Silver

Sign-autre

Glenbrook South

Live Event Coverage Performing Arts

Entry Description

The sign language class at Glenbrook South had 3 girls perform at our 2014 Variety Show. The three girls were Janie Kahan, Brittany Holtsman, and Celia Grabill Sulski. They signed to a remix of popular songs.

Judge 1

Positives: Ok, can I first say I was very moved by this performance! And a lot of that had to do with how you, as the broadcast team, presented it! I loved the camera work, the dissolves, the variety of shots. I was so engaged, I almost forgot I was judging! When there is a lot of movement, it's difficult to frame your shots and I though you did a very good job of keeping up with the performers. Excellent job!

Improvements: Not much to improve! I would be careful with those camera shots during movement. There was at least one shot when the performers moved out of frame leaving the framing unbalanced. Lighting can also be an issue. When you have dark, uneven areas of the stage, be careful not to use those shots, especially with a performance with signing, because we really need to see that! Very good effort!

Judge 2

Positives: nice staging great lighting

Improvements: boring after 30 seconds

Judge 3

Positives: The use of audio clips featuring celebrated actors/actresses worked really well. The close-up shots at 41 and 42 seconds worked really well- I would have liked to have seen more of those (like the one I saw at 1:12 - composition and movement on those shots was good!).

Improvements: Wide shots should have been had more movement or the director should have mixed in more close-ups to make it more visually interesting. Signing is up-close-and-personal and more CU or MCU shots should have been used.