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My 2011 Showreel! Welcome to advice!

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mBall
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Hey guys. Here's my show reel from last ski season and some other events I filmed during the summer. All of this was shot on the TM700 a part from a few shots on a d7000 (I think). I have actually been filming on a 60d but decided to only use the best shots from the TM700. So check it out, let me know what you think, and give me some advice!


Dec 18 2011 2:51AM
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eheath
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Pretty solid! Everyone has their own opinons about length, I though it was too long. For a "reel" your shots were held way too long and focused way too much on the content. Not trying to say it was bad, just in my opinion, a reel should be quick and each shot shouldn't be held too long. just IMO. Lots of really good content in there though, looked good.
Dec 18 2011 4:45AM
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[J_Gasper]
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im still amazed by the picture that can produce. its nice. what kind of slider do you have?
Dec 18 2011 8:28AM
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cwillygood
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that was awesome! i would agree with eheath, some shots were a pit too long, but it flowed really nice

i love the song btw, florence and the machine is the best!
Dec 18 2011 8:42AM
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mBall
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Yeah I actually thought it was too long too, haha but it was a difficult song to cut up. Thanks for the input evan!
And I'm using a igus slider.
Dec 18 2011 1:01PM
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TheGreen
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Pretty solid, the only comment I have is on a couple skiing shots, I found the snow was a tiny bit overexposed. On a couple shots (mostly the overcast days) it just seemed like a big white mass with no contrast in it. Other than that it looked pretty good.
Dec 18 2011 2:54PM
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Bmo.
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awesome shots man! my favorite parts were the biking shots in the woods. song was perfect as well
Dec 18 2011 3:57PM
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blatt
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That was really awesome!

I felt like most of the shots from start to 1:00 were the same exact slider/tripod double angle shot over and over again; just with different features. I woulda cut a lot of that stuff out, just because there isn't much variety. I always felt that reels should also show a filmer's ability to handle a variety of tasks.
Dec 18 2011 5:02PM
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