Editing practice Ep.3: N1nJa 5n1p3rs knife OCE - YouTube Also, message me on youtube if you like the edit and would like me to do one for you, and we will talk.
really nice actually. The clip wasn't great, but what you did with the editing was nice. Even still, it didn't seem to have a flow to it, it was very stop starty. Mind you with 30 seconds it's difficult. Nice job anyway!
One or two things. I'll start with some good. The syncing was pretty spot on. The pacing was right for the song choice. In that respect, it was really good. I assume this was just practice. For future videos, try to pick a song that isn't used as often. I've seen too many videos (cod in particular) that use the same song you did. I thought the CC was a bit over the top for my taste. This is kind of what the cod community does though. Their standard for CC is kind of silly. I think what matters is that you and your audience likes it. The lens flare didn't help. I think you should take that out. If you're going to use a lens flare, you should look into Optical Flares. Even then, you don't really NEED them. Some people put them out of frame which adds to their cc effect. Others motion track it to the sun, to give a more realistic feel. Regardless, I wouldn't recommend flares unless you use those. This next bit of criticism isn't going to be that useful for something so short, but in a longer video (well, maybe even a OCE even), you don't need to include the 5 or so seconds afterwards especially if you're freaking out like you did. The shooting the pistols bit kind of made the whole thing silly, rather than, for lack of a better word, 'epic'. One common thing is to include an angle at the end and fade into credits from there. I do want to commend you on your use of angles during the video though. Woohoo for taking editing advice from last time. The falling angles were actually really cool. I'm sure I could write more, but I've got to get going. This is definitely an improvement on the last video! Good job n such.
Editing practice Ep.4: 2 clip edit - YouTube Thank you. Yeah, I get like 1 of those a day, but the player wnted me to do an edit so I did. For the lack of flow, I guess you are right, my newest edit should have fixed that. Go ahead and give that a watch and let me know what you think please. The clips again aren't good though just focus on the editing. Fixed the song problem in the new one I think. I know what you mean, they get used so much. It's because the lack of decent non-copyright music. Though I think I'm goign to start with my style of music which I should be able to find more in that. For the color correction, just my taste. I understand why some people may not like it though. This new one has no optical flare. Haha, thank you for the tip, I have iffy about that myself and debated taking it out. Yeah, I only try to keep the song from ending out of nowhere. The guys clip I used just had the celebrating and I thought I'd throw it in. Haha. I don't know who he was so happy. I wonder if he saw my video with about 30 of those which is about half of all mine. XD I'm glad you see an improvement. I've been relying on feedback to get better, so thank you for taking the time to reply and I hope you also give me some tips on the one above. EDIT: Hopefully I will be getting a capture card and put an end to post of the graininess. I'm looking into getting one but it's really had without any money.
I'm no professional video editor and I have absolutely no skill whatsoever when it comes to video editing, but from a viewers point of view, I really liked that. I wasn't as keen on the music choice but I really liked the beginning with the statue. It felt like the calm before the storm. As for the actual video editing, I liked some of the effects, but wasn't so keen on the colours in the scope and around the player outline. They just don't look right in a COD environment, as COD uses lots of greens and browns rather than bright colours. I feel that the colours should be applied to games with a little more colour depth, such as Reach or the like.
Blaze, new one is MUCH better than the last two. The "TV" style transition right at the beginning was my biggest gripe. Meh. That being said the transition to the church angle was awesome. The color correction was much more tasteful (in my opinion) in that video as well. I think my one issue with cc is that (it was the same map right?) the two clips are from the same map and had different cc. I think it could have been better looking if you maintained the same color look since it's the same environment. Sync looked pretty good when you were aiming down sight. The colors were an interesting addition. I think the sync lost some of it's awesomeness during the rest of that clip. It was not bad, but not as strong as when you were scoped. Not much else to say, I liked this one. Music was MUCHHH MUCH better too. God bless not dubstep. Also, I hope you know how much I care about you. This is my 1338th post. I broke my epic for you.
Well thank you for your opinion even if you don't edit yourself. Music isn't my cup of tea either. I actually listen to know rap. Haha. But it had good flow and was non-copyright. Oh yeaah? I waas trying to give it some color, that's why I did it. And for something you don't often see in montages and stuff. Maybe next time I'll go with a flickering thermal effect or night vision or something? Does that seem it may look better and still be unique? Didn't like the tv static? Got it, but is that personal preference or just a common nooby mistake? I did it because I wanted to add the "whos blaze" intro in uniquely but it its somethng people generally dislike, I will stray from using it in most cases. The maps are 2 different ones though. One being a light Italian piazza nd the other being like a temple type texture so it wasn't the color correction. Should I try to make each map a separate cc to make the look more alike? Or would that maybe make it boring? And actually it is dubstep. I just remixed it so none of the signs were there. Haha. Like I said up there, I do not like rap personally but it had good flow, so I went with it. Oh my, sorry! :O Haha, but thank you. You could have just PMed me if you really want to keep it. But QUICK go delete an older message. See if it goes away!!!
That lens blur that you did was very good. From a viewer standpoint, I much preferred that one. However, if I am being very nit picky (for your own good ) I would say that it is a bit TOO busy. One effect doesen't flow into the other, like when you did the flow over the map that should have been first or as a form of divider in a longer montage. It was nice to watch, but theres something I just can't quite put my finger on
Yeah, the tv static was the only bad spot I noticed. If you want to add your name perhaps map it onto a wall or something during a clip, that way it still looks apart of the map, but people will still see it. Really loved the four quartile color music sync type thing as the player was scoped in. Definitely seeing progress Blaze, keep it up.
The TV static isn't a great effect unless it's implemented really well, and even then isn't awesome. It think it just didn't fit with the video. I understand wanting to transition creatively, so props for going for it, but maybe something different next time