Secondly I'd like to give a massive shout out to chex whom I only had to threaten his life ONCE for him to judge all these videos with me. Man, what a champ.
Lastly the results were uber close and tough to judge, other than that. Here's the results.
checkerz wrote:Entry:
Stephane Guido
Flow: 6
Quality: 8
Creative: 6
Average: 6.66
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall Score including bonus: 7.0
Comments:
The riding portions of this video are mostly epic. First shot of the dualies scrub earned the bonus point. Beginning had too much slow-mo scene shots before any action - I would normally have clicked off the video before any riding started. Luckily I stayed, because the riding stuff was awesome. Again, more slow background shots mixed in really knocked it down a touch for me. Transitions and angles were rad.
Entry:
NoFear345
Flow: 5
Quality: 6
Creative: 4
Average: 5.0
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall score including bonus: 5.0
Comments: Well made and nothing stood out as "poor"; however, nothing really excited me about the video. It was a single rider out pounding laps and not really doing anything overly exciting. Some wow moments or more unique angles would've helped raise this one up. A quality video, but didn't stand out for me.
Entry:
Squidmob567
Flow: 5
Quality: 5
Creative: 8
Average: 6
Bonus "Sick": 1
Overall score including bonus: 6.3
Comments: The concept and intro was great, including the title into the end. I wish the concept was taken further with more old riding and footage, the zoomed shots of the "up to date" gear and bike was sweet, but would've loved the retro stuff to have the same amount of love. Also, it would've been okay to have a "middle" year, but not needed. There was a lot of "skipping" which hurt the quality score and flow score. Definitely a bit heavy on the slow mo shots. A few banging clips, but the slow mo and "average riding" stuff left my ADD struggling to focus on it. Heli shot at the end felt forced, a great idea but wasn't a banging shot and was tagged into the end of the video. Sprinkling in earlier would've helped. Bonus points for the sweet black/white old school MXS shots in the beginning. Quality score was also helped by the graphic overlay work, great stuff.
Entry:
manii20
Flow: 8
Quality: 8
Creative: 7
Average: 7.66
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall with Bonus: 8.0
Comments: Well made and executed concept. Filled with banging clips and sweet angles. Bonus points for some sweet angles of the scrubs and this video would sell me on MXS if I saw it. Ending was a bit abrupt but everything else flowed really well. Really liked the first transition into first person. Bike sitting alone on tracks shots at the intro were a bit odd, but didn't detract from the video or realism. Realism was sold well. Great entry.
Entry:
Tommysergi
Flow: 8
Quality: 9
Creative: 8
Average: 8.33
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall with Bonus: 8.6
COmments: The effects and color correct on this were bad ass and helped add to the realism. I liked the longer clips versus just banging through a bunch of shorter ones. Banger clip was definitely the scrub pass on the hip double near the end. Music was great and edited to very well. The spinning track shots matching music was great.
Entry:
CrossflowRacing#16
Flow: 8
Quality: 5
Creative: 8
Average: 7
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall with Bonus: 7.3
Comments:
Concept was sick, music and editing to it was great. Kept my attention the whole time. Great job making freeride in MXS look "big" but realistic. Quality was dropped because you used shots showing the edge of the map and a skybox that doesn't match at all and the roost color - which roost is extremely important for a "dunes" video - was way off. Definitely enjoyed this video and the paddle tires and blank graphics helped sell the feel. Bonus banger shot was definitely the large huck at the beginning. Again, looked massive but not so big that it wasn't believable. A bit more polish on the video and the environment and this thing could've easily won.
Entry:
Wesleyproracetv
Flow: 7
Quality: 5
Creative: 8
Average: 6.66
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall with Bonus: 6.6
Comments: The concept was cool, environment and mix of real shots from the video and riding shots was great a great idea and addition. For me, the riding shots were very blah, and slow mo was overdone on top of that. Execution on the riding and shots of the riding held this one back a touch. Still an above average video.
