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Here's the link to BOSSmedia's "The Introduction"
Wow. You guys got great picture out of that FX1, it looked really good. I loved the saturation.
Do you want a critique?
Okay.
I don't have time now (I should be doing my homework) but I'll get to it sometime this week. I'll do my best not to forget
Alrighty.
I really liked the intro. The shots flow nicely in and out of each other and mesh really well. Its a nice vibe that sends the little "this is our crew, this is our mountain, we have fun" message, na mean? You had great colors, nice and saturated (I'm a sucker for saturation) and the song fit well. Only recommendation here would be to maybe use a tripod on certain shots that were a little shaky, but sometimes you can't help that.
I wish you would've put more intro stuff in. I feel like the jumps start too early. Anyways, the big thing here (starting at probably 30 seconds and going through 50 seconds) you totally abondon the slow, chill vibe. Instead, I feel like the editing is really fast pace and doesn't fit with the music or the original feeling anymore.
Starting with the drop-in shot of the kid in yellow, it gets nice again. If you watch it, you'll notice that the shots are longer (less cuts) and there are more cross fades and meshing between clips. It fits together better as a sequence than did the part I mentioned above. (On that note I wish you would have let the clip of the yellow kid run a little bit longer).
After that, its pretty damn good. I like the shot where the beats kick in - the clouds in the background add good depth to the shot while the trees on either side provide some framing. I would've manipulated the spread eagle shot to fit in a little better, both filming and editing wise, but it wasn't bad by any means. The shot at 1:10 could've done without the zoom. The shot after was nice, where the kid handdrags and then you speed up the pan over to your buddies. That worked well, and the only thing I didn't like is that I felt the zoom/pan up to the kid doing the wings was a little akward.
I was gonna say that you let the sunglasses shots go on too long, but watching it a second time they actually flow pretty well, although you could've cleaned it up a tad more. I now like that, and its a nice transition into the night shots.
By the way you guys had pretty sick lighting. Good work on that.
The shot on 1:34 (the rodeo) could have had a smoother zoom. The shot after it, the sunset box, was epic - some improvements might be zooming in a tad bit more to create some depth of field and keeping it steady. Great job getting the colors of the sunset and the colors of his suit. That can be hard sometimes.
One of my biggest qualms with the part I criticized in my second paragraph was that it was the same two shots. I'm not sure what you did this time, but I felt like overall you were changing it up a lot. Most effective were the wide shot of the rodeo and the zoom out of the down box. Both shots could be cleaned up a little bit (something you have to do when filming) but the idea is good and they're pretty effective. (For example, the first zoom on the box where the kid hippykillers and the two shots after that are both zooms, and both get fucked up a little somewhere in the zoom. Just try to keep the zoom steady and don't pan sharply if you miss it).
Liked the shot at 2:02 alot. It worked really well and I enjoyed the change of objects from the snow to the skier. That was nice.
As for the out-tro, that first shot is fucking epic. You have the sunset in the background, the hill framing one side and the tram on the other (the slow movement of the tram helps make the shot seem special, almost "magical"...you see it?), while the cables draw your vision to the center of the frame. Nice work. If anything, I would've made that my last shot, because it looks so good.
The rest flows really nicely. As a word of advice, I wouldn't freeze frame video. I'm pretty sure you did for the title...right? If you can avoid that, its much better just to get a steady shot with a tripod, because then there can still be movement in the shot and it doesn't look artificial.
Overall, it was pretty solid. Took me a few times to get to like it, but it's pretty well made. You guys are talented, keep it up! Hopefully this helps you somehow. Some of the advice I give is stuff I can't even do (or just forget to/am too lazy to), but I give it anyway because it helps. Hopefully this gives you some insight into what seems to work and what you can improve on.
Cheers!
-Milos.
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