How to Make a Pinch Pot - ID# 108
Morton East
Demonstration
Entry Description
This video teaches a person how to make a simple ceramic pinch pot.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/8 10:26 am - Your video had great audio level and quality, and you made good use of multiple camera shots. The text with tips was a nice touch and very helpful. To make it even better, consider improving the lighting and incorporating more frequent camera switching.
- 3/1 4:42 pm - This is a well paced and edited video. You take us through the steps showing us along the way what to do, and then adding to your voiceover with on screen instructions that don't just repeat what you've already said, but add to the instruction. This is an great technique. I'm guessing you did this as a solo project, and if so what I say next would have been hard to do, but for future projects like this, it would be nice to have some cut-away shots to break up your one camera angle. Something to keep in mind for future projects. A bigger variety of shots and angles makes videos more interesting...but overall this piece was very well done!
- 3/1 8:38 am - Music selection works well with the images you recorded. Voice-overs are well done. Good use of text throughout the video. Good use of fast motion. Great demonstration video. Keep producing more videos.
Judge 1
Positives: The inclusion of extra tips as graphics adds to the visual engagement of the piece. The piece uses editing well to select angles that let the viewer see each step and to speed up parts of the process that are repetitive or take a while to complete.
Improvements: Be careful with the plosive sounds in the voice over, such as the "p" in pottery/pinch pot. Make sure that the talent isn't right on the mic and to watch the audio levels when mixing. When editing, be sure to not cut off the start of words, such as 1:11 where the sentences run into each other. The pacing of the voice over could use a beat on occasion to let the viewer process what has been said.
Judge 2
Positives: -Good but simple illustration. -Nice use to speed up portions of video, especially when it shows the same thing.
Improvements: -Slow down voice track -Perhaps some graphics up top let the viewer know what they are seeing. -Can see shadows during illustration.
Judge 3
Positives: You make it look easy enough. You have a nice foundation shot showing the process. Speeding up the POT shots helps to maintain interest. The music does not compete with the gift of you voice and the text overlays emphasize key points.
Improvements: Starting with a finished product would have given us some context. You could speak just a little slower. This is pretty much all the same shot. Some creative angles would have helped the visual interest. For example, an extreme close-up of any cracks would have made your point stronger.
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