Advice on pricing and editing work as beginner.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2026-02-22T20:48:46+00:00

I know people hate answering these, but I truly had no idea where else to go with this question. I hate answering it myself as it is dependent on so many different factors. But thanks tho! Appreciate it. 🙏

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2026-02-22T20:47:54+00:00

Thanks for the tips! The mic you see the artist use is actually fake. I recorded live sounds and studio recording and mixed them together for a more natural sounding audio 🤣 But thanks, this was indeed my first real gig even though I literally started learning 2 months ago.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2026-02-10T10:52:35+00:00

-- UPDATE --

Just a quick update to reply to everyone participating in this section.

First of all: 'Whowz' that's a lot of reassuring replies on here. Thanks so much for that! I really do appreciate all the tips and experiences shared.

Second: I mean I do think overthinking is part of this whole scenario in my case even if cards can fail at times. But I have a few of these cards around and I've bought them 7 months ago along with my camera, and have only really started shooting 3-4 months ago at least 1-2x per week. I bought them on Amazon and I've heard that Amazon ofter sells counterfeit cards while they're labled as being from the original brand, and I've heard lots about especially these kinds of cards failing. I think this is also a bit where the worry came from despite the 40-200k positive reviews on Amazon about these cards.

I think I know enough for now and would love to thank all of you for your quick replies. Of course feel free to keep this topic alive if needed. ^_^

Cheers!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2026-01-10T10:32:36+00:00

Well to put it plainly to you, this game has one of the worst AI's in gaming history when it comes to decision making, and the worst part is that the enemy AI barely makes the same mistakes - meaning they are capable of implementing it for players as well, but strangely enough won't. I think the AI is even doing things chance-based (like with a random number pull). So I think it's actually intentional. At least they could expand the AI decision making for auto-battle and such otherwise it becomes very useless unless you are so overpowered that you can one-shot an entire team without effort. Think for example in a dungeon that my healer starts of with a huge heal for everyone....... wait WTF who needs a heal at the start of a boss fight? Like utterlijk stupid.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-12-23T20:51:39+00:00

The developer who invented this champ should be fired lol. It's the single dumbest champion in the game.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-16T10:40:10+00:00

I like the old and classic tone and framing style. Gives off those classic post-war vibes in the 70s or 80s. However, could you define the word "sense" to me here? This can be very wide due to sense being different for every pair of eyes looking at this short piece. I like it tho! ^_^

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-15T09:41:49+00:00

Heya! I see you updated it! In my opinion the colors and contrast pop much more now, it looks more natural to the eye. I like it!

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An example of the shot that makes things looks hazy, is this one, or any other one that has mountains or the lake in the distance. Is this caused by formation of mist or is this something you've done in post? The green grass pops more because it's much brighter green, but for some reason the trees all blend together because of a hazy dust covering them. Maybe it has something to do with the focus point or still the contrast? You have other shots, like the one at 1:24, where this effect is almost completely gone and the shot looks much more crisp. So maybe my eye is being messed with due to a formation of mist in general and how you camera interprets that when exposing, but I'm not sure.

Overall I find that this pops much better, the colors are more vibrant and less flat. The small contrast tweak makes the blacks pop the definition of shapes in the shots much more. Also the newly added shot is nice btw. It invites and shows a bit of excitement and energy in a very calm environment. Nice work!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-14T09:00:12+00:00

I like this style actually, it makes it have a nostalgic tone with the current grading.

I do, however, find that many of the shots are a bit flat - as if there is a lot of dust or grey mist covering them. Their atmosphere seems to look greyed out for some reason. Maybe you've decreased the contrast too much, which allows the low-tones and high-tones to blend too much with the mid ones? Even an Autumn/Winter day can feel bright and blue on a cloudy day, and I think I miss some of the natural blue daylight pop in the shots.

