How to make a GOOD Video

[RadioactiveMan]

I disagree unless that music is terrible. A good song sets the mood for the video.

[Cylon]

I think people need to take their time making videos. I can see if your very first video is a bunch of average everyday kills, but after that, the videos should include a wide variety of kills. Kills that are amazing, kills you dont see everyday. This will probably require some time, as it wont be made over a couple of game (unless your amazing!), but rather a week or even a couple of weeks. You can always tell who took their time, and took ONLY their best kills.

[wite flite]

I like watching movies where they swtich what guns they use, play different maps, and maybe get more than 1 or 2 people in each shot.

[emjay]

Also, compress your video files! A 2-Minute video shouldn't be as big as 60 MB which I just watched.
This is the normal filesize (in MB) for various minutes:

1 Minute
Low Quality: 2-3 MB
Decent Quality: 3-5 MB
High Quality: 5-6 MB

2 Minutes
Low Quality: 5-7 MB
Decent Quality: 7-8 MB
High Qualiy: 8-10 MB

3 Minutes
Low Quality: 8-9 MB
Decent Quality: 10-13 MB
High Quality: 13-15 MB

4 Minutes
Low Quality: 10-12 MB
Decent Quality: 14-17 MB
High Quality: 17-21 MB

5 Minutes
Low Quality: 13-17MB
Decent Quality: 18-24MB
High Quality: 25-35 MB

Note that the filesize range varies as minutes increase.
Thanks I hope this helps <(^_^<)

[Dionysus]

More MB = Better quality...

Its not hard for a 5-6 minute video to be 80 MB, and the quality will make it better to watch.

You dont need to sit and watch the % of the download change, just start the download, and go do something else, or watch TV for a while, then go back and watch the video.

[RadioactiveMan]

There is nothing wrong with a 60MB video. It doesn't take a great deal of time to download things. Even the huge 100MB [S3] video that was recently made doesn't take long to download unless you're doing something else at the same time.


Me_Out, why would you want to see people running around? I understand gunfights, but people running around is a boring thing to see.

[AdReNaLiNe]

watch videos made by me, pibe, cyrus q, and n.e.r.d .... and take notes... not trying to be cocky but i know i make some of the best videos on s2/h2/s3/any other game i play lol.... mostly s2 cuz that's all i play

[~DaFlip~]

one thing i hate the most is the hardcore thug rap music in videos. dont get me wrong rap is pretty cool. but even i dont feel the whole look at me im a gangster lets brag about it. alot of people like those kind of music but its horrible socom wise. i mean everytime i see a video and hear the n word is every sentance i just mute it. the best advice i can give to you is pick a rap song with a pretty good beat. usally you could pick the R&B/Rap type of songs, they usally have a good beat and its not about sex,money,drugs or killing

same with all videos you want to make kills go with the beat. its like one thing i love to see in videos. right when see a kill it goes perfect with the beat.

Nice grammar... I'll fix it later, jackass... -Cheesy

[-Graff-]

Originally Posted by osama56

hey, I have to say that I like the video's better with no music and you hear the sounds of the game. Anyone agree?

No... thats boring... n00b

[discombobulate]

Originally Posted by Cylon

I think people need to take their time making videos. I can see if your very first video is a bunch of average everyday kills, but after that, the videos should include a wide variety of kills. Kills that are amazing, kills you dont see everyday. This will probably require some time, as it wont be made over a couple of game (unless your amazing!), but rather a week or even a couple of weeks. You can always tell who took their time, and took ONLY their best kills.

This is another of the most common mistakes people will make. They'll just record a room for an hour or two, and take every kill they get and put it in a video. That's how everyone starts off, they're excited about making their first video.

Taking your time is important, cut your clips to save time, and get the best kills you can.