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Cham's Video - 6/10

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Can I be brutally Honest.. Oh well I'm gonna be anyway.

You have spent a lot of time on this video and its good to see how committed you are to your gaming. But I think its always good to hear an objective side to your work so that you can move forward to create an even greater piece.

Video editing should be seen as an artwork. You are in control of the viewers emotions. You need to learn to capture that emotion and draw your audience in.

From a production point of view I didn't feel that. What I saw was a lot of clips that were taken from other sites, edited together with a few transitions, a few audio tracks dumped over the top, and then slapped it on Youtube. This day and age its not hard to do that, in fact a lot of software packages will do have the job for you.

Further adding to the problem was their sheer length of the clip. Now I fully understand that you had a lot of clips but Im sure there were moments in there that could have been shortened (i.e. Wii-Fit showing up twice??. With about two minutes left you lost my attention, with me only glancing up when I noticed a dramatic screen change (i.e. change of game). Audiences get bored easy, If you want to keep their attention you need to throw stepping stones along the way.

But like all good objective reviews there were also some stand out moments within the clip that you did quite well. You captured a great amount of emotion with the commentary and also editing right at the start. And I cant remember the exact time (Could be somewhere within Mario & Sonic at the Olympics) that took advantage of the audio track. These are the things people respond to.

So you can see my overall review but I felt it necessary to break my score down:

Editing: 7/10 (The actual process of editing is a simple process these days. Your clips however were smooth transitions and didn't have any jumps in them)
Concept: 4/10 (How many people do these types of films? They aren't new so you need to make your exceptionally good to stand out)
Soundtrack: 5/10 (hmm this can be a very personal experience so can be hard to rate. Im not a dance fan so it didn't appeal to me, and due to the nature of dance (techno or whatever), these songs are very repetitive and helped to lose my attention.
Content: 8/10 (I have to score this one high, you had a hell of a lot of content and this showed a lot of commitment in sourcing your video)

Anyway that was my objective review of your work. It was a good attempt but now you need to look at the finer, harder, and more artistic approach to film making. These are the things that are gonna take your work from a standard attempt, to an excellent attempt.

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annirowe 10/09/2007
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Cham-balam
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Response:

First of all, this was our first movie together, so we had no idea how it would turn out, we have never met, it's not exactly that easy to send too much video over the net without wasting your day.

Secondly, Time length, i personally hated it being that long, and i SAID to use 1 clip, one song, it was probably the worst thing that was put in which i didn't like was the transition between the 2, and as much as i blame the other dude, he did to much good, so i don't mind.

Thirdly, this was made in Movie Maker, we have taught ourselves Everything, i am only 14, he is (15,16?) and haven't had any tutoring, teaching etc, we are limited to a basic editing software and that in itself is what i called the achievement.

Now that was a group effort, Floyd, the boy i worked with, i fall with him, or i succeed with him, i do not say 'yeh but that was his part you hated', we made the vid, i take the fall with him.

On my own behalf.

I am all for depth, i make these movies for depth, my favorite part of your review was when you mentioned Mario/Sonic at Olympics. and Said we did well with the music. I am not a glory hog here, but that bit i made, when i showed friends, that was one of my favorite bits.

That is what i try to do, to Capture emotion, give some depth, get people into it. If you watch the second half (main part i did), mainly Mario/Sonic and Metroid, you will notice h
Cham-balam
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You look at the Metroid Bit (second half), it was played over 20 seconds, the first 20 seconds of louder music i played the fast vids, quick transitions, pounded fast, the softer one i with the quieter music i used slower video, such as that giant rock, Samus being absorbed by Phazon, the fades over her body.

We are simply limited to what we have, we can't film, i would like to see anyone here, download video, and make their own with Movie Maker. It freezes, it's laggy, it won't save bigger then 320x240 with a vid that big.
leeman34
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nice review and helpfull too
annirowe
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Relax Cham. You have very quickly got your back up there and that what it isn't about. Constructive criticism is a good thing.

As much as you say that it was a group effort and "you take the fall" you still discuss how "you" would have done it better etc etc. It doesn't look good cham.

Take the criticism and move on.

Like I said Cham its not a personal attack, its just some suggestions.

And I look forward to seeing something you have done by yourself showing all the ideas you talk about.
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LostDjinn
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Cham, your video would have been better if Australia had a better internet setup. The govenment's been saying for awhile it's coming but as usual here it's a case of where the hell is it?

That part's not your fault.
I thought it was damn good for a first try between the two of you.

Here's some helpful advice.
Try to keep them to three minutes or so in length.
People really focus well for that amount of time.
smashbro
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lol people actually believe what the government say

its a pretty cool video cham
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Dante_10
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Why are people Reviewing Video's, what is becoming of this site ?
 
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