“The five second rule. You want to hook your audience as possible. You’ve got about five seconds to hook somebody into your story, and if not, they’re gone. It’s very competitive. If you think about how quickly people surf around the Web, it’s insane.” Greg Spiridellis said in the book Future of Web Video. Unfortunately, the documentary Deliver Us From Evil had no attention getter for me. I lost interest from the beginning. Like most of my peers it was hard to watch the film in one sitting. It was very hard not to be biased. Every time I felt sick to my stomach from the description of the priest inappropriate behavior, I had to pause the film and pull out the documentary books to remind myself what I was looking for in context of documentary films and contribution of media.
The website: http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/movie-claims was kind of dull. It has three colors with no pictures and one font. “You have to make sure you brand the content, so that anyone who sees it might be interested in working with you can find you.” (pg.45 in The Future of Web Video) In the contact page, you are asked to put in your information if you have any questions or comments but there is no phone number or e-mail to contact them.
There is a down side to most everything including interactive multiplatform outreach. For such sensitive issues as sexual abuse, I think that it may be more challenging to create a meaningful community. I don’t worry too much about the “crazy people,” but I think because of this content the people in charge of creating a cyber support group must have some sort of guidelines and be clear what the intention is to talk about the subject. I personally think in these support groups there needs to be call to justice for the families and the abused. “First, 90 percent of child molesters know their victims."-Oprah
A few months ago Oprah did interviews with child molesters and I thought that a much better effect about this sensitive issue than the film. Oprah’s program was framed as something to educate the overall public.
Here’s some comments that caught my eye:
lyuruk : What is the point of these type of programs. I am very disappointed and will not watch such programs.
Posted: Thu 8/5/2010 1:09 Pm
janeearly51: EDUCATION'S the point. You COULD help a child, within or outside of family, by paying ATTENTION to the 'content' of such programmes. Sorry to learn you're not interested in educating yourself. Best Regards, Jane.
I agree with your comment about grabbing the audiences attention. I had a hard time following who was who for a little bit during the starting interviews
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the filmmakers purpose in their interview was, maybe showing that pedophiles really don't think that pedophilia is a problem. And that it's been going on since the 4th century and the church has been looking the other way, I really don't think that it's such a serious problem or they would do something about it. I couldn't watch the Oprah show. Although I don't blame her motivation for doing it. I tried to watch it but turned it off after a minute. These people are really criminally insane and I'm not sure how much I really need to understand about their pychosis or how that helps me. I do believe that parents are much more open about how bad behavior is not okay, I hope.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both comments. I liked Oprah's presentation on the subject more than the documentary. I have to admit that I could not watch all the interviews that Oprah did on this subject. I think the important message that needs to get out is that it is not the fault of the children who is getting abuse.
ReplyDeleteBy saying your wrong and getting transferred to another church is not taking responsibilities and is not justice. He should have been excommunicated and immediately filed as a sex offender. There is something wrong the entire picture makes me so ANGRY!