Digital Media - ID# 382
Shepard High School
School Promotion
Entry Description
Is Digital Media the class for you? This video shows the many different interesting aspects of the class, as well as the unique things we get to do!
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 12:47 pm - STORY: I think you definitely have a well throughout and organized message. You provide a lot of the important information! SOUND: Your audio is good, but could use some improvement. I think your music bed is mixed well as it’s not too loud or soft. In terms of the volume of dialogue/narration, that should fall between -12 db and -6 bd on your sound meter. You want this to be consistent throughout your video. Your voice over does have those “puffs” or extra background sounds when someone finishes speaking. At 0:16, it almost sounds like someone moved the mic over when they were done talking. Really try to cut these parts out if you can! Regarding the “puffs” that you can hear (like at 0:25) you can put a mic cover over the mic so that it blocks the air from going onto the mic. It’s pretty common to get the mic “puff” when you use the letters: B, C, K, P, T. If you don’t have a mic cover it could be as simple as moving a little bit farther from the microphone. Always listen back to your recording to make sure it recorded correctly! CAMERA: You include a lot of different camera shots and angles throughout your video! I thought your shot at 0:55 was very clever looking through a viewfinder! One suggestion I would make is to the shot at 0:16. It does demonstrate students using tripods and cameras, however, the students do not seem very excited/interested. We can also see a student on the right side playing with their phone. Something to consider is to use camera shots that show the excitement and interest that you are actually talking about! LIGHTING: I think you use the lighting effectively in your shots! EDITING: I think you do a great job sequencing a lot of your clips together. I will say that the pacing is a bit slow. For example, we get the statement of why you should join the media program at 0:13. Then we get about 7 seconds of silence from 0:16 to 0:23. Instead, after the statement of why you should join the program, we should see the photos appear on screen at 0:17 and hear the statement that says, “you get to take tons of photos..” when we see the first photo appear on screen. Making tighter edits can help with the overall pace, AND it can help by keeping your audience interested and engaged in your video. This could even be as simple as cutting consistently to the beat of the song that you are using. Be mindful of how long you have text on screen. At 0:08 it is hard to read the text that goes across the screen as it moves too fast.
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