Futures: High School Anti-Tobacco Short

Crimson

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Already in iPod format :laugh:

So, my high school held an Anti-Smoking media contest, the rules being 1-3 minutes long, a minimum of 3 facts shown, and promote a positive lifestyle.

I talked about some ideas in this thread, and then had about two weeks to shoot/edit it.

Some things I know I could have improved on:

The dialogue in the beginning was barely intelligible on the on-board mic, so I had to cut the noise/boost the voice db in editing and it picked up some artifacts (like alien noises) but I think it's sufficient.

The transition from the first music/silence/second music could have been smoother.

The finger shot is a wierd perspective, I wanted to add some factual shots in (ie the Raynaud's finger shot) but I'm not sure if I like how it came out.

EDIT: As I'm typing this out I just got a call from the nurse, that I've won the contest. The only problem is one of the beginning shots when my brother (a minor) pretends to smoke, she said she couldn't technically show it in front of the whole school, so I'm reshooting it right now so that he just pulls out a cigarette, and I turn in the edited version tomorrow.
 
Sweet! The video isn't playing for me though...

EDIT: Just watched the film and it wasn't bad at all. I like the flashes of the ash trays and all that then it went to tropheys n ****. That one shot where the kid moves towards the lens was really cool. Nice editing too. Is that royalty free music?

I heard "Quiet on the set" in one part.
 
Thanks, no it's not royalty free, but if I ever sold or made it commercial it probably wouldn't be that hard to get rights since both are pretty indie (first was Godspeed You! Black Emperor and second Broken Social Scene).
 
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