Livin' la Vida Loca - ID# 524
Glenbrook South
Live Event Coverage Non Sports
Entry Description
A student production of the song Livin' la Vida Loca in the Glenbrook South High School Variety Show 2026, Kaleidoscope.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 5/1 1:51 am - There was a lot happening on stage, and you handled it well by balancing your framing and making sure the key moments were covered. The switching felt intentional and it was easy to follow what the audience should be paying attention to. Something to think about is making sure all sections of the performance get their moment. After highlighting the strings early on, it felt like there was an opportunity to also feature the horns and guitar more clearly.
- 4/30 8:56 am - There are a LOT of people on stage, but you do a GREAT job balancing the framing & shooting of each of their featured actions!
- 4/16 2:06 pm - After the isolation on the strings in the first show, I feel an opportunity was missed in not getting a shot of the horns and guitar section. Otherwise switched well and laid it out well to the audience. In terms of sound, I felt like I didn't hear the horns at the end.
Judge 1
Positives: There were a few times the cameras cut to the beat which is a great direction call. Audio of the instruments were mixed well and were able to hear and identify them all.
Improvements: There were very little camera movements and so a lot of the performers walked out of frame or when they were, the framing was off (i.e headroom, lead room, facing, etc). Some of the performers that were lead like the violinist didn't get enough spotlight and seemed to be left out or only captured in wide shots.
Judge 2
Positives: Good vibrations from the music and the production. Audio is excellent.
Improvements: Lacking closeups on specific players at solo time. Closeups, closeups, closeups. Was the brass actually playing? Couldn’t tell since there were no closeups.
Judge 3
Positives: I'm still humming the songs in my head...good job on the audio mix. I think you identified a few key characters well in the clip. Cellist Violinist The dancing saxophonist Really important to identify the action here and keep building towards those characters for the audience to connect to.
Improvements: We missed a lot of opportunities for close-ups with the performers. The cello and violinist especially. They were rockin'! I suspect, now seeing a number of entries from Glenbrook South that either your lens are not deep enough or maybe you need a handheld camera (or on a tripod) on the stage to help capture some of the action at eye-level.
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