Entry:
AHeckman2
Flow: 8
Quality: 8
Creative: 8
Average: 8
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall with Bonus: 8.3
Comments: Great riding, well edited to music, and cool shots of both jumps/turns/etc. A bit overkill in the center of the video of shots with just the sky in the background, but some of the transition quick banging shots and great mix of short and long clips made this thing really pop for me. This video was a complete package and makes me want to pick up the controller and play.
Entry:
GuilhermeMX94
Flow: 5
Quality: 5
Creative: 5
Average: 5
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall with Bonus: 5.0
Comments: The video would work okay to show off a lap around Muddy Creek, but there wasn't really any "excitement" for me with this one. It was just a rider running laps and showing the track in pretty standard angles. Not overly tied into the music and no "holy shit that was aweosme" shots. A better mix of short/long clips and close and far angles would definitely help. I would love to see you break out of your comfort zone a bit and try some new things.
Entry: Cry
Flow: 6
Quality: 7
Creative: 6
Average: 6.33
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall with Bonus: 6.3
Comments: I liked this video. Having two riders was a bonus as it allowed shots to not be something that we've all seen before. Track choice was good and intro was well done. Panning shot along the fence line was nice too. Ending was rather abrupt.
Entry:
motoz293
Flow: 5
Quality: 7
Creative: 7
Average: 6.33
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall with Bonus: 6.3
Comments: Concept of a 2 part video and two songs was good. Wouldn't have minded seeing 3 or 4 parts and even shorter ones. A few banger shots sprinkled in with my favorite being the closing wheelie shot. Road jump shots were cool too. A few spots well edited to music, but also a mix of "blah" shots too. Ended pretty abruptly and transition between the two "parts" could still use some work. I still enjoyed this entry.
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My rankings:
Tommysergi: 8.6
AHeckman2: 8.3
manii20: 8.0
CrossflowRacing#16: 7.3
Stephane Guido: 7.0
Wesleyproracetv: 6.6
MotoZ293: 6.3
Squidmob567: 6.3
Cry: 6.3
GuilhermeMX94: 5
NoFear345: 5
FINAL RESULTSBen McLeod wrote: Entry:
Stephane Guido
Flow: 6.5
Quality: 8
Creative: 6.5
Average: 7.0
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall Score including bonus: 7.3
I loved the fact you made a duel rider vid, it gives off a good vibe and makes the riding seem a tad more epic.
You scored a bonus point because I thought your transitions were great. I'm a big fan of the old school CoD over edits and it brought back some
memories. What I wasn't overly fond of was how long the opening cinematics were, and by the time you get into the riding I'd already lost some
interest. Next time try to the keep the clips coming and keep it exciting. Good work man.
Entry:
NoFear345
Flow: 8
Quality: 7
Creative: 4
Average: 6.3
Bonus "Sick" : 1
Overall Score including bonus: 6.6
The grandness of the video was great, the wide angled shots of the track and surroundings really showed the scale of place. The song choice was
prime, not something I'd personally edit to but it fit the 'just out for a rip' theme. While there was nothing poor about the video nothing really
stood out to me, but you managed to score a 'that was sick' bonus point with your shot down the hill. Also your effects could use some
smoothing as they seemed to be randomly added and weren't real clean looking. All in all a good video with nice flow.
Entry:
Squidmob567
Flow: 6
Quality: 4.5
Creative: 9
Average: 6.5
Bonus "Sick": 1
Overall Score including bonus: 6.8
I absolutely loved the concept, and you scored huge for the creative side of things plus the bonus 'that was sick' point, but your quality was a let
down. Both the songs really fit well, giving them the older and then the more modern feeling. You had some killer shots but overall they seemed
kinda 'clunky' almost as though they were just mashed together. You had way too much slow mo, I understand your computer's not the best and
you might think the non slow mo shots would look laggy. Even if you just record at a solid 30 frames it'll look smooth on youtube. The clip cuts to
match the music when done right look cool, but they semmed a bit over done especially at the end. Overall, the concept was great and it was a
solid vid, but you do need a PC upgrade.
