Mooseheart Lights

Geneva

Documentary

Entry Description

The brightness of Christmas lights help show the power of a community.

Judge 1

Positives: Really great job! It’s clear that you put a lot of work into this—interesting story; so many great interviews; and everything is structured quite well. I love the way you bookended the piece with the Christmas lights; that works very well. And overall, the footage is shot really well, and you have a very creative opening title sequence!

Improvements: Audio: Some of your audio segues are a bit rough… the sound design needs a bit of refining across the board. While all of your interviews are meaningful and add tremendous value to the piece, there are a few that could be more punchier and more concise (which would make the documentary even more impactful.

Judge 2

Positives: Excellent interviews - great job! Very natural and authentic. I like how you shot them. Great b-roll! Low shots, moving shots, tight shots and wide. Good variety. Great story telling - as a viewer, I felt invested in the students. Excellent piece!

Improvements: The voice track audio sounds hollow and low. The quality doesn't match the interviews. At :48, instead of cutting off the music, I would've brought it down low and kept it under the voice track or faded it out before you got back to the stock music. When you cut it off abruptly, it's a bit jarring. at 3:14, the two cuts of music are overlapping. You have to fade out one cut before bringing in another cut. Around 4:10, the static is distracting and should've been addressed or cut.

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