Parisot – “Ninth Ward” critique

We had to watch the Pioneer of the Lower Ninth Ward video for class. I enjoyed watching this video, if you can say you “enjoy” watching such a tale of woe and government ineptitude. I was very surprised how effective stationary shots of landscape could be. I guess it was because it was so empty and desolate.

The sequences the videographer shot were effective, however the one of the woman walking down the street to her nearest neighbor was a little strained. It seemed awfully staged, which is really the only blemish on an otherwise excellent piece.

The storytelling itself was very powerful. I didn’t know that the Ninth Ward in New Orleans was still so bad off. The shot of the woman watching the television report on the government’s failed “Road Home” program provided very interesting contrast.

I hope to at some point produce a piece half as good as this one.

~ by supernovajesus on March 30, 2008.