Broke 0 #1 April 5, 2008 I am going to the DZ to get some footage firewired to my laptop. I was wondering what edits to a video do you guys think makes a good vid, and what makes a bad video? How do you decide what music to put to what videoDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #2 April 5, 2008 QuoteI am going to the DZ to get some footage firewired to my laptop. I was wondering what edits to a video do you guys think makes a good vid, and what makes a bad video? How do you decide what music to put to what video -Cut out all the bad stuff -Use music that makes you feel good (assuming this is your own skydive). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #3 April 5, 2008 I was thinking about going with Feeding the Addiction by Suicidal. Would you just fade out the song at the end of the skydive. Usually I hate the sound of air in videos, but I figured at the end of the vid I could fade the song out while I fade that in. The rest depends on how I feel like looking at the footage.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #4 April 5, 2008 - don't use all the fades, effects etc the software has available, stick to simple crossfades, fade-to-black etc, pick one per movie. - use music that fits the movie, it's usually harder to fit a movie to a song later, so pick something with the right theme/vibe (sunny weather, having fun, fast or slow beat, etc etc), I find a track with just beats (dance music f.i.) no(t much) lyrics is easiest to edit to at first or when you're in a hurry. - START with the music track, add the video to the rythm of the music, do not just dump in the music afterwards (seen that done ) - see if your software can mute an entire audio track not just per clip, than drag the audio of the clips you DO want sound with to another audio track, this saves lots of clicking - get LOTS of video you're gonna get rid of most of it so don't firewire 5 minutes of video for a 5 minute movie, that'll usually be a boring movie unless the person filming it did some pre-cutting (like most tandemvideographers do) ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #5 April 5, 2008 Just to complicate things further I’m doing the opposite from Saskia Usually I do a rough edit of the film sequences for the entire film and as I work with this I get the feel for the music I want to have with the different clip or set of clip’s. I don’t limit myself to a specific genre, I tend to more go with a feeling using virtally anything from ‘Rob Zombie’ to ‘The Motorhomes’. However I don’t switch from extremely hard to extremely soft one clip to another. As have been pointed out before, don’t use a whole lot of clip cross fades, flip-in etc etc just because it’s available. The movie will only be hard to watch from all the effects. Less IS more! I’m still just a neewbe at this stuff so if you are wondering who you should listen to pick some of the experienced folks here (like Saskia above) .Bu most of all, have fun and feel the creativity flow “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #6 April 5, 2008 Well I have watched enpough videos so know what I don't like. I have seen videos where it looks like the person used all the effects simply because they could. I do have some video editing experiance, but that was over 10 years ago. I used to hang out with the A/V people in my HS. For editing software I am going to use Imovie.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