Entry:
manii20
Flow: 8
Quality: 9.5
Creative: 7
Average: 8.1
Bonus "Sick" : 1
Overall Score including bonus: 8.5
Quality for days, loved how smooth the clips were, no stutter and you used Lars's program very effectively. You had some great angles and you
some of those scrubs were amazing. You scored the extra point for the transition into the helmet cam, the only thing I'd say needed some work
was the intro was a bit weird with the random bike. But overall amazing video.
Entry:
Tommysergi
Flow: 6
Quality: 5
Creative: 7
Average: 6
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall Score including bonus: 6.0
The video was hella under exposed and was too dark for my liking, the colour correction while cool was over done. In my opinion you had some
really cool clips but you over did it with the length of some of the shots. If you're going to do longer clips make sure they flow well or they just
seem random and out of place. There was also some really laggy clips in there so you lost some points on the quality side of things. But overall it
was a pretty solid video all round.
Entry:
CrossflowRacing#16
Flow: 7.5
Quality: 6
Creative: 7.5
Average: 7.0
Bonus "sick" 1.
Overall Score including bonus: 7.3
Music was perfect for a 'sending it' type of edit, really cool concept aswell. I know you said you rushed it but it still came out looking pretty damn
good. Couple of small faults, like seeing the edge of the track and a few laggy clips. But some of those shots were amazing, I really liked the part
near the start where you launching that dune. You scored my bonus point for the slo mo first person whip line. Sick job man.
Entry:
Wesleyproracetv
Flow: 6
Quality: 5
Creative: 7.5
Average: 6.1
Bonus "sick" 0.
Overall Score including bonus: 6.1
The concept was cool, although it was executed kinda poorly. Riding clips were definitely too slow and coupled with the slo mo over Tomacs voice
I was damn near falling asleep. There was also at least 4 times I noticed the 'keycam mode on' message appear. Apart from that there was
definitely some effort put into it and I did watch the whole thing because it was interesting be it mildly. If you were to do it again I'd recommend
more fast paced riding and put effort into railing like Tomac does.
Entry:
AHeckman2 (Alex Heckman)
Flow: 8
Quality: 9.5
Creative: 7
Average: 8.1
Bonus "sick" 1.
Overall Score including bonus: 8.5
Absolutely love that song, banger clips, sick riding, great quality, nuff said.
Only downfall is less slo mo, and needed bike sounds.
Entry:
GuilhermeMX94
Flow: 5
Quality: 6.5
Creative: 5
Average: 5.5
Bonus "sick": 1
Overall Score including bonus: 5.8
Just seemed like the same recycled edit you see now days, nothing special, nothing eye catching. EXCEPT, those 2 clips of the triple step up
throwing a whip. I loved that. I also had a solid laugh at how your suspension was reacting in those braking bumps.
Entry:
Cry
Flow: 6
Quality: 7
Creative: 6
Average: 6.3
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall Score including bonus: 6.3
Video was cool, I liked the fact you had two riders as it just gives it a fresh flow. Vid seemed kinda rushed, no real creatvity with the angles. I liked
the intro and some of your shots were legit. You have a lot of talent Mora, so I'd like to see you push the envelope and try some new angles and
ideas.
Entry:
motoz293
Flow: 6
Quality: 6
Creative: 8
Average: 6.6
Bonus "sick": 0
Overall Score including bonus: 6.6
I really liked the 2 part idea of an edit, when it's done right you can create two really different videos and keep it fresh which you managed to do.
It was just lacking in the flow and quality department. Again it seems like it was just mashed together and rushed, there wasn't any sort of finesse.
Overall I quite liked the entry as you edited to the music quite well.
manii20: 8.5
AHeckman2: 8.5
CrossflowRacing#16: 7.3
Stephane Guido: 7.3
Squidmob567: 6.8
NoFear345: 6.6
Cry: 6.3
Wesleyproracetv: 6.1
Tommysergi: 6.0
GuilhermeMX94 5.5
1st place - AHeckman2: 8.4
2nd Place - manii20: 8.25
3rd Place - CrossflowRacing#16: 7.3
but its no biggie and cant do much about the roost too haha. Thanks tho guys!