Dave, thanks for taking the time to make that video with your commentary. I enjoyed it.
I only have a few comments:
1) I really like the narration overlay on top of the recorded video where you give a running commentary of what's happening. We need more of that. Rather than use the "filler" material of your song (which I liked by the way), how about talking about some other aspect of Mustang flying during that sequence? Also, in my opinion, in a commentary type video such as this, songs are best reserved only for the "lead-in" and "lead-out" audio track of the video. In other words, at the beginning or end. Having the song in the middle kind of broke up the commentary and it felt slightly disjointed. For whatever it's worth, the very best example of a "narrated", first person perspective video, are Kermit Week's videos that he has on youtube. He has started going back and "remastering" his original, "in the cockpit" Kermie-cam videos with narration. His are perfect and exactly what I like to see as a viewer.
2) You put various words and overlay text on your video. That was a nice emphasis, but I wouldn't make your letters black, especially against a dark background such as the sky. Not having much contrast makes the words very difficult to read at times. As a suggestion, perhaps use some "contrasty" colored letters that are completely different from your background that don't "blend-in". Perhaps use red, orange, green, or yellow, for example, against that dark blue sky. If you want to use a similar color for your letters as your background, then think about putting your letters inside a solid or shadowed box so the letters will "pop" and stand out. These ideas would contrast nicely against both the blue sky and the white clouds and be very easy for the viewer to read.
3) I absolutely loved your rendition of "High Flight". I'm not normally a fan of musician's interpretations of poems or songs, etc., but that one was quite nice! I didn't realize you were such a talented musician.
I really liked this video, so take the previous comments as "constructive criticism" and not as any sign of disapproval or harsh criticism whatsoever.
A few more comments:
1) At about 7:10 in the video, you mention that in previous flights you accomplished spin training and upset training in the Mustang. I'm particularly interested in your spin training in the Mustang. I'm not aware of too many people that practice that in a Mustang, though some do, from time to time. Can you talk about that, or better yet, post a video of your Mustang spin training? I'm assuming those are "power-off" spins, correct?
2) Can you do a similar video for a flight in the Spitfire?
Great job on this Dave! It's things like this that make reading WIX a pure joy. Thank you for your contribution!
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