I was recording my FOTM for October a few days ago, and I was finding it too short to put to music. And for some reason I really wanted music. So, sort of on a whim, I threw some more frags and a little music in there with it, and it became 3 minutes.
This is my first attempt at a frag movie. I am posting it here so as to receive constructive criticism. I didn' t want to become like someone else around here and never release anything.
To start us off, let me list some of what I see as its shortcomings. You can then add to this list or tell me I'm wrong.
- The biggest weakness IMO is the music. It does not have much variation, and has no strong sync points. This makes my attempts at syncing not stand out.
- The intro titles are way too short. This is because i did the rest of the movie before these, and only left myself 5 seconds of music for it.
So that was pretty stupid.
- Already covered bad syncing.
- Someone unfamiliar with the game would probably not appreciate most of the frags.
- The frags are not particularly varied or exciting.
- Really terrible title, I couldn't think of anything cool :\
I guess I should also list what I see as strengths. Same as above, add to the list or disagree.
- Image quality/image correction.
- I thought the intro/exit titles were alright, except for the compressed intro, and a lack of fonts on my system.
You can find the video here:
http://pavlvs.nexuizninjaz.com/video/Octobre.avi
(108MB XviD, 3 minutes)
Your comments are appreciated. I would love to hear what I could do better technically and artistically.
