Broadcast Critiques

During class Mr. Bigue asked us to brainstorm ideas for a broadcast segment around school and someone voiced the idea of new teachers. I decided to mark on the board that Elizabeth and I would do the segment on new teachers. The simple research involved for this was very easy. In the class room there was "the master chart" which had the list of all the teachers and their schedules during the day. Izzy (the teacher assistant) highlighted for us the new teachers. I contacted the teachers through schoolloop mail and wee then later interviewed them about general questions of what they though of cap and what they expected in general. The shots I envisioned were slow zoom ins like in the documentaries (did not work so well - could not use the shot).

The location chosen for the background of the shot was intended for a book shelf or white board while the middle ground would be the teacher and the foreground their desk. The quality of the B-Roll is somewhat poor in my opinion because they were very basic and still with not enough motion to add some "pizzaz." I believe that the most creative shot was with Mr. Connelly B-Roll as it zooms in quickly and pans with his motion creating dynamic imagery. Camera moves were smooth consequently taking away from the exitement of new teachers. I did try to alligne the character with the z-axis. Something I ignore most of the time is the lighting and never felt like I had the time due to small time frames that are available. The audio was fine and by filming with an HD camera I had to adjust the audio levels to -12 on both sides of the bars in final cut. 

My voice over introduced the new teachers simply by saying a new school year deserves new teachers. By incorporating the word "new" it is often a trigger word to catch anyones attention. The segment was informative because I was able to provide the information discussing who they are, where they came from, what they teach, how long have they been teaching, and what they think of education in general. The final thought I wanted for the viewers to notice was that these teachers are ready and capable of educating the young minds of today. 

The B-Roll reflects the audio and its not hard to find variety since there is not that much in the first place: school, education, etc.. The graphics and titling involved a purple strip alongside the lower half of the shot and with a short description of the teacher presented. There was one montage of B-Roll footage and that was a freeze frame of each teacher appearing one after the other and the beginning of the sequence. 

The thing I like about this piece was the information provided by the teachers, it was solid information that the students could appreciate. If I had more time I would spend more time on lighting and set up a better interviewing position because some shots looked to busy. The most important lesson here is time is critical.