MMEA Fest

Crockpot Valentine - ID# 282

Homewood-Flossmoor

Comedic Narrative

Entry Description

Recent Teacher Comments

4/25 8:58 pm - I liked the concept and the performances were largely strong. Your protagonist, the boyfriend, needs to slow the pace of his voice just a bit. At times the diction was garbled. The shots were largely well composed and focused. The editing was largely well paced, but try to get away from using Spongebob and Cleveland Show sound effects and transitions. Your production value was cut down and judging by the rest of the piece, you're way better film makers than that. The editing was well paced and the title sequencing was nice. Your main area of improvement is audio. Your music was too loud throughout the piece - especially when your actors were talking. The general rule is to have your dialogue mixed from -12 to -6 db, sound effects from -12 to -18 db and music should be mixed down to -24db. Learn how to use audio compression to boost your dialogue's volume and even the signal. Then you won't have to boost the gain as much. Overall, it was a cool piece. Work on the small, subtle details to take this to the next level.
4/20 6:20 am - Good use of music and sound effects throughout the production. Good performances. Video and audio editing was very well done, especially the music and sound effects editing. Good use of Close-Up camera shots in the production. Very well done!
4/12 12:25 pm - Crock pot chef character is pretty funny-- like the plot too, just a guy trying to impress his significant other for Valentine's Day. Some good dialogue between both characters, might flow better with some j-cuts between (show one characters reactions while the other delivers lines off-screen). Audio becomes overpowering at the end, but overall I liked this sketch and both actors perform their roles well!

Judge 1

Positives: Lighting: Solid here. No issues with shadows, muddiness, etc. Editing: Nice quick pace. The story is pretty simple, so you’re wise to keep things moving.

Improvements: Camera: You cross the line in every way imaginable. Seems like no real thought was put into the placement of the camera. Story: I know that you’re banking on Crockpot’s personality here, but it would still be a good idea to come up with some sort of unexpected development in the plot.

Judge 2

Positives: Engaging lead character with strong personality.

Improvements: The production value is pretty rough. Shooting each character separately... would be better to see them together.

Judge 3

Positives: Very humorous and good character development

Improvements: Shot reverse shot dialogue broken up with music edits...music suddenly stopping is distracting

Judge 4

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