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Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
April 26, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Mototown USA"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50 (use pad at beginning)
DELIVERY: Good delivery. Easy to follow. Nice location and creative touch holding the helmet in the stand up. Next time try to add some information or wrap up the story instead of just signing off.
INTERVIEWS: Great job getting a client and the owner. Good people to talk to. Informative sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting story about safety in a dangerous sport.
WRITING: Well written. Nice job answering the questions about Mototown and how they are incorporating safety into their business.
VIDEO: Great shots of the track. Good job getting a mix of shots. Good b roll to support the writing. Good lighting and composition.
AUDIO: Good levels. Nice use of natural sound.
EDITING: Very good. Nice job matching the video to the script.
OVERALL: Good work.
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Date Posted: March 14, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Composting for Life"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good energy and pace.
INTERVIEWS: Interesting information. Good people to talk to. Nice job using establishing shots.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Well written. Stayed on topic and gave a lot of information.
VIDEO: Good. Would have like to have seen video of students after lunch separating their different items into the bins.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Nice job.
OVERALL: Good work.
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Date Posted: March 13, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Quilts Among the Trees"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49
DELIVERY: Good.
INTERVIEWS: First interview was very good. Great job using establishing shot for the first interview. Good idea to use an establishing shot on the second interview but it seemed strange to have the video paused on the person until they spoke.
ORIGINALITY: Good.
WRITING: Never made the connection between the festival for trees and the quilt project. Was the quilt showcased at the event?
VIDEO: Nice variety of shots. Good color and composition.
AUDIO: Good levels.
EDITING: Flowed nicely. Additional footage of the event or the quilt at the event would have benefited story.
OVERALL: Good effort. Writing needed some work. It was not clear how the quilt project tied in with Festival of Trees. Seemed like two different stories.
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Date Posted: February 27, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Homes for Our Troops"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 48
DELIVERY: Good job.
INTERVIEWS: Good interviews. Good lifts.
ORIGINALITY: Great subject.
WRITING: Told the story well. Made a complex story easy to follow.
VIDEO: Nice job getting stills of the troops oversees and stills of the construction. BUT don't be afraid of using video footage. You were at the house of the soldier that had the house built so you should have gotten video of the house. Show what the builders did to make the house easy for him to use. Is there something specific? Also for the establishing shots of the interviewees you should have used footage not stills. You were there so there was no reason not to get video. The opening shot of the logo is going to get cut off with the FSN wrapper that goes around every story we air.
AUDIO: The sound bite levels were lower that the voiceover. Make sure levels are consistant.
EDITING: Great job putting the story together.
OVERALL: Very good.
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Date Posted: February 11, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "CT Vietnam Memorial"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
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OVERALL: Nice job re-editing!
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Date Posted: February 11, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "What is 4-H"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 55
DELIVERY: Good.
INTERVIEWS: Should be looking at the people we are introducing instead of at a poster.
ORIGINALITY: Good story idea.
WRITING: Needs to be more focused. You introduced 3 speakers and that took up a lot of time that could have been used to tell your story. The story would work better if you focused on the event honoring kids or a specific activity.
VIDEO: You need more footage. Using a shot of a still is fine if adds to the story or it is something you can't get footage of. Otherwise you should shoot lots of b-roll to help tell your story.
AUDIO: Always use a mic. The audio was terrible on the speaker. It looked like the mic on the stand up was not plugged in.
EDITING: Too many jump cuts. Putting two very similar shots one after another has a very jarring effect on the video. Looks like person jumps from one pose to another. You should cover the jump with other B-roll.
OVERALL: Right now the story is too long. Needs to be 50 seconds. The story also does not have pad on either end. Should have 5 seconds of b-roll pad before the story starts and after it ends. This enables our producers to use some of the pad if the story is a few frames short of fitting into the broadcast schedule.
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Date Posted: January 8, 2008
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "CT Vietnam Veterans Memorial"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 54
DELIVERY: Nice location for stand up. Good delivery.
INTERVIEWS: Work on writing into the sound bites. Instead of saying, "here is so and so," add something to the story or paraphrase the bite. You need to use your time wisely. You only have 50 seconds to tell the story so make all your time count. We need to hear some emotion from the woman who started this project. She obviously feels passionate about this to put all the effort in. It needs to come across in the sound bites. They are a great place to add emotion to a story by answering "why" questions. The second interviewee's sound bite could have worked with a better lead in. Write into it with something like, "so and so is honored by the work this woman has done".
ORIGINALITY: Great story selection. Very newsworthy.
WRITING: Good focus.
VIDEO: Good job finding alternative still images when you did not have video footage for the story.
AUDIO: Good but there was hissing in the second sound bite.
EDITING: There seemed to be an intentional jump cut in the stills. It looked like a zoom or something. The camera seemed to be locked and then lurched and zoomed in. Looks like a mistake. The shots should flow smoothly.
OVERALL: Right now the story is too long. The story should be 50 seconds in length from start to end of the voiceover/stand up in order to fit into our broadcast schedule. Also, there needs to be 5 seconds of B-roll pad at the top and end of the story. The story could be a possible nominee for the Courant and the United Way categories if it was redone with suggested corrections.
*******************2006-2007 Evaluations********************
Date Posted: February 19, 2007
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Life Choice Donor Services
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good job.
INTERVIEWS: Good selection of interviewees. Excellent sound bites from the donor recipient. The sound bite from the volunteer did not really add to the story. A better sound bite would have been her response to why this program is important.
ORIGINALITY: Good newsworthy story.
WRITING: Very well told. Nice job on the writing.
VIDEO: Nice variety of shots. Good job showing the close up of the quilt squares and the whole quilt. The camera work on the stand up was a little shaky.
AUDIO: The audio on the first interview was a bit lower than the rest of the story.
EDITING: Flowed very nicely. Well illustrated.
OVERALL: Good job. Nice job picking a newsworthy topic and using good video to tell the story.
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Date Posted: January 9, 2007
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Pumpkin Carver
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49
DELIVERY: Good job. Good energy and pace. Very nice stand up
INTERVIEWS: Excellent interview. A good addition would have been someone who has bought one in the past or has enjoyed seeing them every year.
ORIGINALITY: Good!
WRITING: Pretty good but you forgot to answer one of the main questions. WHY? Does he make these pumpkins to sell or just for the fun of it? Where are these pumpkins featured? Has he won any awards?
VIDEO: Very nice shots. Shots of other pumpkins he carved or pictures of pumpkins he carved would have really added to the story. Some tight shots of the hand carving and painting the pumpkin shots would have bee great too. Did he have an applehead doll? Most people wouldn't know what that is so tell us or show us.
AUDIO: No problems.
EDITING: Good. Nice job going from ordinary pumpkin to the finished product. More b-roll would add to the story and over all editing.
OVERALL: Good job. This is a good story but if you want to make it great take our suggestions and re-submit.
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Date Posted: December 7, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Pilot or Angel
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Practice copy until you are very comfortable. It was very clear and easy to understand but work on the delivery so it sounds more conversational and less like reading. Great place for the stand up!
