New Michigan Hype video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niugT9i5gGA
New Michigan hype video. This one's 8:26 long
edit: made by a buddy of mine. First ever Michigan video
August 23rd, 2011 at 10:40 AM ^
That pic of Bo looking out at the field gets me everytime
August 23rd, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
I really liked it good work, especially the beginning with Hoke's press conference, and the end with Hail to the Victors with the marching band. The music was also real sweet good job!
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
Not sure about the order of material presented. I would have started with the classic film, followed by taking the field. Next, bring all the highlights from last year, with the team rushing the field at the end of the Illinois game being the logical conclusion.
There were some awesome highlights of DR, VS, & Roundtree.
I saw more of Bo & Lloyd than I saw of RR.
The succession of still shots made me a little dizzy.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
Great work. Some really nice footage and effects, especially the plays in which UM was in color (and the maize accentuated?) while opposing players were in black and white.
Seeing the scores on some of the losing games was a painful reminder of recent disappointments. Speaking of which, I still really hope that mgouser (forgot his/her name) puts together one final Better Son/Daughter video. It will forever be the gold standard for hype videos for me, and the timing after 3 painful years could not be more appropos. This video got me moderately excited, but the Rilo Kiley ones give me the chills each and every time.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:36 AM ^
I hope another of those are made but I kind of think it will not be happening.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
Now how am I supposed to get to sleep. My heart it racing...I feel like I'm jacked up on Dew.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:38 AM ^
I love hype videos as much as anyone else, but seeing the same clips is making me want the football season to start now!
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:41 AM ^
Great work, that epic work has me pumped for the beginning of the season. Too bad there is still 11 days to go.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:41 AM ^
The music is pretty much terrible and boring for over 8 minutes. There are probably a half dozen plays that were repeated. As much as I enjoyed Hemingway break 4 illini players ankles on that one play seeing it multiple times dont cut it. And while I'm being honest n all same f-ing plays and michigan transitions that every other hype video has. This one is just lacking all the main ingredients, HYPE, awesome music, goosebumps, and that urge to watch more and more. 5/5 for failure.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:00 AM ^
Anything positive to say like almost everyone else said?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 AM ^
You have stupid taste in music if that didn't pump you up. Sure there were repeated plays but the music was an excellent choice. Especially well done was timing the musical climax with the Illinois game winning sack. That part was EXCEPTIONAL.
I'm all for people having opinions and personal taste and I don't like people name calling, HOWEVA...... you are wrong and an idiot.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:46 AM ^
2SFH? Love it.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:57 AM ^
Stole a lot of effects from other videos. The black, white, and maize effect is directly out of "papereater's" hype videos.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:00 AM ^
What do you suggest then?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:08 AM ^
I would suggest not taking papereater32's entire last hype video and sticking it in your video.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:36 AM ^
Gotcha.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:36 AM ^
Who cares where the clips came from - we've seen the originals a million times. It's about creating something larger than just a string of clips. Papereater's video didn't tell a story - it was just clips to a rock song. This video was compelling and emotional - from the introduction to the juxtaposition of old footage. That was why Better Son's and Daughters was so great - because it used the uplifting music change in the middle to match the story, thus elevating the clips.
You missed the entire point of the video based on your comment. That's like saying "Zingerman's sandwiches suck because they didn't make their own meats." (I'm assuming for the sake of argument that they don't).
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:30 AM ^
Okay, now I'm afraid that I sounded like a dick. I liked the video overall and thought the song choice was excellent. It's just that papereater's hype videos all have that effect, so taking footage from him is probably not the best idea. It would be like Pollack using Picasso's style for one painting. It would stick out like a sore thumb.
August 23rd, 2011 at 7:39 AM ^
I liked it.
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:09 AM ^
well done.
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:44 AM ^
Thank your buddy for the effort. I watched the whole thing. I don't need to nitpick. I love highlights. I love seeing good things happen on the field for Michigan. I loved the music. I loved "The Victors" at the end.
I also couldn't help noticing how many of those highlights were the result of someone just sticking with the play - keeping the effort going full bore until something good happened. And how many great downfield blocks guys put on. Woo!
Go BLUE!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM ^
Very cool, nice work!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 AM ^
Love it, especially the ending.
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
First of all, I think the rule of thumb should be that if your hype video is longer than five minutes, you might want to cut some stuff. An obvious way to do this would be to only play each highlight once. Also, if it feels to you like you're just running three different videos end-to-end, and/or tacking on something that is completely different than the rest for the last minute, an-editing you should go.
But beyond that, I think it just goes to show how hard it can be to make one of these things when most of the good plays either come a) against the likes of Bowling Green, Indiana, Illinois, and Purdue, or b) in games that were horrendous losses. Hard to get pumped up, say, when Koger catches that sweet touchdown and races untouched to the end zone .... to cut the lead to 25.
I haven't seen anything as good as the Drop the World video - I think it's really hard to balance the traditional hype aspect with the backs-against-the-wall thing.
August 23rd, 2011 at 12:26 PM ^
Well done...
August 23rd, 2011 at 12:45 PM ^
NEEDS MOAR COOKIE MONSTAR
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^
Hell yeah.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^
The only things that bothered me were it was a little on the long side and it seemed to be in a strange order. I would think it would run more smoothly if the hitting the michigan banner and taking the field stuff was in the beginning.