[Raymond Flores]

Thanks Jerry. anyway to zoom in in the viewer that would give me the same kind of control like in the timeline? Trying to find the first frame on an hour long clip is proving difficult.

[Raymond Flores]

super sweet. This is actually the unfonted version. The guys in the video are

Mark Farner formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, pony tail, green shirt. Do a mp3 search for “I’m your captain”

Glen Hughes of Deep Purple, shades on, Stevie Wonder said Hughes is his favorite white singer

Corky Laing of Mountain, curly hair with the “got balls” shirt. My favorite discovery this last week is “Mississippi Queen.”

Paul Stanley of KISS, bright green shirt, long black hair

Leslie West, white shirt, singing lead with jason on final song. He does a renditon of Bob Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind” that is mind blowing…

Thanks for the kind comments.

[Raymond Flores]

Chris,

I rely heavily on StackTraxx for our music because our “old” collection had that traditional midi sound. I’ve taken classes on Reason to try and push my boundaries but find I’m just tone deaf and talentless in creating music. What music libraries would you recommend to add some diversity?

I’ll put B-Roll in whenever I can get my hands on it. Unfortunatly this section of the show, which takes up our first block, is really meant for quick headlines or interesting human stories. This section use to consist of VOs and VOSOTS with a single OTS told from a news desk.

Did you feel the information was coming across in a way that would actually interest a viewer? Or was it boring?

From studying “Top 10” and the like, I noticed how every.single.transition involves a graphic wipe. I’m not daring enough to emulate that yet in a military newscast but what I don’t understand is the “have a Reason” factor? Maybe its a concept I don’t understand but I chose the Morph effect merely for a visual effect… to break up the montony of the dissolves. What else should I be thinking about in terms of wipes? I don’t use wipes and dissolves for my news packages but for these VOSOT style anchor reads I thought it was all about “buffing the turd.” That wasn’t meant to sound cynical just realistic.

Your right we’ve emulated E! a lot these days. One trick we are trying from MTV is to play up our anchors as “focal” points on the show. Some composited sequences of them looking um… “grand.” when they are about to deliver some news.

Thanks for taking the time to critique our product. Its nice to hear from someone who does what we are being asked to do. Please feel free to pass this forum on to any of your cohorts for their two-cents because we can use any feedback at all. Thanks again.

[Raymond Flores]

I took your advice and tried to do the single photo/multiple layer trick. I especially liked the idea of having the photos break the square border for more presence. I tried it for our last show but I didn’t pull it off exactly as planned but I’ll keep working on that tool.
What you said about the unit insignia I found very interesting. We often have trouble with people wanting to say paratroopers from 3rd Squad, Alpha company, 2nd battalion, third brigade, 82nd Airborne Division fought their way into an insurgent strong hold…. I think taking your advice and stamping the individual segments with the unit patch is a unique and non-juice element that definitely brands the segment appropriately.
Concerning the deeper look, I’m still having trouble making our Lite Ring/Chromamatte set up work appropriately. Enough so that I stopped using it and stage the anchors on the set, like in my second example.

Thanks for the critique. I showed it to my co-workers and fellow producers and they were blown away that people actually cared enough to say what they thought. Thanks again.

[Raymond Flores]

Johnny,

Thanks for your compliments and advice. I never thought of keeping a journal for all the times I said, “Now thats what I want our show to look like!” Only to forget the next morning. I’m an adamant fan of Nat sound, the only problem, like in this case, is most of the footage comes with mixed audio complete with narration. I’m still trying to figure out how to use pan and zoom creatively. I understand how to use the effect but I still find I like 3D Warp Better sans the resolution issues. Thanks for the idea of customizing the jumpbacks with our own military touches. I like that idea and think we can make that work.

Thanks again!

[Raymond Flores]

Thanks for the input. Just the perspective I needed. Do you know anyone who has taken the future media concepts beginner and advance courses? My wife and I are planning to throw some money down to help us on our way. We’d just like to know if it is worth it.