High School Media Club - ID# 124

Vernon Hills

School Promotion

Entry Description

Mixing stop motion, practical effects, and regular cinematics within a studio area to construct a promotion for the high school media & television club.

Recent Teacher Comments

• 4/9 8:54 am - I like the music and the creativity in this video. When doing stop motion watch for the light switches because they can be jarring and a distraction. Audio to video matches very well. Don't’ quite understand the freeze with the paint. Overall I think that you do a good job with this video, and make it compelling to join the group.
• 3/3 9:52 am - + This is such a creative concept! It catches our attention right away. Well shot, with interesting music to keep us engaged. Love the stop motion animation aspect of this. I also enjoy seeing students in the media program at the end. -Some shots appear slightly dark.

Judge 1

Positives: --Good use of foreground on tight shots -great angles -Excellent exposure and strong framing --animation of camera was the good kind of choppy, with the cardboard and light not perfect. Very much old animation that people tend to dig when pertinent. Here, it is pertinent. -The story is enough to keep folk watching. The payoff (paint on cardboard) is excellent. -SFX work well mixed. Fits the content. Over-the-top does not work against the piece. -Lighting was good - doesn't detract. Would like to have seen deeper shadows.

Improvements: --You ask too much of the shots. Get the idea and get out. Don't hang on those action shots. It breaks tempo and betrays unnatural movement of the subject. -The loop of the track is sloppy. It stands out. -The production gear cycling through the finished sign: throw a light in there. Very heavy on camera department. -Get rid of the people at the end. Place and time info should have tagged the gear rotating through the payoff shot, like those signs were just more pieces of gear.

Judge 2

Positives: Caught my attention from the beginning! Loved the "animation" of the various media elements and the students involved Loved the final overhead shot of the students involved advertising the club meeting dates and times

Improvements: shorten up the opening dip of the brush nothing else - really liked this piece!

Judge 3

Positives: Nice mix of editing tricks, especially the stop-motion.

Improvements: The sound was off in the beginning. Also, why the extended shots? I think you are going for an effect, but I was a little confused.

Judge 4

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