How to Become Popular
How to Throw a House Party
How to Coke and Mentos
How to Be a Boss
Please watch the videos from the list above, and then respond to each of the following questions in a paragraph of 3-4 sentences. You will be graded as follows for each question:
3-4 sentences, strong focus, school appropriate - 10 points
2 sentences, strong focus, school appropriate - 5 points
Fewer than 2 sentences OR nonexistent focus - 0 points
Total possible points: 30
1. In YOUR video, what was your greatest success, and why?
2. If you could reshoot YOUR video, what would you do differently? Why?
3. Of the 4 videos completed by the class, which was your favorite, and why?
All aspects of the production are fair game for your critique: lights, set, shots, audio quality, etc. But remember that all criticism should be clear, specific, and productive. It should not be mean, accusatory, or personal.
Please label your submissions with your First Name and Last Initial ONLY! Your posts will not appear immediately. You must complete this critique before October 25, 2010. Five (5) points will be deducted each day this critique is late.
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In our video our greatest success was some of the effects and camera angles and settings we used. If we could reshoot our video I would shoot the outside the cafeteria scene somewhere else so we could actually here what were saying. I liked the How to be a Boss video. I thought it was shot well and it was funny. I liked alot of the effects they used and the video flowed.
-Matt R
1. the greatest success was that we did the video and we edited and added different things to our video. this was the best accomplishment because we did what we had to.
2. i would change the video to be less monotone, and the acting to be more normal and less embarrassing.
3. out of the 4 videos, my favorite was how to be a boss because it was funny and i liked it a lot.
Tom M.
1.In our video, the greatest success was the camera angles and some of the locations we used made it more interesting. Also, many people thought the video was funny which made them like it more. The transitions between different locations were good.
2.If we could reshoot our video we would change the locations where you couldn't hear the audio. For example, outside of the cafeteria was hard to understand so we would have to make a different location for that part.
3.Of the four videos, I thought that How to be popular was the most successful. I thought this because it was funny and longer than the others. How to be a boss was also good but it wasn't as long so it seemed like it needed more things to talk about.
Mike M
Joe S.
1.In our video our greatest success was the music. The music helped to keep the video interesting at the times where it is very dry and boring. The music helped to enhance the parts where it did not keep interest or entertain. It was not that great, but it was the best part of our video.
2.if we could re shoot our video I would rethink the actual filming. When we filmed it was raining and we were confined to a small space, so we were not able to have a lot of movement. If we were to re shoot I would make there be scenes were there was actually action going on. I think that the stagnancy of the video was the great failure.
3.my favorite video made by the class the the coke and mentos one. The reason is that the aspects of production were good. They had actual props, the audio quality was good, and it had a clear and precise order. The editing at the end impressed me with the slow, repeating, etc., it was a lot to do in a short amount of time. That is why it is my favorite out of the four.
Keith James
1) The greatest success we had in are video was the step of being late. This step had great results because we had a professional camera view of Joe throwing the paper. It also flowed with the video with the slow motion effect.
2) In our video I would have switched the process of editing. We left out key parts in the steps. Such as me saying what step we were on.
3) "How to become popular" was the best video. It was funny and kept me interested. The best part was the guest apperence of Fran Johnson.
1) In my video, I feel like our greatest success was the editing of the pranking. I like the ending of how we added all the clips together in a fast manner with music. Also, how the people actually fell for the trick.
2) If I could reshoot the video I would change the fact that the crew laughed in the background during the filming of the making of the prank. I would also fix the voice overs to flow more evenly in with the video.
3) My favorite video our of all of them would be the How to be a Boss video. I like the video because it had good explanations and it was also funny.
Jackie P.
1.I thought our greatest success in our video was the editing. I thought the editing took a while and although it may not have been great it still helped us get familiar with the program. The transitions were pretty good and I thought adding some background music helped the video a lot. Also, the editing helped the sound on some of the scenes.
2.If we could reshoot our video I would say we should be a little more organized and stick with the script a little more. Also we should spead more clearly and in locations that are not too loud. Shooting outside of the cafeteria was not a good idea and made views unable to hear the speakers. We also should have gotten rid of the scenes that did not make sense to our video.
3.My favorite video was the video on How to Throw a Party. I thought this video was funny and the editing was very good. They used good music that was relevant to their topic and made the video enjoyable.
Lexi P
1. In YOUR video, what was your greatest success, and why?
In our video our greatest success was getting people to fall for our pranks. Although the editing was done very well too. I would say that pranking people was a great success because sometimes people are weary to do things, especially on the camera.
2. If you could reshoot YOUR video, what would you do differently? Why?
If we could reshoot our video, I would change a couple things. I would make sure the crew didn't laugh during the taping. I would also prank a couple more people because we had to repeat some of the pranks over and over again and I feel it got repetitive. So if we pranked more people,I think the video would be better.
3. Of the 4 videos completed by the class, which was your favorite, and why?
I liked the How to be a BOSS video. I liked it because it was funny. I also thought it was well thought out. It was taped all around the school, not just in one location. I thought it was a good video.
In our video that we shot, how to make a prank using coke and the Mentos I think that our greatest success was that the surprised look on peoples faces when the Mentos Exploded in the bottle and the soda shot up. I believe this because some of the faces on people when the prank went off were a sense of fear, shocked, and confused and I think buy capturing all these emotions on camera I think that the viewer really got the sense that we did make a good prank and it can be done easily and efficiently.
