25fps, or 30fps. shoot at a higher rate (ie. 60) and scale down. the slow motion will be much much smoother.
- your photos look great, and have good composition, continue that in video. Composition is just as important in film-making as it is in photos.
- finally, take an editing/film class if you want to improve.

overall, i'd give ya a C for the video.

 

Pretty much covered it all. + You need to stabilize the camera.

 

Yeh like I stated in the write-up before the video stabilization was the biggest issue that I had. More time and more practice I'm sure will improve the overall video.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

with video you have to get the viewer interested right away. in the first 10 seconds i turned it off

 

what music was used

 

Posting for later

 

Two songs by a group called Pretty Lights, one was called Finally Moving and the other I'll have too check. Great music for videos.


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The audio of you talking was low on my computer. The vignetting didn't bother me too much, I see videos with it all the time. I think maybe more editing with some more effects will make the vignetting feel more at home (Take this with a grain of salt as I do minimal editing). Just curious what did you use to shoot the video?

 

Leafs or Sens?

Not bad, just keep working on it.

 

I was posting so I would remember to watch it later, when I got on my computer.
Anyway, the video looked really good for your first (minus the shakiness). Your photos are always flawless, so I look forward to seeing more videos from you.

 

Yeh I could have boosted the audio and played with all the levels a little bit. All in all I will have WAY more time too edit my next video so it will be a lot more perfected.

I am shooting with a Canon 7D with the 18-135mm kit lens still though

Lol neither, I'm a Rangers fan....or atleast I used too be as I lived in Long Island, New York for the majority of my childhood. StrongIsland stand up!

Ahhh Ic, well thanks man, I definitely did not spend nearly enough time as I needed on this. Like I had mentioned the assignment was just too write up a 1000 word essay and so I only had 48 hours too shoot and edit the film.

I will also be picking up Final Cut Pro very soon as I am currently limited too iMovies capabilities.

 

Is there a reason why you're mixing up "to" and "too" ? Just curious lol.

Video was alright.

 

Hoorrrry fack, just realized how many "too"s I put. Thanks for catching that, it's a bad habit when I haphazardly post on forums lol.

 

Haha, all good. I'm kind of OCD with it. :\

 

im dizzy.

 

Sounds good, I was meaning to ask which program you were using.
Quick question, would you say Final Cut Pro is better & more fluid than Sony Vegas HD?

 

I used to use vegas for like video game montages when I was a kid and have never worked with HD footage through it so i'de be a bad judge of that, but I hve heard nothing but STELLAR stuff about Final Cut Pro 7, I just used ghetto iMovie for this video.

Final Cut Pro 7 retails for like 1000$ so I may just try out Final Cut Express 4 HD. We'll see, if i hear about more info i'll let you know.

Don't get me wrong about Vegas though, it's a great program I just personally haven't used it for this kind of editing yet. I have a copy of Vegas 7, I should try it.

 

I'd love to see what you could do with Vegas haha. I have it too, but have yet to purchase a camera that's worth using to edit videos with.

 

Thanks a lot. I might as well go with the best of the best, which seems to be Final Cut.