How to Make Vegetarian Sushi - ID# 491

New Trier

Demonstration

Entry Description

Directed by Mac Rescorl. Shot and Edited by Eric Eric Pirrie Villalobos & featuring Molly Mccormick. For MMEA Film Festival 2019 consideration - "Demonstration" category

Recent Teacher Comments

• 4/24 12:01 am - *Strengths: 1. Beautiful opening! 2. Video quality 3. I like how your narrator is present in the demonstration. You did not simply rely on a voice-over narration. 4. Lighting and setting *Areas on which to work: 1. You are working with a very shallow depth of field; consequently, focus is an issue at times. You may want to manually focus your shots in order to gain more control over what is actually in the sharpest focus in the frame. For example, when you reference the bamboo mat, that camera never quite finds focus after it moves off of the flowers. 2. The steps in your process identify what needs to be done and the order in which they need to be completed. You can strengthen your demonstration by providing more information regarding the techniques needed to complete various steps in the procedure. 3. Your narration also can include relevant and interesting background information related to your topic. The process alone likely will not be enough to keep the audience engaged.
• 4/2 11:24 am - Beautiful set. Really liked the movement in the shots. Great to see the person speaking. Graphics might have been useful. Music was a good choice.
• 3/4 11:56 am - Beautiful footage—colors, use of focus and movement. You could probably go into a bit more detail on some of the directions (chop into matchsticks, etc.). Anything to avoid or that might be difficult? I liked how the speaker broke “character” at the end. Music fit nicely.

Judge 1

Positives: Good opening piece. Talent did a great job. Nice set and lighting. Good use of effects.

Improvements: Some important action not captured clearly for view to understand. I don't think you need to laugh at the end. Didn't fit with your story.

Judge 2

Positives: The visuals are amazing. The shots that focus on the food are extremely well shot. The slow motion is perfect. The lighting is great as well. Everything looks appetizing. Sushi bars have to be immaculate. You achieved that. Excellent camera and editing!

Improvements: The quality of the audio track needs some improvement. There is a stark contrast between the high quality visuals and the voice recording. (The actual reading works. I'm not critiquing the actress's work.) There is to much echo and the music overpowers the voice track. You might want to rerecord the voice track in a recording booth. It would be a good experience for you to try to lip sync the footage with the actress.

Judge 3

Positives: REALLY well done video!! You have a great intro with several cool camera shots setting up the various ingredients and stages of Vegetarian Sushi. These close-up shots of the sushi being crafted are really well done. Filming in doors, and especially in a kitchen, can be really tough when it comes to lighting, however this video looks really well. A LITTLE dark/shadow-y on Molly's face, but it's nothing big. The ending made me laugh.

Improvements: You do a lot of cool close-up shots fading in and out of focus, however, it seems like every single close-up shot utilizes that technique. Maybe just include a few standard shots where everything is totally in focus, just to give the viewers eyes a bit of a rest...that's a REALLY SMALL comment, though.

Judge 4

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