http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Forums Topic: My new piece: For anyone with a sense of humor en Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:24 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37823 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:20:19 +0000 nickxjones 37823@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> As for the speed she spoke at, she was supposed to be an uptight business woman just rambling; what she said wasn't entirely important. But for all of your other advice, I really appreciate it. I have recently started looking into buying a mic. How much am I in for if I want a quality product on a budget?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37820 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:23:52 +0000 ralck 37820@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I agree with robgrauert about the sound.  It was very hard to hear the subjects.  And I thought the girl talked way too fast.</p> <p>I'm not sure I agree with the shotgun mic suggestion.  Though I don't know the technical details of why, most people often say a hypercardioid mic (a form of omnidirectional mic) sounds more "natural" indoors.  Of course, if your on a tight budget, a shotgun mic will usually sound better than the camera's mic and will generally be useful in a lot more situations than a omnidirectional will (i.e. if you can only buy one mic now, get a good shotgun like a Rode NTG-1 or NTG2).</p> <p>I also agree that the wavy letters weren't very appealing.  They waved so much it was kind of hard to read them.  If you can decrease how much the letters move, that would work much better.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37815 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:02:42 +0000 nickxjones 37815@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Haha, I'm not sure how old you are...but she's 16 and currently unavailable. Sorry haha.  But thanks a lot for taking the time to watch it, even if the video itself isn't what kept your attention! I keep on hearing the same advice from everyone who I ask to critique it, so obviously those are some pretty important issues.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37814 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:44:22 +0000 robgrauert 37814@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I also saw one cut at the end when the girl walks out where her movement didn't match up right. Once again, preproduction planning........</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37813 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:42:12 +0000 robgrauert 37813@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> damn, that girl is hot!</p> <p> Your audio is bad though. Use a boom with a shotgun mic in the future.</p> <p> And you cut from wide shot to wide shot a lot. You need close ups. I'm not sure how much preproduction planning you've done, but that dramatically increase your production values.</p> <p>I didn't like the opening title sequence either. I didn't like the farts, but it worked with the video content, and thats what matters, so that ok. But what I didn't like was the wobbly text.</p> <p>ps. does that girl have a myspace?! hook me uuuuup</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/my-new-piece-for-anyone-with-a-sense-of-humor#post-37806 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:03:34 +0000 nickxjones 37806@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> This is a video version of a one-act called Fart-Zen. </p> <p>I did not write the script, so I am not looking for a critique of the subject matter; please keep the critiquing strictly to the production values, camera work, editing, music, etc. </p> <p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc4lbxmbCW4" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc4lbxmbCW4</a> </p>