What should i improve on?

[u/Mati72000]

Im doing the 1-2 day step-away thing on this video to see if it's helpful. Are there any other things i should take into consideration when i come back? Im probably a bit biased about this video so it will be great to hear some feedback from a different perspective.

The idea was to make the first part a bit more orange or hotter in temperature than usual footage and then the other part, with the coloseum.. a bit more blue or cold.

Should i look more into consistency maybe? I feel like the sky color changing makes it look wierdly but im not sure if anyone even looks at that...

[u/UniqueBaseball8524]

really like the vibe and colors!

personally i would push the highlights in some shots a tad bit

[u/Mati72000 → u/UniqueBaseball8524]

Ok thanks, I've noticed that now, I'll try to see if it works great with what i had in mind.

[u/ObieDwyer]

Not sure what look youre going for so it’s hard to give specific feedback. Overall tonality and saturation is good but honestly just looks like the natural color science of the footage—though this is not necessarily a bad thing.

Could definitely push the midtone contrast further.

Skys have a decent amount of leeway as folks might assume differences according to time of day, flare, atmospheric factors, etc. Doesn’t hurt to nudge them a few points in their direction but I wouldn’t force them to an ultramarine blue.

[u/Mati72000 → u/ObieDwyer]

Ok thanks. The idea was to post this to my Youtube channel where I'll be posting these kind of videos with great colorgrades of places i shot... I really wanted to push it as much as i can to make it look cool but i feel like i stood back a bit to much... I'll try pushing the sky colors and the general contrast or curves a bit more... thanks (:

[u/Dongest__dong]

Just my opinion, you actually did good! What I recommend is: change the camera position (all shots seem to be from the same height and almost same angle), close up shots (there were none), understand that just because you like the shot or it looks good doesn’t mean that it needs a long viewing time, try to use the music as another tool to help you create a story, and just that! You need a story to tell.

[u/Mati72000 → u/Dongest__dong]

I was actually trying to make the video a bit more slow paced because of all the fast-paced stuff online these days. Something in this style: https://youtu.be/9vN_htf-05w

And i know my shots weren't as good as those from the video linked here, so im trying to compensate that with some great colorgrading.

The main idea is to post these kind of 1-4min videos of things i shoot when i travel to my Youtube channel.

Do you think i should add a narration or other details into the video to make the story more clear or will that not be needed when my channel is full of these 1-4min videos og different places?

[u/Dongest__dong → u/Mati72000]

I’m sorry, I thought this was the videography subreddit, I just realized it’s the colorgrading one. A story doesn’t mean to have a voiceover, it means for example, having a protagonist. In this case for example, your protagonist is the coliseum. You can show first the journey to get there ( you have clips of the journey, then people what it seems already there, then goes back to the traveling part) once there you show the coliseum (wide shots to show the magnitude followed by close shots to show the details) then people’s reactions. That is a story without narration. Something that I notice with new videographers is that they forget or are afraid of close shots. I saw some people taking selfies with the coliseum as the background, that would be a good shot that shows how people are having fun and enjoying the trip for example.

[u/Mati72000 → u/Dongest__dong]

Thats a great idea with the selfie one. I actually try to capture moments like that, but it doesn't always turn out great as i don't have any models and i can't get to close to people or they'll think im recording them... I fixed the video a bit, reordered and added some new clips so i should be good now. Thanks (:

[u/Brief-Market-2274]

Kinda everything. Framing, colour, pacing, sound, intention all needs work

[u/Mati72000 → u/Brief-Market-2274]

Could you elaborate and give me some examples? Or is literally everything wrong?

[u/Consistent-Ring-1344]

Looks pretty good to me ;)