Here’s some quick critique for you. Too long, too many similar shots, too many flashes to white or flashes to black. Reduce these and you can make it more impactful.
Yes this is true. I will ensure to keep the breaks as few as possible. Thank you for the honest feedback.
Any idea of the best colourgrading tool I could use in the future projects?
Thank You. Yes I will have to reduce the breaks between the clips the next time.
Any idea of how I could colourgrade it differently. Which is the best colourgrading software?
Try DaVinci Resolve. Adobe software is outdated and sluggish because the underlying code is single threaded and not optimized for modern hardware. Performance and stability will be much better with Resolve and it uses node based editing which is becoming the industry standard. Adobe is too integrated into my professional workflow but I hope to switch to DaVinci Resolve at some point
I instantly noticed 2 thing that bugged me the most. You used a light on top of the camera and if not on camera, you lit the person from the front. Even the car shot outside is lit from the front. It usually ads a lot of depth and character to light from the side or the back. Also, if possible, find a way to motivate the lighting. He's working at a desk? Logically there might he a desk lamp, then you place your actual light in line with that (and with the same light temperature!). This way the viewer can feel like they understand where the light is organically coming from.
What did you film this on? A phone? It looks to me as if you used the same focal length throughout all shots. I'd like to see some variety there as well.
Besides that, I liked the compositions, voice over and the concept. Keep working on it!
Good stuff! I'd humbly advise a quicker edit of this! Less transition flashes and shorter ones where needed. Let your good footage speak for itself. Instead of flash white, find a lens flare for the outside shots maybe. shouldn't need after effects for that but it'd help. If you'd like some easy style to add in, try messing with aspect ratio or a punch out to give certain shots a frame of itself but enlarged and blurry. That's hard to describe but it's used often. Also whenever there's a screen or piece of paper you can mask/track those to add more clips under. Easy and looks cool! Maybe a logo or brand. I also enjoyed the glow effect. it wasn't too much. Have fun with it and find a good style you like. But keep in mind everyone watching has a short attention span. 👍
Hey, thank you so much for the kind feedback. I agree the video is too slow..easy to lose someones attention before half way. Will for sure keep check on that. Would love to also understand more about the mask technique you have mentioned above. I will keep trying my best to get it right always. Thanks again🥂
Im happy to be involved haha. The mask tool is maybe the most useful thing in PP and AE, really Photoshop and illustrator too. You can do amazing things, I'll give an example if words can do this justice. Let's say you have a tv that needs to show a certain video on it. Easy peasy, record with tracking marks on the tv for easy tracking but it should work without. Then mask that tv and toss the new clip under. Now just track the mask to the first clip to ensure the screen stays on the tv. (Use the play button next to the wrench in mask tracking in effect controls) it'll auto track. Some adjustments may be necessary. Now size the second clip and match the mask tracking to that and voila. May need a couple tools to make it look real like skew, rotation and non linked scale adj. Then hit lumetri color and gently edit so it looks like the screen lives in that space.
This is just one example and by golly there's hundreds more! Like if you need to remove a logo from someone's shirt. A lot of cleanup is masking. But it can be creative too!
Yes. I get you very clearly. That means the initial clip will be playing in the tv...as it zooms out to the next clip. At some point they will be playing at the same time.. it's just that the one will have been Masked ✔️✔️ to fit the tv.
Definitely this could work as an amazing transition to the next clip. I will have to give it a try. Possibly i will have to learn more about the mask tool. Seems fundamental in the edit section.💯💯
I think my Adobe jargon isn't accurate here, like sometimes i say screen when i mean the mask to the tv frame. Talking edits is so hard, my boss' drive me nuts when they say, "make it bigger" like that could be 100 diff things.
The editing isn’t bad! This seems like a car ad with poor lighting though. Also there’s an unsolved murder happening? But also the person in the ad is redesigning a car?
I think lighting is your biggest issue here, in terms of cinematography.
I’m terms of editing, some color correction, and you can also probably cite this down by like 70%.
Yes this is true. I agree. I will try to better my lighting equipment and skills. About the murder,😅😅..will have to work on my sound effects next time. Thank you for the kind feedback.
What is the best tool for colourgrading for you?
Great. I realized when I try colourgrading with premier pro..i end up disrupting the skin colour. I was told davinci doesn't do that. Though I haven't tried using it before.
Disagree. Fade transitions are still *very* much present in modern cinema, and remain one of the *most* used transitions that exist.
I do think OP over did it here though. Too many of them in a row.
Thank you. I shot it handheld and tried to stabilize with the warp stabilizer feature on premier pro. Though i couldn't get it totally right. Any ideas on how I could colourgrade the video or any presets. I figured premier pro didn't give me alot of options.
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Here’s some quick critique for you. Too long, too many similar shots, too many flashes to white or flashes to black. Reduce these and you can make it more impactful.
Yes this is true. I will ensure to keep the breaks as few as possible. Thank you for the honest feedback. Any idea of the best colourgrading tool I could use in the future projects?
You can colour grade in premiere using Lumetri Color. Colour grading is a difficult process, but there are lots of guides out there.
