Hi Jerry! I'd like to give my insights as well. Mike covered most (as he always does), but I have a few things to add.
1. Audio transitions - Cross fade the audio from edit to edit. This will give a far smoother video, especially when working with music. 2. Panning - You had a nice flow to your edit, but suddenly the pan on the stage stopped. Try to edit ON movement, do not wait until the movement stops. This will give a nice flow and a proper momentum. 3. Audio audio audio audio -. NEVER underestimate audio. You will never regret digging up the dough for a proper mic. And believe me, they really don't cost that much, but do some research as they are quite different in usage areas (i read in one of your replies that you've since invested. Good for you!) 4. Inserts - As Mike mentioned, you do not have to always show the person talking on-screen. Think of the voice as a guide, and you have the job to show related pictures. Is he talking about a dudester playing the trumpet? Show a dudester or dudettester (hehe..) playing the trumpet. Some research have revealed that if you do not give your viewer a "hook" each seventh seconds or so you will loose him/her. I do not know how scientific this research was, but I try to abide to it. 5. Text - Try not to give too much information with text, you are editing video and not Powerpoint. Is the video to be presentet online? Maybe some text on the webpage would could do it instead? This will also give your product more depth. And last, but absolutely not least.. Editing is all about rythm. I gather that you are into music. Think of it as instrumental music. "Now i have let the trumpet do this, now I have to balance it out with some hefty piano". Now I've done this, so it would be natural to follow up with this... The thing about editing, is that all technical stuff aside, you are only down with balanced elements. And if these elements are not balanced, your piece will seem "of". I am no musician (which http://www.suneworld.com/?pagename=sunesynger.phpwill prove) but I have a deep sense for rythm, so I see my edits over and over again and think of them like a song.. There is a documentary out called The Cutting Edge ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428441/) where you can see how world class editors do it. The editor of Cold Mountain actually stands up and kinda keeps the rythm with his jazzy foot, and edits thereafter.. Quite an interesting documentary, recommended for all.. So, there you have my opinions. Oh, and before I forget, here are my positive thoughts (hehe): 1. Nice audio on the narrator. Great voice as well. 2. Looks like you have lots of good and varied footage. Great! 3. Nice and mellow feel of the entire piece. Fits well in with the style of music 4. Interesting comments from the people interviewed. Loved it! 5. Nice player. What are you using? But bear in mind this is only ONE persons opinion. I do not represent the industry in general. Hehe!! Kind regards and happy holidays Sune Alexandersen Dunderfilm Norway On Dec 21, 2007 11:45 AM, Paul Essenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Jerry... > > I haven't put anything on YouTube yet... but I think I'll try this one. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jerry Lames > To: [email protected] <Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: [AP] A new video from a new videomaker for your comments, > please... > > I am just a beginner trying to learn as much as possible. I've been > "trying" to make short vids and put them on Youtube for fun and my > family and friends back in the States. > All that aside what I do now that I'm attempting to make personal > video's is observe what's on TV more, especially news as it has (Fox > news) some interesting lead in material. Making a long story short I > think your video is nice but perhaps next time you might consider > putting up the printing on the side instead of at the bottom. Now I've > done the same, put printing at the bottom but watching the O'Reilly show > I notice they put his spoken word in writing and it's off to the right > side. To me it makes it easier to watch him while reading along. Being > on the right side it doesn't take my eyes off of him whereas if on the > bottom I'd have to look down and loose sight of the video material. > > Just an idea, far be it for me to tell a professional what to do and > I've only been doing this for a little over a year. Great fun, lots to > learn and I'll never learn it all for sure. > Jerry Lames > http://www.youtube.com/Islandjerry > > Mike Boom wrote: > > > > All in all an informative piece, and some nice use of multiple > > screens showing a diversity of activities. > > > > Because the piece is all about music, though, it suffers a bit from > > less-than-stellar audio quality. It sounds like it was miked with a > > built-in camcorder mike far back from the subject, washing out the > > players and speakers with a lot of room reverb. You might consider > > getting some concert recordings with good quality (did they record > > the concerts?) and using that to underlie the video. And if you can > > get the jazz artists to re-record some of their comments straight > > into a mike or with a lavalier mike of some kind for better quality, > > you might use their comments to underlie video of some of the > > different groups playing. > > > > The interviews with the musicians are interesting and add some good > > points to what you're presenting. I don't think you need to keep the > > talkers on screen, though, for the whole time they're talking. I > > think you'll keep the viewer's attention more if you start them > > talking, then cut to students or teachers in activities that point up > > what they're talking about, all while the musician's talk continues > > underneath, perhaps mixed in with the music played in the overlying > clips. > > > > That's it for quick first impressions, and just one person's opinion. > > Some nice work about an interesting subject. > > > > Mike Boom > > > > P.S. I like your white subtitles with the dark "glow" around them. > > They work very well on any background. Is there a specific Premiere > > tool you used to get them? > > > > At 06:56 PM 12/20/2007, pessenfeld wrote: > > > www.hartfordjazzsociety.org <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org > > <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org>> > > >This is a promotional piece directed toward potential sponsors and > > >donors. Please comment, correct, or criticize. Thank you > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Sune Alexandersen www.dunderfilm.no [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
