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A review of the Master Grade Hi-Nu Gundam version Katoki (ver KA). It is an alternate interpretation of the iconic Nu Gundam from the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack.
This review is a ‘redo’ of a previous review. I’ve never been happy with that original review, so thought it’d be cool to make a new version up to my current production standards. The scores are also a bit more accurate, as the original review was only my 5th or 6th video, and I hadn’t quite fine-tuned things.
Intro - 00:00
Build - 0:56
Appearance - 5:14
Articulation - 8:06
Gimmicks - 11:49
Final Verdict - 17:08
- Production Notes for me to reference later -
- This review was made over the course of about 9 months. Because this is a ‘redo’ review, I always had it on the backburner in favor of new reviews, only working on it when it was convenient.
- For example, the articulation footage was actually shot first. I was doing some other review (Gyan?) and already had the camera set up for articulation, so decided to get some quick Hi-Nu shots before breaking everything down.
- The articulation footage was shot using my old 100D and 24mm EF-S lens, as when I originally shot it, I didn’t have my 35mm lens for my 6D.
- 6 months later, while I was working on the Shining Gundam (or F90, I don’t remember) I decided to score some general footage since I already had the camera set up for those other videos.
- Then I wrote the script, but did it on and off between writing the F90 review.
- After finishing the F90, I got to work on the audio to ground the production and take inventory of what I had and what I still needed to get.
- I recorded this audio twice. The first time around I wasn’t happy with it, so I did it again. Not that big a deal, but after I edited the 45 minute raw audio down to 23, Audacity corrupted my save, so I had to do it again. Ugh~
- Then I decided to just start editing. I got the audio lined up, and just edited what I could up to the commentary, leaving massive gaps in visuals for things I didn’t have. Once done, I knew exactly what extra footage I needed to get to fill those gaps.
- Still photography went well as I knew EXACTLY what I needed based the gaps in my edit. Also, by this point, I had my Sigma 50mm f/1.4 and Canon 35mm f/2, so much cleaner footage than before.
- I took extra time to make sure the colors matched between the stills and video. Turns out I was shooting video in sRGB, but exporting my RAW images using Adobe RGB. Adobe is more saturated, while sRGB is more neutral. Having both my video and stills on same color space led to more consistent colors all around. Of course, shooting this video with month long gaps in between led to some inherent inconsistencies anyway… Still, learned something new.
- I really wish I could’ve gotten better shots of the LED. I tried some pitch black shots, and messed with my camera, but it just wasn’t showing through. In general, the LED was just really weak. I hope people don’t blame my camera/me for Bandai making bad LED’s… but then again, I could’ve been more elaborate in my explanation in the video, so it’s 50/50 imo.
- Same goes for the fin funnels. There’s a very vocal minority that says they’re perfect and everyone is just not folding them right. Hopefully me showing the manual and the ‘correct’ way of folding the funnels helps put those claims to rest.
- Using all that new footage, I plugged the gaps in the edit, and had a full video. This made the editing much less stressful, as I didn’t just have 20 minutes to fill, but a lot of small gaps of maybe only a minute to fill. If that makes any sense.
- This video is LONG. But then again, it is a version Katoki, so it makes sense. If anything, the original review was way too short.
- The encoding gave me issues. This video took 2 and half hours to encode! For some reason, Adobe kept crashing at random points. Thankfully, I reverted to an older version of Encoder, and it worked again.
- I’m a big fan of the title card. I was originally going to get lazy with it, and I was for the most part. However, putting it all together, I think it turned out very good. I really like the ‘color match’ stuff I figured out in the Gyan review. It does wonders for space shots and high contrast stuff like that F90 and this Hi-Nu title card.
- Also, I’m trying to use fewer words for the thumbnails. Just make them a little less busy.
- I made an additional video explaining this is a redo video. I just thought it could clear up some confusion. It's unlisted now.
And finally, I think that's it for me. This felt like the end of an era... so... If this is the last video, then: Thanks for watching, and best of luck on your next build! :)