New Reel

RyanT

RyanT

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Just the 1st draft of my reel. Been a while since I feel like I've really put one together.

Just want to hear what you like and don't like. I'm trying my best to keep it around 2 minutes.

password: reel

And there's one shot in there with the guy dancing in a striped shirt that still needs color grading...same with the second shot of the girl against the white cyc...needs a little help to match the other shot.
 
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I thought it was very nice. The song is one of my current favorites.

Some critiques, in chronological order. All of them are "IMO."
-Don't spend 15 seconds with your opening graphics.
-The guys running into the bathroom and slowing down make the energy of the reel drop. Save the bathroom scene for later.
-The girl against the white cyc is the least interesting scene in the reel. I'd say cut it entirely, because it's also the only thing that doesn't appear to be narrative or music video.
-The shot from under the bed loses energy after the feet have hit the ground. The feet entering is very cool, but the hand entering is visually redundant.
-The flower sniffing shot goes on too long. The shot has four beats in it: enter, gather flowers, smell, smile. Pick your two favorite and show those.
-Flowers going up to the door goes on too long too. I like the beginning and the end of the shot most, so maybe a jump cut would work.
-The rest of the reel is very strong.

My favorite parts are the running at the start, the super wide with the paper blowing, and the kids at the end. The dancing part is also quite visually interesting.
 
Good thoughts. Jeez! My titles were so long. Cut them down considerably.

I like some of your thoughts and I'll give em a shot now. The only thing I have to say is my reasoning behind keeping the shots with the girl with the white cyc in....She's some pop star type person, won american idol a year or two back. I just figure the more people I can put in my reel where you might actually know their name/face, the better. Maybe I can cut it down to only the first shot or something because the static MS is a little lame.
 

A 2nd Draft. There are somethings in here I like better, but somethings I still want to change. Getting there....
 
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Much better!

A few more things:

-The first shot of the guy singing is now too long. It's also not as good as the rest of the shots and it's in the beginning.
-The shot of the kid with the eye patch should be cut the frame before he looks up at the camera.
-The guy sniffing flowers should be cut before he begins to glance up. Right now the cut is on the very beginning of an action (opening eyes) and feels awkward.
-There may be too many shots of the scene with kids now. You still have the shot with the feet from under the bed. I liked that.

I liked it a lot more overall now. You're definitely getting there.
 
Alright, third try. A little different, fixed some of those problems


None of the music video stuff is color graded right now, but once I get an edit finalized I can take care of that...

I think this is pretty much it...feels good.
 
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Anybody else? Have a few minor tweaks, but it'd be interesting to hear from someone else.
 
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