Comments on: Behind the Veil http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/09/behind-the-veil/ and this is our BLOG, where photography, art, audio and journalism collide (sparks may fly)... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ciara leeming http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/09/behind-the-veil/comment-page-1/#comment-6532 ciara leeming Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:39:05 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5273#comment-6532 well I've FINALLY got round the watching the whole thing. My first feeling was the same as David's - the narration on the first chapter and some of the later ones really jars. Also the camera work is horrendous in parts, obviously. It felt a bit all over the place at times.. but i guess i'm being too nit-picky. I thought it was obviously a very worthwhile project, and definitely the first time I've actually heard ordinary Afghan women speaking. I definitely learned from that. I liked the full screen business and I like the fact they revealed it gradually over the course of the week. Not that I watched it as it was released. I can't see that a British paper would dedicate that level of staffing to something like this though. I think it's a really nice start but I hope these kind of projects get a lot better as people master the discipline a bit. well I’ve FINALLY got round the watching the whole thing.
My first feeling was the same as David’s – the narration on the first chapter and some of the later ones really jars. Also the camera work is horrendous in parts, obviously. It felt a bit all over the place at times..
but i guess i’m being too nit-picky.
I thought it was obviously a very worthwhile project, and definitely the first time I’ve actually heard ordinary Afghan women speaking. I definitely learned from that.
I liked the full screen business and I like the fact they revealed it gradually over the course of the week. Not that I watched it as it was released.
I can’t see that a British paper would dedicate that level of staffing to something like this though. I think it’s a really nice start but I hope these kind of projects get a lot better as people master the discipline a bit.

]]> By: David Campbell http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/09/behind-the-veil/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 David Campbell Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:40:24 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5273#comment-6531 Its an interesting story, but a pity it begins with the journalists narration, putting all the elements of the story in their place before we get the chance to hear any of the subjects directly, and perhaps construct our own views of the situation. Its an interesting story, but a pity it begins with the journalists narration, putting all the elements of the story in their place before we get the chance to hear any of the subjects directly, and perhaps construct our own views of the situation.

]]> By: Antonin http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/09/behind-the-veil/comment-page-1/#comment-6527 Antonin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:48:50 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5273#comment-6527 Yup that's like the "french model" of multimedia stories. Most of them are closer to TV documentaries than photojournalism : Like Gaza/Sderot by Arte.tv (http://gaza-sderot.arte.tv/fr/) or La Cité des mortes (about Ciudad Juarez) http://www.lacitedesmortes.net/ Yup that’s like the “french model” of multimedia stories.

Most of them are closer to TV documentaries than photojournalism : Like Gaza/Sderot by Arte.tv (http://gaza-sderot.arte.tv/fr/) or La Cité des mortes (about Ciudad Juarez) http://www.lacitedesmortes.net/

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