Our videos (all short)

[Joseph_Jones]

I'm gonna start out with a TL;DR:

Hi, we call ourselves Exploding Taco Productions, we want more views so here's our videos ordered best to worst. Comments, criticism and praise welcome.

Tainted (An excerpt from a webseries I never completed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqS52w2SGw

The Boy Who Cried Ninja (comedy sketch, our best critically received)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-sMitkQe2A

Definition 3 (short foot chase movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gPmSdOJAw

There Are Zombies Outside (there are, really)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxXDqAT8jXo

Really Good At Mortal Kombat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ru4j-bS4g

Soulja Boy Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCMZomFLN4

Writing Process (only watch this if you think we're funny and want to see us **** around)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqRbdjL64_Q

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fahad]

cool. i liked There Are Zombies Outside.

sound quality is really good, what do you use for recording?

i like what you're working towards.

 

[Joseph_Jones]

cool. i liked There Are Zombies Outside.

sound quality is really good, what do you use for recording?

i like what you're working towards.

Thanks! I've never gotten complimented on audio quality before, even though that's something I've always tried to enforce, much to the irritation of my friends when I insist on reshooting something because the audio sounds terrible. That way, if the video itself sucks/isn't funny, there's something to fall back on.

I used my surprisingly good onboard camera microphone for every video except for Definition 3 and Tainted. For those two videos I used a ECM-NV1 monaural electret condenser microphone (er... shotgun microphone).

What do you think we're working towards, by the way?

 

[Fahad]

thanks for the info.

What do you think we're working towards, by the way?

a production company making short videos for online distribution that's creating a fan base (or aims to create a fan base).

one critique, though: you may want better writers (i read your other thread about that too).

 

[Joseph_Jones]

thanks for the info.



a production company making short videos for online distribution that's creating a fan base (or aims to create a fan base).

one critique, though: you may want better writers (i read your other thread about that too).

If you could let me know which of the videos had what you consider unsatisfactory writing, and maybe why, that would be very helpful, as most of our work in the future is going to be written by me, though we will be using freelance writers when applicable. The comedy sketches usually don't have scripts (improv), which explains why the dialogue in There Are Zombies Outside is slightly redundant.

 

[Fahad]

i have to say that this is only my opinion. i'm not a pro, either.

maybe it's the writing, maybe it's the editing (i.e. pacing). i'm not certain.