Critiques

"Boulevards" is Music Video Contest Finalist

Charlie and Jennifer show you one of our Music Video contest finalists: "Boulevards", by Dixie Dirt.

• Video Recreates Classic Saturday Night Live Skit

  Charlie and Jennifer show us "Lettuce" by Cary Smith, an homage to a Saturday Night Live sketch.
• Examples of Effective Public Service Announcements

  Jennifer and Charlie have two distinct examples of how to get your PSA message across with "Laundry Line" by Tricia Hoffman and "Georgia Gas" by Ben Rawnsley.
• "Trucklight" is Good Example of Corporate Video

  In this week's "Take 20", Jennifer and Charlie review a nice example of a well-produced corporate video called: "Truck light" by Steven Kehl.
• "Resonance" is Avant Garde Winner for 2006 Video Contest

  In this week's "Take 20", Jennifer and Charlie review "Resonance" by Craig Givens.
• Music Video Pays Tribute to Favorite Lasagna Dish

  In this week's "Take 20", Jennifer and Charlie review "Lasagna" by Margaret Baxter.
• "Living Stone Village" Documentary about Abandoned Children

  In this week's "Take 20", Jennifer and Charlie review "Living Stone Village" by Andrew Lamb.
• Video "The Duel" Takes Unique Twist on Western Genre

  In this week's "Take 20", Jennifer and Charlie review "The Duel" by James Miller.
• Creepy "Untitled" Demonstrates Computer Animation Techniques

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Jennifer view "Untitled," an animated short by Rodrigo Albarron.
• Sports Video "Her Eyes on the Goal"

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Jennifer view "Her Eyes on the Goal" a sports video by Jeff Hillman.
• "Can't We Go Back" Music Video is Excellent Chromakey Example

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Andrew view a music video by the band "Jackalope" produced by Scott Freiheit called "Can't We Go Back," an excellent examp …
• Critique of Travel Video "Greek Temple in Taormina"

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and John give some constructive tips to a producer of travel videos after viewing "Greek Temple in Taormina."
• Critter Corner Shows How to Bring Animals to Public Access TV

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie show you an excerpt from a Public Access Cable show about animal adoption called "Critter Corner."
• "The Crawfish Hunter" Show How to Get Kids Involved in Video

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Jennifer show us "The Crawfish Hunter", by John Westerlund. This video demonstrates a sweet example of how to get the kids …
• Corporate Video "Stewy's Skate Park" Honors Late Skater

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie continue showing us winners from our 2006 short video contest with "Stewy's Skate Park", our Best Corporate Video...T …
• Critique of Recruitment Video for Culinary School

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie showcase our Best Student-Produced Video called: "Chef John Folse Culinary Institute's Recruitment Video."
• "Side Effects" Demonstrates Deceptive Shooting and Camera Tricks

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and John continue the "deceptive shooting" theme with "Side Effects," a video submitted by one of our viewers who has been pra …
• "Alien Earths" Wins Best Educational Video of 2006

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie debut the Best Educational/Instructional Video entry from our 2006 short video contest called "Alien Earths"
• "Pencilman" Wins Best Animation Prize in 2006 Videomaker Contest

  In Take 20: Charlie and John show you Pencilman, Best Animation video from our 2006 contest by producer Sean Sanczel.
• Award-Winning Music Video from Sons of Day

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie debut This Place, the Music Video winning entry from our short video contest by the band, Sons of Day.
• "You Gotta Choose" PSA Video Teaches Health and Nutrition

  TAKE 20: John and Charlie show you our 4th place winner from our 2006 Videomaker/Sony Short Video contest. This week's video is an entertaining video for educat …
• "Creation" is Winner in 2006 Videomaker Short Video Contest

  In this week's "Take 20", John and Charlie continue showing us winners from our 2006 short video contest. Today's entry is our 3rd place winner "Creation" by St …
• Second Place Winner in 2006 Videomaker Contest is Dark "Rozwell."

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and John show you the second place winner from our current video contest: "Rozwell", by one of our earlier winners, Hodges Usr …
• "Perception" Wins First Place in 2006 Video Contest

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and John show you the first place winner from our current video contest: "Perception", by Jeffrey Teitler.
• "Rec Talkin" Video Explains Recreation on Cable TV

  In this week's "Take 20", Mark and Charlie look at "Rec Talkin'" by Todd Hanson, Orlando, FL.
• "The Painter" Video Shows off Bizarre Twists

  In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Mark show us - The Painter by Don Langley of Bowling Green, KY.
• "Life of a Candy Bar Wrapper" Animation

  In this week's "Take 20", Mark and Charlie look at The Life of a Candy Bar Wrapper, an animated short by Jonathan Harchick.
• "Camp Cadets" Looks to Get Donations for Camp Program

  In this week's "Take 20", Mark and Charlie discuss Camp Cadets by Jonathan Harchick, a well-produced video for drumming up donations for the volunteer-driven Al …
• 2005 Young Videographer Winner Presents Dark "Sorry"

  In this week's "Take 20", we take a look back at "Sorry" from then 17-year old producer Hodges Usry, winner of our 2005 "Young videographer" category. Next week …
• Beijing Golf Classic

  In this week's "Take 20", we take a look back at "Bejing Golf Classic" our 2nd place winner from last's year's short video contest as we get our 2006 winners re …
• 2005 Contest Winners

