TUMB pregame video

Jun 16, 2010 13:22


for those that aren't privy to my facebook or my youtube channel, i'm working on a promotional TUMB video that will be played on the jumbotron at the Louisiana Superdome prior to us performing at halftime. the first draft of it looks like this:


a few notes about it. )

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foxtr841 June 16 2010, 19:43:40 UTC
Neat video.

My thoughts are:
1) The cut from the crowd in the very beginning to the drum line could use either a better transition (than the sharp cut you have) or cut to an earlier part of the drum line clip--that way when they transition into slow-mo they are more obviously on beat or obviously syncopated (whatever you're going for)

2) There are too many shots that has the lined-paper sort of filter while turning black and white. I would suggest leaving that effect to one or two shots, otherwise I got bored or predict watching it over and over again. This is a really interesting piece and it's extremely short, which gives you all the more excuse to change it up!

3) Perhaps try starting a shot slow-mo, then speeding it up--throw the audience off! This beat is kick-ass, I would suggest using more clips where people are moving in slow-mo so it drags the viewer in and forces them to feel it, too, rather than watching people move to it and just experiencing the beat.

4) For the logo shot--any way to have the background be completely black, or at least fade to white so it blends in? Perhaps make your own text in the video and place the logo on top. Clean design says a lot!

Hope that at least helps a little!

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lifeofmendel June 16 2010, 22:10:26 UTC
i forgot to mention the opening. i'm going to try to intersperse some green screen tenors with that scene playing the drumbeat to start. that might make the sudden transition a bit smoother.

the 'lined paper filter' that you speak of is not intentional, if i'm interpreting it right. that's an artifact of the clip slowing down that hopefully will get rectified when i deinterlace the final version of the video.

the idea of starting slowmo and then speeding up might be how the new climax works and some of the transition. hadn't really thought about it, i'm still trying to work those moments out in my head, we'll see what i come up with.

and yeah, the ending will definitely be cleaner. that part of the video is *very* rough. i think fading it in with the white will be better than making it black background - the colors of the logo make more sense to me with a white background as opposed to a black one.

thank you, dear. :)

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