Constructive Criticism, Please!

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 10/25/11 at 8:58pm

I run a diabetes education website: diabeticsurvivalkit.com. One of the features of the website is a segment called "Tova's Kitchen," in which I demonstrate how to create recipes that are appropriate for diabetics and their families and are also easy to make and delicious.

I'd love some constructive criticism re: filming, angles, pretty much anything you can think of. Thanks!

Go to the above link or YT . com / diabeticsurvivalkit

THANKS, EVERYONE!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 10/25/11 at 9:27pm

Lose the cross fade edits immediately! Makes for sloppy sound. Or seperate the audio from the tape and edit seperately

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 10/25/11 at 9:29pm

Thanks! How does one do that? The only video editing software I have is what came with Windows. Any recommendations for free software that will work or ways to lose the edits/sloppy sound issues with the software I already have?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:04am

Not sure with Windows software. I use Final Cut Editing suite on a Mac. You can choose your transitions if any and isolate the audio. Poke around in your editing software, there must be a way to change the default and lose the cross dissolves. That would help the weird audio overlaps.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:33am

Yeah, I agree. The problem is that it's picking up part of your next sentence in the overlap, which sounds weird (well, because it's a mistake). If you can't shorten the audio crossfading alone, you should shorten the entire transition until you can't hear the next sentence.

Otherwise, looks fine (based the part of the clip I reviewed)!