Coming Together

I thought the video was very well done. First of all, I really enjoyed the poem, and I love how you tied in a UNC theme to the video. The imagery was all accomplished its purpose, but did so in a way that was not overbearing, which I really enjoyed. It did not take the viewer's attention away from the poem, and even seemed to direct it. I particularly enjoyed your stylistic addition of the "ebbs and flows" words in the ocean as it is hit by a wave. If I were to suggest an area of improvement, there was a segment late in the video, where the words were all of the same font and introduced in the same way. Maybe try adding some variety there. Overall, however, I really enjoyed it.

I love the school spirit! I thought this was really well done. You clearly spent time timing the clips and text together and making sure everything fit stylistically. The video was clearly more about the text than the video and your choices conveyed that. If I were to offer suggestions I would say to maybe look at different forms of music and whether there might be something to convey the idea of a dream and moving forward. Overall, though, I thought it was a great video.

The pacing of the editing and the mix of visuals in the opening is working well. For clips with different framing--e.g., 11 secs, you can use cropping and stretching to fill the canvas. You can do something similar to eliminate the watermarks in some of the later clips. At around 28 secs you may want to edit the shoreline clip if you want the ghost of the ebb and flow text in the clip there. I feel like the visual with the copy of the constitution at around 38 secs may not be working as well as it could. It moves a bit quickly, and I wonder if some other material or some other treatment there makes sense. I wonder if a bit more tweaking with the ending might also make sense. I'm not sure exactly what steps make sense, but I feel like the way the last line and final images are used is close but not quite there in terms of wrapping up the piece. This is coming together well. Nice work. 

I really enjoyed how you tied UNC into your poem. I agree that people tend to over see the sequence of steps required to make something so great. My only suggestion would be that I wish your music selection had a climax. The poem suggest that growth is compelling and by having a more dynamic song you can tell that story with more conviction. Also, I loved most of your clip selections but there were a few clips in the middle that didn't resonate with me as some of the earlier clips. 

I really enjoyed how you tied UNC into your poem. I agree that people tend to over see the sequence of steps required to make something so great. My only suggestion would be that I wish your music selection had a climax. The poem suggest that growth is compelling and by having a more dynamic song you can tell that story with more conviction. Also, I loved most of your clip selections but there were a few clips in the middle that didn't resonate with me as some of the earlier clips.