DHS Custodians - ID# 120

Deerfield
Division: AA
Natural Audio News Package
Entry Description

A look behind the scenes of the silent keepers of the school: the custodians.

Recent Teacher Comments

  • 3/9 11:10 am - Excellent beginning...interesting story. Good use of sound at start and end. However, after that point, there isn't a lot of natural audio. A little bit of the broom sweeping the stairs, trash can rolling down the hallway but much of the story is told solely through the interviews. Some pops in audio when cutting between shots. You can also help your white noise issue by capturing some for a couple of minutes and inserting it over the whole segment. This will help with audio continuity.
  • 3/9 10:41 am - Good natural audio at the beginning and at the end, but not much in the middle. Use the natural audio to help tell the story. Put a mic on one of the custodians and follow them around for an hour - use that natural audio to tell their story (them talking with one another, with another staff member or student, them whistling, etc). Use the audio of the carts, the squeaky shoes on the floor, etc. Good interviews with the 3 people, but this story needs to be more natural audio driven - not driven by the SOTs.
  • 3/6 4:00 pm - Positives - like the structure of the story introducing each person in the story. Natural sounds bring this story to life. Improvements - audio levels are inconsistent in each interview.
  • 2/27 8:49 am - Great natural sound in the intro. Some of background ambience noise interferes with some of the interviews and some of the interviewees do not sound like they are wearing a mic. Audio is inconsistent. Love the sound of the wheels on the floor, mop closing of the cardboard crusher. Excellent idea to interview the custodians.
Judge 1

Positives: Good story line. I felt like I got to know the different personalities of each of the custodians. Really good use of nats to open the piece. Great framing on the interviews.

Improvements: Some of the nat pops felt a little forced. One specific example is at 1:26 where the man is wiping desks. Not much to hear there. It might have been nice to hear from a student or other school member to hear how they feel about the custodians.

Judge 2

Positives: I love the idea of throwing a spotlight on the school custodians. They had interesting things to say.

Improvements: Broll could be stronger. Broll did not always match the person who was speaking. Editing is choppy. It does not advance the narrative. I like what these gentlemen had to say but there wasn't enough broll to support them.

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