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phAZED and Confused
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#1
0 Frags +

My first full length frag video, with all clips supplied by phAZE from Electric Temptations. Special thanks to Kirby for his editing guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDFn0MASTBE&feature=youtu.be

60 FPS link is HERE.

Please leave all your criticisms below, I'm looking to keep improving!

My first full length frag video, with all clips supplied by phAZE from Electric Temptations. Special thanks to Kirby for his [url=http://teamfortress.tv/thread/3521/how-to-make-videos-for-tf2]editing guide.[/url]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDFn0MASTBE&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

60 FPS link is [url=https://www.mediafire.com/?ivl9cw88dau9c29]HERE.[/url]

Please leave all your criticisms below, I'm looking to keep improving!
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#2
-1 Frags +

nice vid, I like that there's not too much editing and it looks really clean, good job :3

nice vid, I like that there's not too much editing and it looks really clean, good job :3
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#3
2 Frags +

Really solid for being a first full length attempt. I enjoyed it.

As for criticisms, the most obvious one would be the in-game audio coming in really suddenly at the beginning. There were a few other times where it felt the in-game audio wasn't at a consistent volume and would feel a bit too loud. The scene at ~1 min looked really awkward as well.

It was nice overall though, if you keep at it you'll be amazing.

Really solid for being a first full length attempt. I enjoyed it.

As for criticisms, the most obvious one would be the in-game audio coming in really suddenly at the beginning. There were a few other times where it felt the in-game audio wasn't at a consistent volume and would feel a bit too loud. The scene at ~1 min looked really awkward as well.

It was nice overall though, if you keep at it you'll be amazing.
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#4
14 Frags +

sync was not good/nonexistant- you dont need to ramp slowmo everything to a beat hit but it felt like the coordination wasnt there at all or was really lazy
smooths (were they smooths?) werent good kinda felt like u did them with a joystick
songs been used and is obnoxious but i guess thats preference
REALLY dont like videos without ingame audio but i guess u changed 40 seconds into the video because whatever why not

doesnt feel like u had any discretion in picking clips like u have him miss a revved up heavy twice and shit

theres times where the song builds and has a lot of energy and ur just sitting there with a blurry screen waiting for a single frag that was pretty weak most of the time

i dont think u grasp what/how to put clips on a timeline for any sake other than the tick u marked them as because u have so much deadspace where hes runnign around or capping the cart

i guess think about what do and why u do it more

sync was not good/nonexistant- you dont need to ramp slowmo everything to a beat hit but it felt like the coordination wasnt there at all or was really lazy
smooths (were they smooths?) werent good kinda felt like u did them with a joystick
songs been used and is obnoxious but i guess thats preference
REALLY dont like videos without ingame audio but i guess u changed 40 seconds into the video because whatever why not

doesnt feel like u had any discretion in picking clips like u have him miss a revved up heavy twice and shit

theres times where the song builds and has a lot of energy and ur just sitting there with a blurry screen waiting for a single frag that was pretty weak most of the time

i dont think u grasp what/how to put clips on a timeline for any sake other than the tick u marked them as because u have so much deadspace where hes runnign around or capping the cart

i guess think about what do and why u do it more
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#5
2 Frags +

Since you're looking for criticism I'll just run over some stuff.

@0:10 I would have had the title come in as the music kicks off, the titles appearance seems sort of random. You could also have just had it earlier and start the frags then as it would fit the lyrics of 'kick back and relax'. Lastly if you had just delayed a little more the demo head shot would have been on the same beat as the trumpets at 9 seconds.

@0:16-045 Do you have some sort of effect on the footage? The brightness or colour tone seems to change a lot. And although it's not that bad here you could just cut instead of speeding up the footage. That also gives you a lot more room to cut shots to the beat.

@0:45 Looks nice but the shot lasts too long. If I was doing it I'd probably cut for each drum beat leading to the drop. Or you could have multiple frags and use the build up by showing brief glimpses of the players before they get picked. If you really wanted it this way then I'd have just cut the audio. Don't feel too pressured in fitting the frags to the music, hop into audacity and you could easily cut 0:46 to 0:51 and make it seamless.

@0:57 Just a side note but the zoom the sniper does probably wasn't intentional. But you could make it so. Just briefly cut the footage and zoom in then have a sniper over lay to the beat. Or change view models like your player is changing theirs. Hop into a green screen server and record view models and rerecord your footage without them. It's all about making your video as interesting as possible between frags. Some take this by just jamming in loads of frags, which is another option if you have the footage.

