En plein cœur de Johannesburg, une église fait office de camp de réfugiés pour les milliers de migrants zimbabwéens qui fuient la misère et les répressions politiques à l’œuvre dans leur pays. Totalement délaissés par les autorités sud-africaines qui nient le problème, la Central Church est devenu leur seul refuge.
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9 août 2010 @ 18:05
Hi Juliette,
You asked for a critique over on Burn so here goes.
Wonderful pictures, nice audio. I don’t like zooming or panning on still images (my eyes can move on their own) but that might just be me.
The other thing is that it is too long. I think you need to break it up into chapters each being around 2 minutes long. From what I’ve read very few people will stay longer than 3 minutes. It would also be nice to see a person who had done well through the church and moved on. Much
of the media seems too much stick and not enough carrot.
I think this is a fine piece of work and look forward to seeing more.
Best.
Harry.
9 août 2010 @ 19:18
Hi Harry,
First, many thanks for taking the time to stop by, watch it and comment it, I really appreciate it!
You hit two of the points that made me think the most when editing it. So the panning and zooming aspect isn’t just you, I had hesitations about it. I believe it can have a dynamic value. Then again, there is a line between just enough and too much/too fast. I may have crossed it, I don’t know. Most times, simplicity works best though, so I’ll try to keep that in mind.
About the length, well, that’s a tough decision, and again, a line between a good solid story and too much info. It if wasn’t an audio slideshow, I’d show a lot less pictures. There are things that I can cut quite easily, getting down to the essential. But I feel like the media itself allows a bit of length, to get the feel of the atmosphere, using the sounds and music…although it’s true that on the internet, a lot of people won’t go past 3-4 minutes slideshows (except when they go on Mediastorm probably).
Lastly, I couldn’t agree more about the sticks and carrots and what the media usually shows, I guess we’ve fallen into that trap. That’s another thing to keep in mind, because in the case of this story, it wouldn’t have been difficult to find some people who had moved on, but we also didn’t dwelve into more sordid aspects…
Again, thanks for your feedback and your compliments! Makes me want to work again on it, find out how different and improved it can be.
Best,
-juliette