Bike Build Vlog

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Hey guys. I recently purchased an action camera and am trying my hand at starting a motovlog. Right now I'm rebuilding my bike for the 3rd time and am mainly using tools and discussing tool and bike related items while doing it. I was hoping to get some feedback from some of the garage journal board members as the forum I post my bike stuff to is a ghost town. I shot about an hour and 10 min of footage in 1080p. This is the first video of my test session with 2 more to go.

Link to my channel.

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Please let me know what you think. All comments are welcome good and bad. I really just need some feed back so I can see what direction I'm heading with this project.

Ok ChevyEFI. I think I have managed to do what you suggested and it worked very well. check out the new cut. I was able to cut Part #1 down to 13 min. It flows so much better.
I added an intro graphic and cut the pictures into the video of the color scheme. Let me know what you guys think now.

Whats up ladies and gents. Episode 1 part 2 just hit the floors hot. The editing went much smoother and tried my hand at some new effects. Check out the video and like comment or subscribe if you enjoyed it. All your feedback greatly apriciated.

Thanks for all your guys comments and advice. If you like the videos stop by the channel and leave a like, comment, or subscribe.

Ok guys I have a new video for you guys while I edit out the videos for the new tool channel. check it out and tell me what you think. If you enjoyed the video, like, share, comment, or subscribe.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWKHdWqlr4Q

 

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I see a lot of people viewing the thread but no comments. I really would appreciate any feed back you guys might have. Even if it's something along the lines of "not interested in this" or "its a good idea I just don't like they way you are doing it". Any feedback at all.

 

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Well here is the rest of the test video.

Part 2

Part 3

Again any feedback or criticism is welcomed. Hopefully at least one of you will find this type of thing enjoyable.

 

[bl00]

It's hard to watch with the camera moving around so much. Try using a stand for the camera, focus on whatever you want to talk about and record a short clip. Stitch a few clips together to tell your story. MrPete222 does it well.

 

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Thank you very much for your feedback bl00. I'm going for a motovlog style channel. The camera is supposed to be mounted to the side of my helmet but my helmet would get trashed if I wore it in the shop to work on the bike. I am just starting out with the video editing software. I have no back ground working with it and the learning curve seems to be rather high. I will keep in mind what you said about trying to be more consice and hopefully that will help keep the ball rolling and shorten everything up. Im still building confidence in this project.

 

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A tripod would be a good start. A telescoping and swiveling mount that is atttached to the ceiling might give more easy use of the one cam from several angles in short order.

While I hate it, attention spans are here to stay. For a short time. If you're doing something basic, edit so you fly right through that 30 seconds and go back to regular speed as you're talking. That's one way to cover more in less time.

And you wouldn't even have to stick with your commentary you added during the filming. Edit for brevity and clarity, then go back and cover the edited footage with a voiceover.

If you're going for a successful channel, it will require stepping it up in vid qual. and some editing time.

 

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Thanks ChevyEFI. All points duly noted. The editing you speak of is exactly what I am trying to figure out how to do with the software I have. I will give it a go on part 1 of the footage and would be glad to have your thoughts after my attempts at editing are done.

 

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Also ChevyEFI. I shot the video in 1080p and uploaded the video to YouTube in 1080p. I am curious as to what issue you have with the image quality.

 

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The windows 7 preinstalled windows movie maker is a start if you have it.

Start with clipping indiidual segments and deleting in-betweens where nothing is being done or nothing is being said. You will end up with individual clips and can easily insert transition screens with "reinforcing frame extensions" in text for 2 seconds.

Keep it simple and short.

After you have done that, you might then create an audio clip while watching the footage. Then delete the audio from the footage and insert what you did separately
This will let you focus on saying what you mean to say and minimizing umms. and other verbal fays pas.

 

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Thank you so very much ChevyEFI. Criticism just like that is what I need. Your ideas are fantastic and I will do my do diligence to put it to use.

