Anyone want to view and review my attempt at using a pornography as B-roll footage?

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AmateurFilmmaker

I edited a pornography to a voice over I scripted and recorded today, and attempted to use footage from the pornography to supplement the comments made in the recording as B-roll footage. The voice over reviews the content seen in the video --in a consumer/amateur review-like fashion-- and uses it's imagery to show various parts of it I found to be interesting.

It was made to test my ability to visualize how "B-roll" footage should be used in a video.

The audio quality isn't the best --as I recorded it on a cellular phone-- and the cutaways/edits may not be entirely on point due to my work or the video upload site modifying where they'd normally be due to changes in the video from uploading it.

If pornography offends you, please let me know if you'd be more willing to review content that's not pornographic --that I can create later on instead to test my ability to visualize how "B-roll" footage should be used.

I don't want to post a link to the work until someone tells me they're willing to view and review it here first. Anyone want to view and review my attempt at using a pornography as B-roll footage?

I cam PM a link to the work to anyone interested,
 
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On second thought, management probably doesn't want links like this posted, would be my guess. So I think you probably need to remove it. Maybe share it in PM to anyone else who wants to take a look.

Aside from that, it's fine I guess. It wasn't what I was expecting. Isn't it more of a voice over of some clips you've edited together? Which is the A-roll? I'm sure I simply don't properly understand what B-roll is, that's all.
 
richy said:
On second thought, management probably doesn't want links like this posted, would be my guess. So I think you probably need to remove it. Maybe share it in PM to anyone else who wants to take a look.

Aside from that, it's fine I guess. It wasn't what I was expecting. Isn't it more of a voice over of some clips you've edited together? Which is the A-roll? I'm sure I simply don't properly understand what B-roll is, that's all.
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I took your advice. From my understanding an entire video could be B-roll, if it's only purpose is to supplement other aspects of the video with visuals but no audio from that footage.
 
richy said:
I'm sure I simply don't properly understand what B-roll is, that's all.
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B-roll is actually a TV term.

Footage that is shot separately (time/location) of the main footage.

It refers to "filler" footage that typically doesn't include main cast or content. For one example let's say a host/guest is talking to the camera/audience about a manufacturing facility. While they are talking B-roll of the conveyor belts moving product and forklifts maneuvering palettes around the warehouse would be interspersed. Also things like aerials of the facility would qualify. B-roll is also MOS.

A live broadcast will throw to B-roll (previously recorded footage) for emphasis/interest as well.

In my lowly opinion/experience there's no such thing as B-roll in film as that would just simply be another shot/scene.
 
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For my road movie that's currently in post-production ("Detours"), when we didn't have the DP & director in the back seat of the hero car to shoot dialogue/action, we had the DP shoot b roll of the highway, side roads, bridges, etc. These are sometimes used under non-synced dialogue and other times with music in brief scenes to show where the characters are traveling to/through. We used a relatively small percentage of what was shot but got some great footage that wasn't planned out.
 
A roll is the footage you think you will need, ie the main characters in shot, The slow shot of the tree that leads to the characters standing underneath talking etc etc...all the stuff you basically write into your script I guess.


B roll is background stuff, ornaments on a desk, the cat sitting near the window, the tree blowing in the wind without the actors under it, or with them under it but from a further distance for instance. These are all the shots that you don't plan on needing, but will save your ass in the editing room when you realize that a scene needs that little something extra from the location to tie the one shot in with the next, or perhaps your audio was great but your actor in hindsight slightly screwed the pooch and you can't go back for a re-shoot...so you flick through your B-roll to find the shot that is going to save your scene by flicking to the dog humping the curtain....whatever it is...it could be relevant, or left on the cutting room floor...but you need it.
 
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