Frame_Shift.MP4 - ID# 132
Neuqua Valley
Documentary
Entry Description
The story of Stephanie and Donovan, two people from completely different backgrounds who come together and build a career out of their love of media.
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- 4/23 8:17 pm - The opening with the clapboard creates a nice casual cold open. The music works with the overall theme of the piece. Moving over onto the interviews the idea of the dual camera is a good one, but you do linger on the side camera quite a bit. While you do have a bit of a cold open with the clapboards it's not really clear to me why I'm watching these two people talk about creating a podcast. It would be a little bit more dynamic actually show rather than tell how they're creative partners and include footage them developing the podcast. Interviews are interesting but a greater diversity of b-roll cutaways or cinema verite would have enhanced the piece further.
- 3/23 1:12 pm - Keepers: It's always an interesting story to see how people get involved in media careers. Great interview soundbytes and use of multicam. Improvements: From a story standpoint, have a smoother transition from their journey from visual media to that of podcasters. In terms of your interviews, try to have two different settings for each interview. One for each. The dual cameras are great, but consider giving your background behind each subject more depth. The documentary is wall-to-wall interviews. Look for other ways to tell the story. Let me hear snippets of their podcasts, see footage of some of their work. This breaks up the monotony of being talked at and elevates the story overall. Let's see Donovan at work, either doing sound, editing or the other things we mention. SHOW US instead of telling us. Overall, you needed more broll. I saw several jump cuts in the interviews. Finally, VALUE the use of music in documentaries. You needed at least two more songs in this piece. Use music to transition between story points so it changes the mood and feeling of the piece for the audience.
- 3/4 5:33 pm - +Unique story! +People are passionate about what they are talking about +Good use of photos as b-roll -Check audio/video sync. Out of sync at some points -Use the rule of thirds for interview set-ups -There could have been a more interesting background location instead of a purple wall. You want to place your subject more in the center of the a room so that the shot has depth.
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