 

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Ok ChevyEFI. I think I have managed to do what you suggested and it worked very well. check out the new cut. I was able to cut Part #1 down to 13 min. It flows so much better.
I added an intro graphic and cut the pictures into the video of the color scheme. Let me know what you guys think now.

 

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Whats up ladies and gents. Episode 1 part 2 just hit the floors hot. The editing went much smoother and tried my hand at some new effects. Check out the video and like comment or subscribe if you enjoyed it. All your feedback greatly apriciated.

 

[HairMetal]

Sorry man, but your garage is a mess.All that clutter, I can't stand to look at it.

 

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Lol its not my shop I talk about that in part 2. Check it out and let me know what I can do to improve for the next episode. I have lots of ideas already and hope to make it a fun viewing experience for everybody.

 

[Fugio]

That's a pretty sweet looking frame. But I think you forgot to install a bottom bracket. Where are you going to put the cranks and pedals now?!!!

 

[225]

GSXR Slingshot frame? Put a 06 1000 motor in it haha

 

[2oolhound]

I watched the 1st video. I see they are all down now.

1 - 1st impression was it is in real time. Real time is BORING. Movies span decades all in 1-2 hrs.

2 - You need a script, write down what you plan to do and say in an orderly fashion. You should have parts 2, 3, 4, 5 at least, all scripted ahead of time. The 1st segment should be an overall shot of the bike and give us the make, model and year and tell us what you plan to do and that's it.

3 - Make a story board with stick drawings of how you envision your shots to be during a specific procedure. This gives you your camera angles and framing. Start with a wide shot that shows everything so the viewer get oriented to what side of the bike we're on ect., then get some closeups of details.

4 - Get the camera off your head, it is too jerky and is obnoxious.

5 - get a clip on microphone to wear under your chin or even one of those $10 headphones with a mic arm, your audio is too low.

6 - Get some fabric (painter's drop cloth) to drape over the messy background so you have a clean look.

7 - Get a work bench, us old farts don't want to be crawling around on the floor, it's too inefficient and painful to watch. We shouldn't be looking down on the swing arm from the top, a 3/4 angle to eye level is best but watch out for shadows. Our eyes see a contrast range of 100 -1 but video sees a contrast range of 10-1 so shadows turn black and hide detail.

8 - Edit Edit Edit we don't want to watch you pulling sockets off a rail with visegrips or hear you trying to figure out if you need an 18 or 19 mm for the job. That shouldn't be in the video.

9 - Use narration. As long as we don't see you in the frame and can watch your lips moving you can replace any dialog with a narration track. After a rough edit, play the video and talk into your camera, recording as you read your script, then capture that audio and splice it into the video. You should be able to plug a mic into the computer and record right on the timeline to save time but using the camera and capturing will work if your system doesn't allow it.

10 - You have decent flat lighting which is good, no dark shadows but you will need to keep an eye on that if you move to a bench or shoot close ups.

 

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Thank you 2oolhound for taking the time to watch. And thank you for making me realize I should have updated the initial post with my re cut videos so that people are not confused. I have done most of the things you have said already in the re cuts and will be making my future videos with everyone's suggestions in mind. I'm just starting out and still gaining confidence. Since you watched the whole raw video maybe you could watch the re cut witch is only 13 minutes long and give me another in depth critique. I really enjoyed your insight.

 

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Hey guys I'm working on my next episode and have takin alot of your points very seriously. I hope to keep my videos in the 5 to 6 min range. Along with my next episode I'm working on a channel more pertaining to the content of this forum, Tools, how to use them, what the benefits of having the right tool for the job your doing are. I would be great to get some feedback from some of you that have watched the unedited version and provided excellent reviews to watch the edited version and tell me further how i can improve. Thanks for your time guys.

 

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Ok guys I have a new video for you guys while I edit out the videos for the new tool channel. check it out and tell me what you think. If you enjoyed the video, like, share, comment, or subscribe.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWKHdWqlr4Q