A teaser/demo of my Sedona documentary project.

That's great.... you do have some really wonderful shots in here... total demo reel material. My feedback is that the shots are held way too long and it's not cut with the pace of the music. Some of the shots are also too shaky and not of the same quality as the rest. It has a somewhat disjointed quality due to the edit and the music.... It seems a bit more like an assembly than a tight demo or teaser..... Nice shots nonetheless but I'd be thinking of tightening it up and cutting some of the shots that don't make the grade... Also think the opening shot is really nice but it doesn't need to be 25 seconds long... That's an eternity on the small screen.
 
Some purty scenery in there! Though, Justyn hit the nail on the head...this is more like a footage stringer, and not a tightly crafted promo. I would consider re-crafting it a bit if that's its intended purpose.
 
In all fairness, he did say it was "raw footage." I guess I assumed it had been edited together pretty quickly just to show the footage. So I am evaluating the footage itself, rather than any editing technique. And it is wonderful footage!
 
amazing that you got so many shots of wildlife!
(esp. the wild pig)
thought many shots were exposed incorrectly or inconsistently.
hopefully you can color correct and at least even out the lighting across the length of the movie.
 
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! i really appreciate it.
i'm just getting started at this, i have a lot to learn.
it was shot in 1080 30p btw.


My feedback is that the shots are held way too long and it's not cut with the pace of the music. Some of the shots are also too shaky and not of the same quality as the rest. It has a somewhat disjointed quality due to the edit and the music.... It seems a bit more like an assembly than a tight demo or teaser..... Nice shots nonetheless but I'd be thinking of tightening it up and cutting some of the shots that don't make the grade... Also think the opening shot is really nice but it doesn't need to be 25 seconds long... That's an eternity on the small screen.
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Yeah... it was a rather crude first try and very rushed. some of the shots are shaky because we still don't have a fluid head, i know i know! we're gonna get one soon, the economy has been bad.

Definitely gonna tighten it up, this was mainly just to show family and friends, and peoples like you on the internet.
i'll prob end up making multiple demo/teasers as time goes on.

thought many shots were exposed incorrectly or inconsistently.
hopefully you can color correct and at least even out the lighting across the length of the movie.
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noted, since i'm dealing with all natural light it's a little tricky, but i'll work on it.

once again, thanks everyone for checking it out and responding, i'm a sponge for information so feel free to say whatever's on your mind.
 
Great footage, Irvineimages! Personally, I like the long, lingering shots. There's not enough gazing going on in the digi-generation. We're impatient.
I'm trying to decide on my next upgrade from the dvx100B to. . . .150/175/200. I do nature stuff, as well, and your footage tells me that the SDHC/AVCHD format compares favorably to what you'd get from the HVX200/P2. Your thoughts?
 
if budget is not a factor, go with the hpx170 and a bunch of P2 cards.
otherwise, the hmc150 with a handful of $40 16gb (100 minutes of 1080p) memory cards will live up to all your expectations for less than half the cost.
the hmc is the HD dvx.

personally, i prefer to be running around the wilderness with cheap and lightweight sd cards with the convenience of long recording times than to hastle with using up my astronomically-priced P2 cards after shooting only 20 minutes waiting for that eagle to catch that fish or whatever only to miss the money shot and have to hike hours back to civilization to dump my cards.
 
Love the shot at 1:24... did you guys get caught in a little flash flood?

Like averan said... run and gun shooting with several SDHC cards is about as convenient as it gets. I usually bring along my Dell laptop with SDHC reader, and if needed, unload the cards onto the laptop and back them up on an external drive.

We were at Rocky Mountain National Park this summer gathering some stock footage and I remember several times where having to unload/swap out a P2 card would have left me without footage. As the sun was coming up, we encountered a HUGE heard of elk making their way down from a pass... we shot almost 50-min non-stop on a 8GB card. Gotta love the long record times!
 
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