If I had to re shoot our video some of the things that I would do differently would be that I have used a bigger bottle of diet coke instead of the little 12 oz bottle I wish we would have used a 2 liter because I think that if we would have used a bigger bottle the explosion would have been bigger and we would have gotten a better reaction out of our victims. I think that if we have gotten a better reaction then our video would have been a lot funnier for the viewer to see.
Out of the 4 videos that I have watched I think that how to be a boss would have to be my favorite I believe this because through out the whole film it was very funny to watch also it dealt with real life situations or a perspective of what a boss is to high school students think a boss is like that is why out of all four of the videos that I like How to be a Bo$$ the best.
Mike P
Shane W
1. I thought the greatest success of our video was that even though we were showing you how to do something (which isn't the most entertaining), it was how to make something that is entertaining to use. The pranking section I thought was the best part as well because it was putting everything into action and it made for an enjoyable "highlight reel". I also thought that it flowed in a very logical manner and was clear and concise.
2. If I could reshoot the video, I would probably make more adjustments in editing than in taping. As for taping the only thing I would change is to not have so much laughter off screen when it would be distracting. In the editing, I noticed that there was a random clip caught in one of the transitions that shouldn't be there and I think it would be more entertaining if we added background music.
3. Even though I don't like doing this because it just gives a bad image, I thought that my video was still my favorite because I thought it was the most stable and logical video. In the other videos there was sometimes a random collection of clips that didn't always make sense. I also liked that our video described something that you can actually make rather than describing something intangible like popularity or being a boss. It might not have been the most entertaining, but I think our video accomplished all of the main requirements the best.
1.I think our video's greatest success was establishing a strong focus on the How To aspect. I think we had a good amount of steps and gave a lot of sufficient input. This probably separated ours from the other videos because the others' seemed to only follow a couple of non-sequenced steps. Another success I think our group had was the vibe the actors gave in it.
2. If we reshot our video, I would have switched up the scenes a lot more. I would have given more variety for the viewer since the entire time we were basically in the one room. (Minus the intro in the court yard) If we reshot, I'd also make sure the lines were said better and there weren't any points of studdering or mumbling, etc. I'd probably also get the supplies mentioned in the video so it actually exhibited what the person needed instead of just mentioning them.
3. I'd say out of the four videos, my group's was the one I'd pick as a favorite. Not because it was ours, and not so much a favorite, but the one I find most appealing and satisfactory. I liked how our videos acting was the most genuine. Two of the other three videos came off as vapid and superficial. I liked the Prank one secondly because it had more zest and personality and was fun [to a point] to watch.
'How to throw a House Party'
1.The greatest success to our video was that we shot out of school.It was pretty good over all, but I think we could have done better. Also I really like that one part when we had a short clip of facebook, and in the background there is funky jazz music.
2.If we re-shot our video, I wouldn't shoot it at my house. I would want to do most of the taping all over the house. Instead of just sitting down in chairs.When we shot it, it was kind of awkward that we were sitting down.
3.Out of the four videos made in class. The best one other than our was 'how to be a boss', I thought that their technical effects were really good. They had some cool shots that I really liked. The last scene where somebody throws a crumbled piece of paper at the camera then slowed it down. That was pretty funny.
Asari D.
Sherry M.
1. I think the greatest success in our video would be the football field scene. I think this because everything in this scene flows together which in some of our other scenes it didnt flow so well. Also you can hear Matt clearly.
2. If we could reshoot our video the one thing I would do differently is not filming near the cafeteria. It sounds very loud and there is so much background noise that is not good in the scenes that are near the cafeteria. Next time im aiming to go to a quieter place.
3. My favorite video is the How to be a boss video. This is my favorite because it has a good balance of humor, ours I think was aimed too much at being funny. Also their music went with their video, where ours however didnt really make sense with what we were fliming.
the greatest successe in our video is that we had people willing to take place in the prank. also it was good because they were great actors while we shot. also they made the film so much funnier. it was not just a plain video it had characacter.
if i was to re shoot the video i would put better music in the film. it seemed like it just jumped right into the movie. it needed a cool begining. we also should have used a 2 liter bottle instead of the little ones because there better.
the video that i like the best is a hard decision because i didnt realy like the others. so i will would have to pick the one how to be a boss because it was cool and i got to see the famouse joe venit in it. it was so funny at some points like in the beggining. it also gave there perspective about how to be a boss because everyone elses is different. they had great trasition and the camera angles were amazing. joe meth
1. The greatest success in our how to be a jerk video was being able to work together well as a group.
Through our video i think we were successful in showing how much of a jerk peoplle can be in reall life. Also everyone was included in the prodject no one did nothing everyone was involved.
2. If I could reshoot our video I would redo a couple of our seens differently. One scene that I would have changed was the intro because I think our intro was weak.
And the other scene that I would have refilmed would be when we shouved Chris into a locker. I think the scene just looked like we decided to add it into the script rather then planned out which it was.
3. My favorite video out of all of them was ours. I'm not saying that to be cocky I'm sayinf that because I had a lot of fun while makeing filming and edditing this prodject. It was a really fun prodject adn i enjoyed my group.
Nick Coyne
Brent D
1. The greatest success was probably the ideas we had. Everyone gave a good idea and it somewhat worked. If the video came out how we pictured it, it would of been funny.
2. I would make sure that we filmed faster. I would do this so we had more time to edit. This would make our video all around better.
3. My favorite was the mr. duffy video. I liked it because I laughed a little. They used other teachers which helped make it better.
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