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- Hey guys, what's going on?
Welcome to another episode of Travel Feels Feedback,
and first of all, I just wanna say a huge thank you
to all of you for submitting your films.
There's just tons of films to go through,
and I'm starting to realize that it was actually a bad idea
to ask you guys to email them,
because it takes me forever
to go through different emails and watch each video.
So from now on, we're going to move things over to Twitter.
If you want me to give you feedback on your film,
follow me on Twitter.
Hashtag it with #TFFEEDBACK
and tag me in it.
That way, I can go through the videos
much quicker and give you guys more feedback.
So no more emails.
I will be going through still some of the old emails,
but no more new emails.
Let's switch things over to Twitter.
So follow me, tag me, and hashtag it with #TFFEEDBACK.
Boom.
And now it's time to announce
the winners of the first giveaway.
The YouTube comment that got randomly picked is from
Cezary...
Cezary Lopacinski.
Cezary Lopacinski?
Anyways, you won the free course and Cinelux pack.
Just send me an email, and I'll send it over to you.
The Twitter follower that got chosen
is KARPADORE.
I'll be DMing you with the details.
And the Instagram follower that got chosen is RYANLOWRY04.
Congratulations.
You guys have all won the new course on money
and the Cinelux pack.
An just for the heck of it, next Friday,
we're going to be announcing another Twitter follower
and an Instagram follower to win the same thing.
So if you wanna win,
go ahead and follow me on Instagram and/or Twitter.
So now that that's over,
let's get into the actual feedback episode.
So one of the things that I've really noticed lately
is everybody is trying to do the same trendy transitions,
these fancy transitions that are just all over right now.
And I'm one of those people, guilty as charged,
but you cannot replace storytelling with fancy transitions,
nor can you cover up mediocre footage
with just a bunch of fancy transitions.
It just doesn't do the job.
So the first video today is by Luke Hero,
and it's called One Day, One Minute.
And right away, the first shot here is really intriguing.
I like this first shot, and when I saw this first,
I was like, ooh, this is interesting,
let's see what happens.
But then after that first shot,
which I thought that would be the main character,
there's just basically about 20 seconds of footage
with just different transitions, and we don't actually
see that same character until much later,
and it's just a quick clip.
And by the end of the film,
there's only a few shots of the girl
that I thought was gonna be the story of the film.
And there's nothing wrong with these transitions.
There's actually a lot of really cool ideas in there,
but you cannot replace story with transitions.
To take this video to the next level,
I would have filmed the girl more,
you know, her doing her photography
and just her interacting and exploring that environment
instead of just these different random shots
of that environment and just having
those cool transitions in between.
I think the transitions
are actually kind of a distraction in the end.
Transactions on their own are not a story,
and they're not gonna keep
somebody's interest for very long.
So overall, really cool film.
I like a lot of the transitions,
but I think it would have been much better
if you would have just taken the time
and filmed the character more instead of just relying
on those transitions to make the video cool.
The next video we're going to be talking about
is by Nithin Katta, and it's called Exploring Golconda.
There's some really cool shots in this video,
and I like the color grade, but again,
right after my favorite shot in this film,
there's this zoom transition,
and it just doesn't fit the video at all.
It doesn't fit the music.
It doesn't fit the pacing.
It's just random.
So I didn't like that.
I don't think this video needs that.
But again, instead of just having these shots of this place,
I would have brought in a character
to just kind of explore and interact with that place
and to take it even to the next level,
I would have added maybe a voiceover
or even text kind of telling more about that place
or telling the character's experience of that place.
So again, cool little video,
but you do not need these little transitions.
And the pick of the day is called Bali.
It's by Jellyfish Productions or Maximilian Weber,
and here's a video with no fancy transitions,
and it doesn't need them.
It stands by itself without any fancy transitions.
The video is full of nice shots,
the color grade is really nice,
the music and the editing.
Everything fits together really well.
And in this video, there's a lot of storytelling.
Right away, we start with this beach shot,
so we know we're in a tropical place.
Then we kind of see a wider shot,
and then we introduce the character into the story.
And almost every single shot has that same character in it.
So we're carrying that storyline throughout the video.
This is a small story,
and this is what you need in your films.
I literally went through 20 or 30 even videos,
and almost none of them had any story.
It was just a bunch of random shots in a random place
and zero story or zero thought
put into the actual story of it.
It's like most people just go out
and film a whole bunch of stuff
and then they just kind of edit together all that footage
without actually thinking,
what am I trying to say with this video?
What emotions am I trying to evoke?
What story am I telling through this video?
And that's why this is my pick of the day,
because it's not relying on any fancy transitions
or any gimmicks.
It's just a nice, simple film,
but really well put together,
and it's actually telling story.
Even if you're not the most amazing cinematographer
or filmmaker, if you put more effort into the story,
you'll make way better films
than just trying to make fancy transitions.
Even in this video,
to make the story even stronger,
I would have done a little interview with the character,
maybe had her talk about why she liked Bali
or what her experience there was like
or just telling something about Bali.
That would have really elevated the story
and made it even more clear.
But fancy transitions would have only taken away,
I think, and it would have been
just a distraction in this case.
So what I'm saying is, fancy edits won't help
unless you have a story to tell.
Those edits have to fit your storyline
and they have to build your story.
So that's the takeaway.
Don't hide your lack of story
or mediocre footage with fancy transitions.
Work on the story, work on those shots,
and don't rely on just covering them up
with these cool little zoom transitions or whatever else.
And again, I'm not saying
that these transitions are wrong or bad.
I'm just saying, make sure they fit your story.
Make sure they take your story to the next level.
That's it for today, guys.
Remember, if you want feedback on your film,
make sure to post it on Twitter,
follow me on there,
tag me, and hashtag #TFFEEDBACK,
and I'll start getting you feedback on your films.
Guys, enjoy the filmmaking process,
and go get some of those travel feels.
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