Moments

 

The video above was produced by Director William Hoffman and DP Julius Metoyer III in response to an NPR series on Radiolab.

 

I came across this on a very good website called b-roll.net.

 

It's for professional cameramen, and while they don't always agree with what we do, they know a lot and take a lot of pride in their work.

 

Working cameraman Kevin Johnson started the site and runs it all on his own.

 

Take a look at the Moments video. It's a real testament to the visual power of the medium

 

Also notice that Hoffman and Metoyer never move the camera.

 

The sense of motion in the film is entirely carried by the editing and by the sound. Powerful stuff.

 

If only conventional TV could harness this kind of visual power and marry it to the content of news and journalism on a regular basis.

 

It would make video a very powerful tool, and it is not so different from what HR Luce did with LIFE Magazine and storytelling with stills - he hired the best photojournalsits in the world to tell stories in powerful pictures and text. All too often today television and online video don't pay enough attention to the pictures.

 

Which is strange, as its a visual medium first.