OK, I have deleted the bloopers!!
@LethalWolfe Wow, that WAS pretty lethal. But very useful, and I will take note for next time.
Just to give a bit of context. GO is a company that advertises on TV in the UK with ads like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J-T8SKI1jM
As you can see, the way it communicates itself is to not take itself too seriously. Sort of, "we didn't spend much on this advert, but if you want outdoor gear, this is the place to go." Cheap and cheerful... We are trying to position GO Activities as an extension of that, "We aren't taking this silly corporate video to seriously, and we spent all the money on the website anyway... but if you want to book an outdoor activity, this is the place to do it, and we have made it really easy to do".
In terms of a budget for this, well, it came to a grand total of £0.00 so things like screen capture software/spending hours in motion, just weren't an option. I did have a go with the screen capture in Quicktime, but it was complete rubbish.
Agree re time code reader, if anyone can point me in the direction of a decent stopwatch motion template I would be forever grateful...
We do have an instrumental copy of the track from the band. But decided to go with the full version as without it, just sounded a bit bland, and the vocals sound a bit like Morrissey (just without the casual racism and militant vegetarianism...) which we like!
Agree that the audio is a bit rough though. Partly down to inexperience, but it is also a little bit deliberate. This justification goes for the whole video really: We felt that doing it properly is actually really difficult/time consuming, and if you get it wrong, you can spend ten grand and still end up with something wholly awful like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7r42thQMW0 Even apple videos sometimes feel a bit contrived.
So it has a knowingly homemade feel. The thinking was that, we don't have the time or budget to make something that compares to an iPad launch video, but we can at least try and make it feel honest / not contrived. It's trying to say "Yes, we made this ourselves, No, we didn't use actors, (Mike looks a bit like he's breaking bad news, and Ollie looks a bit like he only recently learnt to talk), but at least they are actually the people you speak to if you call."
Re footage of people doing outdoor activities... We are embarking of a few months of activity weekends that will be the basis of future videos. This is an intro the youtube channel, and something for the about us section of the website. Future videos will all be activity videos. I am going bungee jumping this weekend infact!
Cheers for your responses though. It is useful, and LethalWolfe I will try and follow some of the basic's you point out in future.