AP Environmental Class Field Trip - ID# 335

Maine West
News Package
Entry Description

This is a news package about the AP Environmental Class field trip to learn about water quality.

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Recent Teacher Comments

  • 4/1 1:16 pm - I really enjoyed watching this story. It was visual and well told. You could have used some NATS and some of the shots seemed repetitive. The piece was a bit longer than I would have preferred but overall nice job
  • 3/4 11:32 pm - I liked this pkg. I felt like you did a nice job balancing interviews with your voice. There is good audio and broll throughout. I would suggest working on your delivery a bit but I did hear you at times trying to vary your voice and stress different points.
  • 3/3 9:49 am - Started well, Would like to see you tell me the story, not the interviewer. Would like to see you paraphrase or summarize and lead that to a 10 to 12 sec SOT
Judge 1

Positives: I really like that you have a variety of video really showing what this field trip was about. I like that you could still hear the natural sound in your interviews. Great job with that. The world isn't silent. Good job getting more than one student and the teacher to show a variety of view points.

Improvements: While I do like that you covered your interviews with video showing exactly what they were talking about, you don't have to do it every time. If the sounds is really long or showing the person for a second time, that's a great opportunity. Only showing someone for 2 seconds and going to video every time is a bit jarring. I did not like what you did with the teacher interview going back and forth. Let the woman talk or let the video roll. Was there are nat pops you could add? It seems like in nature their might be some nat sound you could pause and use. This is a bit long. See if you could tighten up the teacher and cut it down to 1:30

Judge 2

Positives: -I liked that the video was shot well and it matched the narration of the reporter. -Interviews were very informative and flowed well

Improvements: -I would've liked to hear some natural sound (NATS) to drive the piece. These NATS serve as great transitions in between tracks. -It would've been great to see more sequenced video... to combine individual shots in order to create a storyline.

Judge 3

Positives: - Great job telling this story! I like how you relied on the students and teacher to share their perspectives of this field trip. I found it informative and entertaining, which isn't always easy to do. - You did a great job of getting a variety of video for this story. Doing this helps the viewer comprehend exactly what's happening, and your shots of what was actually in the water were excellent too. Nice work!

Improvements: - Really the only thing missing from this package is natural sound. We need to hear the sound of students in the water (either stepping in, their nets going in, etc.) because it helps place the viewer at the river with them. It draws their attention, while making them feel like they're there. - You decided to pair a few soundbites together at different spots in the package. This isn't necessary as some of their soundbites were repetitive, so just be wary of that next time.

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