Scalpers - ID# 392
Wheaton North
Documentary
Entry Description
A documentary about collecting figures and how scalpers impact collectors.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/13 8:55 pm - KEEPERS: I like the perspective you provide for toy collecting and you lay out some of the stakes involved in investing in them. You had a lot of broll footage and I like the shots of your when you were younger. IMPROVEMENTS: This is more of a personal narrative than a specific story on scalping. I would have rather kept it a personal narrative and interviewed more people attached to figure collecting. In addition to yourself, interviewing your friends in the scene would have offered interesting perspectives into the industry and how to go about investing and collecting. Your broll needs to be less shaky and more focused. The tracking shots were all quite fast. Slow the camera movement down and do what you can to capture steadier shots throughtout. Some of your audio was hot and not mixed properly, which is outlined in my colleague's feedback. All in all this had some potential! Keep improving and keep telling stories.
- 2/25 12:36 pm - STORY: The title of your video is Scalpers, but it’s really not about scalpers. It is about you, your interests and collection, and your experiences. The sections where you reference the scalpers almost seem like you did so in order to meet the criteria for an assignment, or to match with a topic or category in another video competition. Your personal story about your fandom and its evolution could have been enough to make this a successful documentary. PRODUCTION: You have a lot of b-roll, which is good. Some of the b-roll is handheld and a bit shaky. The music bed is hot in some spots (too loud) and your voice over levels seem to go up and down. You need to be careful of your audio mix. Allow me to explain: when you are mixing sound, you have 3 basic levels. You have your primary audio (voice overs, interviews, dialogue) which should be between -6 and -12 db on the VU meter. You have your secondary audio (natural sound, sound effects) which should be between -12 and -18 on the VU meter. Finally, you have your tertiary audio (music beds) which should be between -18 and -24 on the VU meter. If this is news to you, then you need to have a chat with your instructor and learn how to mix sound.
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