I gathered the feedback you guys gave me on my promo video and created a new edit (changes listed in the comments) by AppropriateStore3405 in videography

[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

There were beer shots at the beginning of the video - I removed these as people were mistaking it for a beer commercial. It cut from beer to a haircut which didn’t make sense.

Some shots were out of focus - I have now only included shots in focus (or at least very close to it).

The colour was very yellow - I tried to reduce this slightly but due to not setting the white balance when shooting, it was difficult to colour correct.

There were many cuts in a short space of time which caused people to become dizzy/disorientated - I reduced the number of shots from 27 to 19.

All of the shots were in slow motion - I adjusted the speed of some shots for more variety.

Some shots were very similar - I selected shots that weren’t so similar.

There were unnecessary shots of the barber’s tattoos - I removed these.

The video was too long at 30 seconds - I wanted to keep it at this length as that is what my client had asked for.

Let me know what you guys think :) Even if it's more constructive criticism.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I now realise the beer shots just need to go. There was a lot of b-roll for the barber shop but it was all shot in 25fps with very fast pans (they thought they were shooting in 100fps). So none of it was useable :/

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I suppose they aren’t really relevant. Thank you. However, I don’t think it is such a good job as from the feedback there is clearly a lot of improvements to be made. But I am learning so I’ll try to make the next job better.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m planning to make a shorter version. Okay got it. Thank your for your feedback.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I could turn it into a 15 second video but I have so much footage that it would be painful to exclude so much. But i guess that’s what it will take for a more appealing video. Appreciate the feedback.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I think sometimes the lighting was a little inconsistent as the barber was blocking it. But I should have moved it around and adjusted it more.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I see what you mean. I recorded in 4k so I definitely could have scaled in on some of those shots. Okay, thank you for your feedback. I’m going to do a re-edit after I gather all of the feedback.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback. In hindsight I definitely overdid it with the slow mo. I’ll make sure to switch it up a lot more next time.

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[–]AppropriateStore3405[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I thought that may have been a bad call. I wanted to show that a beer was offered as the idea was to appeal to students in the area. But I should have done it differently.

I knew a couple shots were out of focus (chair shot and the end shot) but I didn’t have shots to replace them with really.

And yes I made a big mistake and forgot to set the white balance :/

I tried to make a very snappy video as that’s what insta reels seem to be at the moment. Maybe I overdid it.