In my first two video clips, I noticed some background noise. When I went back and watched the youtube clips, the background noise existed there too. This may have been a problem with the youtube video itself.
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Shayaan Charania
1. I think you talked a little too fast in introducing the second Anderson Cooper Clip
2. I like the introductory and ending sound clips, but I would have flowed into them a little bit better as right now it seems like something that's there to fill the void.
3. I liked the narration and the consistent tone of the voice. I thought the voice at the end kind of faded out so I would make that part louder.
4.I thought the volume for the sound clips at the beginning and the end were a little too loud and different from the tone of the rest of the essay.
The music works well to kick…
The music works well to kick things off, though maybe let it ride a bit more and smoothing the transition could be helpful. The tone of the narration is working well. I worry a bit about the compression or noise reduction on the vocal recording as it sounds a bit tin-can-like. The integration of the clips seems to be working well. The content is working well. There were some strange background sounds it seemed like in the second Anderson Cooper clip. The Ruston clip seems a bit quieter than the others, but it's hard to tell. In the final version, you can triple check all the volume levels and polish all of that. The outro music ends a bit abruptly. You might think about the music overall and what selections might do if you kept a similar sound for intro and outro and/or experimented with some subtle/quiet audio in parts to help with transitions or background audio noise, etc. Nice work.
I think the researched clips…
I think the researched clips added do a good job in helping your essay. The length is pretty good and the transitions were not forced or unnatural.
I don't think you have much other background sounds. You could have background music playing behind your narration at a low volume, or also add some social media sound effects (twitter alerts, texts tones, etc)
I think the tone of your narration is spot on. It is not robotic and it doesn't sound like you're reading off of your script. Very natural and relaxed.
The differences in the volume of your narration versus the clips could be reduced. But I liked the intro and outro music. The transitions between clips and narration could be cleaned up a tad, but overall the essay is a job well done.