INTERVIEWS: Good sound bite. An interview with someone who has used the service really would have added to the story.
ORIGINALITY: Very good! Nice job finding this interesting story.
WRITING: Good job including the facts and telling the story. Be careful of passive writing. Instead of saying "has been" keep it in the active voice.
VIDEO: A lot of good shots. It would have been great to see the plane in the air.
AUDIO: Good. Nice use of natural sound at beginning. You could have placed inside the story instead of just at the start.
EDITING: Very good. Nice job rolling B-roll over the interview.
OVERALL: Good job. This is very good but next time pay attention to the things we addressed.
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Date Posted: November 30, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: A Bear Sized Hug
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good job. Easy to understand. Great stand up location and nice job adding information to the story.
INTERVIEWS: Very good first sound bite. Another interview with someone from crisis center that has received these bears would have been a great addition to the story.
ORIGINALITY: Great! Nice job finding this interesting woman and her story.
WRITING: Very good. You gave great information and used colorful, descriptive words to tell the story. You answered all the questions and made it interesting. You could work on making a stronger opening. Remember the first few seconds of the story should pull the viewer in and make them want to keep watching. You did great writing into your first interview, but the writing into the second interview needs work. You stop mid sentence and say "
.involved" and then the sound bite is finishing that sentence. You should never introduce an interview this way. It sounds choppy. Paraphrase or add information to the story with the writing into the interview.
VIDEO: Great shots of the bears, patterns and materials. During one of the sound bites there was a shot with the woman behind the table with a bunch of bears, but she was cut off at the nose and it looked awkward. It would have been better to zoom in on bears.
AUDIO: Good. No problems.
EDITING: Very good job writing to the video. Be careful when you edit two clips that are panning in the same direction. It can look awkward. Between the second sound bite to the stand up, the sound bite was still playing but the video was of the stand up. Add a shot in between to make it flow more smoothly.
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Date Posted: October 19, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Horse Dentist
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good tone. Good energy in the stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices of people to interview and good sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Excellent! Very interesting and creative.
WRITING: Very good. Great stand up with the creative writing about "barn calls". It wasn't made clear if the horse owner was the Chocolate's owner. You could have clarified this by saying so and so who owns Chocolate.
VIDEO: Good use of B-roll. Great shots of the dentist working on the horse and his tools. Nice variation.
AUDIO: Great use of natural sound!
EDITING: Good job. Nice job matching video to the writing.
OVERALL: Great work.
Evaluations for 2005-2006
Date Posted: April 12, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Carousel Museum
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
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OVERALL: Good job re-editing to 50 seconds!
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Date Posted: April 4, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Ride Away
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good.
INTERVIEWS: Nice job. Really added to the story.
ORIGINALITY: Very good.
WRITING: Great facts. Nice job telling the story. Very informative.
VIDEO: Great variety of shots. Nice job showing the inside of the car and the ramp lifting up. Always white balance! The interview shots and your stand up were very cloudy and washed out looking. It is very distracting. The stand up may have worked better with just the car in the background. Having the man posed in the car behind the reporter looked awkward.
AUDIO: Nice use of natural sound.
EDITING: Good flow. Nice job rolling B-roll over your interview.
OVERALL: Very good. Just be sure to white balance next time.
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Date Posted: April 4, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Carousel Museum
Status: Re-submit
Length: 53
DELIVERY: Very good. Great stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice. Another interview with a visitor would have been a nice addition to the story. You could take some of the information from the interview to use as part of her introduction to cut down on the length of the sound bite.
ORIGINALITY: Nice job finding this unusual museum.
WRITING: Good job. Nice use of facts.
VIDEO: Excellent shots. Good variety.
AUDIO: Good. More museum audio within the story would have been nice. Great use of natural sound at the beginning. It really pulls the viewer into the story. Watch how you enunciate your P's being careful not to "pop your P's". It tends to happen if you are too close to the microphone.
EDITING: Nice job.
OVERALL: By starting the timing with a few seconds of natural sound you are too long. Please cut down on the sound bite or speed up the voice over so that you are at 50 seconds including a few seconds of natural sound at the start.
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Date Posted: March 14, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Silk City Railroad Club
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Very good. Great stand up!
INTERVIEWS: Good choice. Nice sound bite.
ORIGINALITY: Very creative!
WRITING: Excellent! Very colorful writing. Nice job getting lots of facts in. One question, why did he start this club? Might have been a very interesting answer.
VIDEO: Great shots. Nice variety. More B-roll of the trains moving would have been great.
AUDIO: No problems. Did any of the trains make noise? It would have been a great use of natural sound if they did.
EDITING: Good work. Nice job mixing up the shots and matching up the video to the voiceover.
OVERALL: Great! Very interesting piece.
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Date Posted: February 17, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Horse Acupuncture
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good. Nice pace. Easy to understand.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice of interviewee and sound bite. Another good interview would have been with the horse's owner. Why did he/she decide to have acupuncture used on her horse?
ORIGINALITY: Very good.
WRITING: Good work. Very interesting. Nice job telling the story and including relevant facts. The fact about human and horse acupuncture needles being the same was great. Be sure to back up facts. You say that horse acupuncture has recently become popular in the US. Who says that? Is it vets, horse owners, or professionals in the acupunture field?
VIDEO: Great shots! Nice variety! Excellent B-roll.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Good matching the video to the script. Nice work.
OVERALL: Very good work!
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Date Posted: February 17, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Pasta Painter
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
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OVERALL: Good job re-editing. Nice work.
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Date Posted: February 8, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Lego Builder
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.05
DELIVERY: Very good. Excellent stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Work on your intro to the interview. When introducing your sound bite remember to add information or paraphrase. Don't just stop mid-sentence and let the interviewee finish your sentence. It was a great sound bite, but the intro made it sound to choppy. Another interview with a person he built something for (maybe the huge taco?) would have added to the piece.
ORIGINALITY: Very unique.
WRITING: Great job telling the story. Lots of great info about Eric.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots of different items. Nice job not staying on any item too long.
AUDIO: Fine, except it seemed like there were two separate reads that had different audio levels. The second read was louder. Make sure you do the read as one piece or that it is seamless.
EDITING: Good job. It would have been great if you could have gotten a shot of Eric working (not talking) to set up you establishing shot of the interview.
OVERALL: Great job!
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Date Posted: January 23, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Track Walking
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good.
INTERVIEWS: Nice choices. Good clip from students. A parent would have also been a good choice.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting, timely, and informative.
WRITING: Nice job. Good job giving details and telling the story.
VIDEO: Good shots for what you had to work with. Could use more B-roll. The quick shot of the gym teacher seemed very odd. It would have worked better if you introduced her later on. Also, she looked mad. Maybe choose a better shot. Keep in mind the tone of the story when picking an establishing shot.
AUDIO: Good. Clear.
EDITING: Nice job, except the teacher shot.
OVERALL: Good.
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Date Posted: January 23, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Pasta Painter
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Ok. Work on knowing the lines well so it doesn't sound like you are reading it.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice. Great clip from the artist. Nice job getting info on why he does it. Very nice job writing into the interview.
