I checked out the video proposals for the Manhattan College media writing and production class and they all have really great ideas! I’ve done film projects before, but I’ve never attempted a journalistic piece where I had to delve into a substantive topic and bring insight to a complex issue in a mere 5 minutes. Kudos for all the thoughtful approaches to this assignment.
Here are a few comments I left on their blog:
Hello from Denver! You guys picked some important and interesting topics! Can’t wait to see how these evolve! Here is some initial feedback:
Tom, I think homelessness is a great topic, but I’m wondering on how you’re thinking of narrowing this. What angle would you take? Do you have access to homeless people who can tell their own stories? How would you humanize the topic? I want to know more!
Julia, I love that you’ve picked a region of the world that doesn’t get much coverage, and want to bring attention to such an important issue. I’m curious how you’re going to treat the visual component of this story. I wonder what ideas you have about supporting footage for this piece since obviously you can’t fly to Darfur to do interviews… maybe focus on activists based in the U.S.? I’m sure you can make it work—you just might have to be creative!
Alex, I love the detail with which you described your piece. It’s a perfect topic for a visual medium rather than a print story since this topic is all about image. As you’ve suggested, you can show the audience images we’ve seen a thousand times and make us think about them in new ways and cause us to question the images we consume on a daily basis. I also really like the Fiji piece for context. It’s a powerful example of the power of culturally held beliefs about the ideal body- and one that comes across simply with a stark visual contrast that needs very little verbal explanation to hit home.
Good luck you guys!
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