Heller, Pre-Video Assignment

Bad: The framing on the second subject is off.  He's in the center of the screen and later on in the documentary, the camera person cuts off his head.  The font for the supers is distracting.  They didn't use a clear, plain text.  The supers are also long (about a sentence each) so they need to stay on the screen longer.  Although both subjects are looking across the camera, their bodies are not square to the camera. The background for both interviews is distracting.  They should have cut out more of the "busy" backgrounds by getting the camera closer to the subjects. Lastly, although the music fits the theme of the documentary (it sounds like video game music) it is not the same pace as the subjects' voices.  Therefore, the upbeat music makes the interviewers sound like they're talking slower than they actually are and makes them sound like they're struggling to keep up with the music. 

  Good: I found this one visually more engaging because of the variety of angles and pacing. For example, it showed people looking at their social media from several different angles such as straight on and over the subject's shoulder.  One scene with the subject on a busy street with people passing by him was sped up so it added variety to the pacing. It has a mixture of detailed, medium, and panorama shots.  The panoramas were good because they gave more of an overall view of the scene. It has a lot of good detail shots such as the ones of the kids' shoes climbing trees and the camera following their feet as they run.  The music went along with the theme of the video; it added to it instead of distracting from it.