Gold

Secular Student Alliance

Neuqua Valley

Feature Story

Entry Description

This is a club that has gotten a lot of harsh feedback since its inception. I set out to change the school's mentality toward the club, and atheists in general by showing their side.

Judge 1

Positives: good variety of interviews edit pacing is very good

Improvements: b-roll too dark no substantial info about club's message or goal

Judge 2

Positives: You gave a very controversial group that is underserved by the media, equal and fair attention. Nicely done! The sound also seemed balanced and mixed well.

Improvements: It's important not to shoot into a window, as your camera will auto-white-balance for the exterior, thus leaving your subjects in silhouette (a particularly unfortunate ominous look, given the subject matter.) The story didn't particularly need a VO at the end, especially since we didn't see/hear them introduced at the beginning.

Judge 3

Positives: Great compostion of shots and use of available light. Editing technique used effectively to convey mood and the point of the piece.

Improvements: This piece could have benifited from the use of a score. Voice-over at the end seemed out of place. How could this have been better integrated into the piece overall?