Pre-Video Assignment, Fields

Good Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7UqYD_owgY I think the way that they started this video was a great hook. They showed the kids, said a quick narration and had a great quote by a parent before even introducing what the topic of the video was. This tactic got viewers interested enough to keep watching to see what it was all about. Throughout the video, they choose great B-roll of the children in the hospital while also highlighting a few kids' backgrounds. Great use of natural sound from the stadium to explain the "new tradition," and they also utilized pictures along with videos. The narration was calm and used pauses for emphasis. The sequence where the reporter is asking the head coach about his granddaughter that passed away was really powerful, with adding the reporter's voice telling him that the next topic would be hard and showing him break down and not able to speak. Bad Example: https://vimeo.com/165768937 This video is not very good, starting with the sound quality. Though they try to put in some natural sound, it is so windy that you can barely hear it. The interview gives a lot of good information but also the mic is not close enough to her to hear everything, and the wind is distracting from what she is saying. The second interview cuts in for a split second then it goes back to B-roll, but then it comes back to her a second later, which is distracting. There also was no narration, and therefore viewers had no background information about the turtle or any additional information. There really was only two different pieces of B-roll used, the turtle being released and it swimming into the water, so they could have added more variation, like showing a clip of the crowd that showed up to watch the turtle being released.