My newest video, let me know what you think

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It's great! It really captures the social environment of the artist and lets the viewer/listener in for a walk through his surroundings. Great use of light sources and all in all looks very professional (which I guess it is).

Good work!
 
I like the b-roll stuff. Good filler shots. I didn't like the lighting on the singer. It looks like it was from an on-camera light and it washed out his skin tone. It doesn't look natural at all. There are also lighting inconsistencies from shot to shot. However, I have not tried shooting night time video and I can imagine it would be difficult.

Really love the sax's counter melody.

Cool.
 
Chili said:
I like the b-roll stuff. Good filler shots. I didn't like the lighting on the singer. It looks like it was from an on-camera light and it washed out his skin tone. It doesn't look natural at all. There are also lighting inconsistencies from shot to shot. However, I have not tried shooting night time video and I can imagine it would be difficult.

Really love the sax's counter melody.

Cool.
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Thanks for the feedback. You are right part of it is from the on camera light that is the only thing I didn't like to much. I am still looking for better lighting sources for night time videos that don't require a power outlet.
 
wmsproductions said:
Thanks for the feedback. You are right part of it is from the on camera light that is the only thing I didn't like to much. I am still looking for better lighting sources for night time videos that don't require a power outlet.
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Could you somehow use something over the camera`s "light" and soften the the brightness of it? maybe a yellow "gell" or something?,..would have to experiment, but it does sem like just tinting down the brightness/whiteness of the light your using may do wonders..

good job on the video..

and hey guitarguy...it has over 800 views just now..someone`s do alota watching of it..
 
hey this is a hot video. great work. as far as lighting, maybe im missing it. i think the color contrast/richness of the imagery is quite vivid... so i like that. there was one shot where you had someting in your hand and it seemed like there was LIGHT being highlighted or flooded from up underneath your hands maybe... THAT WAS GOOD TO ME AS WELL.
HAVE YOU TRIED ANYTHING LIKE THE LIGHTS FOUND HERE --- Hand Held LED units, Light Therapy panels, Infrared light therapy, LED ARRAYS 660nm and 880nm LEDs -
dont let me forget to say.. this is GREAT SONG .. hip hop is sorely hurtin from the lack of substance, music that matters..
if you wanna try a collabo.. let me know..
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE. please go to this page https://www.facebook.com/Gully.Jewelz.DMV and comment about the song TURN IT UP
 
gullyjewelz said:
hey this is a hot video. great work. as far as lighting, maybe im missing it. i think the color contrast/richness of the imagery is quite vivid... so i like that. there was one shot where you had someting in your hand and it seemed like there was LIGHT being highlighted or flooded from up underneath your hands maybe... THAT WAS GOOD TO ME AS WELL.
HAVE YOU TRIED ANYTHING LIKE THE LIGHTS FOUND HERE --- Hand Held LED units, Light Therapy panels, Infrared light therapy, LED ARRAYS 660nm and 880nm LEDs -
dont let me forget to say.. this is GREAT SONG .. hip hop is sorely hurtin from the lack of substance, music that matters..
if you wanna try a collabo.. let me know..
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE. please go to this page https://www.facebook.com/Gully.Jewelz.DMV and comment about the song TURN IT UP
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Thanks for that lighting link I am going. I might invest in a couple of those.
 
Hey man, just some criticism.

I agree with the lighting (for example when you are standing near the water with the skyline in the background you are way too bright to match with the bg). Also the shots of you rapping into the camera are really static. Lose the pod and get someone to hold the camera and really follow your movements. Don't be afraid of close-up shots, throw in a couple with just your mouth or left side of your face or whatever to spicen things up!

That's my .02c

The song is pretty hot
 
Great job! I'm a videographer that's shot mostly weddings and concerts. You've done way beyond what I could do. I agree with everything that's said pros and cons. The lighting is harsh on the lead in a couple of spots but not the end of the world. The gels & LED solution are good ideas. Another is if you have any DJ/Band/etc friends that has stage lighting. A couple of colored stage lights with the gels to switch out will give you a world of possibilities in the future. Especially if you have a dimmer for it. Really something like Kino-flow is ideal...but they're also grotesquely overpriced, which is why I don't have any yet :(

A few thoughts...

