Monday, January 26, 2009

A Documentary Piece on NY Times

<http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/sports/1194811622289/index.html>

This piece tells a story very well, about surfer-dudes. But really, there is the use of a lot of good B-roll and good videography in general.

I enjoyed watching the whole piece, which runs 6 minutes. The only problem with a piece when it runs so long (at least in my opinion) is that there are too many voices, and speakers to pay attention to. It is all useful but it seems to become a cluster. Not only is there multiple people being pictured during interviews, but there is also a commentator.

The story flows very nicely and makes the piece work.

Also, the same way you like to bring in a story while writing and concluding it by wrapping back around- this multimedia piece has a conclusion that brings everything back. (i.e. the sunsetting)

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