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1st Place

Sean Estes KTVK,KPHO, Phoenix "For God & Country"

Judges Comments
TH KFOX God And Country 9 8 8 9 Great story. Nice use of shutter speed with the flags. Lots of jump cuts, but for me the jump cuts worked. Strong character, and other characters with the Vet. Great suprise at the end with the national anthem. Great use of the wireless mic. Good sequencing, great pacing. Nice running and gunning shooting while keeping the camera steady. Great job. ML KFOX God And Country 8 8 8 7 Not a fan of the first few shots. They started off so dark, went from dark to straight up light. Use more morning shot, or sunrise shots to transition time. A lot of jump cuts. There were some awkward framing with hiker interviews. I liked the NATS, like the character. Great pacing. I didn't catch that the flag kept going missing until the end, maybe cause the pacing was so fast. But I liked the story. RH God and Country 8 9 8 8 Shooting was excellent, loved the character, loved the use of the wireless mic. Well done with the ending suprise, and a great story of one mans journey to keep a flag up. Good use of natural lighting.

2nd Place

Jeffrey Dahdah KMVT, Twin Falls "Ring Off"

Judges Comments
TH KFOX Ring Off 7 8 7 8 Excellent story, could have used better shots. Needed more tight shots, more sequencing, but the story compensated for lack of variety in shots. Great moments. ML KFOX Ring Off 8 8 6 9 Great story, shooting could have been better, a good opportunity for a pan was missed. Wished the establishing could have been introduced earlier. Great characters, great sound, a little repeatitive at the end. RH KFOX Ring Off 7 8 7 7 Nice balance of the two sides of the story, great moments when the people walked through the interview. Could have used more sequencing.

3rd Place

Katie Stern KOMO, Seattle "Ryder's Christmas Wish"

Judges Comments
TH KFOX Ryder's Christmas Wish 8 7 7 9 Good opening shot, good use of the shutter speed, nice reveal, great character, way to let the story tell itself. ML KFOX Ryder's Christmas Wish 8 8 8 8 Could have used more NATS, but the sound was very strong from the mother. The writing was nice and tight, and the characters got to give the reveal. RH KFOX Ryder's Christmas Wish 9 7 8 8 Shooting was good, nice tight shots, could have more seqeuncing. Way to let the moments breath with the mother crying.

Honorable Mention

Darren Rode KTXL, Sacramento "The Little Things Make a Big Difference"

Judges Comments
TH KFOX The Little Things Make A Big Difference 7 7 8 7 Way to jump around a lot with the interviews. Nice creative shots. Package started off strong, but lost some steam towards the middle. Great use of the singing, and nice seqeuncing. A few jump cuts here and there with the mother and her kids. ML KFOX The Little Things Make A Big Difference 7 8 7 7 The package was good in the beginning, nice variety in shooting, good match edits. Some gaps in the NAT pops. Some Jump cuts, and some wide to wide edits. But loved the characters and variety in interviews. RH KFOX The Little Things Make A Big Difference 8 7 7 7 Some jump cuts, but nice match edits. The singing went on a little too long in the beginning, could have shorten that. Characters were interesting, and interviews were well done.
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Judges: KFOX