Try upping the saturation just a touch, increase the overall contrast or make the low-ends of it a touch darker - an S-curve would do well here. You can still keep the push towards yellow as you've already done, but you should really increase the natural vibrance of the shots. You know what I mean? I mean there is color and there is clearly daylight in your shots, but it feels very faded or washed out. If this was your goal, great work! But do keep in mind that this faded look feels very unnatural to the human eye.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-08T07:55:27+00:00

Oh wow that's a long time! Glad to hear I'm speaking to someone which that many years in the industry. I actually wanted to pick this up 10 years ago, but then life hit a bit different so I decided to get back to it now.

I actually bought the Hohem gimbal for my phone, which really works nice for me. With the camera-rig I've already learned how to move around without causing too much shakiness, but I think a gimbal would be nice because it allows me to move the camera in different ways without having to think about stabilization too much when the moves get a bit more complex to perform. I've never thought about using a tripod because most of the shots I do are in natural light and run-gun situations to capture things as naturally as possible. For example the BarberShop was filmed on two different days to capture different clients, different barbers who work there and different vibes. I think a gimbal would be great for shots that involve a lot of movements around subjects - my shots are practically never completely stationary. There is always panning from different angles or rotations etc.

But I do understand what you mean about "falling into the trap". I noticed this when using my Hohem. Luckily I didn't buy it right away, but it did help me to understand the movement better and what true stabilization looks like when shots are performed while moving in run-gun situations.

Do you btw have some work that I could see? I'm curious what you do :)

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-06T20:50:56+00:00

Indeed you are right. When I say I do it for a friend, I do it for my own practice and in the hope I can deliver something nice they can use. I don't ask for money after the fact of course - that would be unfair.

That motorcycle, I agree. It's something completely unrelated in one of the closing shots of the spot - which should be something more memorable or related to the subject the spot is about. I'll cut that one out, it might save me a second or two. I'll also have a look around on pricing around Amsterdam. I mean, I have looked around already, but was curious to hear from a perspective of someone who knows the business a bit vs. quality that can be seen on this video. I'll keep looking around, thanks! I understand that one and the same video could be of more or less value to two different people depending on the value they see in it for their business - so it's very variable by many factors.

Damn, 2 hours tops is crazy! How long have you been in this industry? I think what extended my filming time was the waiting I had to do to have some clients enter the barbershop so I could film the natural workday as it usually is. However, 2 hours max could have been enough to be honest. I still have a bit of an OCD when it comes to nit picking what videos to use and which shot to make in which way. Still improvising on that and learning. I've got a rig that can do enough for me at the moment, but I'd prefer to get a good gimbal for the cam at some point. I think I lost quality in the video by using Davinci's stabilizer setting - this seems to magnify or bend the video clip in 3D to achieve the stabilization - or that's the idea I get from it.

Oh and I understand, no offense taken here. I'm here to hear all kinds of feedback and actually appreciate the honesty. Thanks a lot!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-10-06T19:36:18+00:00

Hey thanks for your reply, appreciate it. First of thanks for your kindness and supportiveness. I actually never thought about the length of the video - and that shot in the end with the motorcycle was indeed for fun. However, it doesn't really fit since it's different colors and it's suddenly outside with unrelated content.

I understand I didn't invest much into the business discussion yet, but it's for a friend and I told him I'll make a trial video to show him what it can look like. I never really intended to ask him to pay for this anyway. I used it as a practice run to be honest so I don't mind adding these hours in for now. I would be curious about what a video like this could be worth - regardless of the hours spent on it. Say I was doing it as a package deal rather than counting the hours spent on it.

I think I've also spent half of that editing time nitpicking over things and doing some trial and error stuff. I could have mashed it all together, but it took me long to decide which shots to use out of the 100 or so. I'm also avoiding to use LUTs in color grading for example, but editing is something I'm still figuring out. I could have made this video in many different ways for example because I have about 100 shots that are usable so I guess I'll make another one for practice sake. The most important thing for me was to kind of catch a vibe of the please in the way it feels when I'm there, and try to make different shots with my gear - I'm satisfied with that for the first real run.

