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New Show Reel - Any Critiques would be greatly appreciated

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Jwenz
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So I put together a collection of some of my favorite shots over the past two seasons. Please take a look and give me some critiques. I am seriously looking for some nice constructive comments!

Apr 9 2013 9:49PM
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mM*
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Great filming/edit! What camera/lens?
Apr 9 2013 10:27PM
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j-cal
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Verry Good Overall. The shots for the most part were great filmed with good angles good composition and what not. I was not a fan of the intro text. And the colors and post production worked seemed verry dull and not interesting. Also some were dark and a little underexposed. I was not drawn into the shots as much as i would have liked to.. I would try to make the shots more interesting with some grading and stylistic effects.

But don't take this to harsh i actually really liked it. Also the audio was crisp like a new white tee. Good job!!!!
Apr 9 2013 10:54PM
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Jwenz
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A mix. Used my hvx for most...some shots with a wide angle (.6x century fisheye). Some other shots...very few were with my t2i with a 50mm 1.8. Glidecam 4000pro as well as manfrotto 501hdv tripod with 055x legs I think.

And thanks jacob...I agree with the post work. I was going for mostly shot work with this for now. I am now going to go back and refine the reel by cutting some shots. I also need to learn to color grade haha so that will be something ill work with. That was also my first attempt at motion tracking...making ill work on that too. I appreciate the comments gentlemen
Apr 9 2013 11:00PM
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will_powder
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Is it just me or is the picture quality a little suspect for some of this? Especially during the pow shots starting at 1 minute, but other shots too

Also it had a lot of pull focus shots and one shot of a jump takeoff that wasn't very appealing.

Apr 9 2013 11:09PM
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J_BISCHOF
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lolwut does that mean
Apr 10 2013 1:14AM
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will_powder
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Not sharp, soft, not HD. Like what a higher end SD cam would look like.
Apr 10 2013 2:02AM
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WillStart
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Good work man. I felt like at the end it got pretty ski heavy and started feeling more like an edit; seemed like you were adding shots more for the trick than the actual filming. I think if you ignore the tricks being done you will find that some of those shots can be cut
Apr 10 2013 3:15AM
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Jwenz
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^I agree now that I have rewatched several times. I am definitely planning on cutting it almost half. Thanks for the advice.

Any more advice would be greatly appreciated!
Apr 13 2013 11:47AM
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