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New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung


Title of Entry:

Wild horse adoption


Category:

06a - Best Video (less than 2 minutes)


Entrant information:

Charles Agar


URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAcOWqSa5sA


Judges Comments:

This video had a nice breadth of interviews, and the reporter clearly spent time talking to people at the wild horse adoption event. The interviews were well-shot, and the lower-thirds were neat and descriptive enough to be effective, but not too descriptive as to be distracting. (A tough feat, but well executed.) However, the b-roll was awfully shaky, and white balance seemed drastically different in the b-roll shots and the interview shots. The audio was inconsistent - some tended to be muffled and distant, while other bits were beautiful and crystal-clear. This was a really great effort, but would have benefited from a tighter focus on the story level and a greater consistency and attention to detail on the technical level.