Neuqua Media - ID# 150

Neuqua Valley

Division: A

School Promotion

Entry Description

A promotion for the Neuqua Valley High School media department

Recent Teacher Comments

• 3/13 11:32 am - "Never a dull moment in Media 1", yet the student in the background at :45 looks bored and is on her phone--pay attention to the background action and reshoot that sequence.
• 3/13 11:32 am - Great concept--very challenging doing a continuous shot! Story covers the scope of the Media program in an interesting way! Great job bookending the story.
• 3/12 10:13 am - I like the transitions between "scenes" and I think this does a good job for creating some interest in your program. The pace of this also good, short and sweet and you show us a lot of different things that students can do in these classes. The piece ends with the beginning mind and makes sense to the audience. I think this is done well and promotes your media program well!
• 2/28 11:31 am - Clever intro. The transition between intros is a bit of a lull. Perhaps turn up the music between interviews or speed up the transition. Nice one shot. Nice bookends with the green shots. Could use more enthusiasm on camera and more consistent audio but I imagine the the audio would be difficult without doing it in post.

Judge 1

Positives: Story - The concept of looping the story is a solid hook. It sits in the memory far more than the information, and hi lights, the result of the education to prospects. Well done. Camera - The follow is good. The snap pans to cover cuts, though a technique that could be polished, line up well. Editing - Though unpolished, appropriate techniques were employed to convince the viewer of a single shot.

Improvements: Story - A bit odd to tell me there's never a dull moment while several folks in the background are disinterestedly staring at their phones. Control your environment. Lighting - There doesn't appear to be much attention to lighting. Different speakers are lit differently. The opening speaker and the reporter walk through several lighting conditions, which is fine considering the move, but none of the conditions should be bad, particularly for the reported. Editing - The louder environments should be used as a room-tone bed so it isn't jarring when the audio calls out the hidden cut. Camera - Watch your head room. Follow focus will get there, but sometimes another take is necessary to get it right. Sound - Get room tone or presence at each location. To convince the viewer of single shot, you must have consistent audio. This means same mics and techniques for recording, as well.

Judge 2

Positives: creative opening shot. well coordinated. informative and nice visuals to back it up. outro ended nicely

Improvements: better rehearsed actors stating information.

Judge 3

Positives: Nice use of Chroma Key. Good overall message about the program Nice use of walk and talk and hand off

Improvements: Could have used a boom mic for better audio quality Could have used a camera light to pop out the subjects a little more in some spots

Judge 4

Positives:

Improvements: