No one has pointers??

Come on guys, first my camera sucks, prolly poor lighting or cheap camera and I'm using a free windows maker...

Tell me what sucks or what I can do better

It's not the poor lighting, the cheap camera or your editing system that I didn't like. None of that would matter if I understood what was going on. At the very end I see this is a commercial for a magic trick. But buy the time I got to the end I wasn't interested.

For the first 45 seconds of this 87 second video nothing happens. Some words, a few stills, a little bit of video and what sounds like the sound track of a David Blaine TV show doesn't grab me and is just over half of the entire video. Then you have a few shots of someone using an off the shelf magic trick. Those few slow motion shots of a piece of paper floating doesn't interest me no matter what video effects and transitions you use. And the final title card that emphasizes levitating CANDY doesn't make me want to buy this magic trick.

My advise would be to make this exciting. Tell the viewer right away that you're selling something and make them want to buy it. Your choice of slow, reflective music and long, slow shots doesn't fit with the "become the life of the Party" claim on your web site.

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Thanks for your input,

The thing is my market is kids, the video is just a teaser video, not a video to actually sell the trick, it's to get them to click on a specific link within my site.

I have a video that sells the trick already. You may not be interested but when people search for levitation tricks, magic trick and find my site, they will watch the whole video.

You could make the best "car video" but if I have no interest then of course I will be bored to hell.

You have express your own thoughts, but really nothing helpful at all.

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Originally posted by magicjames
You have express your own thoughts, but really nothing helpful at all.

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I didn't realiize you weren't looking for advice and pointers - that you already know your market and what they look for and that this is exactly the video you want to use. I apologize for wasting your time.

I got my little brother aged 5 to watch your clip, sadly it didnt hold his attention for very long. He couldnt understand what was happening, my little brother is naturally the right person to ask to do this as he is Inquisitive and for ever asking questions. When I asked him why he stopped watching it, he told me that "it was confusing". Bare that in mind when you make the final clip for your website. Research shows that big colorful textis more likely to hold a childs attention, and the music dosent really appealto them in your unfinished clip. "My advise would be to make this exciting" the moderator was right on that one I'm affraid, if thats not helpful advice then I'm not really sure what is? Perhaps you could post the other clip you have that sells the product itself. Cleary.

www.myspace.com/holteendproductions

Oh, it was an ad?

I didn't even get that far. I thought it was just some kids who thought they were cool because they got hold of some monofilament string. The beginning was long and boring and the magic trick didn't have any pizazz.

From a magical point of view, as well, you want to add a little "pop". You want your audience to be wowed by what you did. As strange as it sounds, a quick levitation is more entertaining than a long levitation.