Christmas Crossroads - ID# 261
Lockport Township
Natural Audio News Package
Entry Description
Students cover the Christmas Crossroads event at LTHS.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 3:46 pm - As a natural sound package there were not really any natural sounds other than santa saying “ho ho”. Also while I know you didn’t have a “reporter” because the one lady speaks the whole time it still has a reporter feel to it. Next time try and get people sharing their opinions of the event, customers with an amazing find, or students grateful for the scholarship opportunities. Your B-roll while diverse at this location looked all the same, try and throw in more close ups, high/low angles, and people reactions. After awhile I just felt like I was looking at booth after booth, put some diversity into it.
- 3/25 7:08 am - Good start to the story. The lady you interviewed explained the program well. Good variety of b-roll to showcase what the event is all about. However, the key part of this category is to use the natural audio from the b-roll to help tell the story - there is no evidence of that in your story. Mic up someone as they go around the craft fair. Use the natural audio of a vendor speaking to a customer to showcase what is happening. Mic up a vendor to get their take on the craft fair. But you need to use the natural audio in the piece to tell part of the story. Add pops of natural audio full in between sound bytes.
- 3/4 11:30 am - Your interviewee did a nice job setting the context for this event and explaining what it was all about. I would suggest zooming in on her a bit to eliminate some of her headroom and ensure she is taking up 2/3s of the frame. I like that you had a variety of wide and close up shots- you made me want to shop at this event. Since this is the nat audio category, I was dying to hear more NAT sounds. What could you play for us at an event like this to continue to put us in the scene? Cash registers?? Santa talking to kids? Vendors advertising their products? I wanted to hear more beyond the crowd noise.
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