Cinematography Competition - Need your votes!

The ending isn't for everyone I guess, but whilst some people obviously aren't keen on it, others have said they think it's the best bit funnily enough!

@AnException, this video was shot last-minute without any planning. I'd planned and shotlisted an entirely different video altogether, but was then given different models and a different location on the day when we arrived - and so had to arrive on location and figure out something to shoot. It was actually only by chance the guy skating brought a skateboard! We shot a ton more stuff with more skating, graffiti and some free running which never made it into the video for various reasons. The location was also heavily used by the public and workmen, so it was a case of shooting when you can in-between.
It's all very well to say, "well I'd have done this and this..." as there's many things I'd have done differently myself had I been able to plan for this video, but under the circumstances I'm pleased with what we pulled off.
 
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Russinating said:
It's also very well to say "we had no time to plan anything so this is the best we could do". Planning is as much a part of the process so it's rightly judged in-line with the actual production itself. I don't know if it was part of the brief or what but listening crew and cast at the end of something like this just looks incredibly amateur/student as well.

I hope Eyyaz Chishty has permission from the CAA for aerial work?
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That's putting an extreme skew on what I said. It was unfortunate circumstances that removed the planning process but the video had to be shot on that day, and the result is still something we're happy with. And as a matter of fact, it was requested by the client that people were credited at the end of the video.

I have to say, criticism is entirely welcome and most certainly always helpful, but your response is borderline aggressive? I accept that the edit is a matter of preference and I know that the video could have developed into something much more too (and wish it had), but working as an entry-level professional with low-budgets on small productions - things don't always go to plan and it's something that just has to be accepted and worked around, which I feel we (models & crew) did well. If you want to be critical, by all means, but make it constructive - I can't say I've seen such aggressive responses on peoples photography threads and don't see why I am more subject to it because I shoot video.
 
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Russinating said:
Stay away from mentioning/thinking of budgets as well. I'm assuming by budget you mean for 'stuff' (kit etc), and maybe a bit for crew? In terms of our projects, almost all of them have £0 expenditure on anything but two shooters, so often when students etc come to us applying for jobs and they say "we made this with a budget of just £200", it's both irrelevant and naive.
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Why would one ignore budgets? The industry operates on budgets. Your possibilities, equipment and resources rely on budgets. If someone makes an excellent feature on a budget of £500 as opposed to £10,000 - that means something - and if you have worked on any productions with limited to very limited budgets, as you claim to have done, you would know that resources are limited and planning is not always as smooth of a process as a production with a sizeable budget.

Likewise, why would we refrain from entering into a competition simply because things didn't go according to plan? The outcome is what matters, and I'll say again, we're pleased with it. I think to say, "well we won't enter because our shoot didn't go the way we wanted" is more of a cop-out than anything. Perhaps this is why your 'shoots' consistently have no budget?
 
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