House at Pooh Corner - ID# 23
Lyons Township
School Promotion
Entry Description
This is a promotional video for the school play "House at Pooh Corner".
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 1:00 pm - Great interviews, sound and editing! I like the mix-in of the animated version of Winnie the Pooh while introducing the characters. My only suggestions would be to hide the microphone out of the shot for the interviews or use a lavalier. This is a solid promo video overall!
- 4/18 11:11 am - STORY: This is a very well thought out piece that gives us all the essential information about the “House at Pooh Corner”. We get a lot of nie insight from the directors as well as actors that play the different characters. It’s a nice mix and balance between the two. Very well thought out! SOUND: You have crisp and clear sound throughout your pieces. One thing to watch out for are your audio levels. Some interviews seemed just slightly quieter than others. Your audio mix, especially dialogue/narration should fall between -12 db and -6 bd on your sound meter. It would also be nice to hear some of the audio from the b-roll you include, like at 0:05, 0:39 or at 0:32. And this could just be a very subtle boost of this audio behind what your interviewee is talking about. You did record your interviews at different locations which is great, but that also means different background noises. There are definitely a few times where you can hear your cuts between two clips (transition from the two interviews at 0:41 to 0:42, also at 0:52-0:53, 1:10). You want to try and avoid that by using J and L cuts. This is where you layer your audio track on different tracks. You then extend the beginning and ends of each track so that they blend into each other. Sometimes these J and L cuts may not work depending on when your audio starts and ends. This technique does help blend and hide that cut! CAMERA: Your interviews are framed very well! Great job with that! In terms of your b-roll you used a lot of interesting clips. It would be nice to see a few more close ups or extreme close ups to show more of the actors’ expressions. Something to watch out for is camera movement. This was probably just a quick bump on the camera but the shot moves abruptly at 1:16. LIGHTING: Overall, your lighting is fine. There are some interview shots that could still use some work. Your shot at 0:12 is pretty dark. I would suggest adding in more light on your subject and/or adding in more light on the wall behind her to separate her from the background. Watch the color temperature of your lights and white balance in camera. Your lighting in this shot looks a little muddy as it looks like we are getting some blue (daylight) on the right side of her face, and warmer light on the left side. At 0:20 I would add in just a little more light. You could again, add more light on the wall to separate the subject from the background. 1:18 could also use some light on the right side of the subject’s face as it is a little dark. 1:41 is also pretty dark. Make sure that your color temperature matches. We are getting muddy lighting again with blue on the right side of the face and warmer oranges on the left. EDITING: Great job with the overall pacing of this piece. You do a great job showing the interview of the subject and then showing that person in action.
- 2/29 8:58 pm - I love the way you interview the cast and then show us the role they are playing from the actual Pooh film. Great job filming, great sound. Wonderful camera work.
Judge 1
Positives: Heard from multiple people associated with the show Got a real sense of where the show was headed
Improvements: at 2:32 felt long - tighter editing could have helped with promotional quality of the video Would have been nice to see a student actor in costume... know that production schedule may have not allowed for that but got tired of cuts to animated scenes from the movie
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Judge 3
Positives: The overall quality of the cinematography is very impressive. Each shot is properly composed, the lighting is excellent, and the audio is very clear and easy to understand.
Improvements: Consider replacing some of the Disney animation with shots of the live characters in costume. This is LT's production. It looks like it was a great performance. It's important to see the characters that were brought to life through the LT actors.
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