MG Gyan || LED Beam Saber!

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A review of the Master Grade YMS-15 Gyan from the original 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.

Intro - 00:00
Build: 0:49
Appearance: 3:40
Articulation: 5:58
Gimmicks: 8:50
Final Verdict: 11:15

This Gyan was a pretty solid MG Gunpla! The light up beam saber was a really nice addition. Highly recommended if you're into the original Gundam anime, or Zeon suits.

Heads up, this is probably the last Gunpla review for a while. I did order the P-Bandai MG F90, so there is another kit on the way though.

Anyway - Production notes - time.

- I was a little down when making this review. I enjoy making these and all, but really the whole point these videos was to improve my video production skills, and I feel I hit a wall with that about 6-7 videos back. Still, I made some minor improvements with this video.

- I think I nailed the footage. I realized I had been lowering the contrast too much in recent reviews, causing the shadows to be cranked up to much, thus there'd be noticeable grain and a flicker. For this review, I decided to NOT mess with the contrast in the edit. I kept my camera on the lowest possible contrast setting, but didn't touch the footage in post outside of a bump to saturation. It looks so much better! I've noticed this tends to be how I improve. I go way too far in one direction, then realize it's too much, pull back a little to find a nice middle ground.

- I went out of my way to nail the white balance here. For some reason, even though I have all of my lights set to 5,000K, and my camera set to 5,000K, things were just too warm. I specifically got a shot of a white sheet of paper, and used it for white balance in the edit. While there was only a minor difference compared to relying on the camera's 5,000K setting, it's still an improvement.

- Speaking of lights, my Polaroid 350 finally gave it up. It was a piece of junk since day 1, so not really a surprise. It always had issues with battery power, and flickering, usually needing a good smack to get working, but now it finally stopped working completely. Thankfully, it was during the last 2-3 shots, so it didn't noticeably affect the footage, but still, I need to buy a new LED before I make any new videos. Also, I'd like to take the Polaroid to a ditch somewhere and go Office Space on it lol

- This is one of the first time I used sped-up footage. It's the montage of him falling backwards. It wasn't that hard to record, so I think I'm gonna try to get more inserts like that in the future.

- The audio isn't great here. While I did beef up the background music to a nice medium level, the commentary is pretty poor. For some reason, I had this really breathy, strained tone to my voice when recording this one. I really wanted to redo it, but just didn't want to take the time. The EQ helps a little, but it's still far from perfect. My mic (Rode video mic Pro) pics up A TON of mouth sounds. Everyone tells me to back away from the mic, use a pop filter, ect, and I am! It's just the mic is very directional, and made for on-location, camera mounted, documentary style stuff, not at a desk in a quiet room. I need a dedicated mic for podcasting. I'm thinking it will be my next purchase.

- I really like the title card for this video. I decided to match the colors of the background and the suit, so everything would blend in better. Sure enough, there's a tool in Photoshop that lets you import an image, then apply it's white balance and color temperature to other layers. I tried it, and, while not a major difference, it really helps! I know many people don't care for the title cards, but I always learn new Photoshop skills when making them, so... deal with them lol. Next, I'd like to try focus stacking, to get everything in a deep focus! That might imply a larger scale.

- Leaving this one for last, because it's a bit of a downer. While I do enjoy making these, again the whole point was to step up my video production skills, and I just haven’t seen any major progress in the last few months. Plus my videos are pretty dry. I decided to watch a few other reviews (for the 1st time since the Rrobbert184 days lol) to see what others were doing and it affirmed everything. They're just more interesting. So, I think it might be time to move on.

I'm unsure if this really is the last video but I'm making a point to not think about or plan on making another video. If a cool kit pops up then maybe I could make another video idk. I pre-ordered that MG F90, so maybe my opinion will change once that arrives.
- Spoiler- I did 3 more lol

Regardless, thanks for watching over these 3-4 years! I’ve really enjoyed it! Best of luck on your next build! 😊
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