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Brooks Institute Student Portfolio Music Video Shot on MX Sensor with Ultra Primes

Does it really suck that bad that no one commented on it? Is it amateur...please rip it up i need criticism or praise....anything will help, no reply makes me feel like you all think its an abomination
 
I am not a pro but that seemed good story telling.
Good Luck for your projects!
 
I didn't even see this post. Now, I am not very experienced, but I have some or maybe enough to state an opinion I hope. There are some really nice shots in here, but to be 100% honest, its hard for me to get past the music. At least to me it is really cheesy. But this is not something that you can change by any means, but it automatically made it hard for me to enjoy this video. I can see the plot you were going for but...honestly, the actors/actresses seemed a little, inexperienced which was pretty hard to look past for me, but in most moments they seemed to do a passable job, so this was not a terrible problem. The father looking over in the beginning shaking his head at the son burning the food 3 times had some cheese factor. I do like the idea with the note passing that you had, with the paper airplane, but it kinda felt like it took a little too much time to get to the delivery of the note, because you cut to the singer for a good chunk of time, so you kindo loose the flow of the story briefly. And from a story telling standpoint, i dont know how the girl would know to open up a paper airplane to check whats inside without someone telling her to open it, like the little girl who brought it over. I do like the rude roller skate attendant. That was pretty well executed. I am still kind of lost as to why the female skaters at the rink are circling the stars of the video. Was there a reason I missed that they were intimidating the main characters? And then some girl pushes the guy down, I didnt see a motive, was she interested in the girl? or was it an accident? I really like the dinner seen, cute, and fun. The Dusk shots were really nice. The home theater idea with the bedsheets was also a nice touch.

But honestly, the singer kinda bothered me, he had some intense goofy looks he was giving the camera that made it feel a little awkward at moments. But there are some really nice looking shots, your DP did a good job.

I really hope this didnt come off too harsh, I just dont like to sugar coat anything too much. Fact is, we do, we learn, we move on and make things better next time. I dont think this video is a loss, this is a student film so thats not bad for a student film. Keep it up! Keep at it! Looking forward to seeing more!
 
Thanks for the reply, I am open to the honesty and appreciate it, the song and video are cheesy, I fully intended this, The song has a very eighties feel, the DP did do an amazing job. The roller rink attendants were siding with the one girl who has interest in the female character, she also shoves him because of this. It was not shown that the airplane had writing on it, I dont have enough time to convey all that, it was tough to squeeze this story in, the Singer did a good job given he does not perform live very much, he does look slightly akward at times but never to a point I felt it took away from the song. I am very glad you posted your thoughts and again I appreciate it, Thank You!
 
I watched it with the sound off. Your shot selection and editing was nice. I liked how close you were to the characters, without getting ugly distortion, creating a sense of intimacy. The lighting was high key and gave the piece a light romantic comedy mood.
Don't worry about the song, or the actors, when you're in this business your job is often to polish things. Well polished. I'd like to see what you could do if you had some real money to spend.
 
Thank You Mark, I can only hope I will have a real budget one day! I am working at it and hope to break into the industry, Im a DIT by trade but these low budget unpaid directing gigs sorta fell into my lap. Thank you very much for the support and vote of confidence!
 
Hi Joel,

Technically speaking pretty darn good. Some choppy edits and maybe a few too many frames. Lighting is a little off here and there. Keep at it man! Take all the gigs you can get as nothing equals experience and a helpful Red site.

Cheers!
 
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