MG Char’s Z'Gok - Still good after 15 years

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A review of the MSM-07S Z'Gok from the original anime series Mobile Suit Gundam (0079). Piloted by the always fashionable Char Aznable.

Production Notes to Help Me Keep Track of My Progression – Time!

Feel free to read over if you’re into video production and want to maybe learn from my mistakes.

This video is technically a reupload of a previous review. However, I had to take it down and swap out the music, so I decided to make some updates. Below are the notes for the original version, followed by the notes for this updated version.

This was another experimental review. Maybe the most since the Zeta 2.0. Lots of new stuff.

First up, new camera. A Canon 6d Mark II. So, jumped to full frame for this one. Have a lot to learn, and not all of my lenses transferred over. My 24mm I used for the articulation section is an EF-S lens, meaning, it doesn’t fit on the camera. So, I used my 50mm for EVERYTHING.

This led to a pretty cramped articulation section. I need to buy a new full frame 24mm lens, but it’s like $600, so think I’ll just keep my old camera and break it out for the articulation section.

The focus points on the 6d Mark II are really clustered around the center. Getting something in focus around the edges of the screen is really hard. Gonna have to work on my “focus, pan, shoot” skills.

The lighting was also really poor on this review. Too dark. Really need to crank up the lights or ISO on the next one. Kits with darker color schemes always screw me up.

I didn’t use Adobe bridge for mass RAW exposure settings. I really didn’t take many pictures, and I think it shows in this review. Lots of repeat shots and footage. There just weren’t any gimmicks or variations in this kit. Ended up cutting a lot of audio in order to limit the repeating footage.

Speaking of Adobe though, it was screwy this whole review. Premiere had a bunch of settings changed and I don’t know why. For example, when I pan over a still image, instead of a linear path, it will “auto-bezier” so it’d have a boomerang effect. I SUCKS~. Was it always like this? Don’t remember it being that way. Maybe it’s the larger full frame image. It might triggers an auto-bezier feature. Or maybe it’s just more noticeable since I’m panning over a larger image.

Media Encoder also KEPT CRASHING. Not sure why. Is it because I’m still using 2018 Premiere (read Kampfer’s description) with a 2019 Encoder? Is it the larger size of the still images bogging it down? Is the bit rate of the new camera’s video too high? Is it a bug on Adobe’s part? Is it the new Windows 10 update 1809 or whatever? Who knows. Hopefully it will sort itself out on its own by next review time.

Anyway, tried some new things with the footage, mainly having scores on different sides. Just thought I’d mix it up.

Did some new things with editing too. Again, repeated a lot of footage, so needed to spice it up. Used inverse colors for text (Red headers, White highlighted text), and I did some new pans. Just make it look a little different.

Audio was a big thing on this video. I’m TIRED of having bad audio. It’s the one thing I just can’t nail. I recorded in Audacity like usual, but then imported into Adobe Audition. It has better noise removal and EQ settings, I think... I just slapped on the “vocal enhancer” feature though. It made everything sound better, but I think it boosted the bass a little too much, so at the last second in Premiere, I cut the low end a few db.

I just bought a pre-amp and have my eye on a real~~ nice microphone. So hopefully I’ll have this audio situation sorted soon.

Here are the notes for this updated version:

New music

Slightly re-EQ'd audio

And that's it, considering this is the most recent review at the time of all these re-uploads. So not much to fix.

Anyway, thanks for reading all that lol. Hope it helps you learn as much as it helps me keep track of what I've learned. I’m a firm believer people need a creative outlet, and maybe video production can be yours too! 😉 Here’s the music I was enjoying while I was working on this toy review.
   • S.O.S. Band- Just Be Good To Me  
   • Видео  
   • HIDEKI☆SAIJO Separate Ways