AV News 201- August 2015
This is the third sequence appreciation evening we organize. So far all have been very successful, people stating they have learned how to analyze a sequence. We hope this will result in better sequences they produce.
The power of UK productions is no doubt the working around a well prepared script and the feeling for documentary in audiovisuals. In their way of producing we see a more traditional point of view by utilizing the classic remedies of good photography, an illustrative text and a classic way of picture flow. However, they do not leave the known paths of success and therefore some of the series show a lack of modernity, we don ' t see any video clip which could make some series even better. We miss also a certain degree of dynamism in the way of setting up the story.
Although most of the Dutch speaking community in Belgium speaks and understands English, it is another story when it comes to a spoken commentary in a British production. Not everyone has a BBC voice-over to work with. Local accents make sometimes understanding a sequence a bit difficult. As a consequence some people are a bit unhappy at the end. Blaming the sequence, for in fact their own problem, i. e. not understanding sufficiently well English. Authors, it could be helpful to write your texts in short simple short sentences, if you intend to send your production to a non-English country.
This problem is not related to English, it also exists for commentaries in French, German, and even Dutch spoken by some of our neighbors from Holland … I think the language problem has always been and will always be the main problem in‘ Diaporama’, and introduction of digital and video techniques won’ t change that. In that respect, the ideal production is one without a text and exceptional good photographic techniques supported with a fine and appropriate music track.
Analyzing The Sequences.
For the analysis of the sequences, we called upon our currently most successful and very productive AV maker, Guido Flobert. He is young and not handicapped with ideas coming from the older days in Diaporama. He is not a great technician but a very good text writer and someone with original poetic approach in AV.
Colin Balls-‘ Frank Harrison’.
The production asks a lot of the spectator. The use of the voice of a painter who has been struck by a stroke makes it even more difficult to follow, as sometimes his voice can hardly be understood.
The use of this broken voice has no added value, on the contrary. The use of a timeline from past to future could be if reversed, of much more impact. To start with a voice affected by a stroke and this in addition with his painting made with efforts for months would have given a much more direct impact and placed you directly in the right context. Afterwards another not affected voice could take over with the rest of the story.
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