https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO4k2lLXiT8
I thought this piece of journalism was really interesting coverage of how corporations are taking advantage of poor countries. I’ve always wondered what the incentive is for poor government to allow businesses that harm their people, economy and environment, and this perfectly addresses that.
The video begins with vague images with text flashing over them, while a woman’s voice narrates some of the story. At first it seems like one of those videos where the images have nothing to do with the story, they’re just representations of what’s being said, but if you watch a little long, it begins to look like the people in the images are the real people in the story. I wouldn’t personally start a story this way, but it hooked me, and I enjoyed it. So, I think it worked.
The video then starts transitioning to video that looks older, maybe from another source, but it’s all relevant to the story, and actually does a good job of showing how long this issue has been going on.
Beyond the multimedia components of this piece, the investigative journalism, by Buzzfeed, was really good. I never knew about this secret court before watching this.
Honestly, I couldn’t even make it the entire way through this video. The bold, flashy, text on top of the images, and the something about the music in combination with the narrator’s accent just made the overall piece way too busy for me. Thanks for sharing though, it’s as helpful to know what isn’t my style as it is too know what is.