I think the best way to go about this blog topic is to use an example from my favorite show, ‘Band of Brothers’.
Picture:
Video:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMk85ZsBh0&w=560&h=349]
The picture is good, you can make assumptions about the time and place by its context clues, but when you watch the video, it hits on so many different levels. Photos and videos shouldn’t really be compared, they both need each other. In order to get to a video’s million words, you have to first count out the photo’s thousand.
Here’s another example using clips from my favorite show on Style, ‘Giuliana and Bill’.
Picture:
Video:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBsC6uNU-IQ&w=560&h=349]
In the picture, one would draw the conclusion that Giuliana is in a bad situation, but when you watch the video, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. Hope you guys enjoyed my little experiment!