video critique 8

M.I.A Bad girls music video

Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yuqxl284cg

I liked this music video (youtube) because of the shots and colour control. It was a neat video, and the middle eastern music was really catchy.

I liked this establishing shot because it sets the scene clearly. It shows that it's somewhere in the desert, and it automatically makes me think of the middle east.

I liked the colour control in this, pale shades of yellow, creamy white, light cargo brown.

I liked the framing of this shot, a horizontal line right in the middle

neutral shades of great and brown.

I liked this shot because of the lighting in the car, it seemed out of place because they're set in the desert, and the lights in the car are kinda fluro- gives it a future feel to it.

video critique 7

Crazy hands
By Charlie Graley
Theme : growth
Live-action
Duration: 7min
Byline: A man wakes up to find his hands have taken on a life of their own
 Source:http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2011/07/04/crazy-hands/

This video has dark colours mostly shades of brown, yellow, black, and white, sort of like an old movie- probably to set the scene...

Mid-shot of man in olden day clothing... Neutral colours, nothing bright

outside the white house doesn't look white- Lighting?

I liked this shot because of the murky effect, smokey, dark, sharp, but still blurry.

I loved this wide-shot because there was a lot of negative space but it still worked, also following the compositional rule (thirds)

 

The low key lighting in this mid shot was nice with a deep depth of field as we are able to see everything in the shot

I thought this was a cool shot because everything is so darkly lit, but the piano keys are still quite prominent.  

video critique 6

Terry Tate Office Linebacker
By Rawson Marshall Thurber
Theme: Life and Society
Comedy
Live action

Source: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/01/31/terry-tate-office-linebacker/
Byline: a retired nil linebacker is recruited by a corporate firm to maintain order in the office, from the -directer of dodgebball.
I thought this video was funny, it was weird to see a line backer, and is actually able to keep up in the office intellectually. It was cool to see him in his element, when he'd switch of the NFL alter-ego, smiling.

I thought this shot was cool with everything in neutral tones of blue green except the coffee jug, completely red.

The lighting sets the scene in the officer really well with its blue tones, and then here again the red stands out.

I liked this shot because with the low key lighting, the lamps in the background gives the homey feeling to an everyday office.

I like this shot because again the low key lighting is effective, and the reds stand out alot

lighting exercise

Me, Sam. and Rimal experimenting with light.

video critique 5

Bruce Lee Played Badminton too
By Corrie Chen, Anna Kojevnikov
Duration: 14min
Australia
2014
Byline:As a chaser to all the dark and heavy stuff we tend to feature on Short of the Week, I present to you Corrie Chen’s Bruce Lee Played Badminton Too—a charming, comedic fairy tale about a chubby kid with athletic dreams and a penchant for ill-fitting tennis wear. Unlike so many films of a similar ilk—where humor only appears in the darkest shades of black—Bruce Lee’s offbeat and light comedic stylings feel practically subversive. 

Source: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/01/07/bruce-lee-played-badminton-too/

I liked this video because it was a fun little comedy.

I liked this shot because of the low key lighting with the spotlight on him. I though it showed him "being in the zone" quite well.

I liked this shot because with the low lighting, in his get up, he was still visible.

this shot has contrasting colours, yellow and blue, and his t-shirt is slightly tainted yellow, giving the tungsten light effect that is akin to a normal sitting in your own dining room

I actually like this shot just because there was hollywood styled lighting to me, in a way that if i were to try and recreate the shot, i would've probably over exposed it- theres a lot of white, and it could've been off but it wasn't. The posters in the background shows his thoughts towards badminton- akin to a tween liking Justin Beiber.

First cut up video

I had no idea what video to cut so i just went with the constellation video...

Colour controlled video

I chose to go with shades of blue, because that was the colour of Kim's top, the curtain, the chair, and hints as well as dark purple outside the window.