I found another Nat Geo gem. This video does a really great job of documenting how the Middle East has changed in good and bad ways over the past 60-years.
The best part is the video starts from the perspective of a doctor, talking about going to the Middle East and his mission to take as many pictures as possible. This is a noble mission that I’m sure most of us have attempted, but Dr. Colbert Held took over 20,000 photos of the middle east over the span of those six decades.
After an awesome set-up, the video then goes on to profiles about people from all over the Middle East talking about how their countries have changed for better or worse. Confession: I really like the part about Kuwait. It’s pretty spot-on.
This video is nothing like the last Nat Geo pick, though. It’s heavy is stock footage, info graphs, maps and graphics. I think it was done in a tasteful way and set a good example of how to tell stories when your only footage is the interview. Still, the segments didn’t rely heavily on the interview footage, but made good use of effects and drawings.
It also does a really good job of staying on topic while provide so many different perspectives. It was cut in an engaging way because the stories were so diverse.