EvanK Card Flourishes 6 Video Reviews

Posted by EvanK on August 05, 2005 at 14:51

Hey,

I've been watching these forums for a bit now and think i should start participating... so here's my 6th entry

http://evan.glwb.info/XCM21.wmv

Here's the list of moves i did.

~Opener Routine(myself)

~Sybil to IllegalSSS(didn't make up a name so i just left it at that - myself)

~A combo where deck is twirled, packet put on elbow, elbow drops packet, foot kicks it back up, catch on the back of the hand(no idea what to name it so i left it at Elbow kick up to back of hand - myeslf)

~Running L-cuts (Jerry Cestkowski)

~Springs/Overhead spring (Jerry Cestkowski

~Twins fans/S fan (Jerry Cestkowski)

~Waterfall (Jeff McBride)


So there you go, tell me what you guys think, comments/critisism is welcome.

Posted by niiro13 on August 05, 2005 at 15:17

Nice to see more people I know enter (but do they have to be the good ones???)

Overall: A good vid. Hard to see that many mistakes.

Special Effects: Another motion background! *sigh* oh well, once I get that Backgrounds in Motion, then I can make my own! Frame rate could have been a bit higher, sacraficing quality for smoothness.

Opener Routine: Nicely done.

Sybil to Illegal SSS: Took a while to balance that packet, but repetition will soon build up the speed. Sybils take a while to get, so practice that as well, so its a constant speed. You kind of missed the packet, but that's ok.

Running L-Cuts: Good speed! Soon you will be able to move your hands less. Also, when practicing, it might help just to have it in dealers/mechanics/XCM grip, and practice pulling off jsut one card, then repeat. Then there will be no pause when you go into the l cuts...unles that was for effect.

Springs: If the frame rate was higher, it would have looked awesome. Anyways, for the long spring, I think you didn't create the cradle, and that's why it kind of got messy.

S-Fan: Smooth.

Waterfall: Needs to be a bit straighter, but that just comes with practice, I think.

A very nice vid! I think you'll be competition for many others.

Posted by jonjo on August 05, 2005 at 16:52

Can't download it.

is it just me or is the server down for other people too?

Jonjo

Posted by rlk7 on August 05, 2005 at 17:01

Yeah, it won't work for me either. I will try again later.

Posted by niiro13 on August 05, 2005 at 17:01

yeah, it goes on and off from time to time.

Evan, that will eventally go away...I know because mines is not down when yours is. Just keep it for a while.

Posted by m88tow on August 05, 2005 at 23:16

For those of you having trouble downloading it just be patient, it took about 10 minutes to download on my computer and I have DSL.

With that being said, you video was very good. I personally don't like all of the moving effects because I feel that it takes away from your actual moves. You did all the moves damn near perfect. I noticed that you have pretty small hands, the deck looked fu*king huge in your hands so I have to give you props on doing some pretty difficult shit with little ass hands. The only thing that I saw wrong was the sloppy catch on the one spring ( not saying I can do it any better, lol ), but other than that it was really good bro.

Posted by marpenothi on August 08, 2005 at 18:49

Another great vid Evan...always like to see 'em

The moves were fun to watch and I liked the vid...it just seemed with all the moving graphics and stuff in the background it took away for your presentation and slowed the vid down a bit. It probably also caused the size of it to go up as well...nonetheless, awesome entry

Marp

Posted by DeadPeopleAllOver on August 09, 2005 at 08:35

If I'm not mistaken, you're only 13 years old. This is just ridiculous that a person of your age has such skill with cards (and editing skills to boot). Amazing. I have seen about three or four of your videos and they're always fun to watch.

Anyway, let's talk about this video...

This is yet another video with lots of different moves. It is obvious you spend a lot of time on this art. It is also obvious you have better than average editing skills.

Most of the moves were performed well. The only glaring thing you have a hard time with is your spring catches. Not to sound like an ass, but when you get older and your hands get bigger I'm sure you'll have no problems with your cardsprings.

The video effects, while they were interesting and different, might have been a bit too much. All the effects combined with the "loud" backround made the moves difficult to see. This took away from the actual moves. Lots of video effects can be great. However, you can have too much of a good thing, you know?

Your music, as always, is catchy. It's music that isn't too harsh (like most of my music) and should appeal to most people.

Again, always a pleasure watching your vids.