Michigan Defense 2016: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
I'm teaching myself how to video-edit, so I made this 2016 Defense highlight reel of the first 6 games.
Michigan Defense 2016: Seek & Destroy
Michigan Defense 2016: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor: https://youtu.be/Z9oNyxqewfo
Let me know what you think and enjoy!
*EDIT: Changed the title, per your wonderful feedback. Didn't even think about the confusion, but felt Seek & Destroy was such a great term for our D. Also, this is the first video I've ever made, so I'll take rest of feedback into account for future vids. Working on an offensive highlight reel, as well.
October 25th, 2016 at 11:50 PM ^
meh
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October 26th, 2016 at 8:25 AM ^
Insightful it is, +1.
October 26th, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
A douche, I think you are
October 25th, 2016 at 11:51 PM ^
Intense. Both our D and the video!
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October 25th, 2016 at 11:55 PM ^
"Seek and Destroy" but the song isn't Seek and Destroy? Minus some points right off the bat.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:31 AM ^
that was my first thought as well. then I just assumed he's way too young to know that song.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:50 AM ^
as long as "he's way too young" doesn't mean that I'm old
October 26th, 2016 at 8:29 AM ^
That's exactly what it means.
October 26th, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^
theres a whole generation of kids out there who are unaware that Metallica was awesome for a while.
October 25th, 2016 at 11:55 PM ^
Great video, no pocket is safe from Dr. Blitz. Good job editing too.
October 25th, 2016 at 11:57 PM ^
behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.
LIKE IT, LOVE IT, WANT SOME MORE OF IT
October 26th, 2016 at 8:55 AM ^
Each clip is about 4 seconds in length. The video is 3:20 in length. This was made after six games and there are A LOT of plays. Did we have that many plays for the entire season last year? I know we didn't the previous two year combined. The Peppers blitz/sacks look like he was shot out of a cannon. Well done video.
October 26th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
A lot of them were included multiple times from different angles. But your point still stands.
October 26th, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^
+1 AllMaizeNohayes - incorporated old school Garth Brooks into football
October 25th, 2016 at 11:58 PM ^
I liked it
October 26th, 2016 at 12:09 AM ^
You take a coach with a mentality that says winners get to practice more, losers stay on the sideline and watch and they buy into it? Wow. Mix that with a DC that used the Dare to Stare approach and you're talking about a possible record setting defense.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:14 AM ^
No J Lew interception to seal the Wisconsin win???
October 26th, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
From the title or the video, it seems the OP was more focused on big time hits for this video
October 26th, 2016 at 12:22 AM ^
Diversify angles more, play more with the rhythm of the shots/music, highlight important things through your editing. You have to tell the story about the defense, not just splice together random collections of cool hits.
Good luck!
October 26th, 2016 at 9:35 AM ^
Came into post exactly this. Your cuts are clean, but the song especially lends itself to certain synchronized elements. For example, when the singer is chanting numbers, "1, nothing wrong...2, nothing wrong..." that is begging for a hit each time. Use clips of the team lined up, flexing, rubbing their bellies, etc. to get the spacing right, and use the actual hits as accents. Also, I would've saved the first clip of the Peppers timed blitz as the crescendo and not the opening, but that's discretionary.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:31 AM ^
keep playing with the various shots as more footage comes in...but pretty good!
October 26th, 2016 at 12:43 AM ^
of this Defense.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:11 AM ^
was to get us even more fired up for this Saturday, then mission accomplished. Oh my is this D ever going to DESTROY Sparty!
October 26th, 2016 at 1:45 AM ^
I was totally expecting Metallica and got that. Need to change the title man, disappointed for that fact
October 26th, 2016 at 1:58 AM ^
was ready for some fast metal...
October 26th, 2016 at 3:07 AM ^
The Metallica title while laying over a 2001 Drowning Pool song is confusing... I was assuming age (I'm 27) but using Bodies which is still prime Metallica I don't get
October 26th, 2016 at 3:21 AM ^
Nice job on the video. One thing to add would be a quick clip showing Ash almost in tears while showing the scoreboard reading 78-0. That former buckeye thought he could run his mouth, set up a competing satellite camp on the same day as Harbaugh, invite 200 recruits to see an upset "signature win" against Michigan and there wouldn't be any consequences??
