1st post...

Stop the ZOOMING! - and don't start out your video with a quick jerky shot that looks like a mistake.
It looks like all of your edits are in the wrong place, after you start shaking,moving, zooming the camera.

Sorry to be harsh but STOP THE ZOOMING!
 
I wouldn't use the shots where the camera is zooming in or composing a shot. But I'm not sure if your other shot is any better to cut to. I would use the steadier camera's footage more, and whenever there is a zoom or a camera move, then I would cut to the other cam.

You can't re-shoot it...but next time I would concentrate on keeping the camera still. There is way too much movement. With a 2 camera shoot I would have kept 1 camera wider, and had the other camera shoot close-ups, faces, guitars, etc. Then you can cut back to the wide shot whenever the 2nd camera is re-framing a shot.



The colors look great. The stage had pretty good lighting. Keep it up.
 
yeah... i know. we had(have) 3 cameras... this was the last song of the night and the 3rd camera went dead. not to make excuses... i totally hear you guys. i should have more to come with all 3 cameras. thanks for the advice!
 
Really?" Way too much movement"?

Really?" Way too much movement"?

Sounds like someone's been reading old books on "how to shoot a live concert' or something. :)

I thought it was shot well and looked wonderful for a no frills acoustic thang.

(And I only saw a few little zooms at the beginning BTW.)

Now, don't flip out. I'm busting on you guys a little, but it's all in good fun and for a purpose.
My point being:
You've got 2 guys sitting, singing, no lighting changes....basically, boring. What's a poor shooter to do?
I say move that damn camera! Zoom baby! Chop, cut, bam, boom. Keep it interesting. Why is "keeping the camera still " better?
I guess if you're talking about being a ped camera on the Grammy's, then yeah, he'd get fired. Two shot, mid shot, stay put, safe safe safe....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
But it ain't the Grammy's and that's what independent is all about
Shaking things up, taking some chances. Breaking the rules.
Movement is energy.

I say. Nice job markishereyeah.

Death to tripods!

:))))
 
I also think this would have been a bit boring with nothing but static tripod shots. The only thing that would be able to make it interesting is the music. Why not help the music out and make it more dynamic with some fun camera work? :)
 
I don't think the camera should be static...but to my eye some of the movement in the beginning was a bit distracting. I'm all for moving the camera, but some of the zooms were not "clean," and a few times it appeared the operator was bumped or had to move, and I felt these few moves could have been scrapped. It may in fact be an editing decision that I'm referring to.

I'm not trying to be defensive about my post above, I just wanted to clarify what I meant. Instead of saying "keep the camera still," I should have said "keep the camera steady." And again, I thought you did an excellent job.
 
Sacksnack makes a good point. It was all done very well, and keeping the camera alive is a great idea, but the thing to remember for next time is try to smooth it out a little. Who knows? Give it a shot, and keep putting together cool videos.
 
I thought the camera work was fine, but I didn't like being able to hear the constant chattering of the audience.
Overall, I thought it was pretty good camera work and I liked the singer.
I give it 3.8 out of 5 stars.
 
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