ORIGINALITY: Very unusual.
WRITING: Good work.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Be careful with the camera movements and zooms. They were shaky, and not very smooth. Keep practicing it. It will take time. It would have been better with some stills. That is the only way the viewer can see the detail in the painting. Also, it would have been great to have some shots of him working. The framing of the stand up could have been better. There was too much space above her head.
AUDIO: No major problems. Natural sound was a bit loud.
EDITING: There was too much camera movement. Too much with the zooms, pans and quick cuts.
OVERALL: The story was too jumpy. Work on steadying the movement and making the transitions smoother. When you zoom in hold the shot longer. Good job on the story idea and writing. Just work on the video and editing so we can get this on the air.
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Date Posted: January 23, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Community Angel
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good.
INTERVIEWS: Nice sound bite from hospital and parent. Great info from student.
ORIGINALITY: Very nice.
WRITING: Good job, but make sure you mention "where" closer to the beginning of the story. You show shots of CCMC but don't mention it in your v/o until the end.
VIDEO: Lots of good shots of the toys. The composition of some of the interviews was not very good. The shots on the interviews were way too much of a profile. Try for a better angle. Also, they were too tight.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Good.
OVERALL: Nice job.
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Date Posted: January 23, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: William Webb
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good diction. Nice delivery.
INTERVIEWS: Nice interview with the student. It was a good thought to include a sound bite from Kevin, but it should have been more of an interview regarding why he does this. Also, his sound bite should not be included with the stand up. It made the ending awkward.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting.
WRITING: Good job, except the ending. Mixing the stand up with a sound bite disrupted the flow.
VIDEO: Good shots of Kevin on stage and acting. It was nice that you included shots of the crowd. It would have been even better if you could capture more of a reaction moment from the crowd (laughter or sadness).
AUDIO: Nice use of natural sound. Hearing Kevin on stage really set the tone of the story.
EDITING: Good. Nice flow with the exception of the ending.
OVERALL: It is a good story and interesting topic. If you re-edited the ending it could be considered for an award category. Make sure the stand up adds information to the story.
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Date Posted: January 23, 2006
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Soup to Nutz
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good pitch, even pace, and good diction. Clear and concise. Nice stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Good interviewee choices. A sound bite from the artist discussing how he gets a lot his ideas would flow nicely after you mention he has a bunch of siblings and that gave him plenty of material. Then going on to interview Ann Lang would make the flow work better.
ORIGINALITY: Very creative. Nice local piece.
WRITING: Wonderful writing, especially in the stand up.
VIDEO: Very good shots. Nice variation of close ups and long shots. More b-roll of the artist working would have been great. One concern was the Hartford Courant shot. It was unclear what the shot was trying to show. Was it that Ann works at the Courant or is a reader of the Courant or just that the comic appears in the Courant?
AUDIO: Very good.
EDITING: Good. Only problem was the Courant shot and Ann Lang. The placement through off the flow of the story.
OVERALL: Good job. Just remember to make sure when using video that it makes sense with the voice over throughout.
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Date Posted: December 5, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Maps from Memory
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
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OVERALL: Nice job re-writing your introduction to your interview and adding pad. Good work.
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Date Posted: November 29, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Coventry Historical
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good job. Stand-up in the middle worked well. It made a nice bridge in story.
INTERVIEWS: Great job. Nice job rolling footage over the interview. It would good to show the women again for a few seconds when her voice is used later in the story. That way it doesn't just shift from one voiceover to another. If you cut back to her on camera briefly it would confirm who is speaking.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting. Nice idea.
WRITING: Good.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Nice visuals. Keep in mind that you should use some of your best footage at the beginning to grab your audience.
AUDIO: No major problems. Your interview was softer than your voiceover. Try to keep levels consistent.
EDITING: Nice job.
OVERALL: Good work.
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Date Posted: November 29, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Maps from Memory
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 50
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OVERALL: There was no sound on your interview. Please check what audio channels were used when you laid down the track.
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Date Posted: November 22, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Special Blood
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Great! Wonderful pace. It's a complicated story so your delivery is key to the audience understanding. Nice job.
INTERVIEWS: Good interview. Very good placement in the story. Good information.
ORIGINALITY: Very interesting. Most people probably have not heard of this type of donation before.
WRITING: Excellent! Great job telling the story. Wonderful job breaking down the story and explaining the process.
VIDEO: Great shots. Nice mix of shots of the procedure and the equipment. Some nice close-ups of the equipment working. Very good quality. The shot of the truck at the end seemed a bit out of place.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Excellent!
OVERALL: Great job!
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Date Posted: November 22, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Trainmaker
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Great! Nice pace and clear delivery. Easy to understand. Nice stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good job. Great sound bite. It really told us why he does this.
ORIGINALITY: Very interesting.
WRITING: Very good. Nice job covering all the questions and setting up your story.
VIDEO: Great shots. Nice mix of close and long shots. We loved the shot of the book when you said he doesn't use directions. Remember to use a tripod at all times. There were some shaky shots.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Very smooth. Nice transitions and good flow.
OVERALL: Great job!
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Date Posted: November 4, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Maps from Memory
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good enthusiasm, pace and diction.
INTERVIEWS: Work on introducing your interviews. When introducing your sound bite remember to add information or paraphrase. Don't just stop mid-sentence and let the interviewee finish your sentence. To introduce this interview you could have said, "He has given out many unique prizes from around the world." instead of "One of the most unique prizes was
"Introduce with a complete sentence. The presenter was a great choice for an interview subject. Another good choice would have been a student who learned something new.
ORIGINALITY: Great. We'd never heard of him before.
WRITING: You covered most of the questions but we still were hoping for more "why" answers. We wouldn't recommend starting with a question. You want to grab people's attention right away.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Nice mix of medium shots and close up.
AUDIO: No problems. Some natural sound, like audience clapping, would have added to the story.
EDITING: Good job.
OVERALL: Good job overall, but we need you to correct your interview introduction. Please re-write intro with a complete sentence that adds information or paraphrases what the interviewee says. Then we will able to put this on the air. Also, this story did not have any natural pad. Make sure there are 5 seconds of natural pad at the beginning and end of the story.
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Evaluations for 2004-2005
Date Posted: April 25, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Allan's Angel Therapy Dogs
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50
DELIVERY: Good pace and clarity. Great location for your stand-up. A little more enthusiasm would make it great.
INTERVIEWS: Nice choices for interviews. Work on introducing your interviews. When introducing your sound bite remember to add information or paraphrase. Don't just stop mid-sentence and let the interviewee finish your sentence. Introduce with a complete sentence. The clips were a bit short. The second one was a bit longer, but when she said the dog helped "him", we didn't know she was referring to. When selecting sound bites keep in mind the context it will be used with.
ORIGINALITY: Great story idea.
WRITING: Good job giving a lot of information and covering all the questions. Nice job setting up the story and giving all the facts and details.
VIDEO: Great footage of the dogs. Good framing of your interviews. Nice tight shots. It would have been great to see the dogs with patients. There was one glitch in the video of Murphy.
AUDIO: Good.
