The first example I would like to show is titled Destroying Syria's Past from the New York Times. While this topic is pretty interesting, overall I don't think it is best suited for being presented in a video. A lot of the shots are underground looking at remains of old civilizations, and the only light they have is from a flashlight. Therefore a lot of the video to me is unclear. Another problem I had is with our narrators voice, it has very monotone and really just made me want to go to sleep from the moment I started listening to him. At about the three minute mark it begins to look like a Soundslides project, which might've been better suited for the topic. The video above ground that they do have doesn't really work to help tell the story. For example we spent a good 30 seconds on a Facebook screen for the work a man does, whereas I'd be more interested to see him doing his work.
Renaissance in Grand Central Station, also by the New York Times does a much better job of telling a video story. For one thing, this story could only be told through a multimedia perspective, without being able to hear what these people do it is hard to grasp the beauty in it and to see why it's such a big deal. This reporter's voice, the few times we hear it, is a lot more vibrant than the one in the first video. But, we don't get to hear much from the reporter, instead the story is told mostly from the people it's about which adds a nice level. The shots are all really nice and just help to capture what it is they do, which is singing for people in public locations. Through video we get to see, how most people react to them better than any description ever could.
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