Yahoo, little_chef is live on Youtube!
And your video… wow, I’m duly impressed. claps hands I take it this is your first effort at an FMV (Fan Music Video), cos if it is, it’s very good for a beginner! Most fan video editors don’t bother making an effort to match their footage to the lyrics and/or beats, much less output it in a decent video quality. Some of them use flashy transitions (I especially dislike the ‘rainbow’ flashes you see in Windows Movie Maker-made ones). I prefer a more judicious and precise use of simple editing techniques, like fade-ins, wash-outs, or at most, strobe flashes (with staggered editing, like the end chorus I used in the ‘Wall-E You Know My Name’ MV). In your case, I liked your subtle approach, and of course, the lyrics and beats matching.
I’ve left you a video comment, but one thing I didn’t have space to add was the good song choice. Again, most fan video artists just choose whatever happens to be the flavour of the month and attempt to match their footage to that, but it comes off forced and weird. You made a good decision with Britt Nicole’s number, cos’ the lyrics tie in thematically with the film, so the video came off looking natural. The euphoric electrosynth-rhythms matched Wall-E’s futuristic theme, and it’s quite catchy. Of course, if you’re daring enough, you can try to mash two disparate genres for interesting results (again, the “You Know My Name” MV was my attempt to the be the exception), but only if you believe you are able to match the lyrics and footage sufficiently to get your ‘message’ across. That’s the most fun bit of editing a music video, cutting all the different bits of the movie and lining them up with the song to tell a ‘story’.
Well, I don’t have much criticisms, other than congratulate you on your first MV. It’s not a particularly exciting, ‘mind-exploding’ MV like Neravaira or Iselin (two great examples to emulate) to be honest, but there’s a certain understated charm to its pleasantness and sweetness that I think matches your style. Which I mean to say, it’s good. Keep up the great work, it’s good that you’ve diversified into fan video editing as an addition to your repertoire of talents.
P.S. I find it interesting the album name was “The Lost Get Found”, Would make a great promotional tagline…
P.P.S. Thanks for the sub and fave! Much appreciated!