Over the Snow - Japan
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nilanjan118
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Shot this video after the first snowfall of the Kanto region in Japan this year. It doesn't snow much here and so it is usually difficult to find good snow images.
Edited with Wondershare Filmora. Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome. Cheers!!



2019-2-12
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Arnie R
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Very nicely filmed!
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You have some nice footage and interesting subject. Now I'm totally new at this, not even put up my first video, (still trying to get the hang of the drone and video editing) and it may be personal preference, but I find hard transitions on a hard beat very annoying both on my eyes and brain..just getting into the shot bam change, 2 seconds later change again on hard beat. Maybe other people love that, but I'm more interested in watching your footage than having it change every second because it has to be in time with a beat. You seemed to relax it a bit later on, but at first it was constant changes. Maybe even because of the slow tempo of the music? A fast tempo you are sort of ready for action and changes, but your video was slow and dreamy, which caused a stark contrast with the hard transitions. Hope that makes sense and you take it as just my opinion.  
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I like the way you put the video and the music together!  Nice work.
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RJB1 Posted at 2-12 20:59
You have some nice footage and interesting subject. Now I'm totally new at this, not even put up my first video, (still trying to get the hang of the drone and video editing) and it may be personal preference, but I find hard transitions on a hard beat very annoying both on my eyes and brain..just getting into the shot bam change, 2 seconds later change again on hard beat. Maybe other people love that, but I'm more interested in watching your footage than having it change every second because it has to be in time with a beat. You seemed to relax it a bit later on, but at first it was constant changes. Maybe even because of the slow tempo of the music? A fast tempo you are sort of ready for action and changes, but your video was slow and dreamy, which caused a stark contrast with the hard transitions. Hope that makes sense and you take it as just my opinion.

I appreciate you taking the time to explain your opinion in so much detail. I totally understand what you are trying to say here but I have had quite contrasting opinions on this. Some people say that they don't feel engaged if the shots are long and do not change frequently. They find it boring and would skip through the video to find something new. However, I do realise now that lesser and slower cuts would have probably suited the theme and music I chose somewhat better. Thanks a lot for your comment. Just the kind of feedback I want to continuously improve my editing.
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nilanjan118 Posted at 2-12 21:38
I appreciate you taking the time to explain your opinion in so much detail. I totally understand what you are trying to say here but I have had quite contrasting opinions on this. Some people say that they don't feel engaged if the shots are long and do not change frequently. They find it boring and would skip through the video to find something new. However, I do realise now that lesser and slower cuts would have probably suited the theme and music I chose somewhat better. Thanks a lot for your comment. Just the kind of feedback I want to continuously improve my editing.

Yep I understand that. Its like all tv now, its quick edits, shot to shot. Maybe I'm getting old and just prefer to focus on one thing at a time! lol. If you look at some of the top videos here in the competitions, they still have the longer shots. I think your footage is interesting enough that longer shots would still hold peoples attention. I guess I'm giving long explanations because I'm also trying to understand what works to make a really good captivating video. Be interesting if you did another version with longer clips.
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I just played it again for about the third time, and maybe I'm getting use to it but it doesnt seem as grating as the first time. Maybe if you took out about 15 to 20% of the transitions, it would flow better for me. It was just the initial bam bam bam of transitions that seemed a bit like overload. The first set works where you are pulling out the shot, but then more, then more again and it just started to hurt my head as I had to keep trying to keep up with it.
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RJB1 Posted at 2-12 21:46
Yep I understand that. Its like all tv now, its quick edits, shot to shot. Maybe I'm getting old and just prefer to focus on one thing at a time! lol. If you look at some of the top videos here in the competitions, they still have the longer shots. I think your footage is interesting enough that longer shots would still hold peoples attention. I guess I'm giving long explanations because I'm also trying to understand what works to make a really good captivating video. Be interesting if you did another version with longer clips.

