Yes We Can
I just watched an amazing video. Thank you Mrs. Kruizenga for doing your review on “Yes We Can�, a video by will.i.am inspired by a speech Barack Obama did. I also watched the video for the first time and had my feelings tighten in my chest. The black and white color of the video put emphasize on the words that he was speaking and helped to put focus on a simple feeling. A simple idea that words can inspire and connect the human race. I agree that the call and response helped to strengthen the meaning of the speech because it invokes participation. The numerous voices didn’t simply repeat the words, they embodied them. They used their emotions to add an emphasis to the words they were singing, talking or signing; they said the words with the belief of change to come.
“Yes We Can� was also a video that I loved because even though it was obviously for Barack Obama, if you just listened to the words or read the lyrics that Mrs. Kruizenga posted along with the video, you don’t associate the song with a political party, you associate it with a group of beings that want to have a better America and a better life. It is a video that as Mrs. Kruizenga stated can “bring us back to the common thread that draws us together; hope, healing, repair and starting the next chapter.�
I went one step further and watched the accompanying video “We Are The Ones� that followed “Yes We Can�. I still felt an emotional high from this as well because even though it was a campaign ad for a political candidate, it didn’t bite or use low tactics. It used people to convey emotions that I feel. I want people to view American as an amazing country and I want my children to succeed in a country that I left a little better by my actions.