Thursday, December 10, 2009

Critique of classmate projects

Nikki
- text slides were too fast. I read very slowly. Therefore, I missed some of the info.
-very candid, very intimate. The camera angles and shots portrayed a level of intimacy that made the story more heartfelt and poignant.

DJ
- volume was really low; bump that up, son!
- great interview backdrop, at the stacks at WUNH. Great way to incorporate physical items of music into your piece.
-too much video of rather poor quality. Good photos can do the job just as well.

Brit
- What the hell can I say? What can any of us say?
Like I said in class, you might as well have gotten naked on screen, with the level of intimacy you gave us with your piece.
- Just because we don't say anything bad or give you any critiques doesn't mean we weren't moved by it.
A job well done my dear.

Keeley
-Nice auxiliary shots of NMKT and hockey team and arena. Like Cam said of his presentation, don't afraid to outsource photos. Smart move.
- Audio drove the story so much so that too many cookie photos didn't bother me.
- Excellent job at getting thoughtful answers out of your subjects, instead of canned or timid responses that fail to due describe the situation. For example, Micaela's comment, "Athletes at UNH are very fortunate so it's important for me to give back" (paraphrased).

Amie
- You have a GREAT voice! I could listen to you all day. Your narration was pleasant to listen to and gave a newsie feel to your piece.
- Up beat music didn't bother me, as it did some of our classmates. Your story was about success during a tough time, so why wouldn't you have up beat music?
- Great shots of people working. I liked seeing them in action.

Val
- Texts slides WAAAAY too short. You talk a mile a minute, but I can't read that fast.
- Great old photos. Those were exactly the shots you needed to compliment the audio about the history and construction of the dam.
- Too many "Bro" photos. Get some shots of them riding to past the dam, like he mentions, not just shots of them pretending to have an animated discussion.
-Snyc up the "Bro" photos with the audio about the low water level.
-Great wildlife photos.

Mine...
Well, it turned out pretty sweetly.

Sandy said something great.
My treatment and presentation gave him a new respect for tattoo artists. He said, that because of a possible generational gap, that he thinks of tattoo artists as a lower caste of artist, but to hear them speak so articulately about their pieces changed this opinion, that it elevated his opinion of them.
That was great to hear.

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