Rich Abdill multimedia critique

Earlier in the week, the university held a town hall meeting that was covered by both print and multimedia reporters. The multimedia presentation hit a several important points, but was seriously lacking in production quality. The video clips of the speakers needed a tripod — the people aren't even standing up much less walking around; a stationary camera would have been much less distracting than the constantly wavering shots included in the video.

The first personal interview is much steadier, but the shot is poorly lit and there is bright sunlight pouring in from a door behind the subject. In addition, there is a ton of background noise and the area behind the subject is very distracting.

In the next personal interview, in addition to the poor lighting and a once-again shaky camera, Vice President of Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie goes without any identification.

In the next shot, the lower third identifying SGA President Steve Glickman shows him as "Steve Glickman, SGA President" when the "p" should not be capitalized.

Then, University Provost Nariman Farvardin's response is unsteady to the point of being almost unwatchable, a person walks in front of the camera, and a jump-cut at 1:41 only makes things more awkward.

The capitalization error is repeated when Andrew Steinberg is identified asking a question. In addition, the video identifies him as the "SGA vice president for financial affairs," but the SGA Facebook page lists him as the "vice president of finance." The capitalization is wrong again when SGA Senior Vice President Elliot Morris comes up at 2:45.

The University Town Hall was a very important event covered very poorly by the daily student paper.