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MichaelJames

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 06:28 AM Link to post

I managed to finish a rough cut for a intro to a webseries I am developing. Would love some feedback on anything and everything.

Edited by Simon K Jones, 30 July 2012 - 08:50 AM.
Reason for edit: If you click the 'share' button on YouTube and paste that URL in, videos will embed nicely like this. :)

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 12:51 PM Link to post

Is it going to be a Heroes / Alphas type series?

I thought your use of particle deflectors for the ground was excellent. Also very creative use of the leave color effect. But I think the the sparks would be more believable if they faded more quickly. It might also be worth thinking about desaturating them, depending on the look you're going for. Maybe if the sparks desaturated quickly, it's help make the shot more uniform.

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 05:58 PM Link to post

Yea control is Heroes meets Fringe. Heroes and Fringe always seemed like 2 sides of the same coin. Fringe was the governments side, and Heroes was people with abilities side.

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 03:19 AM Link to post

I went back and edited the video. I like it better so i deleted the link to the old one. Comments, criticism, advice?

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:07 AM Link to post

Since I am up like 20 hours a day I decided I had the time to make an Alternate Version

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 08:11 AM Link to post

GOing to reedit it to use the beam textures that Axel used. Looks way better.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:30 AM Link to post

I went back and edited the trailers based on some of the feedback
Here is the New Trailer



Here is the New Alternate Trailer

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 10:21 PM Link to post

Just shot my first real short film Justice. Going into post production. Love hitfilm... love video copilot.

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 10:55 PM Link to post

Very interesting. :smile:
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 07:54 AM Link to post

Gonna post the video when I am done...

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Posted 10 June 2013 - 08:19 AM Link to post

Heres the first test video for Justice that I am posting.  My first really color grading.  Since I am not going to use Sony Vegas' integration with Hitfilm any more I should be able to get the original effect shot that was intended where the warp by her hand is a displacement and not a weird glitch look.

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Posted 13 June 2013 - 12:32 PM Link to post

Here is a longer cut of the short.

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Posted 14 June 2013 - 01:39 AM Link to post

Well, you've peaked my interest. I like the subtlety of some of your effects use. The only critique I have is the use of the lightning in one shot of Spark Plug. The one emanating from the left hand at the 57-58 second mark. The one in the right hand goes off screen and looks great but the one from the left hand has an end that hangs in the air for a moment. Perhaps extending the lightning off screen would give the shot some continuity.
Other than that- keep up the great work!

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Posted 14 June 2013 - 02:04 AM Link to post

Thank you

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Posted 14 June 2013 - 07:06 AM Link to post

Intriguing, not sure what to make of this, but I like where its going. Keep up the good work!
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