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ascent_studios
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Post your work here for other people to check out and critique!

Constructive only, no bad vibes.
Feb 12 2016 4:56PM
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finnolydorb
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ben_collinsTry not to digitally zoom in so much that you lose quality
Also the beeps at the beginning were extremely annoying and there was no audio at all through the entire thing
Also have you heard the normal version of that song? It doesn't have the annoying parts with people talking in it


Ya my mic was out of batteries that day. I agree about the beeps and the digital zooming although I have much more flexibility with zooming in digitally now that I shoot 1080 as opposed to scaled down 720. I didn't know there was a different version of that song, I'll check it out.
May 15 2016 1:27AM
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ascent_studios
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finnolydorbI didn't know there was a different version of that song, I'll check it out.


Ya its just lord knows by meek mill
May 15 2016 10:35AM
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winniecash
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/828436/Boys--39--Latin-Lacrosse-Senior-Day

Video of my schools varsity lacrosse team, playoffs start tonight, any critique before then would be great
May 16 2016 11:46AM
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NE.
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Tear me apart! I'm stuck in a rut and need help!
May 18 2016 9:48PM
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NE.
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NE.Tear me apart! I'm stuck in a rut and need help!


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/828722/Turkey-Rocks

Don't know why I can't embed.
May 18 2016 9:54PM
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Colby_eubanks
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Not Skiing But..First Project I did with my DSLR and pretty happy how it turned out.
http://youtu.be/CeQrUNTulsM
May 19 2016 9:38PM
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Colby_eubanks
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Not Skiing But..First Project I did with my DSLR and pretty happy how it turned out.
http://youtu.be/CeQrUNTulsM
May 19 2016 9:38PM
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ascent_studios
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Colby_eubanksNot Skiing But..First Project I did with my DSLR and pretty happy how it turned out.
http://youtu.be/CeQrUNTulsM


Flow could have been a TON better, It lost my attention at about 2 minutes
Also try to be more creative and original. I understand that its your first project but literally there are 5 million stereotype videos out there. Also audio could have been better
May 19 2016 10:38PM
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Birddogmurray
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Anyone have an opinion on this one? my first real edit
May 20 2016 12:26AM
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*SNO*
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Just put together a little demo reel, not entirely sure on it all so any input is appreciated!

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/829755/demo-v1
May 30 2016 8:38PM
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winniecash
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*SNO*Just put together a little demo reel, not entirely sure on it all so any input is appreciated!

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/829755/demo-v1


I really liked that, the only thing i could think of was maybe export the video in 24 or 30 fps. I think the 60fps looks a little weird to the veiwer but thats just me, keep up the good work.
Jun 7 2016 8:57AM
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Colby_eubanks
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https://youtu.be/mT0Q5t2jfq0
Jul 1 2016 1:31PM
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ascent_studios
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Shot this back in February with only a morning of shooting, check it out and let me know what you think!

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Apr 18 2017 11:14AM
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RW_Visuals
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Ryan Wise Reel 2017 from Ryan Wise on Vimeo.


https://vimeo.com/199555591
Apr 18 2017 2:59PM
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RW_Visuals
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866304/Ryan-Wise-Reel-2017
Apr 18 2017 3:01PM
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ascent_studios
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RW_Visualshttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866304/Ryan-Wise-Reel-2017


That was awesome! A ton of the shots were really really cool. I think you should add some more sound overall throughout the piece. Great job tho!
Apr 18 2017 4:06PM
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RW_Visuals
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Ascent_CinemaThat was awesome! A ton of the shots were really really cool. I think you should add some more sound overall throughout the piece. Great job tho!


Thanks appreciate it! I would add more sound but a lot of the action was shot with the FS700 in S&Q mode so no audio there. A lot of the other stuff has bad background noise so I used the best bits of sound I had with the footage.
Apr 18 2017 6:46PM
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purplepants420
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866343/John-Henning-2016-17worked pretty hard to make this for my homie so let me know what you think!
Apr 18 2017 9:04PM
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ascent_studios
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purplepants420https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866343/John-Henning-2016-17worked pretty hard to make this for my homie so let me know what you think!


That turned out pretty dope! Not much to critique there!
Apr 20 2017 8:54PM
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Mar-O
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866672/Kristoffer-L--Stenen----Hafjellparken--Backyard
Would really appreciate hearing your thoughts about this, mostly just wondering whenever or not you find it boring to watch and what you think about the flow of it.
Apr 22 2017 7:22AM
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RW_Visuals
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Mar-Ohttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866672/Kristoffer-L--Stenen----Hafjellparken--Backyard
Would really appreciate hearing your thoughts about this, mostly just wondering whenever or not you find it boring to watch and what you think about the flow of it.



You have some really good shots in here but my biggest gripe is the use of all stabilizer shots. Everyone of your shots are composed the same way and it gets boring, instead of following the skier lead him try different types of shots. The use of the stabilizer is well done but when its for 3 minutes it gets old.
Apr 22 2017 11:34AM
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Mar-O
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RW_VisualsYou have some really good shots in here but my biggest gripe is the use of all stabilizer shots. Everyone of your shots are composed the same way and it gets boring, instead of following the skier lead him try different types of shots. The use of the stabilizer is well done but when its for 3 minutes it gets old.


Thanks for the feedback! I will for sure keep that in mind next time and try to mix it up a bit. If anyone else watches it I would really appreciate hearing more thoughts about it, dosent have to be allot just whenever you find the style to boring or not really helps :)
Apr 22 2017 3:58PM
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ascent_studios
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Mar-Ohttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/866672/Kristoffer-L--Stenen----Hafjellparken--Backyard
Would really appreciate hearing your thoughts about this, mostly just wondering whenever or not you find it boring to watch and what you think about the flow of it.


I would reccomend adding a bit of broll every couple clips. Some shots like face shots, shots of the park, you know like cinematic stuff. An example of this really well done is We Are The Coterie by The Coterie. Look it up and you'll see what I'm saying!
Apr 22 2017 7:03PM
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