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Noah's

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Date & Time 13 March 2011, 6:41 pm

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I shot this last year for part of a bigger piece that I never did. With no time to shoot since last week's class, I pulled out these clips to practice editing into something like we tried to do last week. Since I hadn't shot with this in mind (or with much of anything in mind) I didn't have what I needed. So I tried to make do. And I need to work on the exposure ...

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long-time print journalist and manager, learning still photography and video partly because I should but mainly because I love it and wish I'd tried visual.. More »

long-time print journalist and manager, learning still photography and video partly because I should but mainly because I love it and wish I'd tried visual storytelling years and years ago.Less »

NYVS Critique

lisa Apr 10, 2011, 10:53am 1 :

You have a good character here Paula and a nice, simple story and in these short videos simple stories always work the best. The editing is very "choppy" and lacks elegance. Start with your second shot and then cut to Noah as you introduce him in the narrative. Many of the shots are not held long enough which creates the "choppy" feeling, fewer perfect shots will make a big difference. Watch your framing, for example at 00':25" when we're on his soundbite a good third of the frame is wasted. The shot should be tighter. Finally you should take another pass on the audio mix. At 00':06" for example you need a transition to "smooth out" the difference in b-roll audio.

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nycpaula01
7:53 am Monday
Apr 18, 2011

Hi Lisa ... for some reason I didn't see this until just now. Thanks VERY much for this. Indeed, I was struggling with the edit since, in this footage shot last year when I was totally clueless, I didn't have nearly enough or good enough to work with. Many lessons learned here, both in the shooting and the editing ... I was driving myself crazy with what I didn't have, in every point that you mention. And yeah, that framing was stinky. I thought to myself while editing: "What was I thinking??" Last month when I put this together I was pleased to be able to pull something together at all, but in the fresh light of day it's distressing! Motivation to go try again ... so thanks!

cbutta
6:11 pm Sunday
Apr 17, 2011

well done

mrchange
4:39 pm Tuesday
Apr 5, 2011

Good work

GentleThug
1:46 pm Monday
Mar 28, 2011

Very well done...a nice "human" story that seems to have a lot of soul...

jbmsakura
4:30 am Sunday
Mar 27, 2011

Great camera work with a nice pace of change of shots that link really well with the dialogue, definitely had my interest and would have engaged me to watch if longer. Nice one. :)

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