RE/100 Vigna Ghina || A Casual Review

A review of the Reborn-One Hundred (RE/100) Vigna Ghina from the anime movie Mobile Suit Gundam F91.
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Trying out a more laid-back style so I can look at other kits, and to make videos a little quicker. There will be NO change to the format of Master Grade reviews. Those are fun challenges, but for other grades, why not take it easy?

-- Production Notes for later reference --

- This felt like a 'throwback' review. Like a video I'd make 2 years ago. I didn't plan any cut-ins or try to anything new. This was just a "eh, whatever" kind of video, which is kind of the point. Those MG reviews take FOREVER, so taking a break to just make a video that I know isn't gonna be my best, was kind of nice.

- Still, this video took about 2 weeks to make. A lot of it was just being unsure of the format. I just kept changing the script, trying to figure out how I wanted to do this. Eventually, I ended up with a format almost exactly the same as my standard MG reviews... All that work to get back to square one lol. Main difference is more seamless transitions between parts.

- Audio was weird on this one. I actually recorded a full run through on a previous script, but when I changed the script I had to re-record. Then after editing I noticed a few mistakes, so had to re-record some of that. That’s the risk of doing things without much structure.

- Footage was weird on this one. Even though I did make a shot list, I just threw it away halfway through. The whole point was to make this video quick and easy, so I didn’t get anything specific. Just general B-roll stuff and figured I’d make it work in editing.

- I noticed the turntable footage is a little weak on this video. I think I had the exposure set too low, and the contrast didn’t seem right. When I recorded the articulation footage, which uses my old camera (my wide-angle lens only works on crop sensor…) I messed with the contrast setting in the camera itself, and AAAHHH~ it looks SO much better. Everything just has a soft, almost matte finish to it. Definitely going to mess with the settings on the main camera before the next review.

- Editing was pretty simple. It was a lot of “eh I have 20 seconds to fill, just slap in random action poses lol” Again, goal was quick and easy, and I had this edited in a night, so yea~ mission complete. I will say I had to back over a lot for cut ins. I didn’t plan for most of them, and wasn’t sure how much to put in, so there was a lot of back and forth.

- I’m not sure how I feel about the music. I mean I know I wanted to make it quieter. I think a MAJOR turn off of my videos is the background music. Not that it’s bad, it’s actually pretty amazing. I love it. It’s just that over the course of 10 minutes and 5 videos it gets repetitive. After watching some Half in the Back, I realized I needed to have it just faintly in the background. Just enough to cover room noise and fill out the audio space, but not enough that you could actually make out the melody.

- The song used in this video is actually the one used in the MG reviews, but slowed down and with some reverb on top to make it kind of vaporwave-y.

- I tried using a mask and blur when comparing the hatches on this kit. Not sure how it looks, but got some experience with masks, so can’t complain.

- The thumbnail is super lazy here, but that’s kind of the point. I need to find some way to distinguish these ‘casual’ reviews from the more in-depth MG reviews. Need to figure it out…

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