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- Hey guys what's going on, welcome to Travel Feels,
my name is Matti, and today is another episode
of TF Feedback, where I give you guys feedback
on your travel films
and I try to teach something at the same time.
And before we get into the one thing
that you should be asking yourself all the time
when you're filming and you're editing,
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Alright, so I've been watching
some more of your guys travel films,
and I think it's pretty awesome
that we can have this kind of interaction,
where I can watch your guys films,
you guys can send them to me.
I really like that you guys send me your films,
and I wish I could give feedback to all them,
but one of the things
that I was really starting to ask myself
as I was watching those videos was why.
More specifically,
why are you showing the clip that you're showing
or why are you putting these two clips
together in your edit.
I realize that it's something that I do all the time
as I'm shooting and also editing,
and when I was watching these,
I'd think, why was that clip in there?
What would they show that clip at that time?
Why are they putting these clips together in a sequence?
We all need to be asking ourself that question of why
and not just slapping things together
because it makes a really big difference.
I think nowadays there's way too many videos that
clips are just randomly placed together
and there's no real cohesion to them
or no real rhyme or reason why they're together.
But with some small tweaks,
you can have a much better storyline.
So as we're watching today's videos,
let's ask the question of why.
And the first video that we're going to be watching today is
Destiny Awaits in Tri-Cities Washington.
And it's by Chancelor Perez.
And this video's a nice little video
of some friends just hanging out enjoying their time
and I like a lot of things about this video.
I like the music choice, I feel like it fits
really well with this edit.
I like the colors, I like how windy it is,
I like how the hair is just blowing around.
It just brings a lot of life to the footage.
Some of my favorite shots were this one and this one.
But now with the edit,
there were some times where I just asked myself why.
Like this example,
at 16 seconds we have the girl that's walking in,
and then we have this guy in white behind there.
Then we go to the next clip,
and now we're behind the girl
and we see that same guy in white in front of her.
So I'm confused.
Did he teleport?
Did something happen?
Am I going crazy?
Is there two guys in white?
So there's times when you need to ask yourself,
why would I put these two clips together?
Not only in your filming, but also in your edits.
So when you were filming this,
you should've thought about maybe where that guy is placed
so you don't have the same person
kind of teleporting around.
It kinda looks weird.
But more importantly, in the edit, if
you realize that oh, man, this happened,
then just don't use that clip.
If you would've just cut out that clip
and gone to the next one,
the edit would have worked perfectly,
and you wouldn't have this teleporting problem.
So avoid the confusion,
ask yourself why would I put these two clips together.
If if doesn't make sense, don't do it.
But overall, great job on this.
I like the feels in it.
Next we have Berlin Dream.
It's by Etienne Film Edit.
And it's a travel film to Berlin and I like the intro here.
You're kind of getting prepared for the fact that
okay, they're going on a trip.
It's a little bit long, but I like that it gets me prepared
for what's to come next.
Then we get to Berlin, and I would've probably
started this part of the edit a little bit differently.
I would've shown a wide shot of the whole Berlin city
to kind of just give us context for
all the things that are to come after this.
And you give some little snapshots of it,
but you're not giving a broad context to
what's going on and where you are.
And there's a lot of really cool stuff in this edit,
but there's this moment that kind of threw me off.
The girl is walking around and then she looks up
and then there's this shot after that
of her in the mirror and she's still looking up,
so it kind of works.
But then then next shot after that
is this weird shot that I
don't really know what's going on.
It kind of looks like a rooftop, but
it's like a down angle on a rooftop,
I don't know what's going on.
And then after that,
there's these upward angle shots of these towers.
So there's this funny shot in between that just doesn't fit
and I was asking myself, why would you put that in?
What was the decision making?
I think it would have been way better
if you just cut out that one shot.
And so, as she's looking up and then you have
these upward angles of these different buildings.
It just makes the story much more logical.
This one shot in the middle just doesn't make sense to me.
So it's one small change, but it would have really helped
with the storyline here,
and you really have to be asking yourself,
this why question all the time as you're editing,
so that your storyline makes more sense.
And just because it's a cool shot
is not reason enough to just stick it into the edit.
You need story, flow, purpose to the things that you show
and the order that you show them in.
But great work on this one, I liked what you did.
And now, for the pick of the day.
It's a video by Via Libre Travel.
It's called La Vida es una Aventura.
Sorry if I butchered that, but it's a really cool video.
And it's actually one of the few travel films
that have been submitted that actually made me
wanna really go out and just travel.
And to me, that means it's a huge success.
Even though most of it is just filmed on GoPro
and then there's some drone shots mixed in,
but the GoPro works really well here.
Now I don't know if you actually thought about this
beforehand or if you just made it happen afterwards in post
but it works really well with the storyline of
wanting to get out there and experience things,
live life to the fullest.
GoPro works really great
for making you feel like you're right there.
It's this kind of POV perspective,
and it just works really well
for the story that you're telling in this video.
And even more than that,
you're talking about moments and making them count.
And each of these shots in this video
are just those moments that make you feel something,
make you feel good, give you that sense of adventure
or freedom or whatever it is.
Each shot is this unique moment in your travels,
and I really like that.
They might not be the most cinematic or perfect shots,
but there's not one single shot in this edit
that I was feeling like, why was that shot in there?
Or, I would have left that out.
There wasn't a single shot that I was asking myself,
why was this put into the edit?
And that's probably why it ended up being just a minute long
It's nice and short and sweet and to the point.
Everything fits this narrative
that you've set up in the intro
and it just works really well.
I honestly like this one a lot.
I think you guys should all check it out
and be asking yourself,
why is he putting in these different shots?
And then when you go on to make your own films,
ask yourself, why are you filming these things?
And then when you're editing,
why are you using these shots?
And why are you putting them in this order?
That helps so much with making a cohesive story
that really keeps the interest of the viewer.
Amazing work on this, I really liked it.
So guys, get out there and start making your own projects,
but really keep this question of why in your mind.
Always be asking, why am I doing the things that I'm doing?
Sometimes we just get so caught up in the doing
and the making and we're not even asking ourselves
why are we making this, or why are we putting this in
or why am I shooting this, why am I editing this?
We need to be asking ourselves the question of why.
Alright guys, I hope you enjoyed this episode of TF Feedback
and as always, if you wanna submit your films,
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