Speaking out about death
People I Know: Mortality, Part 6
Wow! This particular part of a series done forVideobloggers Week 2006 by Dave Media was extremely intense and almost hard to watch. It just seems rare, almost taboo, for people to be so raw and open about the deaths of loved ones and their feelings surrounding it, let alone put it on the internet for all the world to see. These people completely expose themselves, showing us that their naked pain is relative or universal to all. Dave filmed these people in black and white, which definitely adds to the gloom/pain of their stories. Yet, the last person to speak about death, holds a baby in her arms as she describes the anger she still posses for her friends suicide. I think the juxtaposition of the innocence and incapability of childhood versus the complexity and magnitude of being an adult is an interesting concept to end the vlog with. However, some of his zooming techniques and frames, I found distracting from the essence of the content. Although I understand that it's the videographer's job to make the post aesthetically pleasing, it is also their obligation to subtly make decisions that don't attract the attention of their audience. In the end, I highly respect these people's ability to speak their minds and share their hearts' deepest emotions, proving that death should not be taboo and that publicly grieving might help us all to deal with death.