Well I am just four months and two videos old with the Spark. Still trying to watch other people's work and learn the key elements of filming and editing. I am glad you liked my footage. Will surely keep your suggestion in mind when I edit the next one.
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nice video and good editing with the music..
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Already very good indeed! By the way, you flied quite close to JR (railway). Is there any rule or restriction limiting drone flying near it? I flied my Spark in Japan before but at areas free from highways, railways or any potiential dangerous zones that I thought so!
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fans687a79c2 Posted at 2-13 00:47
Already very good indeed! By the way, you flied quite close to JR (railway). Is there any rule or restriction limiting drone flying near it? I flied my Spark in Japan before but at areas free from highways, railways or any potiential dangerous zones that I thought so!

You are right. Japan drone regulations do not allow flights above densely populated areas. They have an online map which show which areas are populated. This however was shot in a rather small city called Kasumigaura. There are many areas here where you are good to fly.
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Arnie R Posted at 2-12 20:51
Very nicely filmed!

Thank you Second Officer Arnie
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MccloudSpark Posted at 2-12 21:00
I like the way you put the video and the music together!  Nice work.

Thank you MccloudSpark. I think I have seen you in SparkPilots.
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Flighty Posted at 2-12 22:46
nice video and good editing with the music..

Thanks Captain...glad you liked it
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Nicely done, thanks for sharing
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RJB1 Posted at 2-12 21:46
Yep I understand that. Its like all tv now, its quick edits, shot to shot. Maybe I'm getting old and just prefer to focus on one thing at a time! lol. If you look at some of the top videos here in the competitions, they still have the longer shots. I think your footage is interesting enough that longer shots would still hold peoples attention. I guess I'm giving long explanations because I'm also trying to understand what works to make a really good captivating video. Be interesting if you did another version with longer clips.
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I just played it again for about the third time, and maybe I'm getting use to it but it doesnt seem as grating as the first time. Maybe if you took out about 15 to 20% of the transitions, it would flow better for me. It was just the initial bam bam bam of transitions that seemed a bit like overload. The first set works where you are pulling out the shot, but then more, then more again and it just started to hurt my head as I had to keep trying to keep up with it.

Yep, you getting older... average millennial can't keep it's focus and interest for more than 3 seconds... that's why modern content is like 1, 2, 3, cut, 1, 2, 3 cut, 1, 2, 3 cut....
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Hi there, thank you for sharing this cool video with. Very nice footage. If there is any help needed, please let us know. Thank you.
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Nice video!
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eYeSkYeYe Posted at 2-13 08:26
Yep, you getting older... average millennial can't keep it's focus and interest for more than 3 seconds... that's why modern content is like 1, 2, 3, cut, 1, 2, 3 cut, 1, 2, 3 cut....

I saw a "One year montage" video the other day and it had 2 sec cuts throughout. Looked very neat to me. I can post the link here if you are interested.
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eYeSkYeYe Posted at 2-13 08:26
Yep, you getting older... average millennial can't keep it's focus and interest for more than 3 seconds... that's why modern content is like 1, 2, 3, cut, 1, 2, 3 cut, 1, 2, 3 cut....

haha yep I strongly suspected that. Seriously though if you look at some of the top drone videos, they don't cut this much right on the beat of the music.
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nilanjan118 Posted at 2-13 15:47
I saw a "One year montage" video the other day and it had 2 sec cuts throughout. Looked very neat to me. I can post the link here if you are interested.

Yes, the shorter the cuts, the more dynamic it looks.
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Very well done. Excellent editing
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Nice video, nicely edited
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Very nice video, nicely done, great job!
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Beautiful snow footage, enjoy your video so much. Love the last footage so much, the sun reflected on the house.
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DJI Panda Posted at 2-25 19:50
Beautiful snow footage, enjoy your video so much. Love the last footage so much, the sun reflected on the house.

Thank you so much. The video was taken just after sunrise, which explains such nice reflections. I actually captured some nice sunrise photos as well that day. Here's one.
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Excellent video and background music.
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