"trailer" vid i made for our party...

[shanefontane]

fyi
i'm posting this here because the content forum still confuses me... i can't find my post when i click on the forum... so, i thought this may be better place for feedback...

ANYWAYS...
so, i am posting this for fun... i have about ZERO experience with after effects but I needed to create a little vid for youtube... unfortunately, i do not have any pics or vids of the party to work with since it begins in a few weeks... so, this is what i came up with after a few hours today... i'm thinking i could have made this 60 sec instead of 1:30 - other than that - any suggestions, thoughts etc would be helpful for the next time around...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIpMf22_xQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIpMf22_xQ

[Christoffer]

I really like the triangles, have you made them by yourself? The video is way too long, cut it down to 30-60 seconds. Skip the parts with "move your body", keep the content in the video relevant and only the most relevant information.

[alfaleader]

Less is more. But nice video and cool effects.

[asterix]

If you made that in a few hours and never touch ae before then well done mate

Agree too that less is more. If its advertising, don't over fluff it - put your cards on the table quickly.

[shanefontane]

thanks guys.

yeah, i was originally doing it at 60 sec but the song i wrote for it was not breaking in the right place for the video. and then i realized after i did the video that i could have edited down the song duh! lol

and yes - this was my first ae project done on my sunday afternoon

the animations were purchased because I just didn't have time to create my own content yet... all i did is edit them together...

[shanefontane]

ha... watching the video now... i could have totally cut it at 60 sec...

[PCProject]

praise first - top work with getting your head around the AE basics

critique second - video is too long allowing thoughts like "it looks a bit dated typographically" to develop while watching it rather than taking on the message it is carrying

[shanefontane]

Originally Posted by PCProject

praise first - top work with getting your head around the AE basics

critique second - video is too long allowing thoughts like "it looks a bit dated typographically" to develop while watching it rather than taking on the message it is carrying

thanks for the congrats...

sorry, a bit confused by the second comment... is the suggestion that i use different typography eg font faces? styles? composing? etc?

[PCProject]

any comment is based upon a subjective point of view but to me it looks a bit 80's/90's now thats what I call music Vol 157'ish sort of style

if you think it fits your target market then you made the right choice

[shanefontane]

Originally Posted by PCProject

any comment is based upon a subjective point of view but to me it looks a bit 80's/90's now thats what I call music Vol 157'ish sort of style

if you think it fits your target market then you made the right choice

yeah... we wanted a "classic" style to go along with the revivalist style house music...