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Critique my Center of Gravity event coverage!

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Downtofilm
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Hi M&A,

Just wrapped up the final video of my event coverage for COG 2012.
Had a blast, such a sick event to film.

Here are 4 of the recap videos for the sports zones:

Dirt Zone:

Center of Gravity 2012 // Dirt Zone from Zac Moxley on Vimeo.



Urban Zone:

Center of Gravity 2012 // Urban Zone from Zac Moxley on Vimeo.



Water Zone:

Center of Gravity 2012 // Wake Zone from Zac Moxley on Vimeo.



Hoop Zone:

Center of Gravity 2012 // Hoop Zone from Zac Moxley on Vimeo.



If you have any feedback please let me know!

Thanks guys!

Zac
Oct 29 2012 10:48PM
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gravel
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I hit the mute button four times
Oct 29 2012 11:10PM
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gravel
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But otherwise, good filming, I can't say if I did or didn't like the flat look to it, I think a broader audience of general viewers tends to like the more contrasting look than flat.

So overall well done other than the song choice.
Oct 29 2012 11:11PM
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erikK
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i only watched the first 3, but they were all really good. the wakeboard one was probably my favourite. i think all of the song choices were on point. didn't like the flat colours too much, would've liked to hear some audio (but that would've probably been really hard considering how much background noise there probably was).
i've been meaning to go to centre of gravity these past couple years but tickets are so damn expensive, i'm pretty jealous you got to film it.
Oct 29 2012 11:25PM
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Sklar
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i didn't like how many sots you had of the rider going away from the camera in the wakeboard one, tighter on some would have been nice, too
Oct 29 2012 11:46PM
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Brentizzle
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i knew these edits where coming again and all i really wanted to see was how much you would get your camera up in those girls butts this year. girl in purple thong with tan lines was oh so nice.

The flat colors didn't do anything for me. I think a more contrasty saturated look would have been better suited for something that is going to be more promotional than just for artistic purposes. I think it would have brought a better vibe as well to the videos and made it feel more welcoming. As action packed as everything was, I felt the colors held something back imo.
Oct 30 2012 2:50PM
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CrotchKiller
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you need to up your colors
Oct 30 2012 2:52PM
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Downtofilm
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Thanks for the feedback guys, I really suck at colouring and am not to sure how to even do it.

Does anyone have any legit tutorials?

Thanks guys.
Oct 30 2012 3:00PM
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eheath
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bring down mids/blacks, bring up highlights, touch of saturation. more contrast with still preserving detail and slight color boost is always a solid choice for random work. shooting flat was meant to be graded and no one ever does ha
Oct 30 2012 3:07PM
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TWoods
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I hate this trend so much, but see way too damn much of it.

When I look at footage, I look at it as "How would I process this frame if it was a photograph" and try to have that be my basis for what I do to it color wise.
Oct 30 2012 3:20PM
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e.wait
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Looked good as always! The flat colors don't really speak to me, but I suppose that's more of a stylistic thing. You can search for color grading tutorials for final cut, premiere, etc. on youtube and find some good stuff. It's not all that complicated.
Oct 30 2012 6:09PM
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blatt
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Not too sure what the audience you're aiming for is. If it's supposed to be family friendly and all that, good work. If it's meant to be directed towards action sports enthusiasts (i.e. bikers, skaters, wakeboarders, etc.), I'd try again. The music was really pop-like if you know what I mean, which is not necessarily a bad thing if that's for a PG rating crowd. As usual, was not a fan of all that slo mo. Maybe some people like that much slo-mo, but for me it's getting to the point where edits done in all slo-mo are played as hell.

As for the font, I think that San serif shit is getting pretty played too. Maybe some graphic designers wanna chime in on this topic; for all I know I'm wrong on this one.


Good stuff though for sure
Oct 30 2012 6:25PM
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j-cal
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Very solid videos. I for one have to disagree with the comments about the flat colors though. I was a fan of them. I thought they made it look real nice. But hey thats just me. :)
Oct 30 2012 7:09PM
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Downtofilm
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Songs were the events organizers choice, they enjoyed the slomo.

They were all around happy with them.

I thought the Urban Zone and the Dirt Zone videos were the best imo, the others were lacking interest.
Oct 30 2012 7:49PM
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TWoods
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Well, you don't choose a typeface soley on the merit that you haven't seen a lot of it around recently. If that was the case everyone would be using blackletters. Sans serif faces make more sense for modern applications and younger audiences, because they are more modern typefaces and generally feel less stuffy than alternatives. But of course, there's a lot of alternatives, and ways to set the alternatives.

The best thing for you video guys to do is to look around at design inspiration sites, be it lovely package or lovely stationary, designinspiration.net, cargocollective, or even tumblr - find a look that you like on there and then do the same thing. Yes, i'm essentially condoning copying someone else, but let's face it; you're videographers. You shouldn't have to stress over that. Just be careful to not have it end up looking like it's a video associated with someone else's brand.
Oct 30 2012 8:37PM
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dispatchQ_main
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I couldnt finish dirtzone cause the song, didnt watch urban..

But the basketball one was pretty sick. Coulda been better if it wasnt all glidecam shots in slow mo
Oct 30 2012 10:35PM
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Downtofilm
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You mean maybe 50% of them.
Oct 30 2012 10:52PM
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