"The Silent Interview" is a charity promotional clip featuring Samuel L Jackson, a clip i saw in an interview with Jackson. The clip was produced by the charity 'One for the Boys'; a male cancer awareness charity that Jackson is part of and promotes. The video is fairly simple and only features one kind camera shot. Eight men are shown, all through a medium close up at eye level, some of them make eye contact but others look around with a certain nervous expression. The final shot is of Samuel L Jackson himself who then talks about the charity's promotion saying that talking about how "talking about cancer isn't the manly thing to do" and that actually it is and to not be dumb.
The shot is very meaningful and useful as it incorporates the entire face conveying all emotion and creating a personal connection with the individual.
My second piece of research is into Logic's video titled '1-800-273-8255'. This video follows a different narrative however near a similar topic. We follow a boy who when coming out in a relationship with another boy in his school suffers with a great depression and questions suicide. The boy however calls the number of the track which is also the telephone number in the United States for the line known as 'Samaritans'; a suicide helpline. The video ends with the boy finding happiness in his relationship and living a long happy life.
The first aspect of the video that interested me in my research is that the boy in the narrative uses running as a release and escapism from a difficult struggle. This is similar to the narrative I've planned however whereas this boy uses sport my character uses music as escapism instead and connects with this song specifically throughout the narrative. The second feature that interested me is the use of natural framing in the setting of the narrative, as shown in these shots (right). The use of natural framing is interesting and conveys the sense of isolation the character feels, similar to the one in my narrative.World mental health day took place on the 10th of October. Yellow was the theme of the event and to show their support people were encouraged to wear yellow clothing; scarves, hats, t-shirts and coats etc. In my video the artist and the character present in the narrative will display this yellow clothing.
