Pre-Video Assignment #1, Ziegler

How To Turn A Pumpkin Into A Camera from NPR on Vimeo.

The Good



I enjoyed this video presentation because it was very playful and fun.  The background music was not distracting or unwarranted, it added to the composition.  The video contained a variety of different elements including pictures, diagrams, and video.  During the video sequences, there were many different angles used so you could get the full affect of how to create the camera out of a pumpkin.  The video was very creative, and I especially liked when they showed what materials you needed.  Instead of just listing them out or showing them alone, a different person held up each material in a short clip.  These elements made the video very interesting and entertaining.



The Bad

The Journey Of A Specialty Coffee Bean: From Cherry To Cup from NPR on Vimeo.


I don't think this is a terrible video presentation overall, but it does have some major flaws.  First of all, the entire video is solely photography, and did not contain any videos.  Because it contained only photographs, the video was slightly boring and many times stayed on one picture for too long.  The narrator would be talking about a certain process of the coffee production, but you would not be able to get a good sense of it, because you are only shown a still picture and not the actual process unfolding before your eyes.  The background noise would be the noises you were suppose to hear, but you still were not shown the video, only the picture.  This was slightly frustrating because the noises only made you want to view the whole experience even more.  Also, the interviews were only pictures, and sometimes bad ones, so you were not able to really get to know who was being interviewed.  Another issue I had was that some of the photographs were blurred out to aim your focus towards a certain subject, but sometimes this tok away from the photo and made it distracting.