4D Final Critiques – Murro Gill

Lily Clifford

1 thing that works: The lighting really adds the suspense feeling to the film

1 thing I would change: The echo is a little distracting, I would try and change how the audio came out.

Gabby

1 thing that works: The angles and scenery really makes the video feel cozy.

1 thing I would change: The pacing is on the slower side, so I would try to get quicker and smaller shots to combine.

Aileena Sargeant

1 thing that works: It feels like im on the motorcycle looking around

1 thing I would change: The camera is very shaky and the quality kinda deprives the experience

Christian 

1 thing that works: Battle Block Theatre really gives the game a personality

1 thing I would change: there’s 2 points with the crown square things(?) so i feel like it would be cool to only have 1 point to stay on.

Nikayla Haynes

1 thing that works: The lighting looks really good when the curtains close

1 thing I would change: Watching the laptop load got a little tiring

Toni

1 thing that works: The overlay matches with the background very smoothly (closing the door, playing the piano, etc.)

1 thing I would change There are some parts where her pants fade into the background

Ethan

1 thing that works: The lighting really works well

1 thing I would change: The camera at the beginning moves a little bit, a steadier tripod would probably fix it

Bekzod

1 thing that works: Very unique idea, plays off of the perfect human

1 thing I would change: A lot of the photos look the same/repetitive

Sara

1 thing that works: The camera focus and quality of production is really nice, the music is the cherry on top

1 thing I would change: More emotion from the actor would add more to the story

Saomi

1 thing that works: The explanations really add a whole new impact to it

1 thing I would change: Add mini blurbs to the video so you would have to explain less

Sid

1 thing that works: Zoetrope style works really well

1 thing I would change: Adding music or changing the camera angle would’ve added more to the video

Noah

1 thing that works: The mix of real life and animation was very cute

1 thing I would change: some camera movements moved the animation and it made a weird misplacement effect

Gaige

1 thing that works: The stop motion animation to video transition was cool

1 thing I would change: The audio volume was very different at times

Jana

1 thing that works: The sheet of numbers with the dice animation was neat

1 thing I would change: The rules were very confusing, but I didn’t fully understand it

Kayla

1 thing that works: The story is heartwarming

1 thing I would change: I would’ve loved to see more to the animation

The Perfect Human Critiques

Film Maker: Nikayla Haynes

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: The angles worked really well, and the 15 second rule was noticeable.

Favorite Part: The double takes at the facial parts
What I would remake: I would add more to the outside parts, because there weren’t many outside shots.

Video Pace: Really good, well paced and made the 3 minute mark.

Film Maker: Kayla Bowman

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: The subtitles were good, I could see the rule about wearing pink/red clearly

Favorite Part: The what to wear scenes were really good
What I would remake: The mirror in the back showed Kayla throwing the clothes into the scene, I didn’t know if it was meant to be on purpose or not

Video Pace: It was really well paced, the human was trying to get ready the whole time.

Film Maker: Gabriella Thomas

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: During the chair scene, she was only moving 1 part of her body.

Favorite Part: The water bottle at the beginning was really interesting to look at. It was confusing at first, but really cool.
What I would remake: The shadow of the camera was in the video.

Video Pace: It was paced well, but a little slow.

Film Maker: Ethan Bookbinder

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: the static shots are really well done. 

Favorite Part: I really liked the last part with the editing
What I would remake: I’d put the title card at the beginning instead of the end.

Video Pace: Really well paced, a little fast but still paced good.

Film Maker: Tyler Lucas

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: Eye contact, not below the waist, and google translated well.

Favorite Part: Dead eye contact
What I would remake: I saw a few times that the perfect man smiled

Video Pace: Really good, a little long.

Film Maker: Antonia Valeri

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: The 4th wall break was good.

Favorite Part: The fourth wall break
What I would remake: I would change the font, it was nice but a bit hard to read.

Video Pace: It was well paced

Film Maker: Lily Clifford

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: the 360 shot was nice, it brought me to the perspective of Lily.

Favorite Part: The repetition for ocd was really interesting 

What I would remake: The audio balance with the running water

Video Pace: Well paced but ended abruptly

Film Maker: Aileena Sargeant

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: The uneasy narration was really clear, and worked well. The dancing was really funny

Favorite Part: The narration
What I would remake: I couldn’t tell right away who was being narrated

Video Pace: Very well paced

Film Maker: Bekzod Nurboev

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: She never opened her eyes, the one prop was really noticeable.

Favorite Part: The communication with a stick was funny, the dedication to that stick was strong.
What I would remake: The audio cuts were a little distracting

Video Pace: Good pace

Film Maker: Nada Almatani

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: the 2 hats stayed on, it was really odd and it worked.

Favorite Part: All of it was really good, I really liked when the text contradicted what she did.
What I would remake: Add music, and make the voice over a bit louder.

Video Pace: A little long

Film Maker: Sid Crabtree

Rules followed noticeably/effectively: The background rule really makes it like the original perfect human.

Favorite Part: I really liked how it reminded me of the original perfect human.
What I would remake: The flash transition was a little distracting.

Video Pace: Really well paced