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Need to help make a video to show at my friend's wedding on saturday. So I downloaded Cyberlink Powerdirector 10 and made something random (tried to atleast make it a bit artsy). What do you guys think? Comments from people with experience in this are appreciated. The real thing will also be a mix of clips and pictures.
First try at video editing - YouTube
Editing Pro-Tips:
No one understands your art. If you force them to notice that you want them to understand your art, they will resent it... even if they love you.
Don't try to "make people think", rather make something that "tricks people into realizing what they already know".
Subtlety is ALWAYS the best choice. When the audience realizes how clever you were after the fact, the memory will stay with them far longer.
Evidence of an editor is bad editing. A great soundtrack goes completely unnoticed. This is true for all editing.
Anything which does not support the presentation, distracts from it. A common rookie mistake is to use every possible editing feature on their first few projects. Remember that you're not trying to get them to notice that you're a great effects man, you're trying to present them something.
About the effects, I know this one but the whole point of the first try was to try out the effects to be able to make a better video later :). Now I'm doing the real video (it's mostly a retelling of our bachelor party weekend) and it's more sobre and music to fit what is seen on screen, etc. Thanks for the tips btw.
If this bachelor party video does not emulate the movie Hangover, then you need to reshoot a few scenes (perhaps using a small chinese man and a monkey).
It's gonna be shown on the wedding in front of his and his fiancee's family so I'm making it more to make him look like an upstanding guy (which he is). The thing is almost done but damn it takes a lot of work..