EDITING: Very nice job. There was a cut from your interview to the same interview, almost as if you ran out of footage. It looked awkward.
OVERALL: Great story idea and good writing. Remember to do proper introductions to your interviews.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Microchips for Dogs
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.54
DELIVERY: Too slow. If the pace were a bit faster it would help the flow of the story. Creative stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Very informative interview. Remember that you don't want all your information to come from your interviews. You want them to support the story. You could shorten the sound bites and use some of the information he gave you in the voice over. It would have been great to hear from someone who decided to have their dog implanted with the chip or someone that found their dog because of it.
ORIGINALITY: Great story idea!
WRITING: Very well written. Good job covering all the questions. If you wrote some of the information from the interview into the story it would keep the interview from telling the whole story.
VIDEO: Great shots of the dogs and the microchip as well as the device that scans for the microchip. Very creative idea with the lost dog ads for an opening. The close up shots of the paper were a little shaky. Remember to always use a tripod.
AUDIO: Good levels throughout.
EDITING: Everything matched well and made sense. Nice job.
OVERALL: Great story idea. Excellent information and footage. The story would be even stronger if the voiceover was re-recorded at a faster pace and the interview was shortened and more information was written into the voiceover.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Farmer Rick
Status: Broadcast
Length: 45.22 (pad of natural sound at beginning)
DELIVERY: Clear delivery and nice pace.
INTERVIEWS: Good job interviewing the main subject of the story. Good information. It would have been great to hear a parent's point of view or to hear from a child who watches the show.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting person in the community.
WRITING: Nice job setting up the story and telling the Farmer Rick's background and telling about the show, but you left out one important thing, where is his show broadcast? Where can someone view his show? Is he on a network or cable channel or is it a public access show? If his show is broadcast nationally it is a much bigger story than if it is only on a town public access channel. Either way you need to answer that important question of where.
VIDEO: Good variety of shots. Remember a light when shooting footage indoors. Your stand up was dark. It would have been great to have some shots of the kids in the crowd watching the taping.
AUDIO: Good, but the background noise during your stand-up was loud.
EDITING: Lots of good shots. Nice job using B-roll over the interview.
OVERALL: Good job, but remember you have to always address the big questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how. The story would be stronger if you told us where the program is shown.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Miniature Horses
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49:50
DELIVERY: Very nice job.
INTERVIEWS: Good interviews. Great job introducing them. Great sound bites!
ORIGINALITY: Unique idea. Nice "feel good" story.
WRITING: Excellent job! Very well written. You covered who, what, where, when, why, how. Nice opening with a great first line. It really grabs your attention.
VIDEO: Nice shots. Good job getting footage of the horses getting ready to go to the center and then the horses interacting with the residents.
AUDIO: Good levels throughout. Was there any good ambient sound from the horses? There may not have been, but if so, you could have used it in this piece
EDITING: Good editing. There was one small glitch between your last interview and your stand-up. Other than that, very nice job.
OVERALL: Great! Good writing, footage, and interviews. Nice job pulling it all together.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Scented Candles
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49 (Please include some of the natural sound in the beginning)
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OVERALL: Nice job re-editing and adding additional information and getting the story closer to 50 seconds.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Scented Candles
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 46.75
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OVERALL: Nice job adding the natural sound at the beginning of the story. Unfortunately you are still short on time. You need to re-write the story to bring it to as close to :50 seconds as possible. You need to find the news angle of the story, and add that content to your writing. Tell us why this candle company is important. Do they donate a percentage of their proceeds to charity? Have they been in Connecticut for a long time, but recently seen a surge of new business because of a new fade or fragrance? Use that extra time in your story to give us more news worthy information. Remember not to commercialize your piece. This has to be newsworthy. Also, be careful with your cuts. The editing needs to be a bit tighter. It sounds like your cut was late and your interviewee was starting a new sentence.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Pioneer Aerospace
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.08
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OVERALL: Good job re-editing. The introduction to the second interview was much better. It helped the flow of the story. Suggestion: We see the interviewee for a bit, but it would have been great to hear him for a little while too while he was on screen and then run the B-roll over the rest of the interview.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Paint It And They Will Come
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.28
DELIVERY: Great job. Creative introduction to the story and great stand-up. Nice pace and flow.
INTERVIEWS: Great interview with the painter. Excellent information. We would have loved to hear from the person that decided to have the room painted that way.
ORIGINALITY: Excellent.
WRITING: Great writing. Very good research. It was great that you told us how long it took, what the numbers stood for, and who's room it was. You answered all the questions except why. We would have liked to know who decided to have the room painted that way and why.
VIDEO: Great shots. The wall looked exactly like Fenway!
AUDIO: Very good.
EDITING: Very good.
OVERALL: Great job! Very creative and informative writing. It is a unique story and very interesting to a large audience. Good work.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Scented Candles
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 44.19
DELIVERY: Very good. Great pace. Very creative stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice and good job writing into it.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Very good writing. Interesting and informative. Good job researching the company. Be very careful when writing about a business. You don't want to turn your story into a commercial. Tell us why this candle company is important. Find the reason why it is news worthy. Are they working around the clock to fill orders? Have they been in Connecticut for a long time, but recently seen a surge of new business because of a new fade or fragrance? Do they donate a percentage of their proceeds to charity? Remember this has to be news.
VIDEO: Great footage.
AUDIO: Good levels. Don't be afraid to use some of your natural sound in the beginning of the story. At a low level it would sound great behind the voiceover when you are talking about the final step in the process.
EDITING: Very good. Audio and video matched perfectly. Be careful when editing your interview. It sounded like your cut was late and we heard a piece of his next sentence.
OVERALL: Good job, but it is too short. It came in at 44.19 seconds. You need to re-write to make the story to make it 50 seconds. You do have the :5 seconds of padding at the beginning and end, but there is too much time missing to rely on that. With that extra time to give us more news worthy information. Remember not to commercialize your piece.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Alpacas of Tocca Valley
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.16
DELIVERY: Very good. Good pace. Great location for your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good. It would have been nice to hear from the father who runs the farm.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Good writing and information. Are the farms profitable? Are they part of a growing trend?
VIDEO: Great shots of farm and alpacas. Good variation of long shots and close-ups.
AUDIO: Voiceover was a bit low compared to your stand up. Make sure all your audio levels match.
EDITING: Nice job.
OVERALL: Great job overall.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Pioneer Aerospace
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 48.63
DELIVERY: Very good delivery. Nice location for your stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Excellent choice. It would have been nice to also hear from someone who had just seen the exhibit. You need to introduce your interviews. Instead of taking him introducing himself from the interview, just put it in your voiceover. It will sound much better. It sounds too choppy when you just drop a sentence midway through and have the interview pick up in the middle of the sentence. Either paraphrase or add info to the piece when you are writing into your interview. For example, "Mark Smith, Director of Development, has worked on many important projects".
ORIGINALITY: Very good. Broad audience and unique idea.
WRITING: Pretty good job, but you need to write into the interviews to improve the overall flow of the story. Make sure your story is focused. You only have :50 seconds to tell your story so it can't be too general.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Nice job.
