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Below is a near-final draft version of a video Jackie Villavicencio and I did for our video journalism class. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

The Andersons from Greg Linch on Vimeo.

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§ 2 Responses to Feedback request for video class final project"

• Joey Baker says:

  May 4, 2009 at 8:23 pm

  Okay, editor hat on:

  • Footage should be color-corrected for a consistent feel.
  • Does the husband has mental issues? It seems that way, would be great to have some quote addressing that.
  • Would like to see where they live, more context, the wide shot.
  • Want to see the homeless shelter where they met. Outside establishing shot, followed by a mid and a close cut-away shot would be a prefect 10 seconds.
  • How long does the wife have to live? How does she manage it?
  • Does the husband have AIDS?

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• Greg Linch says:

  May 4, 2009 at 9:43 pm

  Thanks for the feedback, Joey! Much appreciated.

• Several clips have been color-corrected. Trying to correct some doesn’t work — that’s just the lighting situation.
• The husband has learning disabilities and his voicebox was injured in a bicycle accident. There’s so many things we could explain, but wanted to keep it focused. The point about explaining his learning disabilities may be important if that’s a big lingering question, but we figure the HIV question is answered by not being answered — it’s never said that he has it because it doesn’t. They use protection.
• Can do on the establishing house and shelter shots.
• Wife has had HIV for more than 26 years. Like with many patients, she has no idea how long she has to live.
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