STUNTS: Behind the Production - ID# 302
Deerfield
Natural Audio News Package
Entry Description
A look back at DHS' student-led variety show through the lens of the crew and student leaders that make it happen.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/30 4:04 pm - Strengths: The opening interview set great context for the story and what it was about. You had a lot of great interviews that told the story and I love how many students you talked to. Interviews were well framed and kept the interviewee as the focus. I overall felt like this was easy to follow. You had a nice variety of b-roll that aligned to a-roll. I like how you showed the disco ball when the students were talking about it. Areas of Growth: I wanted to hear more examples of natural sounds. This type of production is very sound heavy and I felt like the only thing I got to hear was music and some brief directing. If it is a variety show, I would love to hear other acts as well as the crew.
- 4/30 3:05 pm - You do a good job telling your story through the various interviews; each person and each interview adds to what was said previously. Good job building and arranging your story. For a natural sound package, I would have loved to hear more of the sounds of Stunts and the crew as they are preparing, when you show me the drill of a set being screwed together, let me hear it, let me hear the wheels of a heavy set rolling across the floor, obviously, an act or two. Your B-roll needed a little more diversity. You gave me wide panning shots often of a generally empty backstage, I kept seeing the disco ball, but show me more, I am sure there were many cool aspects to the show. And for sure show me an act or two. Not being familiar with stunts give me a feel for some of the acts - is it a talent show, and acrobatics show, I just don’t really know what to understand and at the end of the story I still have questions that weren’t answered. You have a great topic, and you arranged some great interviews, work on the b roll and the more natural sounds and it will be excellent.
- 4/29 6:48 am - The interviews for this story were good. Good focus on the behind-the-scenes production of it. There was a flash frame at :21. While we heard a little bit of the natural audio from the b-roll, the point of this category is to have the natural audio help to tell the story and move it forward. The natural audio didn’t do that. Put a wireless mic on someone who is in charge of this event and follow them around with a camera during a few of the rehearsals. Include that audio in this story - it could be someone providing feedback on a set piece that’s being built, someone talking about how great that disco ball is going to be, etc. But the interviewees should not be the only thing that’s telling the story. Good variety of b-roll for this story. However, I was questioning why you chose to use still images of the set being built - why did you not use video of set construction? That’s where you could have included some more natural audio pops - sounds of the drills, sounds of hammers, etc.
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