YouTube Videos
1. Apple Maps Dark Knight Parody Movie HD
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llyq-zyE-wU
HerschMaggler: To start things out, this video was presented in high definition (if your computer allows) so the quality is quite good. This also means it probably took awhile for the creator to upload it to YouTube. This video is a parody of the iPhone Maps application that uses actual footage from "The Dark Knight". The scenes were edited together to not make the video 10 minutes vs. just a couple. The creator edited the scenes together quite well and actually made me forget that "original" scene from the movie. He used Apple music in the background throughout the whole video but the volume was not too high, so as to not take away from the commentary going on. The video also uses the Apple commercial intro and outdo (hopefully he has proper permission). The voiceovers also were edited in quite well and didn't leave me confused as to what was happening. All in all, the video was very smooth and most importantly, made sense! The funny thing is, is I bet this video could be used for an actual commercial for Apple.
2. Christopher Walken Reads "Honey Boo Boo"!
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzIsz3fU9xQ
HerschMaggler: This video, created by ScreenJunkie, has Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell and Sam Rockwell using their dramatic talents to reenact scenes from America's #1 child-beauty-pagent-coupon-queen-sketti-eatin' show, "Here comes Honey Boo Boo". To start things off, this video was not presented in HD but considering its content, it does not affect the video at all. The video has a nice edited intro that ScreenJunkies uses in all of their videos. There is music in the background that you can hear throughout the video just enough not to drown out the commentary. When the interview is being conducted with the actors listed above, the ScreenJunkies also provides subtitles, which allows viewers to know what is said considering that all three actors have very distinguishing voices and accents. Since it was set up like and interview, the shots were as well. The shots were spot on and no extra footage was left in the video. All in all, the video was very smooth and well edited! It even had links you could click on to go to other videos made by ScreenJunkies (i'm sure this is an added feature by YouTube).
3. Songify This: Winning - a Song by Charlie Sheen
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg
HerschMaggler: In this video, Schmoyoho (YouTube screen name), does what he does best and that is songification of damn near everything. This songification is a compilation of Charlie Sheen interviews that were broadcasted on the "Today Show" and on CNN. This video quality is not in HD but it is meant to be humorous so it does not affect the viewing experience. The video is also a "remix" and uses actual footage but in order to make it "songified", the movie is choppy because many words are repeated (as well the scenes). Schmoyoho uses autotune for Charlie's voice making it quite comical and there are also scenes where Schmoyoho himself is singing which was edited in nicely. Since I have seen other videos by Schmoyoho, I know that he always has an outro tune of him singing about his videos and posting more--he does this in this video as well.
Vimeo Videos
1. Wax Tailor feat. Aloe Blacc - Time To Go
Link: http://vimeo.com/50366872
HerschMaggler: I will start out by saying that this video just made my day! This video is a tale of a crochet quadropus, that travels the land turning things blue. What is unique about this video is that it uses A LOT of still-framed shots that were strung together, as well as animations, to create this video. It features Aloe Blacc for the music and the video itself was created by "Oh Ya Wow". You can obviously tell it is built upon still-frame shots, which the creators did an amazing job of making it look very real. The music follows around the shots very well too and fades out in the end along with the screen that fades to black. The video itself uses real shot photos, as well as (at least I think) mashing it with other photos and maybe even a little clipart as well. All in all, a great video! I even shared it with all my friends on Facebook.
2. Nitro Warriors - A Stop Motion Animated Film
Link: http://vimeo.com/49275293
HerschMaggler: This video from Vimeo (much like the above one) uses still-framed shots, once again, to create a life-like video. The intro was well edited in the beginning, letting the viewer know who created this video. What surprises me is that this entire video was shot from a mobile phone! That's awesome! This stop motion animated film depicts an intense police chase that involves toy cars. In the movie there are crashes, chasing, helicopter operating, and even a flying car ending that were all accompanied by good sound effects. Only problem really was that the sound effects were very loud, almost too loud for my liking. The shots were done well too: some up close, others from above, and even some that were in first-person to second-person view. All in all, this video was edited well but could have used a better outro instead of just fading to black.
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