Hi Tex
I have some constructive feedback for you.
Your film has 3 main sections as per your choice of 3 different musical styles but basically going from gentle to frenetic. During the first section I was thinking, bummer there is not enough surf here and action to hold attention. I then thought you should have finished the film at 3:31 however I kept watching to the end. It would be interesting to see on your viewer stats when people leave the video. Youtubers have an ultra low attention span.
Most of the great shots, and there were plenty come in the later stages of the film and I would have been tempted to just use the absolute best shots and cut a shorter action packed video, but thats just personal preference.
The things I really liked though are
Your flying skills
The music - all 3 bits
Your editing matched with the beats and highlights well.
Using the town almost as cutaways when there was no surf action
The high speed passes up and down the beach but maybe a little over used.
The sideways pans along the beach tents which I will add to my list calling it a 'side by'
The slow motion transitions
The action shots of the surfers
The circling of the jet ski
The high point ending view of the beach.
What would lift it even more is a little ambient sound of the waves etc. I realise you can't get that from the quad but maybe use a digital recorder to capture some ambient sound.
Thanks for posting.
Shrimpy
