Hoang Phuong Vy Nguyen (Group 2B) Pre-Screening Review for Group 3B

There are strengths and weaknesses to this pre-screening. As for strengths: first of all, the chosen topic is very interesting. Personally, I have not seen many media coverage that discusses how Filipinos and Filipino Americans react to President Duterte's response to the drug problem in the Philippines. Therefore, I am eager and curious to learn more from this video. Second of all, I thought it was very clever of the group to interview both a student and a scholar who has knowledge in the area as this provides credibility to their video. Their editing overall was really good as well. I specifically enjoyed their introduction; it really set the mood for the rest of the video. The objective was a little difficult to grasp at first but as it is a work in progress, I strongly believe that the group is on the right track. As for weaknesses: the transition from the borrowed content to the first interview was a little abrupt. Perhaps, the group can ease the transition by adding transitional effects. This group can also cut back on time/ save time by: removing the credits at the end since this took up at least a full minute. Instead, this group can include the credits in the description box (a lot of Youtubers do this). They can also further synthesize the interviews and the borrowed content by removing the “um uh" so that they have at least 30-45 seconds left to conclude and re-state their intro/ objective. This way, in case the objective might have not been clear throughout the video, this will act as a safenet and help the audience understand the purpose of this video. Also, the first scene had too much writing and very little time for the audience to follow through. Perhaps, add more time, shorten the paragraph or do a voiceover would be better. Lastly, I thought interviews were clear and does not need subtitles but it is always better to have subtitles.