2 talents onscreen - Infomercial shot Makeover Tips request..

ken c wrote on 2/25/2005, 6:47 AM
Hey Vegas users, I've been on Vegas all night getting this new "netfomercial" done, what do you think?

Take a look now, it'll stream for you, at:

http://www.MEGASeminar.com

I have me and another talent, Stacy, 'onscreen' talking, cuts out too fast, at minute 2... any ideas on integrating w/chroma 2 remote clips like this?

Used a pullback zoom shot, using Vegas pan/crop, so I'm lower-resolution, so that mismatch hurts shot believability, trying to get them lined up..

let me know your thoughts, much appreciated, on how I can "makeover this video" to a bit more broadcast-quality, better ...

I'm still a rookie videographer.. appreciate your folks' voice of experience..

thanks,

ken

BONUS: Here's a 2nd video, edited in vegas:

http://www.MegaSeminar.com/affiliates.htm

feedback? thanks fellow Vegas users...

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/25/2005, 11:01 AM
Ken, looking better every pass!
One thing that caught my eye immediately is that your talent isn't looking *at* you. Identifying a target that she can look at, and doing the same with you, one that corresponds to a mapping point, will really help eliminate that. There also seems to be a lack of interaction between the two of you, but that's someone expected when you;'re shooting two screens.
At 2:50, I'd somewhat expect a different type of transition simply because I'm moving into an entirely different scene with a different presenter.
At 2:58, the incoming music is a little jarring. You might consider using a backward cymbal, fading in that hits the music's incoming point so that my ears are expecting some kind of new sound instead of just jumping to it with no scene change. That'll help bring in the lower third, too. I'd also recommend keeping that music going, although at a lower level, as you cut to the next scene so that the scene change is less obvious. You might want to consider cutting some of the upper mid out of the music so it doesn't compete with your voice.
I'm not sure about the Japanese wife comment in there, it sorta took me off guard.
A few more aural events when you bring in titles might be nice, and add some zingers to the titles. A suggestion on Stacy's second scene, bring in more music there, as the vid is getting long, and some driving pump will restore some "attitude" to the vid, especially after the fairly aggressive previous scene.
My personal feeling is that some of the scene changes could stand to go a little more quickly, they feel a little slow on the changes. Speeding the fades would help give it some attitude as well.
It's great how you've storyboarded the changes from scene to scene, turning into yourself for a better view overall. The number of scenes in the background might prove to be distracting to some, but I think it works. Your lighting and keys have improved immensely in the past few months!!!! Audio has too. You could probably stand just a tweak of more high end in your audio, but it's eons better than some of the previous streams.
I hope these comments come off more positive than negative, because it's been really a treat to see how you've progressed as you share all these streams with us. Look at some of your original streams, and look at this one, it's a monstrous difference.
rextilleon wrote on 2/25/2005, 12:51 PM
That lower third needs to be butt up against the bottom of the frame-----Its a bit disconerting to see a hand moving below it. Very nice--