Your opinion - which video looks better?

[JackBennett]

Hey guys

I'm having a bit of a play around with my Ezybeats and would like some feedback on which of the following 2 formats you think works best - from a visual comprehension point of view.

The first video is 3in1 with music that reads itself, the 2nd is 4in1 video with the music. Personally im leaning towards 3in1 - I think the 4 starts to get overkill. Colours and titles can be changed, just looking at the videos at this stage. Your thoughts guys?

3in1
www.icanplaydrums.com/3in1largest.wmv - 5.5mb

4in1
www.icanplaydrums.com/4in1largest.wmv - 4.5mb

Watch them at full screen to get the feel of how it would look on DVD

many thanks in advance!

Jack

[nebula821]

I think the first one was better because the 3 individual screens are bigger and that just seems more appealing than the slightly smaller screens. Either way is good though, there's just not THAT much difference between the 2 when it comes down to it.

[Zoren]

I like the 3-in-1 as it seems easier to follow.

Zoren

[fourstringdrums]

I prefer the 3-in-1. The 4-in-1 is too cluttered.

[jayp]

Jack, First I want to say congrats, your site is a great tool for beginners and advanced players, a gem many drummers wish they had in their day. Your explanation and demonstration is perfect and mi sure theres a lot of people out there besides me that would like to say Thanks.

Back to the question, 3-in-1.

KEEP IT UP!


JP

[JackBennett]

Hey JP - thanks! Glad you're enjoyin it all. Yeah I think 3in1 is easier to grasp personally..

[slingerland755]

I don't know guys...the more angles the better in my opinion.

Thanks Jack

[Class A Drummer]

As said before, i think the 3 in 1 is better. Its easier on the eyes. Also the view is a little close up because of that.

[Therma lobsterdore]

Yep 3in1 for me too, 4 is just too busy.

Jack both your playing and instruction is first class, nice work!

[JackBennett]

Yep 3in1 for me too, 4 is just too busy.

Jack both your playing and instruction is first class, nice work!

Why thankyou! It's interesting most ppl here on DW have said 3in1, yet when I surveyed my own subscriber list 3in1 is only ahead by a small margin. Anyway, thaks everyone for the feedback, much appreciated.

[TitanSound]

3-1 was better for me too :)

[ILikeMacs]

Yeah Me to, i'l go with 3 in 1 its just easier to read. great concept man, been getting your newsletters nearly a year. rock on!

[dblinkhorn]

I think the first video looks the best. I agree with earlier sentiments that having larger view-panes is superior to having that one 'further out' view which is extra in the second video. Anyway, you have a good style of teaching and hopefully your DVD will be very successful.

[Audball]

What about just sequencing all the angle footage one-after-another, looping each twice? One big window with the transcription at top. Loop 3/4 view twice, followed by head-on twice, followed by ... etc. Or, perhaps make it more interactive by making it Flash-based, with buttons to choose the perspective?

However, if you don't want to go to that much trouble / don't like it / whatever, I agree with the posts above that 3-in-1 works better.

[JackBennett]

What about just sequencing all the angle footage one-after-another, looping each twice? One big window with the transcription at top. Loop 3/4 view twice, followed by head-on twice, followed by ... etc. Or, perhaps make it more interactive by making it Flash-based, with buttons to choose the perspective?

However, if you don't want to go to that much trouble / don't like it / whatever, I agree with the posts above that 3-in-1 works better.

Thanks for the feedback, great ideas. These are going to be on a DVD set, and I really need to go for the "all in 1 view" due to time restrictions on the DVD. Most of the Ezybeats will actually just be 2 screen, but the 3 or 4 screen ones will be in a couple of sections.