Edit critique please!

really liked it dude. those guys killed it so hard. one thing that you had some issues with was following their movement as the darted around. Sometimes they left the frame and that might have been because of the widescreen crop that you tossed on there.

overall i thought it was quite well done.

yeah I did sacrifice a few heads for the sake of that crop. another part of it was I just bought a tripod and that was the first time I've ever shot with that camera on that tripod. Haven't had much practice with it.

same as stated above! but i load that edited, keep up the good work, it was a enjoyable edit

A few things I noticed:

-Definitely liked the chill vibe; the song was nice and fit well with the golden hour shoot time.

-Your colors looked alright; blacks were crushed in some spots and you're right, there was a little inconsistency there but I didn't mind it. I wasn't exactly looking for it.

-I didn't mind the crop either. There were really only one or two places where I felt like I really lost track of the biker.

-I didn't like hearing your voice. It jarred me out of the chill vibe, both the "yeah!" in the beginning and the "woo!" at the end. No bueno IMO, I'd get those outta there to preserve the atmosphere of the edit.

-At :44 the transition between riders felt awkward to me. Awkward enough that I had to rewind and do a double take. I think it was cool, but the fact that I was interested enough to interrupt the video to see it may mean that it shouldn't be in there

-1:17 you let the shot linger. Cut that shit earlier.

Overall I can tell that you focused on capturing riding rather than excelling at filming. That's no fault, but it's fairly obvious by the way you move your tripod and the way you structure your shots. Next time, focus on the filming. Your shots will be far more fluid, coherent, and aesthetic. Don't worry about the riders, you'll come out of any film sesh with those guys with tons of bangers, they were awesome.

Good luck sir, and keep toying with that camera! Get your settings down, mess with ML, just get familiar with it.

Milos

hey man,
I think you always give the best critiques so i was wondering if you could critique my edit.

I know the wind noise is a bit much in some shots but i dont have a deadcat and i hate having skiing shots with no natural audio.

Thanks, Jake

^ well fuck me, that was totally supposed to be in a PM. Sorry OP, did not mean to thread jack.

PM'ed

Awesome, this is just what I was looking for. Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you said something about the voice. Personally, I usually leave voice in the edit. For some reason I like the 'raw' effect it has, but I definitely know what you're saying. I guess I never considered the effect of simply removing it.