3rd Place :: Division AA

3C: Journey to Nationals: Official Trailer

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Movie Trailer

Entry Description

"3C Journey to Nationals" follows the 3rd Coast Elite 18's team as they travel to the McCormick Center in Chicago and the Edwards Jones Dome to play for a bid to go to nationals. The team bonds together as the season progresses, and they force their way from a 28th seed in St. Louis to playing in a game that decides whether or not they win a bid.

Judge 1

Positives: Good mix of audio (music, narrator & coach speech) to help tell the story. Nice use of B-roll footage during coach speech.

Improvements: I felt like there could've been more variety of shots. Maybe some close-ups of individual players or some reaction shots during coach speech. There were some jump cuts with game footage and coaches speech that could've been covered with B-roll.

Judge 2

Positives: I love the contrast of the music against the action shots/ coaches speech, almost creating a nostalgic tone. All around a very well shot and edited promo.

Improvements: A shorter edit without jump cuts would allow for a stronger impact with the viewer. I'd like to be given more information on the narrative of the stories and the characters.

Judge 3

Positives: I think this trailer was really well done in setting up the tone and message of this narrative. It was very clear what this journey was about. Also it had a nice variety of footage from speeches, to practicing, and the games. It hit on all the different notes and the music and dialogue were well done.

Improvements: At the beginning where you see scenes of that first game there is a noticeable "jump" in footage. There is another one at about 1:10 when the coach is speaking. Some editing changes there could help smooth things out.