Friday, May 5, 2017

FRI: Featurette in FULL GEAR!


Learning Target(s)
  • I can independently produce an 'engaging' short film
Announcements 
Agenda [60]
  • Typing.com  [10]
  • Watching Featurettes [50]
    • Partial rubric for watching
      • Story & other positives ( ➕➕➕ )
        • The "Technical Grade"
        • Has beginning, middle, end
        • Voiceover is clear
        • Voiceover delivery is fluid
        • Where possible, footage is framed, steadied, and lit appropriatly for the setting and purpose
        • B-roll effectively used to move narrative along
        • The "Artistic Grade"
        • Writing is fluid and appropriate for the medium of film
          • does not sound like you are reading a school paper
        • Interviews are integrated into the flow of the story/argument instead of being segregated together (unless masterfully done on purpose to artistically further the narrative)
        • Music, if any, furthered the narrative
        • Balanced
          • Interviews v. Voiceover v. silence/music
          • Spoken v. Visual information
        • Documentary was Entertaining / Moving / Inspiring
      • Areas for improvement (⚠️⚠️⚠️ )
        • Lighting Problems
          • backlit
          • too dark (grainy?)
          • too light (blown out)
        • Sound problems
          • cutting off words
          • music over words
          • unintelligible words
          • wide swings in volume
          • too much background noise
        • Filming/Framing problems
          • no "rule of 3"
          • distracting background
          • Jittery camerawork
          • repetitive angles for b-roll (or any footage)
        • Inappropriate B-Roll
          • Doesn't match subject or soundtrack
          • clearly added to "pad" the time
          • ridiculous, offensive, or careless 
        • Editing problems
          • clips too long - not enough b-roll
          • too much 'borrowed' footage
          • Footage out of order (confuses "point")
          • poor choice of adjustments:
            • filters & effects
            • speeds
        • Careless Problems
          • spelling errors
          • thumbs not cropped out
          • "title text here"

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