Newscast Critique

    The second  Newscast that the crew had done was very well improved , having taking out the very little errors that make a news cast complete but not perfect  What I believed we had done well the second time during the newscast was made the corrections necessary before hand between the tech crew making sure the shots were on point and the audio was tuned just fine. Another component that we did well was making eye contact in the camera and pronouncing words correctly with the anchors. What I believe that needs to be improved are the little things that happened during the newscast like someone's elbow showing when someone else was talking, or when the camera was shut off then had to be turned on again. The comment on my performance were I thought I did a much better job then my first every time being floor director. Every new newscast I am being more progressive and became atop on everything in advance learning what I need to improve with the mistakes I make and fix them. I also thought I helped a lot being easy to the camera people and letting them know what they need to know. For future newscast my thoughts are that we should do a zoom in to the main anchor with the first story. And that we make even more eye contact since it wont hurt us. Also for future broadcast I think we should be more energetic bringing more energy into each newscast. Therefore this was the second newscast critique that I created and these are my thoughts on it.

Movie Review 1

 

        The movie that I choose for the movie review was the Seven Samurai. What I really liked about the movie was how it stared off, having the bandits coming down the hill about to raid a village . The pace in this scene started off very fast and grabbed my attention fully. This had gave me the conclusion that a poor village has been under attack and raided by bandits for quite a while. By the advice of the Grand-Dad, they decide to hire four - which soon becomes seven - samurai for the job. There's no money, just food and honor, even though the village isn't exactly pleased to have samurai back in their village. throughout the movie the scenes in this movie are very dramatic with the action being wonderfully filmed. For example early use of slow motion to accentuate key moments, like when a baby had been held capture from a man, the group of people were silent preying that the child was alright when a man decided to go in and stab the man with a sword. Next the characterization in the Seven Samurai is excellent; with that being said the characters in the Seven Samurai each has his or her own arc, his or her own vital part to play in the film's slow progression towards its dramatic finale. Each of the seven Samurai's are so richly given life to in the screenplay that little more would have been needed to make them memorable characters, Takashi Shimura , who plays the leader of the ragged band of samurai, gives his sage and venerable warrior a god-like intensity that makes the magnetic charisma of his character unquestionable. One of the easiest leaders to root for in all the history of film-making. Stealing the show however, albeit by a very thin margin, is Toshiro Mifune as the rogue seventh. Some visuals that I spotted while watching the film were multiple rain scenes with very natural scenery (fields, towns, woods and rain all seem to be authentic taking place like in the final battle for example which occurred in a very rainy scene. As well with visuals the music in the movie had been outstanding, with a very uprising and inspiring music at times, then very dark and dramatic music. This movie also had to offer fast-paced editing and ground-breaking action during it. Carefully and expertly, it tells an interesting story with the plot and characters developed carefully. While everything about the movie, from the settings and props to the musical score are done very well. In conclusion to doing this review this movie well deserves its reputation for excellence, and is one that everyone who appreciates classic cinema will want to see and enjoy a  showdown that is relentless with excitement, this is one of the must-see action films for film buffs, or anyone with an serious interest in having fun with an epic.

Newscast Critique

Steven Glenn



    The first Newscast that the class had done was pretty solid, having a few easy fixes and a lot more improvement. What I believed we had done well in during the newscast was communication between the tech crew making sure the shots were on point and the audio was tuned just fine. Another component that we did well was making eye contact in the camera and pronouncing words correctly with the anchors. What I believe that needs to be improved are the little things that happened during the newscast like someone's elbow showing when someone else was talking, or when the camera was shut off then had to be turned on again. The comment on my performance were I thought I did a solid  job, being the first time floor director. This being my first time switching from camera three it was a different perspective, as I started off pretty slow I started to progressive and became atop on everything in advance. I also thought I helped a lot being easy to the camera people and letting them know what they need to know. For future newscast my thoughts are that we should do a zoom in to the main anchor with the first story. And that we make even more eye contact since it wont hurt us. Also for future broadcast I think we should be more energetic bringing more energy into each newscast. Therefore this was the first  newscast critique that I created and these are my thoughts on it.