Final Presentations: Day 2

Nicole: The Graduate
I loved her clean video - great shots and easy to understand audio. Everything was pieced together tightly - nothing about it was sloppy. As she said, if she had more time and was able to follow up on whether the graduate got her job or not, the piece would have been more compelling. But I was attracted to the simplicity of the story line, lighthearted college music, and statistics. Great shots of her in front of the mirror before the interview.

DJ: Alabaster Blue
God, the closing scene of this reminded me so much of being in high school choir. Sitting and listening to the recording - something you've worked so hard on. I loved the smiles at the end - and the candids - the dancing while recording, the records in the background during the interviews. Splendid job. I think the sound and video quality could have been improved, but it's Windows Movie Maker - understand. Great professional voice over.

Brittney
Phil said it all: she might as well have gotten naked in front of the class with her revealing, intimate story of losing Justin in 2007. I had the privilege of watching the video three times, as well as seeing the pictures before she put her project together. I cried every time. It's hard to critique something when you can't even find words after watching it because of the emotion in your throat. The silence, the images, it said it all. Just the fade ins and fade outs are areas to work on - and I think I can only think of that because Sandy said something...

Phil
That project was TIGHT!! Phil was right on with his editing: the sounds of the tattoo needle, the coloring of the tattoos, his minimalist approach - only showing the tattoo, no faces, plain backgrounds...it was beautiful. Completely newspaper-website worthy. And artistic. I loved it. Just right.

Val
Including the student perspective (showing that students actually care) about the durham water quality was cool - as was the shot of the women on Oyster river and the historic town photos. I thought there could have been a way of including better shots of the students - but she made something I'd normally fall asleep listening to relevant and enjoyable.

Justin
Justin had a solid concept - especially considering hockey's popularity here on campus. As DJ pointed out - leaving out any first person would have worked in his favor, as well as fine tuning the audio and developing a cleaner story line. Good shots of people camping out for hockey tickets, and audio of the "orgy" chant that shocked Phil. Made me want to pack the arena.