Short 7 min. Documentary

I guess it was good...

But I start Chemo and Radiation next week, so I'm kinda not in the mood.

Nice to see the good 'ol Chicago lakefront though.

~DPS
 
Don't take this the wrong way but I like the subject you focused on. It was really uplifting and inspirational. The thing that distracted me from liking it overall was your chroma keying and the interview audio. The chroma keyed looked blocky on the edges and the audio sounded like you recorded it in a room with an annoying hum and didn't put in time to do some audio editing. I couldn't understand how the narrator sounded so crisp yet your interviews sounded weak. I'm not trying crap on your video, I'm just giving my constructive criticism on areas that need some improvement.

Best regards
~mmka1985
 
That's fine. I couldn't afford a mic or lighting when I shot this, so I'm aware that the sound could have been better. Those technicalities are easily correctable for my future projects now that I have a proper mic.
 
lighting wasn't bad, obviously the better you can light the better things will look (particularly with green screen work), but lighting skills seem to remain a work in progress for a lot of us whether we want to really admit it or not. the one thing I didn't like about the green screen was the plain black background that was keyed in (and this is just personal preference), a little gradient (circular seems is the most pleasing to me), or the logo, or something besides just black to break it up would have been much better. the audio was distracting to say the least. of course because the content (compelling stories) was there it didn't cause me to turn it off. this of course might be very different for people not interested in this sort of thing. obviously you understand that a proper mic is needed for things like that. it would be really interesting to see perhaps the planning/work/efforts that go into something like this, documenting the trials and tribulations of those involved, those hoping to be involved, etc - perhaps for next year :)

constructive criticisms aside, cancer continues to be a devastating disease and with 1/2 of all men and 1/3 of all women as targets something needs to be done - documentaries/videos like these, even if they inspire one person to get involved and help make a difference, have done their job. congrats on a project well done. looking forward to seeing what you might be able to come up with for next years :)

cheers,
Adam
 
Yeah the audio kind of killed it for me. And the green screen looked sort of fake, their hair looked sort of blocky. I would have preferred to just see a regular background from wherever you shot this than the black, which doesn't seem to be a super great fit for the mood (yes, cancer sucks, but this is a hopeful even, no? why not white or light blue or sth?)

Anyway, overall well done. Narrator sounds great.
 
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