JORDYN: a creative portrait by Amber Ryder
For this video I was given the black hat and though I really like the way the interview works as a personal portrait I need to respond to the negatives of the work.
I think from a focus (narrative) perspective there seems to be a lack of controlling idea. The audio was very disjointed which Amber says was because she didn’t know how to control the levels in editing. The audio was a little disjointed and often lines were cut off. Unfortunately, this also highlighted the lack of singular vision.
Born to Dance by Samantha Phelps
For this video I had the Red Hat. My initial feelings was how beautiful the video was and how well it flowed. The music was a really effective addition to the video and the found footage fit perfectly like a puzzle it really all works. It did feel like there is a lot of dialogue and very quick.
I do feel like the end of the piece is a bit sudden how it shifts from talking about dance to talking about how people are worthy of dance, it became very inspirational very quickly.
Interview with Wendy Milne by Hannah Starkins
Yellow Hat: I really love the subject, she really seems like such a lovely person. I love the way Hannah brought her home and photo books and videos to the screen, it really feels like we were invited into her home. The setting is very intimate and despite the lack of music you absolutely nailed that homely feeling.
Allegiance by Emma Knaus
Green Hat:
I really liked the shots that Emma chose, I think they really complemented the style of the video. I still think the training montage could have been taken out seeing as though the video is plenty long enough and the training explanation seems very monotonous and really doesn’t contribute to the controlling idea. The music was great and overall the video was a success.