In my opinion:
The sudden DOF changes are jarring and at times blur out the gun the actor is holding which is not realistic.
If you have a good set then show it. If you want to highlight the actor there are better ways to do that (i.e. lighting, background, etc.) or just limit the DOF to the distance.
@0:05 The white birds wings flapping in and out of view at top is distracting and unnecessary.
@0:10 The bird on the top of the stone lantern is at an angle and looks like it will fall off backwards, does not look stable.
@0:25 Looks like actors gun is a flashlight since it lights of the end of the wood she is knelling in front of.
@0:31 The actor backs up to the tree to hide but is 2 feet from the tree.
@0:41 The actor is just loading her gun now???? So she was pointing an unloaded gun all this time I guess.
@0:42 Bird flapping wings behind character is distracting and not needed.
@0:43 The actors left hand fingers are whited out (from a strong light?) and I first thought they were claws.
The right arm is also somewhat washed out.
@0:45 the gun is not pointing at the explosives but down and to the left a bit.
No shadows.
After watching a couple of times I got confused. Are there 1 or 2 woman in this clip?
The reason I ask is that if it is one (1) actor then the hair color changes at several places:
@0:01 light brown/blonde with highlights
@0:05 dark brown
@0:08 light brown/blonde with highlights
@0:09 dark brown
I sure it is just a lighting issue but consistency is important.
Hope that helps some and again, just my opinion.
Regards,
Jeff
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