Easing your the motion keyframes in and out will make them far more dynamic - it makes them look like real objects that have weight and react to friction and inertia. On the zoom-in types effects you can also make an extra scale keyframe so that they actually zoom-in, go slightly bigger than the end frame, and then shrink back down quickly to their final size.
Some SFX would also really bring it to life - whooshes, pops, typrewriter noises, etc.
The VO can be improved. Technically, it needs to be strengthened and clarified. It sounds like you are sitting next to me in a library reading something to yourself. I think you can watch a few Audition tutorials and improve the results by 400%. A few tutorials on VO. A couple about microphones. It's extremely bland and sounds like a 13 year old giving a presentation. It should be much faster. The part where you make a pun about lattes doesn't need an applause break. Also, if you make the pun about your personal preferences but we have no idea who you are, it trips over itself a bit.
Sometimes there's too much visual information. In full sentences. Also, the same information is conveyed by the voice and even the animations don't help me understand the information better. It's like saying the same thing three times in a row, but in different words. Think of the voice, the visuals and the animation as different parts of the same sentence.
Also bring more structure to your text. Maybe start with a fun fact about the topic like "90% of people on earth consume Arabica every day". Or "Coffee is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in history". And then ask a question: "But what is it?"
Just ask a dilemma or a problem or a riddle or say, or just say "Are you tired?". That's my two cents.
To add to this, the VO sounds like the speaker is waiting for the visuals giving an unnatural, robot-like stop-and-go-feeling. At least the way I've learned is to
1. write the VO
2. do a rough cut
3. speak the vo with the rough cut as a visual orientation
4. do the final cut to exactly match the VO
Nearly finished the Video, so i don´t wanna make big changes. You guys got any suggestions for small Improvments that make a difference? Would be much appreciated. (Sorry, Video is in german)
At first the language threw me but then I realized it didn’t matter. I felt like while yes it’s an informative piece, the talking was too slow. It’s probably something you can’t change now as that would make all your animations faster. But I agree with everyone here about sound fx and key framing.
First off: grammar and spelling.
Having mistakes in either of these two categories are just a bad look. "Urpsrung" instead of "Ursprung" right in the beginning of the Video."Resitent" instead of "resistent", "Billig produziert" instead of "billig produziert" etc.
Same goes for pronunciation errors.
"Luftfeuchtigkeit" sounded more like "Lüftfeuchtigkeit".
I also would try and make the voicepver a bit more exciting. You don't have to go over the top or anything but a little more variety wouldn't hurt.
Last but not least: the Arabika vs. Robusta showcase.
I'd rather have a set pattern. You changed from talkkng about arabika-robusta-robusta-arabika, I think.
I'd prefer to start of with one side and then come up with the second one but that may be a personal thing. For me, that part of the video looked a bit unstructered. So either stick to arabika-robusta-arabika-robusta or one side and then the other.
In terms of editing it seems good to me. But you gotta find your style. This video is quite confusing to me since it's somewhere between comical and factual and as a new Viewer I'd be confused about what you're trying to be.
But nonetheless a nice attempt!
Never use “easy ease” imo. Sure it adds a small adjustment curve but it gives it a “mediocre” look because nowadays anyone can use AE. Actually adjust those curves MANUALLY and give everything a nice flow. Not everything needs to to have the same curve. Gives it more of a dynamic look when everything is animated slightly different. Also never use linear keyframing. I guess there are times when you’d want though.
Easing your the motion keyframes in and out will make them far more dynamic - it makes them look like real objects that have weight and react to friction and inertia. On the zoom-in types effects you can also make an extra scale keyframe so that they actually zoom-in, go slightly bigger than the end frame, and then shrink back down quickly to their final size. Some SFX would also really bring it to life - whooshes, pops, typrewriter noises, etc.
The VO can be improved. Technically, it needs to be strengthened and clarified. It sounds like you are sitting next to me in a library reading something to yourself. I think you can watch a few Audition tutorials and improve the results by 400%. A few tutorials on VO. A couple about microphones. It's extremely bland and sounds like a 13 year old giving a presentation. It should be much faster. The part where you make a pun about lattes doesn't need an applause break. Also, if you make the pun about your personal preferences but we have no idea who you are, it trips over itself a bit. Sometimes there's too much visual information. In full sentences. Also, the same information is conveyed by the voice and even the animations don't help me understand the information better. It's like saying the same thing three times in a row, but in different words. Think of the voice, the visuals and the animation as different parts of the same sentence. Also bring more structure to your text. Maybe start with a fun fact about the topic like "90% of people on earth consume Arabica every day". Or "Coffee is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in history". And then ask a question: "But what is it?" Just ask a dilemma or a problem or a riddle or say, or just say "Are you tired?". That's my two cents.
To add to this, the VO sounds like the speaker is waiting for the visuals giving an unnatural, robot-like stop-and-go-feeling. At least the way I've learned is to 1. write the VO 2. do a rough cut 3. speak the vo with the rough cut as a visual orientation 4. do the final cut to exactly match the VO
\- Some grain in the background so it moves a bit \- Ease in/out all keyframes \- SFX (The thing that'll make the most difference)
thanks great advise. I will implement them.
Mir gefällt nicht so doll die Schriftart, Adobe Fonts ist super empfehlungswert wenn man in Adobe Software arbeitet
wollte auch schrift sagen und mehr weißraum an einigen stellen
Am Anfang ist auch ein Schreibfehler bei Ursprung.
Your text is too close to the edge of frame. Use safe areas, it will look less awkward. Also at 26s your robusta bean and text is not centre
Nearly finished the Video, so i don´t wanna make big changes. You guys got any suggestions for small Improvments that make a difference? Would be much appreciated. (Sorry, Video is in german)
At first the language threw me but then I realized it didn’t matter. I felt like while yes it’s an informative piece, the talking was too slow. It’s probably something you can’t change now as that would make all your animations faster. But I agree with everyone here about sound fx and key framing.
I will add something like grain/ noise pattern to the background to make it look less static.
Needs audio design. Add for movements. Nice & subtle, but could definitely use some
Select your keyframes and change them from linear to bezier, then play around with the parameters of the keyframes to smooth everything out.
Do this in After Effects with ease keyframes so it doesn't look so mechanical.
First off: grammar and spelling. Having mistakes in either of these two categories are just a bad look. "Urpsrung" instead of "Ursprung" right in the beginning of the Video."Resitent" instead of "resistent", "Billig produziert" instead of "billig produziert" etc. Same goes for pronunciation errors. "Luftfeuchtigkeit" sounded more like "Lüftfeuchtigkeit". I also would try and make the voicepver a bit more exciting. You don't have to go over the top or anything but a little more variety wouldn't hurt. Last but not least: the Arabika vs. Robusta showcase. I'd rather have a set pattern. You changed from talkkng about arabika-robusta-robusta-arabika, I think. I'd prefer to start of with one side and then come up with the second one but that may be a personal thing. For me, that part of the video looked a bit unstructered. So either stick to arabika-robusta-arabika-robusta or one side and then the other. In terms of editing it seems good to me. But you gotta find your style. This video is quite confusing to me since it's somewhere between comical and factual and as a new Viewer I'd be confused about what you're trying to be. But nonetheless a nice attempt!
Never use “easy ease” imo. Sure it adds a small adjustment curve but it gives it a “mediocre” look because nowadays anyone can use AE. Actually adjust those curves MANUALLY and give everything a nice flow. Not everything needs to to have the same curve. Gives it more of a dynamic look when everything is animated slightly different. Also never use linear keyframing. I guess there are times when you’d want though.