Cute video. What do you see?
August 15, 2012 · Posted in innovation
This is a video of a cute Japanese girl but I saw much more when I watched it.
I see:
- parts are staged to get different camera angles
- the child is having fun
- how the town is designed
- the low counter at the store making it easier for people who can’t reach higher such as the little girl or someone in a wheel chair
- lots of video editing
- planning to get the video
- a relationship between the child and the videographer
- USA commercialism in her clothing
- people watching the video, some such as me on the other side of the world who will probably always be strangers
- an impact doing this will have on the girl’s development
- the video being a wonderful gift to future generations
All of that went through my mind while I was watching it the first time. I didn’t watch the video more than once. I didn’t think about it afterwards. Those were all of my thoughts while watching the video. Of course I also saw how cute she was and the scenery.
How many different perspectives do you have on things you see, or hear?
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So funny how different my observations/reaction were. My overriding thought was about the videographer letting her run in the street, in front of cars, never looking for traffic. I watched only the first 3.5 minutes.
I also noticed they were walking in the street (design of the city). There are no sidewalks. People on foot and people driving vehicles share the road with each other. Quite a different concept than in the USA where roads are made for cars. It seems, at least in that area of Japan, Streets are made for people regardless of their method of travel. I watched the video again after reading your comment. She is looking for traffic and using a hand signal to communicate with people driving cars. She held her hand up to signal to drivers. Its not clear to me what the hand signal meant. The videographer may also have been waving to the drivers.