I’ve had a chance to look at the five videos on the recently released Sniper DVD. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to watch them all the way through but I think I got a feel for all of them.<\/p>\n
First, with regard to my own efforts, I see what Steve meant when he pointed out the “black holes.” Basically, this is what I do: When there’s a dramatic change in content, I like to do a fade to black and then a fade-in to the next part. I think this works well.<\/p>\n
However, towards the end of the vid, there were two or three of these “black holes” that just shouldn’t have been there. Simply wrong. Should have just done a cross fade in those places. What was I thinking? I don’t know.<\/p>\n
The most professional-looking of the vids was the one by Miura Takumi. Breathtaking. However, content trumps everything, I guess, and my buddy here in Tokyo who is an expert on this stuff, wasn’t impressed. He thought the style would have been appropriate for a short teaser clip but not a longish video like this was. And he had this to say:<\/p>\n
\nI thought as far as presenting a sample of one’s work in a short segment goes, Steve’s was the best…your editing job was just what was required…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Thanks for that unsolicited endorsement (ahem). Just so you know, my pal is a big fan of Shima Shikou’s and Mira Kurumi’s.<\/p>\n
One more thing: Sniper magazine says Miraclemi<\/strong>. I changed this in my previous post to MiracleEmi <\/strong>which I thought was a little easier to read. As it turns out this is, in fact, Mira Kurumi. I don’t know if this is an example of katakana <\/em>English or if this is, indeed, a name he goes by.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, we’ll all learn a thing or two as this blog moves forward.<\/p>\n
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I’ve had a chance to look at the five videos on the recently released Sniper DVD. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to watch them all the way through but I think I got a feel for all of them. First, with regard to my own efforts, I see what Steve meant when he pointed out the “black<\/p>\n