AUDIO: The levels are pretty good, but one problem we noticed was that we could hear the edits between sections of your interviews. The volume was different.
EDITING: Good job. Lots of good B-roll. The B-roll that was rolled over the interview looked good.
OVERALL: Nice try. Great choice of topic. Work on the writing. Paraphrase what your interviewee is going to say and write into your interview. Try not to stop mid sentence. It sounds a bit choppy and hurts the flow of the story. Re-work the writing and we would love to have you re-submit so we can get this story on the air.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Rob the Drummer
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50 (using some pad from the beginning)
DELIVERY: Great delivery. Nice pace and good stand-up. Clear and easy to understand.
INTERVIEWS: Good interview with Rob. It would have been nice to hear from someone who watched the performance and get a reaction.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Very informative. Well written and had a nice flow. You did a great job of getting the 5 W's and H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) with your script and sound bites. Adding information or paraphrasing the sentence before the sound bite can improve the writing into the interviews.
VIDEO: Great footage. Nice shots of Rob and of the crowd. You really used images to help tell the story.
AUDIO: Excellent. Levels were consistent throughout.
EDITING: Good job matching the video to the writing. Nice transitions. Only problem was a cut between voiceover tracks. A second of silence would have helped that.
OVERALL: Well done. Very entertaining and informative. Good footage and writing. Another interview and would have made the story even stronger.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Spirit of America
Status: Broadcast
Length: 48
DELIVERY: Nice pace and clear delivery.
INTERVIEWS: Your one interview was very good. A nice choice, but it would have been great to get a 2nd interview from someone who watched the show. Maybe there were some war veterans in attendance
ORIGINALITY: Great job getting a story outside of the school.
WRITING: Well written. Nice introduction to the piece. Very informative.
VIDEO: Great footage of the show. It would have been nice to see some shots of the audience.
AUDIO: Excellent. Consistent levels throughout. Good ambient sound.
EDITING: Good job matching the video to the writing. Nice transitions.
OVERALL: Nice work. Great b-roll of show, and good job getting out of the school to do the story. Another interview and some footage of the audience would have made the story even better.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Puppet Museum
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49
DELIVERY: Good pace. Nice flow. Great stand-up! It was very clever.
INTERVIEWS: Good job writing into the interviews. Good choices for interview subjects, but it might have been nice to hear from someone visiting the puppet museum or a parent who brought their child to make a puppet.
ORIGINALITY: Very original!
WRITING: Good job. Informative and entertaining. Nice job getting all your facts in.
VIDEO: Great shots. Nice variety of puppets.
AUDIO: Good. Consistent levels through out, except on the owner's interview. It was a little low.
EDITING: Very good job. Smooth transitions aside from a few jump cuts between puppets in the beginning. If you wait a couple seconds for each it would be less jarring. Remember it takes a second to register the picture and if you move to quick to the next one, the viewer will miss them.
OVERALL: Well done. Very entertaining and informative. Good footage and writing. Another interview and would have made the story even stronger.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: The Other Milk
Status: Broadcast
Length: 50 (story starts with the sound of the goat bells right before the VO)
DELIVERY: Good pace. Great location for your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting.
WRITING: Good and very informative. Work on writing into interviews. To improve the flow of the story use a sentence to bridge the idea of goat's milk as an ingredient in food to the section about goat soap. For example, "Foods aren't the only product that goat's milk is used in." Using some sort of segway connects the two ideas.
VIDEO: Excellent shots. Good job matching B-roll to your audio. Great quality!
AUDIO: Good. Levels are consistent through out. Nice touch starting the story with the natural sound of the goat bells. That helped set the tone for the story.
EDITING: Great.
OVERALL: Good job! The story hit all the facts and had some great footage.
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Date Posted: April 13, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Slug: Alpacas of Tocca Valley
Status: Re-submit
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OVERALL: There was no sound on the interview. Without that track we could not evaluate the story. Please check audio and resubmit with audio correction.
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Date posted: March 11, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Scented Candles"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49
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OVERALL: Nice job re-editing and adding additional information and getting the story closer to 50 seconds.
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Date posted: February 14, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Scented Candles"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 46.75
DELIVERY:
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OVERALL: Nice job adding the natural sound at the beginning of the story. Unfortunately, you are still short on time. You need to re-write the story to bring it to as close to :50 seconds as possible. You need to find the news angle of the story, and add that content to your writing. Tell us why this candle company is important. Do they donate a percentage of their proceeds to charity? Have they been in Connecticut for a long time, but recently seen a surge of new business because of a new fade or fragrance? Use that extra time in your story to give us more news worthy information. Remember not to commercialize your piece. This has to be newsworthy. Also, be careful with your cuts. The editing needs to be a bit tighter. It sounds like your cut was late and your interviewee was starting a new sentence.
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Date posted: February 14, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Pioneer Aerospace"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.08
DELIVERY:
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OVERALL: Good job re-editing. The introduction to the second interview was much better. It helped the flow of the story. Suggestion: We see the interviewee for a bit, but it would have been great to hear him for a little while too while he was on screen and then run the B-roll over the rest of the interview.
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Date posted: February 1, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Paint It And They Will Come"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.28
DELIVERY: Great job. Creative introduction to the story and great stand-up. Nice pace and flow.
INTERVIEWS: Great interview with the painter. Excellent information. We would have loved to hear from the person that decided to have the room painted that way.
ORIGINALITY: Excellent.
WRITING: Great writing. Very good research. It was great that you told us how long it took, what the numbers stood for, and who's room it was. You answered all the questions except why. We would have liked to know who decided to have the room painted that way and why.
VIDEO: Great shots. The wall looked exactly like Fenway!
AUDIO: Very good.
EDITING: Very good.
OVERALL: Great job! Very creative and informative writing. It is a unique story and very interesting to a large audience. Good work.
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Date posted: February 1, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Scented Candles"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 44.19
DELIVERY: Very good. Great pace. Very creative stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice and good job writing into it.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Very good writing. Interesting and informative. Good job researching the company. Be very careful when writing about a business. You don't want to turn your story into a commercial. Tell us why this candle company is important. Find the reason why it is news worthy. Are they working around the clock to fill orders? Have they been in Connecticut for a long time, but recently seen a surge of new business because of a new fade or fragrance? Do they donate a percentage of their proceeds to charity? Remember this has to be news.
VIDEO: Great footage.
AUDIO: Good levels. Don't be afraid to use some of your natural sound in the beginning of the story. At a low level it would sound great behind the voiceover when you are talking about the final step in the process.
EDITING: Very good. Audio and video matched perfectly. Be careful when editing your interview. It sounded like your cut was late and we heard a piece of his next sentence.
OVERALL: Good job, but it is too short. It came in at 44.19 seconds. You need to re-write to make the story to make it 50 seconds. You do have the :5 seconds of padding at the beginning and end, but there is too much time missing to rely on that. With that extra time to give us more news worthy information. Remember not to commercialize your piece.
