Feedback from a tutor

   Today we had a tutorial for our documentary with Martine Thoquenne, who suggested us to slow down the tempo of the images displayed, for the audience to receive the information heard simultaneously better and more concisely, which I totally agree with. People generally are more attracted by the visual in a film or video, sometimes forgetting about the information that they just heard or ignoring it completely. That's why I consider that we should let the viewers with a short quiet moment, while they would be able to admire the details of the shots distinctly. 

   At this point, we only have a quarter of the documentary finished, with the general view of the Georgian Quarter and of the Cathedral included, along with some bits of the voiceover and the interviews of the historian Chris Cannon and of Frank Thompson. However, our tutor understood what we mainly try to do and gave us a positive feedback especially for Dominic’s hard-work that enabled us to forward with this interesting idea, but also for what we have accomplished so far.

   In addition to the last paragraph about the progress of our edit, I can't say that I am happy with its hurried rhythm, since we need to work attentively and precisely, trying to eliminate every type of imperfection. Maybe in some of my teammates’ eyes the edit goes so well, because we only need to include the Shiverpool's performance and the facts about this company and then just a bit more information about the Georgian Quarter, secured by imagery and voiceover. However, I believe that we move too fast, because of the lack of professionalism in our team, both in pre-production and post-production, that points out how neglectful the editors are when working, in order for them to finish the video earlier.