Video feedback
- 1. Dan Demaggio
Good video, but here are some tips:
1) The audio was very un-even: I had to raise and lower the volume during the different segments. (i.e Ocean was loud, the introduction was too quiet compared to all other videos.)
2) Some of the still frames (title cards, etc) feel like they are held too long. Maybe if the still frame were interesting (a custom drawing, etc), you can linger on it. But it looks like a PowerPoint slide. You could easily eliminate them and just overlay the place name on the actual video instead. (Maybe take some footage slightly out of focus for a few seconds (where you put the title), then switch to focus, so you have one seamless shot.
Also, the title of the video "Sourcing water" and the title slide "Sourcing Fresh & Salt Water" are different.
3) Since you know this is a video series, each one should start off with a paragraph on "what is NOWA-CL". ("constructing a library of chemicals using..")
It should also place the video inside the series. This video states "To source the water for the water video" which only makes sense if you *already* know what you mean. You should explain what the goal of the video is ("In this video, I will gather some water from nearby sources.") and put it into context ("in a different video, we will distill it into 'just' water"), and possibly why you choose the places you did ("I wanted a mix of fresh and salt water, man-made and natural, ..".)
3) It could use more of a story narrative. When watching the video, there is no explanation of What this video is about, What the goal is, No overview of the tasks to be done.
It's also unclear why the video is so "long". From a narrative standpoint, it could have spent 5 seconds on each shot of you getting water, and it would convey the same information.
Instead of making the videos shorter, you could add a voice narrative over them: For example, why "water" isn't "water", Why you didn't grab tap water, Why you used a glass jug, If there are any contaminants to avoid, etc. It also helps to constantly provide context (i.e. "#1 of 4" instead of "#1".)
Chad has experience with "learning mastery" which is stuff like "tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them". That might apply here.
4) I'm wondering if the globe zoom in images require attribution? (I usually see Google mentioned, so I assume they require it.)
Here's a semi-interesting video about making root beer from scratch: It's got anecdotes, interviews, interesting camera angles, etc. Maybe there are some techniques you can borrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hONaSmNUUZE
-=Dan=-M