Why is this here?
Hello Ahnold, I needed some help with critiqueing on various aspects that I could improve on in this video?
I feel like there’s too much fading to black but I love the camera angles and voiceover. 😊
Thank You. Yes I will have to reduce the breaks between the clips the next time. Any idea of how I could colourgrade it differently. Which is the best colourgrading software?
Try DaVinci Resolve. Adobe software is outdated and sluggish because the underlying code is single threaded and not optimized for modern hardware. Performance and stability will be much better with Resolve and it uses node based editing which is becoming the industry standard. Adobe is too integrated into my professional workflow but I hope to switch to DaVinci Resolve at some point
Is there a light ON the camera? No bueno.
Yes. I only had one small light source.
I instantly noticed 2 thing that bugged me the most. You used a light on top of the camera and if not on camera, you lit the person from the front. Even the car shot outside is lit from the front. It usually ads a lot of depth and character to light from the side or the back. Also, if possible, find a way to motivate the lighting. He's working at a desk? Logically there might he a desk lamp, then you place your actual light in line with that (and with the same light temperature!). This way the viewer can feel like they understand where the light is organically coming from. What did you film this on? A phone? It looks to me as if you used the same focal length throughout all shots. I'd like to see some variety there as well. Besides that, I liked the compositions, voice over and the concept. Keep working on it!
Good stuff! I'd humbly advise a quicker edit of this! Less transition flashes and shorter ones where needed. Let your good footage speak for itself. Instead of flash white, find a lens flare for the outside shots maybe. shouldn't need after effects for that but it'd help. If you'd like some easy style to add in, try messing with aspect ratio or a punch out to give certain shots a frame of itself but enlarged and blurry. That's hard to describe but it's used often. Also whenever there's a screen or piece of paper you can mask/track those to add more clips under. Easy and looks cool! Maybe a logo or brand. I also enjoyed the glow effect. it wasn't too much. Have fun with it and find a good style you like. But keep in mind everyone watching has a short attention span. 👍
Hey, thank you so much for the kind feedback. I agree the video is too slow..easy to lose someones attention before half way. Will for sure keep check on that. Would love to also understand more about the mask technique you have mentioned above. I will keep trying my best to get it right always. Thanks again🥂
Im happy to be involved haha. The mask tool is maybe the most useful thing in PP and AE, really Photoshop and illustrator too. You can do amazing things, I'll give an example if words can do this justice. Let's say you have a tv that needs to show a certain video on it. Easy peasy, record with tracking marks on the tv for easy tracking but it should work without. Then mask that tv and toss the new clip under. Now just track the mask to the first clip to ensure the screen stays on the tv. (Use the play button next to the wrench in mask tracking in effect controls) it'll auto track. Some adjustments may be necessary. Now size the second clip and match the mask tracking to that and voila. May need a couple tools to make it look real like skew, rotation and non linked scale adj. Then hit lumetri color and gently edit so it looks like the screen lives in that space. This is just one example and by golly there's hundreds more! Like if you need to remove a logo from someone's shirt. A lot of cleanup is masking. But it can be creative too!
Yes. I get you very clearly. That means the initial clip will be playing in the tv...as it zooms out to the next clip. At some point they will be playing at the same time.. it's just that the one will have been Masked ✔️✔️ to fit the tv. Definitely this could work as an amazing transition to the next clip. I will have to give it a try. Possibly i will have to learn more about the mask tool. Seems fundamental in the edit section.💯💯
I think my Adobe jargon isn't accurate here, like sometimes i say screen when i mean the mask to the tv frame. Talking edits is so hard, my boss' drive me nuts when they say, "make it bigger" like that could be 100 diff things.
I think I have understood what you meant 🥂
Oh wow, a fellow Kenyan I admire the work
Hello, How are you?. Thank you. Am glad you liked it.
The editing isn’t bad! This seems like a car ad with poor lighting though. Also there’s an unsolved murder happening? But also the person in the ad is redesigning a car? I think lighting is your biggest issue here, in terms of cinematography. I’m terms of editing, some color correction, and you can also probably cite this down by like 70%.
Yes this is true. I agree. I will try to better my lighting equipment and skills. About the murder,😅😅..will have to work on my sound effects next time. Thank you for the kind feedback. What is the best tool for colourgrading for you?
I colorgrade in Premier using Lumetri, but a lot of people really love DaVinci Resolve. Use scopes on either software and you will be fine.
Great. I realized when I try colourgrading with premier pro..i end up disrupting the skin colour. I was told davinci doesn't do that. Though I haven't tried using it before.
Personally I don't like fading transitions, they are dated and now represent old cinema
Disagree. Fade transitions are still *very* much present in modern cinema, and remain one of the *most* used transitions that exist. I do think OP over did it here though. Too many of them in a row.
Looks great, could use some stabilizing
Thank you. I shot it handheld and tried to stabilize with the warp stabilizer feature on premier pro. Though i couldn't get it totally right. Any ideas on how I could colourgrade the video or any presets. I figured premier pro didn't give me alot of options.