breakdown 2 (Glen)

Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination from Lambda Legal on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/84779440

This video takes a slow pace so that the viewer is able to form a connection with the person in the clip. There are many cutaway shots that show pictures of the past to reinforce the fact that this is a part of history and also to show the persons deep connections to their memories/ roots. The other cutaway shots show the fact that the person lives a normal life and this is shown by the camera tracking speed and the yellowish lighting. When the person starts talking the music cuts out so that we fully get the impact of the story and that helps immerse us in the video. The long shots of the plane in the distance mirrors the shot at the end of the clip, showing that the days of the person flying are long gone and in the distance life the plane in view. The opening sequence presents the person as a female by putting the painting of them dressed like a female to form that connection in our mind, later when the person talks about having once been a man it is hard to envision them as one because the director hasn't put any inkling of what they looked like so the audience can only relate to the person as a female because it has been reinforced by the many images of the person as a female, the director makes the creative choice not to show the subject as a man because that would break up the image in the mind of the viewer slightly and take away some of the emotion that had been built up.

The lighting and tone of this video dose not seem to change throughout the entire video, the lighting is a natural looking light that is a tinge of yellow to give the feeling of warmth when looking at the video, this is done to help quickly create an attachment to the subject so the audience is able to understand the subjects feelings on a closer level and this helps sway the viewers emotions more than it would without the connection and the feeling of outrage wouldn't be transmitted as easily.

The music is light at the start and the tone isn't as sad an later on were the feelings are being conveyed and it is the strongest when the subject is explaining their troubles, this is done to show the level of emotion is rising and the add the sad tone at the right time, this causes the feelings to be conveyed in a stronger way.

 Opening shot

Presented as female

Warm lighting to show a connection to the subject

mirror ending sequence