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Date posted: January 26, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Alpacas of Tocca Valley"
Status: Broadcast
Length: 49.16
DELIVERY: Very good. Good pace. Great location for your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good. It would have been nice to hear from the father who runs the farm.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Good writing and information. Are the farms profitable? Are they part of a growing trend?
VIDEO: Great shots of farm and alpacas. Good variation of long shots and close-ups.
AUDIO: Voiceover was a bit low compared to your stand up. Make sure all your audio levels match.
EDITING: Nice job.
OVERALL: Great job overall.
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Date posted: January 26, 2005
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Pioneer Aerospace"
Status: Re-Submit
Length: 48.63
DELIVERY: Very good delivery. Nice location for your stand up.
INTERVIEWS: Excellent choice. It would have been nice to also hear from someone who had just seen the exhibit. You need to introduce your interviews. Instead of taking him introducing himself from the interview, just put it in your voiceover. It will sound much better. It sounds too choppy when you just drop a sentence midway through and have the interview pick up in the middle of the sentence. Either paraphrase or add info to the piece when you are writing into your interview. For example, "Mark Smith, Director of Development, has worked on many important projects".
ORIGINALITY: Very good. Broad audience and unique idea.
WRITING: Pretty good job, but you need to write into the interviews to improve the overall flow of the story. Make sure your story is focused. You only have :50 seconds to tell your story so it can't be too general.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Nice job.
AUDIO: The levels are pretty good, but one problem we noticed was that we could hear the edits between sections of your interviews. The volume was different.
EDITING: Good job. Lots of good B-roll. The B-roll that was rolled over the interview looked good.
OVERALL: Nice try. Great choice of topic. Work on the writing. Paraphrase what your interviewee is going to say and write into your interview. Try not to stop mid sentence. It sounds a bit choppy and hurts the flow of the story. Re-work the writing and we would love to have you re-submit so we can get this story on the air.
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Date posted: December 14, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "The Other Milk"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good pace. Great location for your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting.
WRITING: Good and very informative. Work on writing into interviews. To improve the flow of the story use a sentence to bridge the idea of goat's milk as an ingredient in food to the section about goat soap. For example, "Foods aren't the only product that goat's milk is used in." Using some sort of segway connects the two ideas.
VIDEO: Excellent shots. Good job matching B-roll to your audio. Great quality!
AUDIO: Good. Levels are consistent through out. Nice touch starting the story with the natural sound of the goat bells. That helped set the tone for the story.
EDITING: Great.
OVERALL: Good job! The story hit all the facts and had some great footage.
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Date posted: December 14, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Alpacas of Tocca Valley "
Status: Re-submit
Length: :
DELIVERY:
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OVERALL: There was no sound on the interview. Without that track we could not evaluate the story. Please check audio and resubmit with audio correction.
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Date posted: November 22, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Puppet Museum"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY: Good pace. Nice flow. Great stand-up! It was very clever.
INTERVIEWS: Good job writing into the interviews. Good choices for interview subjects, but it might have been nice to hear from someone visiting the puppet museum or a parent who brought their child to make a puppet.
ORIGINALITY: Very original!
WRITING: Good job. Informative and entertaining. Nice job getting all your facts in.
VIDEO: Great shots. Nice variety of puppets.
AUDIO: Good. Consistent levels through out, except on the owner's interview. It was a little low.
EDITING: Very good job. Smooth transitions aside from a few jump cuts between puppets in the beginning. If you wait a couple seconds for each it would be less jarring. Remember it takes a second to register the picture and if you move to quick to the next one, the viewer will miss them.
OVERALL: Well done. Very entertaining and informative. Good footage and writing. Another interview and would have made the story even stronger.
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Date posted: November 22, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Rob the Drummer"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Great delivery. Nice pace and good stand-up. Clear and easy to understand.
INTERVIEWS: Good interview with Rob. It would have been nice to hear from someone who watched the performance and get a reaction.
ORIGINALITY: Great.
WRITING: Very informative. Well written and had a nice flow. You did a great job of getting the 5 W's and H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) with your script and sound bites. Adding information or paraphrasing the sentence before the sound bite can improve the writing into the interviews.
VIDEO: Great footage. Nice shots of Rob and of the crowd. You really used images to help tell the story.
AUDIO: Excellent. Levels were consistent throughout.
EDITING: Good job matching the video to the writing. Nice transitions. Only problem was a cut between voiceover tracks. A second of silence would have helped that.
OVERALL: Well done. Very entertaining and informative. Good footage and writing. Another interview and would have made the story even stronger.
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Date posted: November 22, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Spirit of America"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY: Nice pace and clear delivery.
INTERVIEWS: Your one interview was very good. A nice choice, but it would have been great to get a 2nd interview from someone who watched the show. Maybe there were some war veterans in attendance
ORIGINALITY: Great job getting a story outside of the school.
WRITING: Well written. Nice introduction to the piece. Very informative.
VIDEO: Great footage of the show. It would have been nice to see some shots of the audience.
AUDIO: Excellent. Consistent levels throughout. Good ambient sound.
EDITING: Good job matching the video to the writing. Nice transitions.
OVERALL: Nice work. Great b-roll of show, and good job getting out of the school to do the story. Another interview and some footage of the audience would have made the story even better.
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Evaluations for 2003-2004
Date posted: April 8, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Police Chase Simulation"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48 (please borrow from the pads to correct time.)
DELIVERY (How is the voice used to tell the story [pitch, tone, diction]): Good voice-over. Nice job doing your stand-up in the midst of the your story.
INTERVIEWS (Sound bites interesting and did they enhance the story?): Good choice of interview subjects and the sound bites used to add information to the story.
ORIGINALITY (Story creative, unique, statewide appeal?): Good. This was an interesting topic with statewide appeal.
WRITING (Report written clearly, creatively, & grammatically correct?): Good job getting your facts in and writing into your sound bites.
VIDEO (Pix illustrated the story? Tri-pod used, lighting, composition?): Nice job getting a variety of images to support your script. Good framing for your interviews.
AUDIO (Clarity, natural sound, enhance the story?): Good consistent levels throughout.
EDITING(Pictures and sound used in the proper sequence to tell a story? Pictures match the script?): Good job putting all your elements together into a cohesive story.
OVERALL(All the elements used to tell an interesting story for the viewer?): Nice job.
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Date posted: April 2, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Green Garbage Bags"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY (How is the voice used to tell the story [pitch, tone, diction]): Good voice-over and nice job with your ending stand-up.
INTERVIEWS (Sound bites interesting and did they enhance the story?): Good
ORIGINALITY (Story creative, unique, statewide appeal?): Good, town news story.
WRITING (Report written clearly, creatively, & grammatically correct?):Nice job covering the facts.
VIDEO (Pix illustrated the story? Tri-pod used, lighting, composition?): Good job getting a variation of images. Be careful when framing your interviews. You want to remember the rule of 3rd when framing someone's face and make sure they have plenty of "talk" space when their heads are turned at a Ύ's angle. The interview should not be facing the very edge of your tv screen.
AUDIO (Clarity, natural sound, enhance the story?): Good
EDITING(Pictures and sound used in the proper sequence to tell a story? Pictures match the script?): good job matching images to your script.
