Today we looked at two recent rants from Rick Mercer and discussed the techniques we saw with presentation style and camera work. We also watched our own rants and discussed what we like and what we could work on.
Here are the things we noticed in Rick's Rants
- consistent eye contact
- good expression in voice with dramatic pauses and emotion
- uses hand gestures to emphasize points
- the rant is memorized
- He walks around as he talks
- set in an interesting background
- He emphasizes main points and arguments when he stops walking suddenly
- He ends with a strong sentence that is thought-provoking or a call for action
- the camera follows Rick from a constant distance of about a meter
- we see his upper body from a fairly consistent level of zoom
- both Rick and the camera walk at the same pace and with confidence
- the camera is generally at an angle
- the camera sharply goes to a 45' angle at the start of a point or to emphasize and then slowly rights itself
- A sharp camera angle often corresponds with Rick stopping walking to emphasize a point.
Some of the things we liked in student rants
- we had confident speakers
- our speakers knew their information
- our speakers stayed focused during distractions
- people often made good eye contact
- we appreciated speakers who seemed to care about their topic
- we like when rants end with a strong sentence or call to action
- we like when the speaker's voice was loud and clear
- we prefer when the speaker is the centre of focus (there is no background silliness)
- The camera used interesting angles
- there were interesting settings
Some things we wanted to work on
- memorizing more of our speeches
- maintaining more eye contact
- keeping focus
- pausing between points
- emphasizing important sentences
- using more expression
- making sure the development of our argument is clear to all viewers
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