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Category: Feature
Media: Video
Turnaround time: Less than a day

Description of story

Musicians of all ages and backgrounds coming together to make music is the heart of jazz. All they need is a venue. The University of Idaho is filled with performance halls, concert venues and outdoor amphitheaters, but when the sun goes down the best place to be is somewhere intimate, loud and full of soul — Bucer's Coffeehouse Pub worked just fine.

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What story is the piece telling you? How is the piece shot? How is the audio quality? What are the biggest strengths/weaknesses of the piece?

Gear used in production

Video — Nikon D7000 & Nikon D5100
Lens — Nikon 50mm Prime & Nikon 35-70mm
Audio — Nikon ME-1

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Arnold MIller Nov. 30, 2012, 10:52 a.m. permalink

Hi Madison,

What is Jazz? I guess everyone has their own definition...;-)
I liked the title graphic and the dissolve into the piece.
The first challenge when watching this piece is the tremendous difference in audio levels between the nat sound of the musicians playing and the interviews. I had to crank my speakers to hear the interviews, and then jump up to turn them down when the music starts. Also had you mic'ed the interviews that would have gotten rid of a ton of background noise, and made them easier to understand.
I thought the font and transition on the lower thirds worked well with the piece.
Your opening shot is too long, and the rack focus from the dancing kids to the musicians happens too many times. Once is enough.
During the shoot try to resist changing your exposure and if you have to, cover it in the edit. It was distracting to see the exposure change a few times in the piece.
You had a nice assortment of framing for the interviews.
For the b-roll, perhaps a few really wide shots would have helped...there were to many waist to head and head shots.



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