New yo-yo video...Please comment

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I shot this video on a DVX100A in 24PA, edited on Final Cut, and CC with Magic Bullet Editors 1. Please let me know what you think of the cinematography (The Look), editing, and over all project.

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PS Only one person in this video yo-yo's left handed, so I had to flip the video for the other three. One of the right handed yo-yoer's I spelled his name backwards on his jacket so it read correctly when flipped. The fun part is, people still ask me if they are all left handed or not, even a month later.

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yo that was pretty sweet. would make a cool little documentary. as for cinema. everything was pretty much static shots. i would have like to seen those freeze frame shots go in a little faster. other than that, good job. :)
 
wow maybe i'm not up to date on extreme yo yo but that was the craziest stuff i've ever seen done with one.

As far as the camera work, looked good, a few shots were a little shaky. Angles were good though, i agree with aaron on maybe having be a little faster on the freeze frames. Looked good though.
 
Looks great. The CC looks very crisp and well balanced. The only thing I'd suggest is playing more with making cuts on more than just the primary beat in the music; makes it less predictable (specifically with the titles). Great job.
 
wow, they got skillz.

You are in desperate need of a dolly my friend, some right and left tracking shots would mix it up a bit, I would also try to pull off some sort of handheld semicircle as they perform. It's just too static, fortunetly the yo-yos keep us entertained.

Great shot at the end tho.
 
Would it make sense to shoot some video in 60 fps so you can throw some slowmo in there for a real complicated shot. Also, can you get a shot looking directy down at the yo-yoer? that would ad a little variaty also.

Luke -i can't spell- Swab
 
very cool man!

maybe throw an over-the-shoulder shot in there so you can "see through the eyes of the yo-yo..er?" (what do you call someone who Yo-yos?)

:) Everyone already said what I was thinking for the most part. And I really like the idea of a documentry about that, you should definantly consider it.
 
Theguyincorner said:
very cool man!

maybe throw an over-the-shoulder shot in there so you can "see through the eyes of the yo-yo..er?" (what do you call someone who Yo-yos?)

:) Everyone already said what I was thinking for the most part. And I really like the idea of a documentry about that, you should definantly consider it.
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i believe its a yoyoician.

cool video by the way. i remember back in highschool, used to have little yoyo comnpeitions where everyone would bring in their most expensive yoyos, and yes the prices went aobve 200 bucks. but we pulled off every move in the book and then more :)

hehe good memories.

i agree with the rest tho, slight ly too static.
 
lukeswab said:
Would it make sense to shoot some video in 60 fps so you can throw some slowmo in there for a real complicated shot. Also, can you get a shot looking directy down at the yo-yoer? that would ad a little variaty also.

Luke -i can't spell- Swab
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I tried slow motion on the video I am currently working on and was not impress with it, it was not slow enough. Over the shoulder does not work as well as you would think. After making about 15 of these types of videos over the last 5 years, the angles I chose are the most striking to me--you would really have to see a bad yo-yo video to get it I think.

The one editing trick I really discovered was cutting when the yo-yo from the out-going and incoming shot were in the same place. This creates a pretty seamless edit, since your eye is following the yo-yo and not much else in the scene.


You are in desperate need of a dolly my friend, some right and left tracking shots would mix it up a bit, I would also try to pull off some sort of handheld semicircle as they perform. It's just too static, fortunetly the yo-yos keep us entertained.
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I have videos with a lot of movement, but it really seems to distract from what is going on. I've had most success with moving the camera very slowly. The main problem I have is these guys mess up their tricks a lot, so a dolly in most instances is not practical for the location and time permitting. In fact this video was done at a coffee shop in about an hour.


As far as the camera work, looked good, a few shots were a little shaky. Angles were good though, i agree with aaron on maybe having be a little faster on the freeze frames. Looked good though.
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The shaky shot at the end was intentional, it went with the music. I really enjoy finding uses for shots that would regularly not be used.


The only thing I'd suggest is playing more with making cuts on more than just the primary beat in the music; makes it less predictable (specifically with the titles). Great job.
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I am a very big fan of Chris Cunningham and I enjoy his relentless fascination with matching every beat with something visual on the screen. If you notice not only are the cuts on beat, but when the players (yo-yoers are now called players) land a lot of the more difficult tricks there is an audio cue as well. So, I'm aware of not cutting on beats, but for this project I found it inappropriate.



Thanks everyone for your input, if you would like to check out more of my videos they are at morefog.com.
 
I have seen some yo yo video's that do not do the tricks justice. This was fantastic. you can see so much of what they were doing. (If I tried one of those tricks, I would have the thing tied up in knots and probably a bloody nose.)
 
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