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Rock-a-thon - Documentary - W

Lyons Township

Documentary

Entry Description

This is a documentary about Rock-a-thon, an 88-hour live radio/TV simulcast. The documentary provides some history as well as coverage of the 2013 Rock-a-thon. Produced by Stephanie MacDonald. Submitted to the Chicagoland High School Video Festival 2013.

Judge 1

Positives: 1) Love the intro - really shows a nice contrast between now and then! 2) Interview footage looked and sounded great!

Improvements: 1) For a piece about radio, I would have expected at least a little underlying music to drive it. Seemed too quiet at times ... 2) The end montage seemed too much like a pile of clips - maybe work a few of those clips in between / during interviews? The feel goes from very serious / informative to fun / party. 3) Bill Allan's goatee needs to be bigger (tell him Kris says HI).

Judge 2

Positives: There were a lot of good interviews by important people in the fundraiser. Its great to hear all the details from teachers who support the students. The B-roll at the end looks like a blast. I want to be there!

Improvements: Its a documentary about a radio station, but theres no music under it! It really could have used some music under. There was no b-roll footage for the first half of the project. Interview after interview can get redundant, especially with no b-roll to back it up. That footage also would have been able to give your interviewees breaks in between sentences to let the viewer absorb the information.

Judge 3

Positives: Great footage. The addition of the actual radio show going on was a good addition to the piece. Great organization. With the compilation of interviews we were told about the event and the b-roll we saw everything come together nicely.

Improvements: I might change up the interview spots a little bit to add a little variety, that way it's not just swapping out bodies one after the other. Consistency is nice, but after a while it becomes a little too repetitive. The final note could've stayed up a bit longer, because it was the final goal.