I thought I'd post a few of the videos I did while I was gone so you guys could tell me how I did on them. I would really appreciate some feedback, since I'm running low on ideas, and thinking I might have to wait till I get Sony Vegas to continue making any more videos. I do like the first three, although I'm not so sure about the last one. Please CnC
First of all, the video titles. I have a huge problem with them, for some reason, haha. Change them perhaps? You use WMM, correct? It's a huge leap from WMM to Sony Vegas, trust me. Look up tutorials or else you'll struggle. Remember, magic can be made with WMM too, you don't have to have a high techy program in order to make good videos. Right, I'm no good at this so please forgive me, it's best to ask an active AMV maker for advice. 1. Bring Me to Life - I suggest putting a spoiler warning on this video, you used some cut scenes that can be considered spoilers, which would annoy some people. Second of all, you barely used any effects besides simple transactions and black and white. You hardly hit any beats or whatever, when comes to effects. I suggest using your effects or whatever, to hit beats. It'll make it more effective. Low Quality clips are big no no for me, but eh, what can you do? I suggest downloading more HQ KH clips, if you can. 2. How Could This Happen To Me? - Again, another problem LQ and the sizing of your clips. Does WMM have allow you to adjust your media files sizes to fit the video space? I am unsure since I don't use WMM. I think this one a slight improve, you've used the clips to match lyrics, which can be good. I like it. Be careful not to overuse your clips, though. 3. KH & FF - Treachery Bleach OST - I really like those first 10 seconds as an intro, you cut the clips well making them flow into one another nicely to the beat of the music. From 0:16-0:20, again you're trying to go to the beat, good. But those transactions look messy and outplace. 0:21-0:28, again, good. One or two beats missed, but not by much, so it's okay. I think this one is the best out of the videos you've chosen to show us, if I'm honest. Couldn't think the third one due to copyright, sadly. Overall, I think you should look up some tutorials, it'll help you improve. Look for a place which has HQ FF and KH clips, it just makes the video nicer and more bearable to look at. Don't overuse effects/transactions, experiment. Again, I'm sorry. I think you'll have to ask an active AMV maker to criticize and give you advice, I'm not that good at it, haha.
Hmph, that wasn't a problem till today apparently. Darn it, I really like that video too. I also had a problem with the video I made using Hero-Skillet. I did put it on Mediafire, which I should put a link for, but I digress. And I follow lyrics more than I do beats just because I have a little easier time, and the songs I have left really don't have good beats for me to follow. Oh, and honesty I don't care about High or Low quality. I just care about the videos. Besides, you can usually watch the videos in HD anyways, so it seems fine
I'm not the best in giving CnCs as I'm still learning myself, but here we go. I quite like your scene choices, they're nice and relevant to the lyrics. You've known what kind of scenes to use during certain parts of the songs, and the flow is enjoyable. (I especially like the third video's 10 seconds intro <3) But I still suggest improvement in this. A variation of effects could be a nice touch (no overusing though). I'd say also pay attention to the beat-hittings, as it increases the feel of the video. Transitions between clips are important to note, as sometimes the transition you chose might be off and distracting, and when you use fades, there might be a change of scene happening in the first or second clip right in the middle of the fade and is still visible, so it looks abrupt. You might want to find another scene or a way to make it not look like that ~ Overall though, it's quite nice to watch your videos. Higher quality footages might add a plus to your video; the download page in this site has updated the KH2:FM clips, but it's okay not to set your focus on that for now. Editing the footage itself is the aim. c: Keep improving ~!
