I often see wonderful videos of interesting places displayed here by others. I currently live in Northwest Arkansas. There are not many (any?) exciting things here to showcase. Would you take a look at this video and make any suggestions on how I might improve it? I’m open to any suggestions (except for moving).
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
I watched all the way through. I must admit there are not a lot of interesting subjects, so you have to make it more interesting than just a mishmash of scenes, circling various structures, abandoned buildings, rivers, and roads. To make matters even worse, you added a popping noise and title in the middle of the images. I was startled at the first one. No one actually cares, I think, when a bridge was built , or whatever, unless it is really historic. Let the film speak for itself. Finally, the grandiose classical music was really not appropriate, although it was probably free of royalty rights risks. As a plus, I can say that your clips are great at 3-6 seconds or so, and the overall film is not unduly long.
I would try to mix up the scenes with some lower or higher angles, add video from another source on the ground level, like your iPhone video, a GoPro or Osmo Action camera, or an Osmo Pocket. Even good still images mixed in would add variation. I think that in this countryside you have wonderful old barns, livestock, maybe a waterfall. Shoot those cows or horses or old cars up close. Or a close up off the very river you show from the air, but with the drone going along above the surface for about 100-200 feet. And there is alway your car, which can take you to more interesting venues for future filming. I routinely seek out sites as much as a one to 1 1/4 hours away. Just this last week I drove an hour from my home in Miami to Key Largo to shoot.
Remember, in photography, it is not what is before your eyes, but what is BEHIND your eyes, that makes the image.
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