Details
Category: News
Media: Video
Turnaround time: More than a week but less than a month
Description of story
Over $4 million in restitution payments is owed to victims of crime in Detroit but it sits in a bank not collecting interests as the prosecutors office and the Wayne County Clerks office point fingers at each other. Many owed they money can easily be found as a reporter and I set out to find people, tell them about the money they had coming and to shine a light on this problem.
Feedback requested
1st of a kind for me being use to doing slice of life video features.
Wanted a new challenge to try.
Collaborated with reporter helped in story telling, writing script & narration.
Kind of "broadcast" feel but I tried putting my style into it.
Gear used in production
Panasonic hvx200
Sennheiser lavs, shotgun
Mac
FCP
Eric -- this definitely is a departure from your usual fare. In general I kind of cringe when I see reporter stand-ups but your storytelling style comes through here in spite of that. I think sticking more to the first character, Irene, could have added more depth. You can read the grief on her face in that opening scene, and wonder how a person survives such an attack. I wasn't so interested in all the other folks the reporter visited with -- maybe those could have been broken down into much shorter clips -- with the central character, Irene, driving the story. And the question still remains -- why don't these people get their payments? Does no one have an explanation?
Thanks for trying out a new style. You're inspiring, as usual!