Charity Drive Minute - ID# 161
Highland Park
School Promotion
Entry Description
Join Dara as she takes a look at past and upcoming fundraising events for Charity Drive in support of the Cancer Wellness Center.
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- 4/23 12:46 pm - This was a well cut together news segment! Just try to refer to the cue cards minimally, especially when you are shown on camera. The b-roll is used very well throughout the piece to help visualize the different upcoming events. Great job!
- 4/17 12:50 pm - STORY: Overall I think you do a great job telling the audience what events are happening for this Charity Drive event. You do a great job summarizing what has happened and what is coming up. You gave the audience essential information that was articulated clearly. SOUND: Great use of sound overall with the b-roll clips that you included in the video. I liked hearing the different reactions from teachers getting pied in the face as well as the students jumping into the pool. It was a little difficult to understand what the person was saying in the opening shot of your video. The music track you use is great in this video! It definitely holds the energy of the video. I would say at times, it is a little too loud especially on the harder beats. CAMERA: I enjoyed your use of different b-roll clips that consisted of close ups, medium shots and wide shots. Your b-roll clips show what the Charity Drive events are about. The only event that could have used more clips is the clothing portion. There are just a few things to keep in mind. At 0:10 - This shot here is a great starting point. You’ve got the framing correct! There are just some other technical things to think about. The light above your subject is overexposed (see lighting below). One change I would make to this shot is to have your subject stand farther away from the pole next to her. Here she stands right up against it which does not allow depth to be created between your subject and the pole. You should also pay attention to the background of your shot. Even though you’ve got your subject framed well, there are a few things that tick out in the background - the opened door on the left, the red fire alarm that is almost in the middle of your frame, the water fountain and bathroom door on the right. You want to try and hide a lot of these distractions. Maybe that is by changing your camera settings and creating a greater depth of field or simply shifting over where your camera and/or subject are set up. It would be ideal to include more footage of events when the subject on camera starts to describe more events from 0:46 and on. I feel like from this point on we don’t see clips from the events that she is talking about. LIGHTING:You did a great job using the lighting that you had in your setting. The shot at 0:10 is overexposed at the top of the frame from the lights. I would also try to add in some additional lights into this shot. Right now it does look a little bit dull and flat. Maybe that means finding another location to shoot at and highlighting the background by putting a light up against the wall. Your pool shot at 0:33 is also pretty dull. If this was shot on a different camera in log I would try to add some color to it so that it matches the rest of your footage. EDITING: The way you put the video together made it flow and communicate the story well. I like how you included different graphics, although I would say that you should try to keep them consistent in their design and/or how they show up on screen. For most, you have graphics appear in the top right corner which is fine. At 0:42, you have a graphic pop up full screen. There are a few jump cuts in your video. One at 0:47 and at 0:51. Try to cover these up next time whether you have a clip or a graphic that you can put in that goes fullscreen. Great job ending on the opening graphic! I think it really ties in the video together!
- 2/29 8:54 pm - What a great event and a great job letting us know about it!
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