The Outsiders - ID# 64
Lyons Township
School Promotion Non Sports
Entry Description
This is a school promo video for our Theatre Board production of "The Outsiders", featuring interviews with the cast and director.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/30 3:00 pm - A nice promo for the show. It get's the INFO out there. Is it possible for you to use music from the show? Editing is clean for the most part. My biggest suggestion is to try to keep the audio consistent. Most voices where heard clearly and others seemed as if they weren't mic'd. One other thought is the light maybe too strong/harsh on the director in the costume room.
- 4/20 9:34 am - Good promo! I like how you showcase the actors by letting them introduce themselves and the characters that they're playing. I think the follow up question, too, "what are you most excited about" is a good actionable question that got some great responses. Showing that ancellary footage that highlighted what most people said "the fight" sequences was a good idea and also letting us know that you guys hired a fight coordinator. <-- that's something that I wouldn't have known, so you're revealing something to your audience and they get to learn something besides the who, what, and where.. etc. Nice touch including the director too, I think sometimes those people get left out of things like this. Good pace of edits, liked how you pieced together the sequence of the actors saying when the play will take place. I don't have much input in what you could have done better, the audio is solid and this plays really well informing the public about htis production! Good job.
Judge 1
Positives: got to meet many of the actors in the play good shots of the fight choreography
Improvements: interviews just start the whole thing before we know what this is about fight choreography is the focus - isn't the story more important?
Judge 2
Positives: The cast and director are clearly passionate about the show and that energy comes through in the interviews. The Outsiders is a compelling story to work with and there's a solid foundation here with the right people involved.
Improvements: The opening leads with actors and the director introducing their roles, but for a promo you want the show to do the talking first. Hook the audience with footage and energy before bringing in the interviews. Having the director carry the main voiceover also shifts the focus away from the student experience, and a student voice would feel more natural and authentic for this kind of piece. The audio is noticeably inconsistent from interview to interview, which is distracting. The hallway footage also isn't doing the show any favors. The Outsiders deserves stage shots, costumes, and lighting to really sell it. As it stands the video doesn't quite capture what makes the show worth seeing, and that's the whole job of a promo.
Judge 3
Positives: Good camera shots. Great editing. Actors' interviews worked well.
Improvements: The video seemed to focus on the fight scenes, which is the most irrelevant part of the play. The Outsiders is a compelling tale about youth in the 60's, growing up in two different socioeconomic backgrounds. Not about rumbles. But if fighting gets the message across to get an audience, then this video hit it on point.
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