Static shots of the environment: use a tripod and make sure no one bumps it. At 0:24 the houses has a little jump and the bus has a lot of jumps.
Grading: If it's already graded, cool. I can't tell without seeing raw footage. Again, if intentional, cool. The shot at 0:36 is gorgeous. I love it both creatively and framing. This is the shot that makes me bring up color grading/color correction, however. It's a night-time shot and in my opinion night should be black, especially given the higher contrast of the shot before it.

There is definitely a lot I liked about it, especially when doing the cityscape and bridge.

What gear are you using? What fps was this?

As for the tune...I loved it. I'm not a big fan of the genre, being a jazz fan, the counter sax held me long enough to get into the entire thing. Kudos....that is hard to do LOL.
 
Wow man, that music video is excellent! You sure got the lighting and everything down pack! I've always wanted to make a music video, but cringed at the fact that I'd be looking at myself on the big screen singing. xD

This actually inspired me. =)
 
Jiri92 said:
Hey man, just some criticism.

I agree with the lighting (for example when you are standing near the water with the skyline in the background you are way too bright to match with the bg). Also the shots of you rapping into the camera are really static. Lose the pod and get someone to hold the camera and really follow your movements. Don't be afraid of close-up shots, throw in a couple with just your mouth or left side of your face or whatever to spicen things up!

That's my .02c

The song is pretty hot
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Thanks for the feedback. I definitely want to do more movement shots going forward. I need to find a good stabilizer so it doesn't look to shaky. Any suggestions or stabilizers under $200?
 
ghostred7 said:
Great job! I'm a videographer that's shot mostly weddings and concerts. You've done way beyond what I could do. I agree with everything that's said pros and cons. The lighting is harsh on the lead in a couple of spots but not the end of the world. The gels & LED solution are good ideas. Another is if you have any DJ/Band/etc friends that has stage lighting. A couple of colored stage lights with the gels to switch out will give you a world of possibilities in the future. Especially if you have a dimmer for it. Really something like Kino-flow is ideal...but they're also grotesquely overpriced, which is why I don't have any yet :(

A few thoughts...

Static shots of the environment: use a tripod and make sure no one bumps it. At 0:24 the houses has a little jump and the bus has a lot of jumps.
Grading: If it's already graded, cool. I can't tell without seeing raw footage. Again, if intentional, cool. The shot at 0:36 is gorgeous. I love it both creatively and framing. This is the shot that makes me bring up color grading/color correction, however. It's a night-time shot and in my opinion night should be black, especially given the higher contrast of the shot before it.

There is definitely a lot I liked about it, especially when doing the cityscape and bridge.

What gear are you using? What fps was this?

As for the tune...I loved it. I'm not a big fan of the genre, being a jazz fan, the counter sax held me long enough to get into the entire thing. Kudos....that is hard to do LOL.
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Thanks I am looking into some better lighting and also a stabilizer right now I pretty much use the tri-pod. I Shot this video with the nikon d7000 edits in final cut pro. For this video I just used the automatic mode on the camera for the settings.

Also I just did the video and beats that is my friend rapping.
 
Sweet. The DSLR for video thing is epic. The ability to capture good depth-of-field with those things makes me jelly LOL. FCP is pretty much industry standard, so no quams there. I personally don't like it that much...but I'm also an Adobe whore being an FX guy (compositing, FX, color grading/correction, etc). I'm still on a tripod too, but what I do is my tripod has a little hook at the bottom between the legs and i hang weight from that (camera bag, laptop bag, anything I can find) and turn it into a ghetto steadicam. Problem with this approach for you is my camera weighs a good 6lbs vs. the lightweight of the DSLR, which makes stability that much more of a pain.
 
ghostred7 said:
Sweet. The DSLR for video thing is epic. The ability to capture good depth-of-field with those things makes me jelly LOL. FCP is pretty much industry standard, so no quams there. I personally don't like it that much...but I'm also an Adobe whore being an FX guy (compositing, FX, color grading/correction, etc). I'm still on a tripod too, but what I do is my tripod has a little hook at the bottom between the legs and i hang weight from that (camera bag, laptop bag, anything I can find) and turn it into a ghetto steadicam. Problem with this approach for you is my camera weighs a good 6lbs vs. the lightweight of the DSLR, which makes stability that much more of a pain.
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I was just watching a tutorial on youtube where someone was using the tripod to stabilize the cam. I am going to try that out on the next short one so I can move around and get some different views
 
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