New Buffy vid

[river-boat.livejournal.com]

I finished my second video recently, and would love to get some feedback/criticism. It can be downloaded from my website Dead But Still Pretty> Its not at all complex or original as far as concepts or narratives go, I was concentrating mostly on trying to do get the clips mesh with the changing mood and tempo of the music. And on trying to get to grips with Premiere ;-). I'm not especially thrilled with the first half, so if anyone *does* watch it and get bored with that bit, then skip to the second half for something completely different.

Fandom: Buffy
Vid Title: Requiem
Song: "Bohemian Raphsody" by Queen
Formats Available: Real Player (High Quality - 20MB or Medium Quality - 10 MB) Windows Media Player (Medium Quality - 12 MB)
Summary: A retelling of the story of Buffy's death in "The Gift" and her resurrection in "Bargaining".

Comments

[deslea.livejournal.com]

I can't play the RealPlayer one - it seems to be compatible only with the latest player, which I won't use (I have pro version of an older one, and the newer ones stuff up TINRA in any case). I'll try the Windows Media version though.

[kitkatbyte.livejournal.com]

LOL! I don't know if this vid was meant to be funny, but it was! The part where Willow raised Buffy was a riot. I loved how you told a seperate part of the story for each part of the song. Very entertaining! Thanks for sharing.

[river-boat.livejournal.com]

Heh, it was certainly meant to be...hyperbolical. Thanks for the feedback :-)

[melys-cerys.livejournal.com]

I thought it was fab! :-D Didn't find the first part boring at all, it's really moving. I love The Gift!!!!! :-)

[the-man-sv.livejournal.com]

I thought this was a technical wonder. That's one of the things I look at a lot when watching other peoples vids. I never would have thought to use white as a flash spacer. Tend to go with black myself. But it works so well! (meaning I'll probably have to try it in one of my future vids heheh)

I loved the flow of the actual raising of Buffy. The timing was top notch through out the whole vid.

Way to go and thanks for sharing.

[sexonastick.livejournal.com]

I loved this. Like, a lot.

As a bit of critical feedback (since I know that's what I hope for when I post, at least), there isn't very much to say, since a lot of this verges on absolute perfection. Um. There were only two areas that felt a bit off to me, although it's probably nitpicky.

When Buffy hits Glory twice, it feels a bit awkward. I think it actually has to do with how much talking Buffy does in the second shot, since it's in the middle of the sequence and there wasn't much talking leading up to that point. Also, during Buffy's actual jump/death, the timing of the cuts feels a bit strange. (Both of these are only really noticable because the rest of it is just so precise.)

But, yeah. Like I said, I loved it. (Enough to keep it on my hard drive even though I'm running drastically short on room, if that means anything.)