Bronze

The Life of Evan Ward - Documentary - W

Lyons Township

Documentary

Entry Description

"The Life of Evan Ward" is a documentary about the very eccentric Evan Ward. Produced by Alex Lillquist.

Judge 1

Positives: 1) Interesting documentary approach (visual style) - very playful, yet actually quite informative. 2) Good use of comedy throughout.

Improvements: 1) This whole piece treads the line of "compelling person" ... might be grounds for disqualification for some other judges. 2) Mix in some serious or honest notes with all the fun. At times the effort and interest in the project itself seems lacking, especially for a competition.

Judge 2

Positives: Whoa. The whip pans of Evan's family at the end was awesome. Seamless editing. The fast motion almost bothered me at first, but by the time I got to the fast motion to swimming, I dug it. It created a sort of theme and it wasnt one random decision.

Improvements: Lesson 1. Never put an interview subject in a swivel chair. They cant help but swivel and it gets distracting to the viewer. Trust me. Some music could have helped some of the funny parts along. When he is leaving his house for work, some light hearted music would have been nice, followed by the intro to Master of Puppets when he hits the guy as a sound effect. Killer.

Judge 3

Positives: The car crash bit was funny, it added some more comic relief and it was creative. Nice use of voice over of Evan talking about his tasks at work, while you had b-roll of him completing those tasks.

Improvements: It just felt kind of scattered, like the audience was waiting to see why we were following this guy. And then left empty at the end. Work on your organization a little bit. Specifically in the computer room, it was very dark and flat. If you added a little light in the room, or at least to his face it would help the scene.