Critique My Edit Please

That song was awful...

how dare you/bump

Pretty decent that said invest in a tripod or steady cam rig

that song was not good, edit was alright, yah get a stabilizer of some sort

ur not funny. did not lol once

thanks ill be sure to pass that on to my friends.

anyone?

Not bad footage, a little shaky no doubt. Biggest problem is that song, it's awful. Other than that you're on the right track. Get more variety!

bump/ very true but the park limited us big time.

I can see what you're going for, and I actually dig it a lot. It just needs a little work. I little more focus on framing, proximity to subjects, etc, and your shots will be there. I really liked your pans on the rails, they worked for me. Nice job.

I'd get rid of the talking. It doesn't do much for me. I think the first kid is trying to be sarcastic and in fact complement the other kid's skiing, but it just doesn't work. Get rid of it and let the skiing speak for itself. Same for the other kid. If anything, for me, it brings down the vibe of the edit. The song is so happy, so upbeat, and you have these kids talking shit about each other. I get that it's supposed to be funny but it's just not working, cut that shit.

The "moire" that you're seeing is motion blur. Pay attention to your shutter, frame rate, etc, and do some searches on here or on Google to help out with that.

One thing that I think would really apply well here is shot length. Varying shot length keeps the viewer stimulated and engaged, just like varying sentence length in a paper keeps the reader moving through the material. In essence, the short shots wake up the viewer and can prepare them to make it through the longer ones. In your edit, all the shots are kinda slowed down and they're all the same length. Change that! Switch it up! Employ different styles of filming and visual video transitions to chop up the monotony. If you do that, two minutes will fly by instead of drag by.

A few more things, a little more specific.

0:04 seconds: look at your horizon line.
0:21 seconds: get that kid out of the shadows, half his face is shrouded.
1:51 - nice cut, I've always been partial to edits like that. Ideas and creative thinking like that will serve you well in the future as you refine your skill.

You're on the right track, but attention to small details will help you a lot.

i agree %100 with the talking, but they're my best friends and they really wanted the interviews in it. Also i was shooting at 60fps so i always kept my shutter at a minimum 125, but at least 250. could it be possible that my shutter speed is too high in those shots?

how did you do your slow-mo?
that might have something to do with why it looks a little weird

shot in 60fps, conformed to 30

Maybe try just using a 30p timeline, importing your footage to it directly, then slowing it down to 50%. That way 60p essentially "becomes" 30p without the hassle of conforming.

unfortunately im using FCE which doesn't allow me to edit with 60fps so i put it through a program jes deinterlacer which basically conforms it.

i enjoyed it, colors and quality were siick,

thanks man

Anyone else?

well that was definitely the best edit song i have heard all season/ever

thanks. idk how anyone could not like it

bump. does anyone know if too high a shutter speed can cause the weird look to some of the footage?

I liked the interview thing alot really good idea actually.

Shots were great! Coloring was good too. But the song, not my taste. But overall good job, very steady camera movements and shots, liked it a lot. What camera did you use? What program to edit?

thanks man. i used a t3i with a 50mm and kit lens. i used final cut express to edit with magic bullet looks.