My Bizarre Addiction - ID# 422

Lyons Township

Comedic Narrative

Entry Description

This is a parody of the TLC show "My Strange Addiction".

Recent Teacher Comments

• 4/22 1:08 pm - The mood of the piece fits well with the parody of the original so it works well. The titles were too fast for me and that was my only gripe in terms of production value, all in all a good performance by all and a nice piece!
• 4/21 6:37 am - Music that you selected did a great job of establishing the mood that you are trying to create. All of the performances were great throughout the entire production. Shots were very well composed. Great dialogue. Very well done!
• 4/19 8:55 pm -
• 4/19 8:55 pm - Great work, overall! You really captured the essence of My Strange Addiction in this parody. The performances were excellent, committed and believable. The production value was very good. This was probably the best sounding video I've watched/judged so far, which makes sense since I know who your teacher is! The dialogue quality is very well done. Lighting on the interview shots is also well done and dynamic. My only big note for this is to devout specific attention to your title cards. They were not on screen long enough for me to read. The general rule of text is that it needs to be on screen as long as it takes for you to read it aloud at a slow pace. That will trick your brain into extending the titles to the proper amount of time. I also thought the person addicted to possession needed a touch more head space in his primary interview shot. Great work all around!

Judge 1

Positives: Lighting: Your interviews were well lit- not blown out, no muddiness. Camera: Your interview framing is also well-executed. Your B-roll has some good variety of compositions.

Improvements: Story: This strikes me as a mash-up of two mockumentary. I appreciate that you play them both pretty straight, instead of being buffoonish. But long story short, I don’t find either one especially clever or funny. This kind of unscripted thing is harder than it looks, and this isn’t quite there for me.

Judge 2

Positives: Fun parody. Nice performances especially by the planking girl. She's really good and pulls off her role.

Improvements: Not familiar with the TV series, but it felt odd to switch from one addiction to another. The planking bits are funnier than the possessed bits.

Judge 3

Positives: Nicely done...good satire and bizarre yet believable

Improvements: The second vignette surpassed the first one...the first one needed more development

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