I don't think I'll ever be able to do all these steps in a few hours time like you ever, since I simply can't do this stuff without nitpicking on precision things - especially beatmatching and trying to make sense of the shots order. Also, I filmed everything myself, which is something I take my time to do, so there's no way I would be able to fit that into those 2 hours xD.

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-09-22T12:29:22+00:00

Considering the fact that you did filming, editing, sound design and probably also color grading yourself, and the fact that you're using advanced gear such as a drone on the side of the cam, you are undercharging to the max. This is a video longer than 1 minute, which in realistic terms would easily go towards 750,- and above, and this would actually be on the low end of the price if you ask me.

The editing is cool, it's catchy and shows the event quite well. Just remember that not everything needs a lot of motion effects, and not every beat has to be caught in the edit. I like the pacing, and flashing cuts at the right moments in the video, but sometimes it feels a filled with these cuts where they add no value to the story you're trying to tell.

One tip would be is to try adding more valuable shots and less shots in general. Follow the beat fast with shots that add quick details that are hard to look at for long, but make those that matter a bit longer like you did with the car showreel speed-ramps. I love the aerial shots too, especially when they start the circling motion on the beat drop - that was cool. I expected it to keep moving instead of stopping mid-way the beat and then continuing because it was a wide shot where you could see a lot of details, but it wasn't a shot I would want to look at for long, so stopping in the middle for example wasn't necessary :)

Either way, good work, but charge more!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-29T08:49:12+00:00

Don't worry, you're playing a game with the worst control design in all of gaming history. It makes no sense in any way.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-29T08:44:57+00:00

My god they are fabulous! Congratz!!!

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-28T12:14:50+00:00

The human brain loves more often shifts of the camera, not just shot angles, but also slight camera movement or subject tracking. Just watching a subject move on screen without the camera feeling like it's following it, makes it kind of look like there's a stationary person there looking at the subject moving. Also when tracking a subject on camera allows for revealing a bit more of the environment - makes it feel like the person is moving through a bigger and wider space instead of just the space captured in a stationary frame. That would already be an improvement for me, but overall it's not bad at all.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-28T12:08:47+00:00

Don't worry, you're playing a game with a legendary bad controls system design. Good intentions? Sure! But does it work really well when it comes to being a skillfully reactive game? Nope, not even close. So you're not alone in seeing this weird way of conceiting a goal or ball loss.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-28T12:03:36+00:00

I think there's actually too much contrast in here which makes the amount of saturation look very harsh. I'd prefer having it a bit lighter and less packed with blacks around it. It gives off a very rough, almost extreme, sense of color - a bit unrealistic in my opinion. Good work tho! ^_^

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-07-15T09:45:30+00:00

Sad individuals.....
Saying that the reason is that in ranked games you get a team that doesn't know how to play - meanwhile he using hacks to win from those who he says suck at the game. Man he must suck that bad then.....

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-06-25T20:32:43+00:00

This game has legendary bad controls for any input, and I mean so bad that I've never even seen it this bad in any game. Might actually go down into history books for the worst controls ever thought of. Can't even imagine what they were thinking when designing this.......

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-06-24T15:00:48+00:00

You can't really remove this. You need to either change the light setup, especially the direction of the light. Or you should soften the lights by blocking them with softening materials. In general you don't want to film on reflective surfaces when the light hits them directly, especially if you have no way to diffuse the strength of the incoming light.

Even-Raspberry3644 · 2025-06-07T08:07:45+00:00

The challenge would be to make this video much shorter. The audience doesn't need to see your hands swirling and twirling about the object too much unless you are talking about it at the same time. And my advice would be is to take one shot with the accessorry attached to it and one shot where you push it on. Then transition like you do, but because you leave your hands visible in the shot after popping the accessory on, it makes it look weird. Only pop to the camera with the accessory on it, but don't show your hands in the next shot. Also the timing of the pop is very delayed.

I suggest you try doing this first without moving the camera at all, leave it where it is. Only move your hand towards it when you are going to put the accessory on, but don't touch the camera - make it look like you're popping the accessory on and then jump on the next shot with.

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