Thursday, March 26, 2009

Steve Elkin & Travis Collins

http://steveelkin.blogspot.com/2009/03/documentary-steve-elkin-travis-collins.html

12 comments:

Evan Roberts said...
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Gareth said...

strong beginning and an interesting look into the life of somebody most people might not think too much about. Some more B roll during the longer talking parts would have helped switch things up a bit.

Ash Parr said...

1)harmonica music was very appropriate
2)good variety of camera angles
3)good interviewee, had a lot to say, and seemed happy to tell his tale

1)intro was a little long
2)a lot of ambient noise in background on interview
3)interviewee needed to be looking at the camera when angles changed

jmyeager said...

cool idea...
great intro..
good footage composition

maybe avoid the zooms on the interviewee. use some close up cuts.

Mark B Costello said...

I really like some of the road shots... Interesting subject matter. Good audio for shooing outdoors. I liked the profile shot(s).

Evan Roberts said...

I really enjoy your subject matter, very interesting and I enjoyed the intro, even if it was a little shaky.

David Marshall said...

Clever title. The camera movements during the interview are distracting, find a shot and stick with it. The different angles were a good attempt to jazz it up a bit, but it came off as kind of odd. Seemed like you might have been better off to get some B Roll going during the interview because it gets a bit monotonous. The audio levels were good and I thought the intro really grabbed attention, but then it kind of fell off after that. Some more footage or shots would have made it a bit more interesting.

Anonymous said...

I really liked it…the intro was great…I would suggest no zooms or pans during the interview…but the other angles were a really good idea…if you could have, would have turned the auto iris off so that the white balance is of the same composition throughout the entire video…

Sean Donelson said...

Nice opening shots. Awesome title! Audio was crisp and clear. Sounded great. I enjoyed it very much!

Anonymous said...

Pros-- Interesting topic choice, nice intro with the guy playing the harmonica and the different scene shots, made the man's life a very fascinating piece to watch and listen about

Cons-- Maybe could have used some different B-roll at times during man's interview, would have varied shots a little more during interview shots by having each angle alternate a bit faster during each segment, some scenes were a little shaky at the beginning.

Good job!

Greg S. said...

I think that first one is not yours. :) Original Music.

Interesting person, but what is the thread that connects the segments?