Veterans Day Highlight - ID# 319
Riverside Brookfield
School Promotion
Entry Description
A cinematic look at the 2024 RBHS Veteran's Day Assembly
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 3/4 11:44 am - POSITIVES: The music bed really sets the tone for your piece, and the use of slo-mo throughout is enhanced by the music. Very smooth camera movement! It's very thoughtful and respectful of the veterans and this event. Voiceovers were well chosen and sprinkled throughout. The closing text with the transitions worked well to wrap up your piece. AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT: A number of shots featured the subject dead center. Work on planning footage that also follows the rule of thirds. Sometimes you can enlarge a clip and reposition it to crop out distracting components :38, :40, :52, 1:02.
- 3/3 10:39 pm - Very well-produced video...the shots, music, pacing, the text at the end, etc. I think my only pause is...I don't know that I see this as a "school promo" video rather than a pkg (with a cinematic vibe) of the Veteran's Day events at school. It may just be me or maybe it's how we define "school promo".
- 2/18 1:06 pm - -Really great blend of speaker and background music -Awesome shots -Great timing/pacing -Message is clear
Judge 1
Positives: I love the shot where the focus shifts from the boy playing the trumpet to the audience in the back. It's very creative. The voice-overs tell the story effectively.
Improvements: I would have liked to see more tight shots. They really help show emotion. I think this could have been shorter. I didn't need as much b-roll and music in between the voice overs.
Judge 2
Positives: Looks like a wonderful program and learning experience for the RBHS students. I appreciate the obvious attention veterans were given and how respectful the student body was. The underlying music was appropriate and emphasized the solemnity of the occasion. The voiceover pieces were moving. It's great that the assembly was followed up by classroom discussions and you shared that.
Improvements: It seems these clips are recycled from the day's broadcast. Maybe using the gift of your voice and/or other students' voices in retrospect added to the veterans' voices would freshen it up and add another impactful perspective.
Judge 3
Positives: The student captured impressive cinematic footage. The camera work was truly incredible. Overall, this was excellent work. The music was very powerful.
Improvements: The piece felt unnecessarily long. There are opportunities to reduce the length while maintaining the core story. Some shots could be eliminated to create a tighter edit.
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