Comments to others.

Collins: The transitions between videos were very well done. Pictures added a lot to the story. There was one interview where the picture was quite shaky; could have used a tripod.

Companion: Stand up was very good. B-roll was very relevant to the story. Interviews could have used a more dynamic background.

Fredell: Interesting topic. The beginning had excellent B-roll. There should be more B-roll and more interviews.

Gebert: Good use of a variety of interviews. Very relevant stand up and great B-roll. There was once when the image was shaky.

Goodell: GREAT USE OF B-ROLL! The interviews were used well. Audio is lost in the middle

Grotkin: The B-roll that was there was good. How about using more over the interviews? Dynamic background?

Hagen: Graphics were good; the one with the little girl was especially cute. B-roll was great. There may have been too many graphics that kind of crowd the video, especially at the end.

Harwell: The topic was intriguing. Interviews were good. Could have used a wider variety of B-roll which would help with not spending so much time on one clip.

Heinen: Interviews were good, a wide variety of opinions. The B-roll of the class was great; it added a lot to the story. Stand up?

Johnston: The interviews were cool, it was awesome to hear the experiences of students. It was cool facts, I didn't know before that that was an option. One of the pictures was shaky.

Lawrence: The shot through the window of the class at the very beginning really caught my attention. Cool transitions. Could have used a better background for the interviews.

Lesch: B-roll of the basketball team was cool. What's your angle of the story? Too much of one interview gets disinteresting.

Self- Assessment of Story

Broadcast Journalism Story Self-Assessment (Copy and paste this to your blog post)

Is the topic relevant and interesting? Does it relate to our audience? 4

Is the story angle clearly defined? Is it unique? 4

Is the stand-up informative and creative? Does it lead into the story? 3

Are the interviews important to the story? Experts? Restate question? 4

Are transitions smooth and informative? Sequence makes sense? 4

Does the story make sense? Does the A-Roll drive the story? 4

Do the camera shots add to the story? B-roll? Correct shots? 4

Is sound used to enhance story? Music? Natural sound? 3

Is the editing clean? Graphics? Sound? Transitions? 2

Is the story the proper time length? 4

Total _36___/40

Comments: (What was done well? What improvements should be made?)
I was having a hard time keeping it under the time limit so a lot of the information had to be cut. This caused some of the story to not make sense (i.e. my stand up). All in all for a first story, it seemed to go pretty well. As soon as I got the idea, the thoughts just kept rolling on how to shoot B-roll and what questions to ask. I had a lot of good information which I suppose is better than not very much bad information.