Anywhere but here
We produced our second photo story yesterday, and so far with much positive feedback.
This time we decided to mix the medium a little, adding some video footage to the photographs, and also keeping all visuals black and white.
Based on the serious content of the story, that of a sick Congolese refugee struggling to survive in South Africa, the tempo is very slow and it is told by the Congolese in French, and narrated in English by Cyrus Rogers (our local James Earl Jones).
Two factors that make the story powerful (over and above the visuals of course) is the music and breaks. The music is subtle and unobtrusive and leads the viewer through the story, where as the pauses/breaks between sentences and various parts of the story allow time to digest and reflect on what is being told. These pauses have been intentionally lengthened to emphasize this process.
What is exciting about producing photo stories is the fact that every story needs a completely unique treatment, and needs a lot of pre-planning. The idea of this specific story has been in the pipelines for a couple of weeks already and after much consultation and discussion with the photographer, Thys Dullaart, we came to the consensus of what was needed to achieve the final product – these discussions in retrospect are not just essential but also invaluable.
Enjoy would be the wrong word to use, but have a look, and absorb:
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