  In this week's "Take 20", we're getting ready to contact our finalist for our 2006 Short Video Contest, and we are taking a look back at some of our winners fro …
• Funny Bloopers from "Hi, I'm Bob"

  In this week's "Take 20" Charlie and Mark have fun with our contributing editor, Hal Robinson's Blooper & out-take reel called... "Hi, I'm Bob."
• "Highland Games" Captures Excitement of Scottish Festival

  In this week's "Take 20" Charlie and Mark look at "Highland Games" by producer Mary Janet Henry of Charleroi Pennsylvania. This was an entry in our Senior Video …
• Classroom Gets Creative with Duct Tape in Commercial Spoof

  In this week's "Take 20" Charlie and Jennifer look at "Duct Tape"... a commercial-spoof by the Perrysburg High School. See how one clever classroom came up with …
• A Video Tribute to Ohio

  This week's "Take 20", Charlie and Mark look at a music video by producer Steve Schubert of Cambridge, Ohio called..... "Ohio."
• "How to make a movie" is Comedic Instructional Video

  This week's "Take 20" with Charlie and John, they look at a comedic way to make a training video with "How to make a movie" by producer Joshua Moore of Bakersfi …
• Suspense Video "Encroachment" Will Unnerve You

  This week's "Take 20" with Jennifer and Charlie takes a look at "Encroachment".... a haunting Video that has a different spin on the suspense genre by producer …
• "100% Compatible" Video Demonstrates Duplication Effect

  In this week's "Take 20" Jennifer and Charlie look at a well-produced video that you'll want to play over and over again to see "how did he DO that" when they s …
• Video Shows Lighter Side of Death of Television

  In this week's "Take 20", keeping with the Halloween theme, Brian and Jennifer have fun with R.I.P. T.V.... a look at the "lighter" side of death in a series pr …
• School Kids Make Classic PSA in "Open Door Homes"

  In this week's "Take 20" Charlie and Jennifer analyze the PSA "Open Door Home," which was produced as a classroom project by Elliott Yancey, Daniel Ramsey, Erik …
• Look Back at Past Videomaker Contest Winners with "Armed Conflict"

  Take 20 with Jennifer and Brian Reader's/viewer's videos Submission Title: Armed Conflict Producer: Jeremy Krakowski, Almont, MI
• Videomaker Helps Newbie Videographer with Demo Reel Critique

  Take 20 with Jennifer and Brian Reader's/viewer's videos Submission # Demo Reel Producer: Bill Hayden
• Stop Motion Anti-Smoking PSA

  Take 20 with Jennifer and Charlie Former VM contest submission producer (Sean Sanczel) making last cut for 10k Hershey contest.
• Piece-by-Piece Look at "Dakota Heaven"

  Video Profile with Jennifer and Charlie Take 20 Reader's/Viewer's videos "Dakota Heaven" a travelogue-like music video. Producer: Ron Burtz, Virden, IL
• "Four Fifty Two" Shoots Extreme Sports in Utah

  with Brian and Charlie * Four Fifty Two - Gabe Morin from Salt Lake City, Utah
• "Climax" Video is Hilarious Spy Spoof

  In this week's "TAKE 20",... Brian and Mark critique a video spoof on the spy genre that has a funny twist on mistaken identify. "Climax", by producer Devin Doy …
• Music Video "Always" is Excellent Example of Genre

  In our "Take 20" segment, Andrew and Charlie will take a look at a music video by producer Clint Loveness called "Always", and offer the producer good construct …
• Robot Spider "Buttercup"

  Video Profile with Charlie & Andrew * Take 20 Buttercup: The Official Trailer By producer Justin Kontz, of Gallup, NM
• "Adaptation" Documentary on Hawaii Manta Behavior Conditioning"

  Video Profile TAKE 20 Adaptation: Animal Behavior Conditioning Chris Liles, Honolulu, HI
• "A Bedtime Story" Shows There Are No Monsters in the Closet

  Video Profile - with: Jennifer & Brian Take 20 Submission: A Bed Time Story Producer: Chris Boland, Cincinnati, OH
• Music Video "Caffeine Trance" Made from Stock Footage

  Take 20 - with: Charlie & Jennifer Submission: "Caffeine Trance" Producer: Randy Elwin from "Cardiff-by-the-sea" California (near San Diego)
• 2005 Videomaker Short Video Contest Winner Returns with New Video

  Take 20 - with: Charlie & Morgan Take 20 Reader's/viewer's videos Submission: "Utopia" Producer: Riley Harmon
• "Matt's Lemonade" Commercial Shows how to Advertise with Video

  Take 20 - with: Brian & Charlie Reader's/viewer's videos Submission #8 "Matt's Lemonade" Producer: George Miller of York, Pennsylvania
• "Little Too Much" Expresses Frustration in Music Video Form

  Video Profile - with: Brian & Morgan Episode #21 TAKE 20 we critique reader's/viewer's videos Submission #8: a music video: "Little too Much" Producer: Anthony …
• Documentary "Donut Dollies" Teaches about SRAO

  READER SHOWCASE - Charlie/ Morgan Short Video Contest Winner: AKA Donut Dollies Category: Best Documentary Producer: Jack Schell, Gun Barrel City, TX Prize: …