OVERALL(All the elements used to tell an interesting story for the viewer?): Well done, interesting story.
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Date posted: April 2, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Veterans Home"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :40
DELIVERY: Good job on your voice-over and setting your ending stand-up on location.
INTERVIEWS: good job going to the site for your interviews. Currently, you have 2 stories 1) the services offered at the Veterans Home and 2) improvements needed at the veterans home. If it's an overall piece on the services offered then a Suggestion for a second interview: a veteran who is benefiting from the services offered. If it's improvements that are needed, then detailing the problem and the ways the Veterans home is trying to solve them.
ORIGINALITY: Good
WRITING: Overall good.
VIDEO: Good job getting plenty of medium and close-up images from location. Suggestion: A wide shot image of the front of the Veterans home in it's entirety, not just the gate sign. This will help the viewer place the location and size of the veteran's home. Also, when discussing the need for new beds an image of the current room facilities would be nice so that we have a reference point. Television is a visual medium, the viewer needs to see and hear what is going on.
AUDIO: Good
EDITING: Overall well done. Please see video for suggestions.
OVERALL Nice job.
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Date posted: March 9, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Customs House"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY (How is the voice used to tell the story [pitch, tone, diction]): Good voice-over delivery. For you stand-up, please look into the camera when speaking. Your actually speaking to the audience of viewers and they need to see your face. Give them a big smile when your speaking it's suppose to be fun!
INTERVIEWS (Sound bites interesting and did they enhance the story?): Good first choice. A suggestion: someone who is attending the museum, what is their favorite exhibit?
ORIGINALITY (Story creative, unique, statewide appeal?): Good, interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING (Report written clearly, creatively, & grammatically correct?): good job writing into and out of your sound bites.
VIDEO (Pix illustrated the story? Tri-pod used, lighting, composition?): Good job getting a variation of images. Be careful to keep your camera steady using a tri-pod will help with this.
AUDIO (Clarity, natural sound, enhance the story?): Good
EDITING(Pictures and sound used in the proper sequence to tell a story? Pictures match the script?): Good job matching your images to your script.
OVERALL(All the elements used to tell an interesting story for the viewer?): Good job. Just curious is your voice-over a different person from the reporting doing the stand-up?
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Date posted: March 9, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
RE-SUBMITTED: 3/8/04
Slug: "Tolland Jail Museum"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY: Good voice-over. Nice job placing your stand-up on location. Try smiling while doing your stand-up, this is suppose to be a fun job and you're in a neat location.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice.
ORIGINALITY: Good, interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Overall good. You need to cover a few more facts. When was the jail in use what year was it decommissioned?
Just curious: Does the Tolland History Society have it's home office on location. The sign in front said something about the historical society and you show an image which doesn't fit in with the jail script.
VIDEO: Remember to use your tri-pod at all times.
AUDIO: Good consistent levels.
EDITING: Good
OVERALL We need the voice-over/stand-up to be exactly :50 seconds in length. On occasion we can borrow from a front and end pad to make up the difference if there is adequate natural sound. Unfortunately, we aren't able to borrow and we'll need you to give the script a once over to make up the time. This still runs a few seconds under. I'm going to request the post production person at our station work with grabbing a second from the beginning pad and a second from the end to see if we can make it work. So, at present this is a "for broadcast"!
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Date posted: March 9, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
RE-SUBMITTED: 3/8/04
Slug: "Penny Challenge"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY: Good voice-over delivery and nice job on your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices for interview subjects and sound bites used.
ORIGINALITY: Good community story.
WRITING: Nice job covering the facts and writing into and out of your sound bites.
VIDEO: Nice close-ups. Be careful when framing your interview subjects. You will want to get a Ύ angle of their face. If you have someone stand right at the shoulder of the camera person, then the interviewee can look right at that person this will achieve a Ύ angle.
AUDIO: Good
EDITING: Good job matching the images to the script. Be careful of jump cuts. Your beginning pad with students dropping pennies in has two images cut together from the same angle. If you switch angles you can use the same action.
OVERALL: This ran a little too short. Please add nat sound to the beginning pad for our editor to borrow from then we can air. Thanks. Great job re-editing the beginning pad with additional footage and nat sound. Good work!
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Date posted: February 26, 2004
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Farrier"
Status:Re-submit
Length: :46
DELIVERY: Good voice-over delivery and nice job on your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice.
ORIGINALITY: Very interesting story subject.
WRITING: Nice job covering the facts with a few creative lines thrown in.
VIDEO: Good job getting close-ups of the process.
AUDIO: Good even levels throughout.
EDITING: Nice job matching the script with the images.
OVERALL: We time the required :50 second length from the moment the voice-over begins to the end of the stand-up. We can borrow a second or two from the front pad, but not :4 seconds. Please give your script one more edit to reach the required :50 seconds in length. Thank you.
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Date posted: February 25, 2004
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Toilet Paper World"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY: Good voice-over and on location stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices for your interview subjects and sound bites used.
ORIGINALITY: Cute story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Good job writing into your sound bites. Nice creative opening line. Be careful to cover the 5 W's & H in your script. The hook is where is the location of Toilet Paper World. That this is a Connecticut company is what makes it interesting to the entire state. We realize you mention where you are reporting from in your ending stand-up but the general audience would have to assume you are reporting on location at the company.
VIDEO: Good variation on your images. Nice job framing your 1st interview subject and your stand-up. Be careful not to cut someones head out of the images especially if they are speaking to the reporter.
AUDIO: Good
EDITING: Good job matching images to the script.
OVERALL: Very cute story.
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Date posted: February 25, 2004
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "The Eagle"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY: Good voice-over and nice job wrapping up your story and doing your stand-up in front of the Eagle.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices for your sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Nice job writing into your sound bites and covering all the facts.
VIDEO: Good variation in your images. Be careful to frame your interview subjects with a Ύ to almost full face angle. Shooting just the side of the face is disconcerting to the viewer. The reporter should stand near the shoulder of the camera person and have the interview subject look at the reporter. This stations the line of vision for the interviewee just off into "talk space".
AUDIO: Remember to include nat. sound in your beginning and ending pads. This will help if we need to borrow from the pads to make the :50 second required length.
EDITING: Good job matching your images to your script.
OVERALL Well done.
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Date posted: December 29, 2003
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: Llama Mama
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good job on your voice-over and your stand-up. Very creative ending used.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice on your sound bite.
ORIGINALITY: Good interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Nice job answering the 5W's and H as well as writing into your sound bite and introducing your interview. Just curious: are people less likely to be allergic to Llama wool then sheep wool? Why would someone want to spend the extra money to purchase a sweater with Llama wool? Is it softer, warmer? This is just me being curious.
VIDEO: Nice variation of images. Good job.
AUDIO: Clear consistent audio for voice over and sound bite.
EDITING: Overall your editing was good. Nice job matching your images to your script. There are several places where you have a break in audio that is not relevant to the story. IE: for the audience to hear a natural sound important to telling the story.
OVERALL Well done putting all your elements together.
