agree with newshooter. . .
your first pass at the story was very solid. i didn't have the audio problems nguyen had, i thought the mix was perfect (unless there was something you could have done to make your reporter sound like she was actually interested in the story. . .
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like newsshooter said, your interview shots were well lit, but you could have confortable gone a bit more high contrast. let some shadows fall. and you really could have used a few tight shots to vary the interview a little.
i liked the second pass too, the way you incorporated the instrument into your sound track. my only quibble with the second pass is that while you introduced the intrument audibly, you still didn't do so visually until the end. we see your interview subject dressed in her formal outfit as she's introduced (with music underneath) and then see her in that outfit again when her practice of the religion is introduced. think about replacing that first shot of her in the religious outfit simply with a nat pop of her playing and a shot of her strumming away on the intrument.
in the end, it's a solid piece of work, and it's admirable that you went back and tweaked it for the sake of critiquing. . .
