Thursday, March 26, 2009
Yan-Williams_Two Worlds Apart Documentary
While still following the instructions, we decided not to follow the normal filming conventions. Our documentary begins with introduction of two different characters from two different cultures. We present the story of our individual travelsl back to our hometowns. We film/present topics that interest ourselves, local communities, and tourist. The documentaries are non-scripted documentaries according to our own experience. During the ending of the film, we present our audience with our primary focus of our documentary. More to come soon...
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8 comments:
cool topic
like the shanghei story.
Music in the background is too loud.
could have cut out some of intro, there is double information.
transitions could be cleaned up
Very well done overall. Great editing and transitions. Good Images and sound despite camera limitations. Good final segment in the village. Also good use of animations with opening and closing credits.
Pro's-- nice graphics, music fit two different stories, good chronological order
Cons-- beginning commentary in airport seemed a little long, some transitions seemed a little sudden, audio abruptly started and ended
It was a cool approach to the documentary. Really utilized a cool idea and brought it together real well. Sometimes hearing the direction of Alrick's story was kind of hard and it made it tough for us to understand what was going on. The story behind each side and the comparison of ideas was really cool and would work well. Probably a bit too much for this project but still really cool and something that should definitely continue to be developed. Good work, good video.
Traveling Globe graphic is great.
The music in places is distracting from the spoken word.
Why were some of the low angles chosen.
St. Thomas subtitles would be nice.
Fewer springs. Get to the quotes from the "old people" in China faster.
Interesting oldest city.
pros:
Great Concept and Story
Very interesting, kept my attention
I really learned something
cons:
A little long
Some parts could be taken out
Sound was a little inconsistent
1)great topics
2)i loved david's stories about chinese history
3)it was great how the two of you both went to the airport at the same time before leaving
1)at some parts, especially on alricks section, the audio wasnt very good, and some of the people speaking were very hard to understand
2)lighting in the final scene (in the computer lab couldve been better, it was hard to see your faces
3)titles (day 1, day 2, etc) could have been a little more consistent, more parallelism between the scenes would have helped
I enjoyed your documentary very much. That's crazy that you did it all in one night! There were some slower parts that didn't have any narration that could have been cut down. I saw many scenes that cut have been cut out to condense the doc into a more tight piece. I think it is a great idea to do a longer, more structured documentary with all of the footage you have. Good luck!!!
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