Bronze

Nerdy Boy Swag

Maine East

Music Video

Entry Description

A music video tribute to all the nerds out there!

Judge 1

Positives: Fun piece. The chroma key effect works (over key board and dance sequence) but could be framed better (more of nerd guy). The camera motion (zooms in hallway) are nicely done.

Improvements: The shot of the rapping at the computer get old. Change angles. Lip sync off in parts. You have some different layers (school, chroma key shots and computer screen) but this piece needs more of those types of shots and less of the single computer shot.

Judge 2

Positives: Good to use a key at the beginning to give credit. Funny video concept. Talent did a great job "keepin it real". Liked the shot of the boy rapping in his room - good headroom/composition. Liked the idea of using a green screen to key in a keyboard behind the talent at 3:14.

Improvements: Footage shot in the hallway at school was good, but lighting - whether from exterior or florescent caused a glare. Would be more creative to dramatically light the talent - if possible. Video seemed to be a bit on the long side. In order to make it more creative/visually interesting, add a wider variety of footage (i.e.: point of view, over the shoulder, layered close-ups). Better beat editing would help with slow editing pace. When recording footage from a computer monitor, or when changing location, be sure to white balance. This will ensure that your footage will not have a blue or yellow tint.

Judge 3

Positives: The "nerd" in this video was great! Really funny. The slow motion effects were good.

Improvements: The pacing was very slow - cutting to a close-up would help this problem. Audio sync issues throughout.