@1:08 Knowing when to cut is another thing. Your subject got the frag, we don't need to see them pushing the cart. If you want it to fill the music then just cut the music. You could easily drop a few of these verses.

@1:31 Again lots we don't need to see, just cut to the spy/heavy. Your subject has a kill streak, we'll know it's the same clip.

@2:15 Why look up? The main thing happening here is the bomb falling. Focus on what's interesting.

@2:17 If you're doing smooths hop into a practice server and record a demo doing nothing for a minute. By using the same demo as the frags you get the player jumping/crouching in the smooth.
Rest of the video is more of the same. Keep editing and just focus on cleaning up your work. Although you should be editing to the music that means more hitting the frags with the beat and less stretching out footage.

Sry for wall of text, hope some of that helps.
Edit: cleaning up typos

Since you're looking for criticism I'll just run over some stuff.

@0:10 I would have had the title come in as the music kicks off, the titles appearance seems sort of random. You could also have just had it earlier and start the frags then as it would fit the lyrics of 'kick back and relax'. Lastly if you had just delayed a little more the demo head shot would have been on the same beat as the trumpets at 9 seconds.

@0:16-045 Do you have some sort of effect on the footage? The brightness or colour tone seems to change a lot. And although it's not that bad here you could just cut instead of speeding up the footage. That also gives you a lot more room to cut shots to the beat.

@0:45 Looks nice but the shot lasts too long. If I was doing it I'd probably cut for each drum beat leading to the drop. Or you could have multiple frags and use the build up by showing brief glimpses of the players before they get picked. If you really wanted it this way then I'd have just cut the audio. Don't feel too pressured in fitting the frags to the music, hop into audacity and you could easily cut 0:46 to 0:51 and make it seamless.

@0:57 Just a side note but the zoom the sniper does probably wasn't intentional. But you could make it so. Just briefly cut the footage and zoom in then have a sniper over lay to the beat. Or change view models like your player is changing theirs. Hop into a green screen server and record view models and rerecord your footage without them. It's all about making your video as interesting as possible between frags. Some take this by just jamming in loads of frags, which is another option if you have the footage.

@1:08 Knowing when to cut is another thing. Your subject got the frag, we don't need to see them pushing the cart. If you want it to fill the music then just cut the music. You could easily drop a few of these verses.

@1:31 Again lots we don't need to see, just cut to the spy/heavy. Your subject has a kill streak, we'll know it's the same clip.

@2:15 Why look up? The main thing happening here is the bomb falling. Focus on what's interesting.

@2:17 If you're doing smooths hop into a practice server and record a demo doing nothing for a minute. By using the same demo as the frags you get the player jumping/crouching in the smooth.
Rest of the video is more of the same. Keep editing and just focus on cleaning up your work. Although you should be editing to the music that means more hitting the frags with the beat and less stretching out footage.

Sry for wall of text, hope some of that helps.
Edit: cleaning up typos
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#6
4 Frags +

domination/revenge sounds are really distracting

domination/revenge sounds are really distracting
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#7
4 Frags +

Everyone is pretty on point with what they said, however just take their critiques as something you can do for next time ^_^ Keep it up, you've got potential.

Everyone is pretty on point with what they said, however just take their critiques as something you can do for next time ^_^ Keep it up, you've got potential.
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#8
3 Frags +
MuffinEveryone is pretty on point with what they said, however just take their critiques as something you can do for next time ^_^ Keep it up, you've got potential.

Don't worry, I wasn't gunna ask for criticism and then brush it off.

On another note, can anyone comment on if they liked the color correction?

[quote=Muffin]Everyone is pretty on point with what they said, however just take their critiques as something you can do for next time ^_^ Keep it up, you've got potential.[/quote]


Don't worry, I wasn't gunna ask for criticism and then brush it off.

On another note, can anyone comment on if they liked the color correction?
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#9
0 Frags +

I liked the colour correction. Pretty clean but it could be refined to look a bit better on the dusty maps I suppose.

I liked the colour correction. Pretty clean but it could be refined to look a bit better on the dusty maps I suppose.
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#10
3 Frags +

I was pleasantly surprised at not getting raped in this video

kblair got fukt on though

I was pleasantly surprised at not getting raped in this video

kblair got fukt on though
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