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Canterbury Public Schools
April 26, 2008
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: Key Gym Safety
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good energy and pace. Nice job adding information in the stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Good people to talk to. Sound bites helped support the story.
ORIGINALITY: Good safety and innovation story.
WRITING: Nice job telling the story. Interesting to hear how the gym is using technology to protect its members. When was this put in place? Was this a proactive measure or had there been any incidence that caused them to step up security?
VIDEO: Good footage. Nice job getting tight shots of the key being used and a variety workout video. Some shots were shaky. Make sure to always use a tripod.
AUDIO: Good levels. Good use of natural sound.
EDITING: Good job matching the video to the script. Nice job showing what you are talking about.
OVERALL: Good job!
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Date posted:March 18, 2008
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: "Diapers Go Green"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Nice job. Clear delivery. Creative stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Remember to introduce the people you are interviewing. Was not clear who the first person was. Good selection of sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Excellent.
WRITING: Great job. Nicely told story. Informative and interesting.
VIDEO: Good variety of b roll. Nice job getting footage at the dump. Some shaky shots. Make sure you always use a tripod.
AUDIO: Good levels. Nice job using natural sound.
EDITING: Very good. Nice job supporting the story with relevant video.
OVERALL: Good work!
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Date posted:March 14, 2008
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: "Baby Think It Over"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Great energy. Nice tone and pace. Good writing and location for the stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Very good. Good people to interview and nice selection of sound bites. They really added to the story.
ORIGINALITY: Current newsworthy topic.
WRITING: Great job covering the program and how it works. Interesting and informative writing.
VIDEO: Good shots of the program and students participating. Nice mix of tight, medium and wide shots. Good composition and lighting.
AUDIO: Good levels. Great job using natural sound of the doll crying.
EDITING: Great job matching up the video to the script. Story flowed very well.
OVERALL: Excellent!
*********2006-2007 Evaluations*************
Date posted:April 20, 2007
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: "Technology at Play"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Nice job.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices. Great lift from the owner. Good job shooting them.
ORIGINALITY: Great story choice.
WRITING: Well written. Good job telling the story. Great open.
VIDEO: Great mix of shots. The story was interesting to watch. You didn't need the shots of the pool tables or the arcade. The story was specifically about bowling so those shots didn't add to the story.
AUDIO: Good job having everyone on mic. Nice use of natural sound.
EDITING: There should have been a shot of the gutter guard when you were talking about it. The same thing with the video camera that keeps score. We would have like to have seen the scoring changing when you were talking about it. It would have been great to see the score coming up on board when someone scored. If you had a shot of the scoring camera, the ball hitting pins and then score changing it would really illustrate how it works. You also needed a tight shot of the bumpers. Show them coming up when talking about raising them. Be careful when matching up the video to the audio. You were talking about high tech but showing a shot of an old bowling pin sign.
OVERALL: Good story idea and nice job delivering the story. Next time think about the story that you are going to tell and getting the shots to back it up.
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Date posted: April 20, 2007
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: "Roll Out the Red Box"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good job.
INTERVIEWS: All the sound bites were gushing about it. You need to make sure to get the other side. Get an interview with someone who doesn't use it or did and didn't like it.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting choice of story.
WRITING: Great open. There are two ways to do the story. One would be new technology in the supermarkets, such as this video renting, self-checkout, etc. The other way to do the story would be to focus on new ways to rent movies with comparisons between this program, Netflix, Blockbuster, etc. News story needs to have some balance and give a negative too. You don't want it to be too commercial. You didn't really address how it works. Are you able get multiple night rentals? Is the selection only limited to new releases? How good a job do they do at keeping new releases in stock? One disadvantage would have been that it only has 70 movies. This was not addressed. There wasn't enough perspective. Good lift from the person saying there are less choices with the Red Box, but it needed to be written into and addressed more. As it is written now it is too commercial.
VIDEO: If you are going to do a story about the process you need to shoot it. We saw the selections being made, the payment and return but no one actually getting a movie out of the box. Show the full process from start to finish.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: There were some camera movements that weren't necessary. Good use of tight shots but the story needed more to visualize the process.
OVERALL: Good story selection but lack of perspective and limits on the video and editing kept it from being as good as it could have been. The story needs to be more objective. It is too commercial making it specifically about Stop and Shop and Red Box. You could have said that many stores have this service. And mention some other programs besides the Red Box.
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2005-2006 Evaluations
Date posted: April 21, 2005
School: Canterbury Public Schools
Town: Canterbury
Slug: "Cerebral Palsy Athletes"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Very good. Nice pace and easy to follow.
INTERVIEWS: Great picks for interviewees. Great sound bites. Very informative. Really added to the story. Nice location and framing of interviews. Good job rolling footage over interview.
ORIGINALITY: Nice feature story. Very unique.
WRITING: Excellent. Nice job telling us what cerebral palsy is and how it affects Brendan. Watch out for editorial in your stand up. You say, "He did a great job", but it would work better if you said, "everyone in here felt…" or "his teammates all feel he did a wonderful job".
VIDEO: Great shots. Very good action shots. Always use a tripod. A shot of the crowd and some tight shots would really add to the story. Some shots you could have added could have included crowd reaction, players lacing up their sneakers, warm ups, etc.
AUDIO: Nice job using a microphone on interviews. Nice use of ambient sound.
EDITING: Very good. More shots would make it even stronger.
OVERALL: Great job!
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