The North remembers. Harbaugh remembers.
October 26th, 2016 at 4:08 AM ^
Nice. The most impressive thing to me has been how you could see that intensity against every opponent we've played. The video has good representation of all the teams I think. It's been amazingly consistent this year.
October 26th, 2016 at 4:48 AM ^
Seek and destroy!
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October 26th, 2016 at 5:30 AM ^
The only thing I'd add to some of the other comments is show the play developing just a bit more. Many of the clips started with the D too close to the QB already and didn't allow the enjoyment of watching the O-lines get beat. Great first effort, though!
October 26th, 2016 at 5:15 AM ^
Good job capturing D line violence.
October 26th, 2016 at 6:26 AM ^
Not a fan of the "Teen Angst" music but clips of this violent Defense pleases me.
October 27th, 2016 at 4:04 AM ^
Is that what you call that? Loved the video, but the song sounded like it was by the same folks who did "In the Big House."
October 26th, 2016 at 6:44 AM ^
Maybe start each take from the snap, so it's a little easier to distinguish whats going on. It was hard to follow with the change of field postion, but otherwise, very good. I could watch highlights all day long. Especially at work.
October 26th, 2016 at 6:48 AM ^
Like the clips but if you are titling it seek and destroy, you should use the Metallica classic. http://youtu.be/NUAdgt5Glk0
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October 26th, 2016 at 7:07 AM ^
I was just about to open it too. I was hoping Metallica would have been a part of it....
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October 26th, 2016 at 7:07 AM ^
That blue or black line is such a pesky little line to cross for these teams. Total team domination! Everyone is swarming to the ball. Love it!
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October 26th, 2016 at 7:29 AM ^
No way there's a better tune for our DL Great work
Dr. MF'in Blitz
October 26th, 2016 at 7:45 AM ^
video of tackling was fine, but I am an old dude so the music wasn't my style but you probably were not trying to hit me as the target audience. Nice work for first efforts otherwise.
October 26th, 2016 at 7:57 AM ^
which some punk decided to neg. I heard Saban clicked on this, then closed it after 23 seconds.
October 26th, 2016 at 7:58 AM ^
by 21 pilots is another song i think is fittting for this defense.
October 26th, 2016 at 8:19 AM ^
Definitely no
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October 26th, 2016 at 8:22 AM ^
+1. My wife loves that song, and I hate it. It's not music. It's haunted house background noise.
October 26th, 2016 at 8:40 AM ^
I really liked the vid and if you're just getting started, you'll be really good when you get more practice. I'm a musician, and I love when the hits are timed with the beat. For instance, in this song the prechorus chants 1,2,3,4 and it would be kick ass to have a hit for each number exactly as he says them. Keep up the good work, and you're a brace soul for posting here where the likes of Mello roam. That guy is pure awesome, and you seem to be well on your way to awesomeness. Go Blue!!
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October 26th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
the "music" is over the top. Too loud and noise-like. I agree with the comment above re: Haunted House music.
October 26th, 2016 at 8:59 AM ^
let alone putting the video together. I could watch Michigan's defense all day to any song right now. Thanks!
Go Blue!
October 26th, 2016 at 9:31 AM ^
Love watching the D, but the theme song is sooo tired for videos of defenses. Also, I like the chaos you depict, but I would time it with the music. When the music picks up (some other music preferably), such as in the chorus, go with the shorter clips. Otherwise give us longer clips in which the play develops more. Chaos is good - only if we can see it in comparison to non-chaos.
October 26th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
Watched it again with seek and destroy playing. I feel that this part of the lyrics describe the defense accurately:
"There is no escape and that's for sure
This is the end, we won't take anymore
Say goodbye to the world you live in
You've always been taking and now you're giving"