http://mediastorm.com/publication/undesired (women suffering in India)
The video Undesired was shoot by Photojournalist Walters Astrada. There were lots of still images which portrayed the everyday life. In some photos I could see how it seemed to be used as women were in the background to relate to the topic. Silent moment photos where the lighting is dim when the mood was down and then when the mood was up there was bright lighting and beautiful colors. Very good use of colors, but of course the Indian culture seem to have bright colors, the photographer took use of that. I did not see many video clips in India, it is only in the interviews of Dr. Mitu Khurana and Journalist and Activist Ruchira Gupta, but the few video clips was used as B roll for the journalist to speak Dr. Khurana to speak. The Close ups showed excellent emotions. The composition was great with the elderly lady singing for money. The b roll of the young lady pumping water as Khurana talks about women being used as machines related to her talk.
The documentary video of Undesired was touching and just had me reflecting on how luck I am to be where I am today. I recommend that everyone watch it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/muslims-in-america/ (voice of the Muslims)video and photography: Ben de la Cruz and Alexandra Garcia. Design and development: Grace Koerber. Project editors: Lynda Robinson, Jonathan Forsythe, Andrew Pergam, Steven King, Sarah Sampsel. Additional interviews: Liz Tenety, AJ Chavar. Production assistance: Kristen Boghosian, Cristina Fletes, Jayne Orenstein, Daniel Sircar.
The Washington Post created a video which is like reading a story, which I find to be great. The people who were involved had Muslims and non Muslims of all backgrounds in the United states who answered and asked questions according to a particular theme such as Radicalization, the way Muslims see it, the divided and more. The video clips were able to bring it into on conversation that allow the viewer to get a sense of what is happing in todays society. The close ups in the video and hand gestures made the it personal as if you are actually talking to the individual. This video was all about timing and matching the puzzle piece.
The video Undesired was shoot by Photojournalist Walters Astrada. There were lots of still images which portrayed the everyday life. In some photos I could see how it seemed to be used as women were in the background to relate to the topic. Silent moment photos where the lighting is dim when the mood was down and then when the mood was up there was bright lighting and beautiful colors. Very good use of colors, but of course the Indian culture seem to have bright colors, the photographer took use of that. I did not see many video clips in India, it is only in the interviews of Dr. Mitu Khurana and Journalist and Activist Ruchira Gupta, but the few video clips was used as B roll for the journalist to speak Dr. Khurana to speak. The Close ups showed excellent emotions. The composition was great with the elderly lady singing for money. The b roll of the young lady pumping water as Khurana talks about women being used as machines related to her talk.
The documentary video of Undesired was touching and just had me reflecting on how luck I am to be where I am today. I recommend that everyone watch it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/muslims-in-america/ (voice of the Muslims)video and photography: Ben de la Cruz and Alexandra Garcia. Design and development: Grace Koerber. Project editors: Lynda Robinson, Jonathan Forsythe, Andrew Pergam, Steven King, Sarah Sampsel. Additional interviews: Liz Tenety, AJ Chavar. Production assistance: Kristen Boghosian, Cristina Fletes, Jayne Orenstein, Daniel Sircar.
The Washington Post created a video which is like reading a story, which I find to be great. The people who were involved had Muslims and non Muslims of all backgrounds in the United states who answered and asked questions according to a particular theme such as Radicalization, the way Muslims see it, the divided and more. The video clips were able to bring it into on conversation that allow the viewer to get a sense of what is happing in todays society. The close ups in the video and hand gestures made the it personal as if you are actually talking to the individual. This video was all about timing and matching the puzzle piece.
About the Muslim video:
ReplyDeleteGreat question in the beginning and immediately presented an answer from an Muslim. Good B-rolls included in the discussion: Indoor and outdoor. Very good symbolic close-ups such as the feet on the carpet. Street protest scene is good to bring out the tension. Good background music too.
About the India women story:
ReplyDeleteAmazing piece, very touching. Good interview with very good controlled sound.
B-rolls are mostly done with still photos.
A clever way of using the old war as a background for title text.
Many variety of still photos and b-roll video to accompany the narration.
I agree with Ivie, the girl pumping water was a strong scene matching what was talking behind the scene.
I am a bit hesitate with using background music on this piece. I really don't thing this kind of story need any help from music, especially music with drums. A strong story telling video do not need music. I would rather listening to some natural sound, such as the one about the women singing for the temple. Why not record the sound of their singing?
Good narration editing from the female subjects.
I agree with you on the Video of the women suffering in India. It had good use of b-roll where the lady was pumping water it showed good use of detail and gave a sense of the story. Good use of color it gave the video a great overall setting of where it was and it really kept me wanting to know more of the video.
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