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Holiday Video (Critique please!)

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*SNO*
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Hello

Heres a video I made of a bunch of shots I got when I spent a couple of weeks in Italy and Switzerland.

Any and all critiques are appreciated and will be taken on board for future videos.

Thanks!

e u r o p e from Oliver Kane on Vimeo.



Sep 11 2013 4:43PM
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cultrara
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Nice work, I liked the vibe and song choice. Two things that I would look out for in future videos:

- Make sure that you are considering the composition of your shots. For example, at 00:16 and 00:22, the flag/pier poll are cut off at the top. I find this distracting because it draws the viewer's eyes to that point and we want to see the full object. Its kind of like cropping off the top of someones head.

- I would also cut the shots to the music to help it flow better since they are all scenery shots with little action.

Sep 11 2013 4:51PM
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juicedrummer11
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like mentioned there were some weird shots compositionally. but then you had one like of the boats at 1:23, i thought that was an excellent shot. there were a couple other shots, like early on when you pan from behind the tree but we don't really see much after that. i think some of those should have been taken out all together because they didn't really help propel the feel of the story or location really. they were kind of bland in my opinion.

overall i thought it was pretty sweet. lots of good shots and the song was pretty chill. also like mentioned, maybe cut to the beats a bit more for that flow. other than that i enjoyed it
Sep 11 2013 11:30PM
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*SNO*
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Thanks guys!
Definitely realised where I could of improved now especially with the shots that were cut off
I didn't really think about the composition of shots sometimes because we were always on the go, but I'll definitely be more careful and take more thought into what composition next time!
Sep 12 2013 1:01PM
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