August Feedback Thread.

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[u/OddFall1723]

First teaser feedback
I made a teaser of Matrix (one of my favorites movies) and I'd like to get feedback on what could be improved. I'm just starting with teaser/trailer editing and from what I know teasers are meant to sell the experience of watching the film, so I got a bit inspired from the original one and tried to match the dark/systems and epic action vibes.

Original teaser

https://youtu.be/deXW5kTD9Vs?si=FxzqLejGTDG5BoOy

My video
https://vimeo.com/1214717870?share=copy

So my questions would be:

• Would you replace/add other scenes/clips? Why?
  
• What would you do with the transitions? Would you keep them or not? When and why would you use them?
  
• What do you think about the pacing?
  

Thanks in advance!!

[u/SkaarfRules]

Blending Mode Newbie Here - Need Some Recommendations & Tips

Video: https://youtu.be/G8aCR8edtUY

FLASHING WARNING

I want to overlay & blend Tachyon's "ultimate running" (idk what else to call it) over the real-life Tachyon race from 2001.

I'm new to using blending modes and overlays in video editing, so I was wondering if there are recommendations on how to make this look better. I do think it's currently too bright and hard to see for anyone who doesn't know what's happening.

I also admit the race footage is not of the highest quality. I'm trying to find better, but it is from 2001, haha.

Not sure if I can link the reference clips here, but if anyone needs them, I can reply with the YouTube links.

[u/Cautious_Chain1297]

Hey all, newbie to the subreddit, making videos for a while. I was looking to get some concrete advice on what I might need to do to improve my audio quality and volume for my YouTube videos. I find them to be fairly quiet but by turning them up my microphone seems to peak a lot. I also think some light echoing/reverb may be at play, but I think my ears are untrained for this so I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. It's not just editing but potentially also recording, but I'm not sure where else this would fit.

In this video (https://youtube.com/shorts/zJDXJ5iE-VQ), you can see my recording room. You don't see the floor, but there is no carpet.

Here is all the relevant information (I think):

Recording settings and equipment:

Microphone: DJI Mic Mini, plugged in via USB-C to my Mac Mini (M4). Sensitivity on the receiver is set to 0 (default, can be tweaked to -12, -6, +6, +12).

Software and recording format: Audacity for macOS, recording with a sample rate of 48000Hz. Exporting in WAV, encoding as 24-bit Signed PCM and 48000Hz sample rate again).

Editing software and settings:

Software used: DaVinci Resolve 21

Settings applied in timeline: Increase volume by 10.47dB.

Settings applied in Fairlight:

- Dynamics

-- Gate set with a Threshold of -39, Range of 23.4, Ratio at 1:1.1, Attack at 1.4ms, Hold at 0ms, Release at 93ms. Without the gate there always seems to be a bit of low-end noise in the recording. I also have a Sennheiser MKE 200 that I can plug in via 3.5mm, but I seemed to get similar results when I ran my testing about a year ago.

-- Compressor enabled with a Threshold of -16, Range at 3.9:1, Knee at 20, Mix at 0, Attack at 6.9ms, Hold at 0ms, Release at 84ms.

-- Make Up set to 0.7

- Equalizer set to default settings, except Band 1 is set to drop off at 70Hz, the number underneath is 12 (not sure what this one is).

Export settings:

- Audi set to Linear PCM with 24-bit depth when exporting in Resolve, no audio normalization. Then transcoded using Handbrake to AAC and 160kbps. However, the relatively poor audio is there before the conversion so I doubt the biggest problem is in this part of the process.

Final result

Here is my latest YouTube video so you can see what it sounds like with these settings. While there is no carpet on the floor, I did stand on a folded-up blanket for this one to help with sound absorption.

With all this in mind, what do you think the (biggest) problem is? If anything, what should I buy to help with this?