Velociraptor

Psychosomer

By Velociraptor

   on Sep 28, 2009
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Concept Reviews

  • Eric Granata

    Eric Granata

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 2
    1 Vote
    Recapture Audio

    Posted on Sep 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    I could only watch the first few minutes (don't have the time for 7+, sorry). Here are some thoughts:

    1. The audio throughout what I saw could be improved by using a shotgun mic or ADR.
    2. The voice over, likewise, should be recorded with something other than the on-camera mic if possible
    3. Some audio transitions between the stock footage in the intro would help things along.
    4. Headshot?
    5. The explosions that took you six hours are pretty unconvincing. I don't know what you could expect to achieve using your budget, resources, etc. A for effort, though.
    6. The cast member's names dissolve to quickly after the fade in. Can't get some of them read before they are gone.
    7. The blur effect might be more effective in communicating that something is wrong with the woman if it was done with a POV shot.
    8. Motion tracking on the blacked out eye could be improved.
    • Velociraptor
      Velociraptor commented:
      Posted: on Sep 29, 2009 at 6:16 PM

      thanks for the review! I totally agree the POV eye thing would have been so much better and easier! I'm kicking myself in the back of the head for not thinking of it before. The explosions were really tough, along with the tracking because I did it all in FCE 4. I'm still looking for a reasonable plug-in (unfortunately my budget is zero so I have to find something like under 30 bucks) for motion tracking. Anyway this is very helpful for future projects, hopefully I can rent out some clip on mikes for my movie this weekend.