{"id":16622,"date":"2026-04-06T12:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16622"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:11:47","slug":"critiques-from-last-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16622","title":{"rendered":"Critiques from last Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(completely forgot to post them.. sorry :\/ )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker<\/mark>: Kayla Bowman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The obstructions were followed completely&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your favorite part of the video?: I loved the implication of this film being about an \u201cimperfect\u201d human rather than the perfect one, the inner monologue really brought this film together!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only thing that I would change would be adding the background music to the transition shots with the glitch effect rather than the fx sound, aside from that it was edited well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:&nbsp;<\/mark>This video was paced very well, both the scenes and the audio were a good pace and did not feel like they were being dragged along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Gabriella Thomas&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Yes they were followed correctly&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite shot was the panned view of her sandwich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?<\/mark>&nbsp;&nbsp;I would potentially edit the voice overs sound levels and slow down the pacing in between certain lines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:&nbsp;<\/mark>The video was paced relatively well however the beginning shots felt quite long before the dialog began as there was just silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Ethan Bookbinder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The obstructions were followed perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of this video was where the faces were covered and the narrators voice picked up frantically, adding a sense of panic and urgency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;There was nothing that I would edit with this film, the insinuation of horror was captured amazingly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Although the video was only a minute and forty-seven seconds, it was done very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Tyler Lucas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;His rules were followed well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The constant eye contact was hilarious, as for my favorite part it was when he was writing in the notebook whilst staring directly at the camera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The most that I would edit would be for the longer dialogue bits should\u2019ve been stretched a bit so us the viewers were able to fully read them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;This video was paced well, it was quite enjoyable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Antonia Valeri&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The rules were followed well, the fourth wall break using the audio in the video itself rather than breaking the no voice over rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was watching her power through the pain and enduring her illness to push through to start her day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:&nbsp;<\/mark>The only thing I would change is the size of the text on some scenes as the shrunk a bit too small at one point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The video was paced well, the only part that was a bit too fast was the opening scene when she first got up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Lily Clifford&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The rules were followed well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was the insinuation of someone struggling with ocd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only thing that could\u2019ve been re: edited\/shot would be the only voice line in the video was a bit too fast &amp; the audio was a bit too loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:&nbsp;<\/mark>Some scenes did feel a bit long but overall the video was done well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Murro Gill&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;These were my rules, although they were absolute torture(sorry) it was executed very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of this video was the fact that he was able to incorporated his cat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only thing I would edit with this film is the pacing of the title cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:&nbsp;<\/mark>&nbsp;The video was paced well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Aileena Sargeant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;I wasn\u2019t able to read the rules the full way through but the person who made them said the video was executed well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was when the guy in the blue shorts was absolutely confused about who Sabrina even was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only thing I would get ride of would be the slight muffled sound to the guy on the phone\u2019s voiceover&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;This video was paced very well, it was quite enjoyable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Bekzod Nurboev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The rules were followed well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part was jana happening to randomly having a bottle of eos in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only thing that I would edit with this video would be the audio, the cutting of clips mixed with the wind cutting in and out was a bit obnoxious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The video was paced well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Nada Almatani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Her rules were executed very well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was when she took the bottle cap off of a new bottle to put it on the open one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:&nbsp;<\/mark>The only things I would edit would be turning the audio up a bit &amp; possibly tinkering with the saturation on the black and white as it was a bit dark.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Although it exceeded the three minute mark, it was paced well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:&nbsp;<\/mark>Sidney Crabtree&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;&nbsp;The obstructions were followed perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:&nbsp;<\/mark>My favorite part of the video was the buzzing in the audio after he picked up the phone.(Even if it wasn\u2019t intentional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;&nbsp;There wasn\u2019t anything in particular that I would edit, maybe add a soundtrack in the background to get rid of the slightly eerie feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;This video was paced almost exactly like the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Gaige Stebler&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The obstructions were followed effectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;When he looked at his wrist for the time with no watch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The framing on certain shots are the only suggestion I have for edits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The video was paced well, however the homework shot lasted quite a while. It almost felt like a filler for time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Saomi Jimenez&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Yes they were followed effectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was the eyeliner application. The video being in black and white gave it an old video style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only suggestion I have for editing is turning the text to speech voice down a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;According to one of the rules the video was required to be in 2x speed, so yes it was paced well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Film maker:<\/mark>&nbsp;Noah Schardt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:<\/mark>&nbsp;Yes the obstructions were followed correctly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What was your favorite part of the video?:<\/mark>&nbsp;My favorite part of the video was when Zach was outside playing gold with no puck but there was the sound effect of him still hitting the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>What would you re: edit, shoot, mix, record, etc?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The only suggestion I have for re: editing would be slowing down the narration slightly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Was the video paced well? Did any parts feel too long or too short?:<\/mark>&nbsp;The rules disappeared off screen a bit quickly but it was paced quite well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(completely forgot to post them.. sorry :\/ ) Film maker: Kayla Bowman Were the rules for the obstruction followed noticeably and effectively?:&nbsp;The obstructions were followed completely&nbsp; What was your favorite part of the video?: I loved the implication of this film being about an \u201cimperfect\u201d human rather than the perfect one, the inner monologue really &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16622\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Critiques from last Wednesday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16623,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions\/16623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}