Silver

Excerpts From "Stress: The Elephant in the Room"

Lake Forest

Documentary

Entry Description

Inspired by "Race to Nowhere" and the suicides that rocked the community this ten minute documentary debuted last Spring at the Best of Telecom festival for over 250 students, faculty and community members.

Judge 1

Positives: Interesting visuals. Good tight shots. Good music. Good VO.

Improvements: :40 seconds in and I'm still wondering what the documentary is about. Although interesting, some of the shots seemed out of place or irrelevant to the story. Looked like a couple jump shots and abrupt cuts at times.

Judge 2

Positives: Great use of pacing with music at the top; Nice shots throughout.

Improvements: I would have like to see who was speaking after some shots of the college websites; framing for interview with the teacher could be improved.

Judge 3

Positives: Good use of rack focus. Nice tight shots.

Improvements: Sound could be better. Pauses between shots seem long.