Critique

[NEWSSHOOTER3]

What do you think of this quick little feature-

http://www.cbs46.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=1404850&h1=Sassy%20Seniors%20Show%20Off%20Their%20Talents&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=149733&LaunchPageAdTag=Video Player&activePa

[shootercub]

Fantastic! Nice work buddy!

[Freddie Mercury]

Okay, you asked for a critique, and I'm going to try to be nice. I understand your limitations in that you probably couldn't move very much. You did vary your focal lengths, composed the shots well and dealt with the low light on the audience pretty well. The shots did start to have a sameness to them, and I didn't ever understand what the whole idea behind the competition was.

I won't hold the "reporter involvement" against you, but I did hate it. I think she was responsible for what bothered me most about the story. I think your shooting and editing were fine for what was available. The story just wasn't structured very well.

[SLIMJIM]

i loved the reaction shot of the guy nodding off, couple of the cutaways used bothered me, the one of the stage lights didnt add anything, nor did the shot of the guy in the rascal scooter. I guess the served the purpose of cutting away from the action, but i dont think they added anything to the story. OVerall i thought the story was great, im just nitpicking to critique ya. good work!

[A Step Above Productions]

I worked with Cari (reporter) in West Palm and frankly she is a boring writer. Next time you work with her you have to take control – I want more nats, more extreme tights. Try to get on stage, get up with the contestants. The pack was okay, nothing more than okay.

[Baltimore's Finest Fotog]

I thought it was a solid piece. You did a great job with your audio edits - some nice L-cuts. Didn't really need those two zoom-outs; sequence instead. Mainly, I thought the story was missing was a good beginning and end. We're already inside and the competition has already begun when the story starts. Ends are tough to get if you can't stay all the way through...but you can always grab a contestant or audience member and get a nice closing bite or moment.

Just my two cents...

[El Guapo]

I felt a lot like the folks sleeping in the audience...frankly it was a pretty boring piece. Granted, a lot of that was because of the bad writing, but there were things you could have done to spice it up a bit. First...more shots and a wider variety of shots. I thought the whole pkg was fairly redundant...visually. Second...more edits...quicker edits...instead of a slow zoom, what about a rapid fire sequence of shots? The pace of the whole thing was rather slow and dry. While you did weave the audio well, I thought it lacked use of nat sound. A couple of performance fade-up's is beginner level stuff. As irrelevant as other nats may seem, they still paint a picture of the scene...take the viewer deep inside.

This was decent work...but nothing to write home about.

[NEWSSHOOTER3]

Thanks for the input... that's why I ask!

[rocky1138]

in comparison to many reporters that I work w/, yours actually seemed to write to the video. which I think helps a LOT

I felt the reporter dance / interaction was fine. I'm thinking that there are viewers at home that got a kick out of it.

although I would have liked to see more of the judges. and possibly a few more different angles of the stage.
-more tight shots
-shots from the edge of the stage
-looking over the shoulders of audience members to the stage

overall, nothing GREAT, but better than most packs that I see on TV