The Sound Effect - ID# 595

Maine South

Seven Day Challenge

Entry Description

After staying up all night to study for his big test, a sleepy student has trouble concentrating once it's time to take it.

Recent Teacher Comments

Judge 1

Positives: Great use of sound editing and mixing - the overlapping and intensifying sounds really put us inside of the characters head and made everything feel super chaotic! You did a great job or continuing to build tension throughout, not only through sound, but by also having the actions of the other people get more and more absurd. It was a great build up to having him waking up from a dream since towards the end it got so ridiculous, there was no way it could have been real. This rise in action really made the payoff at the end that much better.

Improvements: I feel like the piece ran a little long and ended up being repetitive. For example, we hear the same conversation about Teresa twice - once when the main character is overhearing it at his desk, and then again later when we see them in the hallway. Some of the cutaways to the distracting actions could have been a bit quicker. I was a bit confused as to why the teacher was being so rude to the student when he asked to go to the bathroom. It felt a little unmotivated - but I guess once you find out that he's in a dream it makes more sense. It just seemed a little misleading when it first occurs!

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Judge 3

Positives: Good sound work. Great moments of humor

Improvements: Making the whole thing a dream is lazy and a cliche, especially since there was no payoff to the dream sequence.

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