Vehicle: conceptcar camerawork critics needed

[Gilgamesh]

There were one or two camera moves in there that changed speed, like they slowed into the top of their arc and then sped up again. I would watch out for that, as it feels like the camera is coming to a stop, but then it keeps going when I would expect a cut. It's a subtle change in speed, but look for it. You should be able to see it looking at your curves.
One idea, which I see in a lot of car commercial, is rather than cutting, just to a fast camera move to the next shot. This only works, of course, if you can get smooth curves between them.
Another suggestion, and this is just personal preference, would be to keep the focus of the shot moving in the same direction the whole time, or alternate directions for every other shot. Right now you have the camera moving left to right for several shots in a row, and then switching at the very end. If you alternated, left-right, right-left, left-right....so on....it might cut a little better. I'm not really an editor, but it might be something to try.
Another suggestion you might want to think about it having the camera come to rest on the car emblem at the very end, rather than the beginning.
Finally, if you want to keep the flyaway shot at the end, keep the car in frame for longer. It gets cut off right off the bat, and it sits halfway into the bottom of the frame for a couple seconds. That just feels akward, like the cameraman wasn't looking through the lense as he was flying away.

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