Sgt. Eric Morante- A Soldier's Journey Home - ID# 382
John Hersey High School
Documentary
Entry Description
Completing their fifth build in as many years, A Soldier's Journey Home (ASJH) built this house for Sgt. Eric Morante and his family in New Braunfels, Texas. ASJH had help this year as they partnered with Nine Line Foundation in order to make Eric's dream become a reality. Starting with just a foundation, this home was built to completion in just over 10 days with the keys being handed over to Eric on March 3, 2018.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/25 8:23 pm - Excellent story. Audio levels a bit all over the place.
- 4/24 12:05 pm - +Good interview composition +Glad you were able to be on site! -It’s over a minute into the film and I don’t know what it's about -Audio levels are very high at some point and low in others -Text is very basic font -B-roll shaky -Music gets really repetitive
- 4/22 3:17 pm - Great idea to tell the story of a great non-profit. The opening is quite slow with the lack of broll as he's telling his story. It's very wordy with one stand-up after each other, which isn't always bad, but it doesn't sound like you edited together the best aspects, but instead let them talk. The music is overpowering from the middle on the end.The audio editing had a few challenges, as well as some of your transitions as well.
- 3/5 1:54 pm - Positives: Amazing story of the effort to help a vet! Great interview footage. Areas for improvement: Needs titles. Neighborhood b-roll is a bit wobbly and double back on itself. Audio is a bit unbalanced in multiple spots; use a windscreen on an outdoor mic. Work on slow, even, steady pans.
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