1st Place
Rob Collett
Judges Comments
- Love the matchbox car, nat of wind blowing debris and the cut of the dog.
- Well Done. Very good storytelling and Shooting, great Nats!
- So Good! no real critique, so stupid good... I did like the 2nd to last shot as a closer better.
- Good mix of nats, scanner. rain or water drop was a little too quick, not needed rain was a given.
2nd Place
Catherine Steward
Judges Comments
- Beautiful, great build, structure, moments--- Nice steady shots in the midst of everything and doing it in the rain on top of that.
- Awesome job! Way to rock this story through a lightning storm.Great setup...great back
in forth leading us into the rally...great transition into the march....aweome visuals with
the storm. The moment with the waitress was great. Great great great....ok, enough
greats
- Very nice closing shot with the lighting. nice writing to the moments. great job telling the story and making it about the people in the streets.
- Awesome! great stuff start to finsih. kept me interested the whole time. the lightning, the hooters girl, so much goodness!
good sequences for search and rally. great edit pacing, good nats for moving the story along meaningful stuff was great. work in the rain and lighting A+
3rd Place
Angelica Dones
Judges Comments
- Way to properly build up to the reveal. Loved the story, great shooting and structure... Very nice spot news
- Good job. Introducing lawnmower paired with closing shot worked. Good cell phone shot.
touching story. you really got across the feeling of love and concern they had for this man. This is what we are suppose to do on stories like this as journalists, great job!
- Everything was super clean. Towards the end your shooting was a litttle sloppy with
some iffy cuts. I really liked that you stuck with the story till the end. Gave it a nice
conclusion. Also really liked that the lawn mower was saved till the final shot. I think
most photogs would've wallpapered that thing for the last 10 seconds of the package.
Good job saving that till the end
- Nice shots, nice pacing., good build to the surprise, sad surprise. very nice story structure. very nice transition shots. Im just not a fan of the pic on the phone on the hood of the car. it doesnt fit the time and place for me. maybe if searchers are in the background. Also shot of searchers legs seems crooked. great job overall, writing was also nice. Im guessing good collaboration with you and the reporter
nice job sticking with it all the way. watch your shadow on the walking shot. didnt like the dissolves at the end
- Good idea with the cellphone pic. love the riding mower at the end. sots work well to tell the story. too much video of searchers from behind
Honorable Mention
Brandon Mowry
Judges Comments
- A little sloppy in spots, didnt like the mic cable hanging out of the dudes shirt, some of the nats seemed hollow, make sure your mic is in there as close as possible. Great effort, it was a really big fire.
-Nice hustle to get many different elements to tell this story. well done. nice nats in between action and reporters vo
- Nice job getting nats from all those witnesses. great close up shots and nice moments. the day to night dissolve wasnt my favorite. way to stick with the story to get the conclusion. watch that ugly mic cord.
- good pacing and nats, nice collection of sots to pull the story together. minimal use of aerials, well done.
Judges: KSL