AV News 189 - August 2012
The fourth sequence was 'Slow Train' which the judges enjoyed as "it was
illustrating a song and well done." They felt it would have benefited from "a
longer fade particularly between the image of the front of the engine and the
one of the engine driver."
Both judges pointed out the need for AV authors to consider all the detail in
an image and mentioned the last but one image in this sequence. They said
"it was a good image of a pile of rusty train wheels, but spoilt by the cars in
the car park in the background and unless it was altered in Photoshop that
image should be removed from the sequence." They said this sequence was
"well done to the song and contained good fades."
'Reach for the Sky' was next and both Bernard and Keith said the music
was "very well suited." They also liked the "good title and good font and its
position on the clouds." They appreciated the overall effect of movement used
to show the aircraft "flying and banking." This AV was "a good length" and
they liked the images of the ground crew at the end of the sequence.
Both judges liked the "fantastic pictures" in 'Born to Die'. They felt it was
"a bit long" and they had "seen enough by the end," suggesting a slower pace
and the removal