I chose to look at a short piece of media I found a while ago on Facebook. It was during a brief period when touching videos were just going around, shared by friends or my liked pages. This video in particular has stuck with me, it is very well done and put together.
The way it is edited does a lot for the message and the story. The settings and characters are repeated, but the actions the characters are doing are slightly different. Through this repetition with subtle change, we can see a progression towards what the man in the video ultimately obtains from his actions. For example, he gives money to a homeless mother and her daughter, hoping that she will be able to receive an education one day. While it is clear other people around him don't understand or even support his behavior, such as the man who shakes his head once he sees the main character giving money, he continues to do what he does. The music and the video work together here as well-the music starts when he begins his actions and stops when there is a change. The change that stops the music is the fact that the little girl is now missing. The viewer is held in a few moments of silence, perhaps also surprised by the abrupt change which is reinforced by the silence. But shortly after the little girl returns, now wearing a school uniform, and we see focused shots of the characters facial expressions. Shortly following are all the results from his daily generosity, he now has a dog as a pet, is a friend with the street vendor and his neighbor, and the plant he started watering now looks alive and healthy. The music itself also seems to have more too it. The plant in the video was a great way to open and close the video-the viewer is presented with the same simple act that began the video and the final result of that, which I felt was a powerful conclusion.