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Date posted: 12/11/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Tolland Lantern Light Tour"
Status:Resubmit
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Well done.
INTERVIEWS: The interview sound bites were a little difficult to understand.
ORIGINALITY: Good concept for a news story.
WRITING: Good job covering the facts of the event and who would be benefiting from the fundraiser.
VIDEO: Please use a tri-pod at all times and keep your images steady. NO pans, zooms, tilts, etc. Every shot in your story moved, over time this can make the viewer motion sick. Also, your images don't always match your script.
AUDIO: This was un-even and difficult to understand in places.
EDITING: The most important thing to remember is to match your images to your script. If you weren't able to get the footage you would have liked, then you might need to adjust your script to match the images. An example: you mention a play sequence in the lantern light tour, but all we see is a close-up of a teacup.
OVERALL: We realize you only had a couple of days to shot the footage due to the fact it was a 3 day event, but we will need you to take one more try at the editing and place steady, straight shots into your story. Also, if you have clear, succinct sound bites, that would be great.
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Date posted: 12/11/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "High Hopes"
Status: Re-submit
Length:
DELIVERY (How is the voice used to tell the story [pitch, tone, diction]):
INTERVIEWS (Sound bites interesting and did they enhance the story?):
ORIGINALITY (Story creative, unique, statewide appeal?):
WRITING (Report written clearly, creatively, & grammatically correct?):
VIDEO (Pix illustrated the story? Tri-pod used, lighting, composition?):
AUDIO (Clarity, natural sound, enhance the story?):
EDITING(Pictures and sound used in the proper sequence to tell a story? Pictures match the script?):
OVERALL(All the elements used to tell an interesting story for the viewer?): We received a bad tape. Please re-dub and re-submit. Note: always check your vhs tapes on a separate machine from your editing station to double check the quality. Thanks.
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Date posted: 12/4/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Wood Carver"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good voice over and well done on your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices on your interviews and sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Good. Interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Good job with your script; writing into and out of your sound bites, getting in the facts. A few questions came up when viewing the story: 1) does the artist sell his work and if so what is the arrange price he receives for a statue?
VIDEO: Good job getting a variation of images.
AUDIO: Good consistent levels and nice job with nat sound.
EDITING: Over all your editing was well done. Be careful that your images match your script. The artist mentions his favorite statue is located outside his mother's house, but we don't get to see his favorite statue. The viewer is left wondering what was so special about this particular statue and is it different from what we are seeing?
OVERALL Very well done.
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DATE: 11/5/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Special Joys"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good voice over. Nice job doing your stand-up on location.
INTERVIEWS: Please introduce each interviewee within your script. We are unsure who is being interviewed; Joy or a guest to the museum. We are assuming it's Joy?
ORIGINALITY: Good, interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Over all well done. Please see interview note on writing into your sound bite. Also, the location of the museum should be placed within the script. We realize you mention it within your stand-up, but again we are assuming you are standing in the museum when you sign-off 'from Coventry, this is
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VIDEO: Good variation in your shot selection.
AUDIO: Nice job using nat sound at the beginning of your story.
EDITING: Good
OVERALL: Very well done.
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DATE: 11/24/03
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Jonathan the Husky"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY: Good job on your delivery. Nice job sitting down with the mascot for your stand-up. Remember to smile! This is suppose to be a fun project!
INTERVIEWS: Good 1st interview. A suggestion, you speak about the care giving of Johnathan, we would have liked to hear about the actual care giving/nature of Jonathan from one of his caregivers.
ORIGINALITY: Good, interesting story regarding the background of the CT. Huskies
WRITING: Good informational/historical background piece.
VIDEO: Overall this was okay. Remember to use your tri-pod at all times. Some of your images shook a bit. A suggestion, in a perfect world it would have been nice to see Uconn students actually interacting with Jonathan. IE: the games and where he lives.
AUDIO: Good, consistent levels.
EDITING: This was okay. The lack of a variation of images made this hard to piece together with your script.
OVERALL: Good job
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Date: 11/25/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Dental Museum"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :48
DELIVERY: Good delivery.
INTERVIEWS: Good 1st choice. A suggestion: an interview with someone who was touring the museum with their reaction of some of the exhibits.
ORIGINALITY: Good. Interesting story with statewide appeal.
WRITING: Nice job getting the facts in.
VIDEO: Good job getting images to match your script.
AUDIO: Good
EDITING: Good job. See video note.
OVERALL: Overall this was well done.
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Evaluations for 2002-2003
Date:7/3/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Kelly Scarves"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY: Good pacing and delivery. Remember to smile in your stand-up, this is suppose to be fun!
INTERVIEWS: We would have liked to have heard more from the girls who are making the scarfs.
ORIGINALITY: Good community story.
WRITING: Nice job getting all the facts in and writing an interesting story.
VIDEO: Good b-roll. Nice job getting a variation in your images. Note: we would like to have seen all 3 girls who are making the scarfs. From the script/editing we weren't sure who was who.
AUDIO: Nice job on your nat sound.
EDITING: Overall this was well done. See video for note.
OVERALL
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Date:7/2/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Specialty Ice Cream"
Status: Broadcast Re-submitted due to the sound - broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good, even pace nice job.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice for interview subject. Informative sound bite good choice.
ORIGINALITY: Good, state wide appeal.
WRITING: Good job writing into your sound bite and covering the who, what, when, where, why and how of a story.
VIDEO: nice b-roll used to tell your story and move it forward
AUDIO: Good consistent levels. Suggestion: this would be a wonderful opportunity to use the natural sound of the equipment in the opening and closing of the story as well as nat sound under parts of the voice-over.
EDITING: good job cutting images to script and soundbites.
OVERALL:
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Date: 7/2/03
School: Captain Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Heart Smart"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good job nice pacing on your voice-over. Good job placing your stand-up in the midst of your story.
INTERVIEWS: Good 1st interview. The second sound bite is a bit awkward and difficult to hear. Suggestion: an interview with someone who will be volunteering in the program.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting Story
WRITING: Good job writing into and out of your sound bites and covering the basic facts.
VIDEO: Good b-roll. Nice job framing your stand-up segment.
AUDIO: Be careful on recording your sound bites. If you can't get your mic right up to the interviewee, go with a different person for your sound bite.
EDITING: Nice job matching images to your script.
OVERALL: Good job putting all your elements together.
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Date:7/2/03
School: Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School
Town: Coventry
Slug: "Fidelco Guide Dogs"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :49
DELIVERY: Wonderful job with your pacing and delivery. Also nice job placing yourself in the midst of your story for your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good
ORIGINALITY: Interesting Story
WRITING: Nice job covering the basic Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. Just Curious: how long is formal training in total?
VIDEO: Generally good job on b-roll. Good job keeping the framing on the images tight. Be careful to keep your camera steady when filming. Suggestion: more images of the dogs in actual training. This would help in editing when trying to match images with the script.
AUDIO: Your voice over and sound bites are on inconsistent levels. Be careful with recording and dubbing.
EDITING: See video
OVERALL: Nice job putting all your elements together.
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