v0ltaire wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:45 am
So glad my fears were unfounded! A MASSIVE thanks to you phx as well as to senorgif2 for making and releasing this! It is absolutely mind-blowing to me how well-made it is in practically every aspect - this is easily on a professional level!
A lot of small things done to the video improves the quality. There's not one big factor which does it all.
Having a script/story in mind before starting an edit helps a lot. This means you know where things are going and what is needed. There's a source script which is much longer than what ended up in the video. The key is that you want to explain things through subtext if possible, so you can keep the monologue more realistic. Saying more with less words is better in many cases.
The single-most important edit factor is reviewing footage before editing it in, and rejecting footage which isn't going to work well. Finding the good parts of a video first, makes it easier to understand what you are working with. And if the juicy part is 80% in, you can focus on that. If you start putting it on the timeline right away, then you might focus on a different part than the juicy one by accident.
There's a wide variety in how easy it is to pull selects. Camera presence, modeling experience, camera handling, and so on matter. Some of the models are very conscious of the camera and are always looking to set up a shot. If the camera operator is aware of this, everything is easy when you want to edit.
That's the exception though. Most stuff is a nightmare to work with. Some sources are salvageable with effort poured into them. Others are simply not.
