Amnesty - Papa Roach/Akira

DaCoolGohan · Post by **DaCoolGohan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:39 pm

Hey man, talking down to people is a good way to leave criticism. As for my opinion, he asked me what he would be without me and I informed him.

Koopiskeva · Post by **Koopiskeva** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:48 pm

Some good parts, some not so good... lyric sync is there, but I agree with the lack of flow. Even as a 'old timey' video, it lacked the sense of smooth scene progression for me. Many of the scene changes cut from scenes to scene with just straight cuts, which is perfectly fine if done well, but it was jarring in many instances in this video. For straight cuts to be effective, in places where the tempo doesn't change, but simply lyrics, it should feel seemless. This wasn't the case for many parts in the video however. Internal sync was apparent, but the transitions between them was not polished.

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:51 pm

THIS VIDEO IS THE GREATEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE ORG SINCE WE LOST ALL THE VIDEOS ON THE LOCAL SERVER 4 - 5 YEARS AGO.

DaCoolGohan · Post by **DaCoolGohan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:56 pm

Way to leech other people's comments

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:00 pm

DaCoolGohan wrote:Way to leech other people's comments

You mean AGREE!!?? Man you're a thorn in my ass. It's like you are always picking a fight with folks. What is up with all this hostility?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:09 pm

seriously take it to pm if youre going to argue between each other, and let the guy's thread go in peace...

its not a perfect video, but it wasnt as bad as some of you were making it out to be either... its a hellov alot better than my third vid O:

Sierra Lorna · Post by **Sierra Lorna** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:09 pm

DropOuter wrote:What does flow mean? Is it just another word for "cutting more often"?

Sorry, but that just makes me sad... Flow may be hard to describe, but it's what can make a video look n00b-ish to looking pro. And I do think it's required to make a "good video".
Flow is basically how good you are at editing with motion and how that motion goes along with the music. Pretty much having a good "editing eye". It's about making your cuts end and begin in just the right places so that you pick the right motion from that scene, and that it looks smooth with the scenes next to it (and that it syncs with the music helps.) It doesn't mean cutting more often, it means making better cuts. For example, a bad cut might be having a super-intense action scene cut off suddenly mid-action into a completely still face shot. A good cut would keep the motion going so the cut seems seemless. Another example of poor flow is scene flickers/pops, some of which I spotted in your video at 2:14 and 2:31 (very shot 1-frame scenes cut in that aren't supposed to be there). Things like that drive me bananas.

You just need to watch for things like that and pay a little more attention to where you place your cuts. A part that I think had good flow around the explosions at 3:15-3:16. You got the sync right, the tempo, and the motion had a good feel: you get to see all the motion in there and the cuts aren't jarring.

As a separate note, though, I think this video could actually use more cuts since the song's pretty fast-paced.

Also, when you slow down a scene in Adobe Premiere, uncheck the box that says "Deinterlace When Speed Is Below 100%", under Video Options. It will get rid of that weird interlacing you're getting on a couple scenes.

Devolution · Post by **Devolution** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:28 pm

...i was going to post something, but then i read koop, jaddzia and sierra's posts and they all said everything i was pretty much gonna say :p so i just made this useless post instead.

BauziOLD · Post by **BauziOLD** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:27 am

I won´t say so much harsh sarcasm. After all... This is a 1 or 2 star amv.
The major point is: You missed so much the flow of everything so I was early really bored and closed the player´s window. It wasn´t entertaining.

Work on your editing.

reddragon_syndicate · Post by **reddragon_syndicate** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:37 am

Will download,,, Will OP I recieved plenty of QCs and OPs that said my vids (my firrst ones mostly) were old school style or whatever you might want to call it. Anyways.. just a lot of buzz around the thread.