Something missing????

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nash
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I've created this clip for my niece, who is taking Fine Art and Photographic A levels. I have a feature on her on my website which is designed to give her an electronic portfollio (well that's what Uncle's are for) plus she does some really nice work.

She asked me to produce a montage of her work as a web clip, which I have done. I am limited to using the pictures she provided (obviously) and the music is CFM. I think its ok but I just feel there is something missing from it. I would welcome suggestions.

http://www.fastroc.co.uk/images/LC_portfolio_clip_2.wmv

Thanks in advance..............Neil

Neil Ashcroft
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1. compared to what our degree students produce on video as part of their course , it is way ahead of the pack , so should appeal to anyone having seen a lot of art students work.
2. only thing there that niggled me was the red-eye in one of the pictures. .... if intentional , thats ok.

beyond that ......... nothing missing if you don't have any other pictures to use.

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nash
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Thanks Gary, The red-eye is intentional, as i found out when I asked if she wanted it removed!

I just feel that I need to tidy the end up somewhat?

............Neil

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let me look at it again tomorrow morning , when i am a little more awake.

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Dave R Smith
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Hi Neil,
I think love for your niece has led to it being over-produced.
The purpose is photogaraphy, not an intro for a documentary/ arts program.
The flashing/spinning at the beginnining stops you fom appreciating the quality of the image. The quarted / coloured warhol style images with different colour casts worked well, in showing 'here is the same image but in different styles'.
Similarly, zooming in shows image from different perspective is good.
When white bordered image appears from off-screen -with black background, we are wasting viewers time -web users are very impatient and we are not seeing the work.
The pace of the last 20% was better with just cross-fades as it lets you focus on each image.

For the 'missing ingredient', maybe take one image and show it with different digital effects(meeting current trends) such as levels corrected/ changed, fade from colour to sepia, have b/g going into gausian blur, adding colour gradient over time etc - as if to say 'This is the starting average image' and 'This is what you could do with it for a magazine/CD cover'.
That's an idea - pretend each picture is the CD sleeve of made up pop groups, or a movie poster with a made up title, or a magazine cover etc, to show the work in a commercial context.

If 'motion' is reduced, could image size be increased with same data rate?

nash
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Dave,
Thanks, thats very useful.

I like the idea of presenting the images as a CD cover. I will pass that onto her and suggest she try it. I will have to abide by what she wants, you know what 17 year old "students" can be like when critiquing their work! .....

...Now where did I put that hard hat?......

Thanks again Dave.

Any more suggestions would be gretefully received.....Neil

Neil Ashcroft
Fastroc is Media in Motion
http://www.fastroc.co.uk
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