Honorable Mention :: Division AA

How the Duke Stole Winter Break

York

Humorous Narrative

Entry Description

A remake of the classic tale of the Grinch, the video tells the story of the Duke as he feels left out when all the students are getting ready to leave for Winter Break. To spoil their fun he decides to steal everything they may need for a good winter break. He soon learns that it's not the possessions that make Winter Break great, but the people you're with.

Judge 1

Positives: Very original idea. And awesome that you got to use the mascot! The voice over was well written. Its hard work getting all that to rhyme. Kudos to that guy or girl.

Improvements: Probably wasnt the best idea to shoot the ending scene in a stairwell. It was a little difficult to hear over the room noise. In an event like that, be sure to record 30 seconds of silence or room tone, then in editing you can overlap that on the cuts between shots and it will smooth out your audio.

Judge 2

Positives: Very original homage to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Very creative vision and voice over narration. Well written and well thought out.

Improvements: Put more emphasis on production quality. Set decoration and color will be more visually appealing and add production value to your film. There are a few black holes in the editing, make sure to have a second pair of eyes look at the cut. it is easy to miss the little things.

Judge 3

Positives: The narration and scripted lines were very nicely put together. Nice use of vignette and coloring of footage during the choreographed dance sequence.

Improvements: Be sure to check your compression settings when uploading. The video quality was heavily degraded by a low quality web export. Audio pops from one take to another can be helped by adding an ambient track to keep consistency when jumping from line to line. Keep that in mind for the next time around.