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Good Eats

Barrington

Feature Story

Entry Description

Good Eats with Gaul profiles the best local restaurants around Barrington. In this segment we get an inside look on how to make “The Bronco” burger which was named for the Barrington High School mascot and created by the Varsity Football team.

Judge 1

Positives: Nice intro cool visuals

Improvements: interviews look soft on focus Don't zoom so much unless there is a purpose

Judge 2

Positives: Great pacing in your edit. It's important to keep up with the expectations of a 21st Century audience, and your edit certainly did that. Excellent on-camera host, with a lot of charisma. Also, excellent choices in b-roll shots. A good balance of CU's and wides.

Improvements: Within your story, you might want to consider the order of the topics you discuss. It seemed odd that we went from trying the burger (a very strong closer) back to opening up the topic of decor in the restaurant. There were several shots whose aspect ratio was different from the overall piece's sequence settings, resulting in many "smashed" frames. This is something that is easily fixable, but contributes to the audience's distraction. Always remember to have uniform aspect ratio (and crop when necessary, never stretch.)

Judge 3

Positives: Great variety of shots and camera techniques. Kept the piece visually interesting while illustrating what was being talked about. Also, great job with keeping up with the cook as he ran all over the kitchen. Live shoots will always throw curveballs at you, and this one was handled very well. Likewise, the use of soundtrack kept the piece lively and interesting.

Improvements: Work on shot composition. While there was a great variety of shots and camera movement, the composition of the frames could be improved to get the most from each shot. Likewise, while the variety of shots and quick cuts gave the piece a good energy and pace, but also made it feel a bit frantic. A few more thoughtful cuts could keep the pace and energy, while smoothing out the piece as a whole. It also didn't seem to conclude intentionally, but rather just ended as if to make the time limit.