I'm still not sure how to respond to this. Where do I start?The camerawork is lazyThe editing is near non-existent. It looks like you just plonked raw footage onto a timeline and then added some musicThe sound design is incredibly lazy. No attempt to hide any distracting sounds that your camera picked upYou stumble over your words a lotYou repeat some things a lotYou really couldn't find any suitable sound effects?Your commentary is dull and not captivating in the slightestThere's no attempt to actually animate anything. Instead, you just manhandle your toys on camera and hope the audience is immersed anywayThere's no attempt to disguise the fact that this is taking place in someone's bedroom/living room/basement/torture dungeon, but the audience is apparently meant to ignore thisIt may sound harsh, but it felt like a chore to watch these videos.
You may want to try it on RA2, I appreciate the enthusiasm shown by you though :)
ALERT- Another WS coming up...
I'm fine with hugging reier
don't get offended here.bro I know it's hard to hear, but Knight is 100% correct. I'm not saying this to be mean. His notes are valid. Your videos need a lot of work if you want them to be entertaining.and don't say "don't watch my videos if you don't like them", because improving your videos will make more people WANT to watch them. You just dissed off Knight's advice by saying "oh I do this my way"... which, you know, is fine, but don't use it as an excuse to not improve. As it is, it's just a person moving toys on their desk :/Please don't use this criticism as a reason to be bitter or not post any more of your videos though, use it as a reason to grow and improve in your videos. Like I said, I'm not doing this to be mean. I wish you the best man. :)
Knight brought up negative points, not what could be improved.
I'm still not sure how to respond to this. Where do I start?The camerawork is lazy Try to improve your camerawork, maybe set up different angles the way the Lego robot wars guy did it?The editing is near non-existent. It looks like you just plonked raw footage onto a timeline and then added some music Maybe you could try searching for some tutorials online, I'm sure there are plenty for whatever editing software you choose to useThe sound design is incredibly lazy. No attempt to hide any distracting sounds that your camera picked up You could try not recording everything at once, and record the commentary and video separately. Then you can mute the video sound, and use sound effects instead. I'm pretty sure on the original Robot Wars JP wasn't watching the fight live as he did his commentary, although maybe someone who knows for sure could correct me there.You stumble over your words a lot Maybe you could have a script before you start so you know exactly what you want to say You repeat some things a lot Again, try using a scriptYou really couldn't find any suitable sound effects? Search free sound effect websites (maybe freesound.org off the top of my head, or even the sound effects from DSL might work)Your commentary is dull and not captivating in the slightest Again, a script might be useful. Maybe have someone read it over and give feedback before you record it too.There's no attempt to actually animate anything. Instead, you just manhandle your toys on camera and hope the audience is immersed anyway Stop motion can be done very well. Yes, it takes time, but if you genuinely care about the quality of what you're producing then you should be prepared to invest some time in it. If it does take longer to make a video, just put out videos less frequently and work for longer on each videoThere's no attempt to disguise the fact that this is taking place in someone's bedroom/living room/basement/torture dungeon, but the audience is apparently meant to ignore this Try and set up some backdrops to enclose the area you're filming in.
Quote from: Reier on July 01, 2015, 09:22:03 PMdon't get offended here.bro I know it's hard to hear, but Knight is 100% correct. I'm not saying this to be mean. His notes are valid. Your videos need a lot of work if you want them to be entertaining.and don't say "don't watch my videos if you don't like them", because improving your videos will make more people WANT to watch them. You just dissed off Knight's advice by saying "oh I do this my way"... which, you know, is fine, but don't use it as an excuse to not improve. As it is, it's just a person moving toys on their desk :/Please don't use this criticism as a reason to be bitter or not post any more of your videos though, use it as a reason to grow and improve in your videos. Like I said, I'm not doing this to be mean. I wish you the best man. :)Sure, I can take advice, if it constructive, but Knight brought up negative points, not what could be improved. I do indeed do this my way, and I'm not changing that statement in any way. BUT I AM open for advice, if it sounds more like what jaydee99 said. Bringing up negative things won't really "cheer" me up to do anything to change what I am doing. Sure, if you read this Knight, please tell me what I can do to improve my videos, I would definitely appreciate it.