Stories

I"ll start with two multimedia pieces out of Spain. One is about a man who makes suits for bullfighters, and the other is about a man who has been in a coma for over 20 years.



Justo Algaba:Sastre de toreros/Torero tailor. (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) from Miguel Fernández Flores on Vimeo.

I thought this was a nice piece combining new and old footage. It's interesting subject matter and highly visual. I don't really understand why we don't see him working. Maybe someone trying on a suit. The story has so much more visual potential than I see here.

And here is Coma.



COMA from Adriano Morán on Vimeo.

Another fascinating subject. I don't know that I'm down with the speed changes in this one. I like the straightforward cuts in the first video. I also want to get more of a sense of place. Something wider that establishes the scene.

I've been watching a lot of multimedia stories this week and they often feel a little long. Both of these could have had a tighter edit. Something like three minutes instead of five. They need to have more visual variety and more complex story-lines to justify them being five minutes.

I'll also include this portrait series by Gabriele Galimberti. This is a project called Toy Stories where he photographed children around the world with their favorite possessions. I like this one because it's beautiful, relatable an telling. Things that are the same and things that are different between work well for this series. Link below.

Toy Stories