Critique My Motion Reel

First off, I absolutely loved it. The timing was good and it showed that you have one hell of a diverse skill set.

I'm a little bummed because part of me expected you to animate yourself sitting at the computer, and doing a short intro. But, I loved the way it flowed, and the fact that it was under a minute. That is impressive.

My only notes are for the Distractify (I think it was), white animation on black background. I felt like it ran a little long, or at least significantly longer than what came before it. Then you did the fast cut right after which definitely balanced it out. I'm sure you needed to have it run long enough to show the full breadth of the animation, but if you could find a way to trim it down just a second, that might be worthwhile. However, I was watching it to critique, I'm confident that someone watching it without intent would hardly notice it.

All things considered, it is most excellent bud.

cultraraWhat do you want to see more or less of?

More of you filming, if you have some.

Troy.More of you filming, if you have some.

Actually, I take that back. Right after I posted, I realized how impressive and powerful it was to me that you were able to keep it under a minute. If you can find a way to throw in a single more shot of you behind the camera, without it going over a minute, then do it. Otherwise, don't sweat it.

Troy.Actually, I take that back. Right after I posted, I realized how impressive and powerful it was to me that you were able to keep it under a minute. If you can find a way to throw in a single more shot of you behind the camera, without it going over a minute, then do it. Otherwise, don't sweat it.

I should note that this is only an animation/motion graphic reel. I did not shoot the wakeboarding videos, I only edited them and added the motion graphic. In the final version I will include a video description explaining this.

I agree with you're point that the black and white Line blend segment is a bit too long. You were correct when you figured that it was that length to fully capture what was going on. I'll need to fiddle with that more.

I like your variety a lot, I think it shows you're really capable with any style and that says a lot. My favorite graphic was for the Soulmate. I also really liked the intro titles (Nimbus-esque) and the two dots separating. I feel like some of the elements in the gun animation didn't look right, like the barrel tweaked up too much in relation to the rest of the gun when it shot. Also the Line Blend graphic seems weird to me for some reason.

Really cool to see everything you can do in one place, I might consider talking with you in the future about doing some title work!

Also TROY you are SO dumb.

gavinrudyI feel like some of the elements in the gun animation didn't look right, like the barrel tweaked up too much in relation to the rest of the gun when it shot. Also the Line Blend graphic seems weird to me for some reason.

I actually spent a lot of time analyzing how glocks fired for that animation

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/791281/How-A-Glock-Works

perhaps I should cut the blend graphic, it doesn't add certain style of skill to the video

Oh, well thank you for correcting me! Also one other note I have is that I think it's kind of weak ending on the Mordecai graphic I would rather it exit with a stronger bit, maybe the Soulmate?

gavinrudyOh, well thank you for correcting me! Also one other note I have is that I think it's kind of weak ending on the Mordecai graphic I would rather it exit with a stronger bit, maybe the Soulmate?

Good call, I'll do that.

Shit, i'd hire ya! oh wait...

Honestly I really liked it, the reel was on point in my opinion. Only shot I didn't really like was the mordecai shot as I feel it lasted a bit long, especially for such a fast paced reel. Keep up the awesome work man!

cultraraHey guys and gals, I'd love for you to critique my motion reel.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/791280/Motion-Reel-Cut-II

What do you want to see more or less of?

How is the pacing?

oy mate really well done. whats the song?

cdipoy mate really well done. whats the song?

Thank you, the song is "Untrust Us" by Crystal Castles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDHAEME84Og

that was dope and diverse. well done. It also gave me an idea. Would you think of making like s small montage of your mashed potatoes? Maybe "best of mash potatoes" or make like a season in review. Would be pretty great

It's epic. I love the Soulmate one, I think that should be earlier in the reel.