Details
Category: Sports
Media: Video
Turnaround time: More than a day but less than a week
Description of story
On any given Saturday during the summer, some grown men go out for a round of golf, some just like to race remote control cars.
You can go to Radio Shack or Toys R Us and buy one for $50. These RC cars are scaled down versions of race cars that can go as fast as 60 mph and cost up to $2,000. The guys do it not only to feel young again but for the fun, competition and the camaraderie of it all.
Feedback requested
Feedback in past abt keeping things short, to the point. Hope this did that.
Wanted it more abt cars, action & track with little moments of a few drivers.
Had to be 1:30 for TV, that being said anything you wish was included/excluded?
Gear used in production
Panasonic hvx200
Sennheiser lavs and shotguns
2 GoPro Motorsports HD; one mounted on RC car,
one mounted on pole and extended onto track
FCP
Motion 3
Mac Book Pro
Love the in-car camera! Great crash footage! Visuals are terrific.
Overall this is a visual treat and an entertaining story. You were really creative on the camera mounting and angles, and the folks you talked to did a good job of explaining the activity.
I loved the opening car shot and the motor noise audio, once you got past the sound bite running under the video bumper.
But you had a little too much a-roll... you had some great sound bites - "bored.. I had a garden but I don't even like eating vegetables," "maserati against an escort," but you also had some pretty mundane ones - the 'feel like a kid' and 'work on your car' and 'one of us' bites from 1:19 to the end, kind of wrapped up your piece with a whimper instead of a bang.
Really wanted to hear some nat sound banter, talk, or yelling - the car noises were great, could have used some people pops in there, too. I'd like to hear the interaction going on. Shoot with your ears as well as your eyes.
And finally, it desperately needs reaction to the action. When a car crashes, I want to see the reaction of the driver. Shooting action/reaction should be the most basic and fundamental thing you do all the time when you're shooting video - it really makes the edit easier and the story flow better.
You did a great job of match-cutting action - good job on the edit.
It's really hard to resist the temptation to be a newspaper journalist when you're shooting video but too many exes - explication, exposition, and explanation - will really bog down a video story and aren't really necessary. It's ok to have the video run for a bit with nat sound and no a-roll if the visuals are compelling and the nats are good.
I'm sorta ambivalent about the 'describe it in one word' approach to starting the story. It's not bad, but It came off as a little predictable here. I think I would have moved the vegetable garden sound bite up sooner.