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  1. 8:25 Nice! You are using these side cuts so much better! Well done! The black and white really makes the cut work much more cleanly, as does the reduced change of angle. And you went tighter on the framing, too!
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  2. I left you some feedback on how to make the angle-switching cuts work much better on your previous video, I'm gonna copy-and paste it here too, as it still applies. Cutting to a lower and slightly-wider angle shot isn't working either. Former filmmaker, current developer - I am just going to give you two specific tips that would help it work a bit better: I don't think you should entirely give this up, it's not a bad idea. It's just badly executed. 1) get rid of the dissolves between those two angles, just use hard cuts (EDIT: You're doing this now, and it's definitely better!) 2) try to crop/zoom the side angle tighter or much wider to make the cut work better. Usually the rule of thumb for cutting between shots of the same subject you need a change of a full "size". e.g. Mid shot to Medium Close Up if going tighter, or Mid shot to Wide shot if going wider. MCU to CU isn't enough, Mid shot to Long shot isn't enough, either. One other benefit of tip #2: If you cut in tighter, you don't need to turn the full 90-degrees. You'll be able to get away with a 30-45 degree turn which will make the timing between the lines and the "beats" you want to hit MUCH easier. (EDIT: You've already started doing this, but it's not completely working because the framing isn't strong enough of a change) Okay, here's another bit of feedback for why I think it isn't working so well: The lighting on your main camera angle isn't working so well on you with camera to the side. It works okay though, in black and white/grayscale. See, part of the reason that @ficolas2 said that the "I'm on arch (btw)" gag worked is because two additional things happened: You went from inset "picture-in-picture" tiny you to full-frame you shot from the side and in black and white. That also makes the idea work much better. This brings me to bonus tip 3) Instead of doing a transition to full-frame, then transition to the side-shot, then to grayscale/b&w (which made the whole thing a bit wonky)... imagine if it went from inset picture-in-picture then straight hard-cut of you shot from the side angle in black-and-white/grayscale. That would work really well. Another benefit from going to grayscale is that you can grade/tweak the contrast and brightness of the picture, too, because it doesn't need to match the colour, exposure, and contrast of your primary front-on angle. Gives you more choices. P.S. I'm not against the dissolves for everything. The dissolves between you full-frame and you as an insert "picture-in-picture" when you are showing code or your screen work well. You should keep those, it's a nice touch.
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  3. Completely agree.
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