Mountain Bike Trail Building Mini-Documentary

[lolage]

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First proper attempt at making a half decent video! Not gone to this much trouble for a video before.

Crit appreciated! I know I have some sound issues at times, was my first time using external microphones - learnt a lot through the process.

Ben

 

[CSB]

Some nice shots and titles. The first half isn't really a documentary though, it's more of a promotional video for Chase Trails. A lot of the talking heads shots were all the same and the contributors seemed a bit uneasy on camera. I think you could have shown more about why the trails need constant maintenance and why people go out of their way to help out at Cannock Chase, maybe explain the problems that the trail builders face and how they overcome them. Also a noticed some of the shots don't match colour wise, the whole video would have benefited from a slight colour grade.

All in all a good effort.

 

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First proper attempt at making a half decent video! Not gone to this much trouble for a video before.

Crit appreciated! I know I have some sound issues at times, was my first time using external microphones - learnt a lot through the process.

Ben

Quite like it, what did you use for the hanging text?

 

[lolage]

Some nice shots and titles. The first half isn't really a documentary though, it's more of a promotional video for Chase Trails. A lot of the talking heads shots were all the same and the contributors seemed a bit uneasy on camera. I think you could have shown more about why the trails need constant maintenance and why people go out of their way to help out at Cannock Chase, maybe explain the problems that the trail builders face and how they overcome them.

Fair comment! Was first time making a video like this, only ever made action videos before so was definitely a learning curve especially the interview process.

Also a noticed some of the shots don't match colour wise, the whole video would have benefited from a slight colour grade.

Yeah, no matter how much I tried I couldn't get it all to match. Not for my deadline anyway. This was mostly down to the white balance being different in between locations. Have bought some white balance cards now to solve this for next time.

Thanks

Quite like it, what did you use for the hanging text?

Thanks, Adobe After Effects CS6

 

[MickM]

That's very impressive,hats of to you as you go the message across in a very professional looking video.

I never thought twice about who builds trails etc so im as much ignorant as the others who think they " just appear".

Have shared on my FB page as well.

Mick

 

[lolage]

That's very impressive,hats of to you as you go the message across in a very professional looking video.

I never thought twice about who builds trails etc so im as much ignorant as the others who think they " just appear".

Have shared on my FB page as well.

Mick

Thanks appreciate that.