CATEGORY: Still/Audio Story (CPOY 62) SEMI-FINALS

7 left from 78.

Judges begin podcasting - this blog includes some of their comments. Three will pass along to the next round?

INs
New Cadet Week - good pacing, good rhythm, good photos, doesn't rely solely through the audio, there was ambient weaved in.
Hunting for Friendship - audio was sophisticated, but the images weren't as good as New Cadet, original story, this could have been a tighter story, could have had better sequencing and editing
F is for Failure - Too esoteric, the photos didn't do anything for me, the audio was good, it surprised and engaged me, I want to like this a lot more, people can learn from this one - for pacing, there is more room in multimedia for personal story telling like this, this reminded me of This American Life, I wasn't wowed by the photography, This would have been gold if this was another subject, if we want to send a message about what resonates emotionally, then this is it, but the photos are not that great, it's too long, the problem with most of these projects is that they used a formula that didn't work that formula is ... "my name is blah blah blah and I blah blah blah."
The John Deere Shuttle - some audio is over modulated, the audio picked up this project... "Hi, my name is Joe Blow and .... "
Lennie Edwards, A New Future good photos, if the person doesn't have a colorful voice, then don't do an audio slideshow, not everything is multimedia, you can't squeeze blood from a turnip
The Mac - I am all about the Mac, good audio, suffered from a little pacing, great photography, it is a strong piece


OUTs
Volkwagon Buddies I wanted to hear the car, I wanted to hear the metal, I wanted to hear from that guy was an expert, its too long, it is the music that brings you in, they relied too much on the audio, the photography could have been stronger