The Latte Cafe - ID# 192
Antioch Community High School
Documentary
Entry Description
The story of a local coffee shop popular withs tudents.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/25 8:57 am - Good choice for the topic of a documentary. The production values in the very beginning demonstrate that there could be more care and attention paid to filming overall, as the camera movements are shaky and not necessarily purposeful. The editing also includes transitions like dissolves and fades that also indicate that attention to storytelling with straight cuts and visual relationships is limited. The camera work continues to be shaky and as such it is distracting because of what seems like onboard mic sound and other issues with editing and production values. These kinds of stories are always highly effective and important as they demonstrate the importance of community, and this story does so.
- 4/21 4:29 pm - Keepers: You have some good compositions in terms of shots. It's interesting because you're going to see a number of improvements related to the shooting of this, but in addition to those suggestions, you DO have a good eye for framing certain shots. Improvements: Overall, I'm not sure why this was placed in the documentary category. It's basically a commercial for this business and it's nearly within the limits of the commercial category's requirements. I don't really think there is enough here for a documentary. The story needs to be more dynamic and impactful to drive this forward into something greater than a coffee business - which I'm sure it is! Work on the movement of your broll shots. Use a tripod and slow down your movements. Make them more deliberate, slow and graceful. Spend a bit more time on the face of your interview subject. We barely get to see her before we just go to straight broll. Watch your lighting. You have a great pan shot, but because of the window placements, it's blown out. Always use sunlight to your advantage rather than against you! Overall, there are some good elements here but this project felt somewhere in between a commercial and a documentary.
- 3/4 7:08 pm - +wide variety of footage of the coffee shop -This is very short, would be better to include multiple interviewees -b-rol is shaky, use a tripod
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