JR alli reaction
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it. I don't know what the heck that is. I'm a weirdo. Straight up. Today we're going to
analyze and review Egypt like never before by J.R. Lee.
It is edited beautifully. The cinematography is great. And J.R. Lee is an amazing filmmaker.
So I felt it would be prudent to kind of analyze his flow, how he does certain things, and
to take an in-depth look at this video in particular. So without further ado, let's
jump into it.
That's great. I'm already going to go back.
So you'll hear a riser. Right here, he adds this like riser sound and then blends it in
with these quick shots that he has of him in Egypt that are very fast paced. He also
puts like this VHS overlay over top.
You see that as the sound effects of the horses, which he adds for sure.
Right here, most likely he's using a Luma fade over the dark parts of the image, which
is why you cannot see these images he's flashing over top of this highlight or the white part,
it's only the dark parts that you see these images flashing, which is why even on himself,
since he is dark in this shot, it is showing the images.
This is great to. Beautiful. So let's go back and let's take a look at this.
So what he's doing is the camera operator is falling with him. So as he's falling back
in the bed, the camera operator is falling at the same angle. So he's going down most
likely on the side of the bed. And then what he does here, almost as he uses what looks
like a graduated mask at an angle. So then he fades it up into the desert. And then what
he is doing here is he's just doing it in reverse. So he has the camera. He's walking
backwards in reverse. He is the camera operator falling with him and he's falling back into
the sand right here. And then he's using that graduated mask. It's really well done.
So he was walking backwards there. He made it look pretty good. Wow. Yeah, that's amazing.
He's doing a little sky replacement right here. Great shots. I also love the music video.
Nice to be. Wow. So the VHS overlay. He does it again here. But what he's doing is he has
the shot of the kids, right? He's masking out to the TV. And you'll notice it's a mask
because it can see in the frame that he the mask is imperfect. It kind of overlays goes
over top of the frame of the TV here. He does a great job. I'm not knocking him at all.
All right. There you can see he didn't do a perfect job there. It almost comes off the
frame, but he masks it the whole way out. So even when he comes back here, it's still
in the shot. It's it's Chris. Super creative. He he's a pro at.
He matches those two shots there with sound. So listen to this. Drinks it, it's kind of
like a sound. And then you have the ropes that the guy is pulling. Let's go back one
more time.
Froome's that is one way to make a great travel video is to match each shot according to sound
composition, light color, subject matter motion. Anything that you can use to connect to random
shots is a great way to make things flow much easier. So I notice watch, he does this a
lot where he is. He like blurs the two shots together. So right here I'll go frame by frame.
Most likely he's using like an adjustment layer over top and then adding some type of
blur effect. So he blurs those two shots. It almost connects him in a way. It's like
a very small transition.
And of course, listen to the sound effects, I mean, sound design is so important. Yeah,
that's incredible.
Right here. Wow, look at that.
So what is doing here, I believe, is I think this l_e_d_ light is actually in the shot.
I think what he's doing is he's masking out that l_e_d_ light is using his exposure sliders
and turning the highlights down and then up and then adding in that kind of like glitchy
L.E.D. sound effect. But with this tool, too, I believe he's using a program called M Flare
by Motion VFX. And then he is tracking it on the headlights of this tuk tuk. It's really
great. It looks really, really well done.
Everything's starting to pick up. Music is building, which means the shots are picking
up. Wow. That's great. Let's look at that.
So he has the hyper lapse into these what looks like egg lanterns. And then he is masking
out the inside of this mirror. He has the shot, the drone shot of him driving in the
desert. And then he uses like his iconic zoom glitch that and it pulls him to the next shot
of him driving in the desert. That looks so fun.
You know, it's so fun. I want to go to Egypt. Even right here. What's this?
So he blends these two shots together. The subject matter is the same, you both have
you have hot air balloons in both shots. But as far as like light and color and the more
I guess motion is the same. But as far as like light and color, not really the same.
So what he's doing here is he is adding this flame just on the bottom corner of the second
shot that you can see. So a bit tricks your brain into thinking that these two shots are
connected.
Wow. Right there. It shows the shot of the hot air balloon.
I'm sorry, the shadow of the hot air balloon. And in the same location. So your eyes don't
have to move much. He shows another hot air balloon.
Wow. Maybe he's using a Luma fade there and fading out the bright parts of the image.
I honestly have no idea how he does this.
If you guys if you guys know, maybe it's something in Premier in Final Cut Pro ou're, I don't
know a way that you can do this other than, say, masking out the outline and then and
then manually using your exposure sliders to bring it up. But that would take so much
time. So if you guys know, show me a comment below.
I'm I'm curious right here. Sorry I keep going back, but the editing is on point.
So these doors he adds in because they don't look supernatural. He just adds this very
bright white light that kind of blinds you. And then also it brings the focus in on him.
But you'll notice they are masked because if I go frame by frame here, look at you see
the doors in the corner right here? Yeah. On the left side, you can see through that
mask. So he's just tracking those doors as he's coming through there. It's a really creative
and done well, but there's no way to fill in that gap, I suppose. And then that is.
Oh, how did I prolapsed through? Beautiful.
Does those glitch affects a lot? That's how it is known for. Notice your eyes don't move
much. They stay in the same spot on the screen and he makes sure that the subject matter
is in that center.
It's really well done and extremely well. I did it. He is one of the best YouTube filmmakers
out there.
That is a beautiful video and I hope I was able to shed some light on how he did things
and why he did certain things. I hope you guys have an amazing rest of your weekend
and I look forward to seeing you guys next week. If you enjoyed this video and you liked
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