Giving Feedback on Rough-cuts

In today’s class we gave feedback on the rough cuts that everybody produced so far. The guys at our table had lots of great footages taken and ideas put in to the interviews. Although they weren’t as long or profound YET they all showed the kind of mood they wanted to set up. By watching everybody’s rough cuts i’ve learnt that the sound quality was really really important perhaps more important than the footage. It sounded best when the volume was just right and the voice was clear with no background noises and also when there weren’t too much echo. People seemed to achieve this the best when the interviewee was closer to the camera. For a sit-down interview to get good sound with loud enough volume mid shot worked the best.