After the 2009 Iranian presidential election many Iranians felt the election had been fixed. The U.S., U.K., European Union, and several other western countries expressed concern over "irregularities" during the election. The opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was quoted saying 14 million unused ballots were missing which opened an opportunity for manipulating the results.
Mir Hossein Mousavi was the presidential candidate for the green party in the 2009 Iranian presidential election. That is why you see a lot of the protestors wearing green or waving green flags. You will see demonstrators with their hands covered in red they did this to pay respects to people who were dying. This video really portrays the ainxt green party supporters felt after the elections, as well as the brutality that was inflicted on the opposition supporters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0NRIMrnce0
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This is a very moving video. My main question to ask all of you after you watch it is: why is it made the way it is? Where did the images come from? Why those musical pieces? Analyze the use of emotion and fact. Who is the intended audience for this video. Why are the comments about it so angry? How does this montage fit into the OTHER pieces people have put up?
ReplyDeleteThis isn't to say that Mike should have answered all these questions in his post, but now the rest of us should at least think about them.
This video clip tugs on the heart strings and is well put together. The music and images elscalate as it progresses. The images are definately aimed at provoking western audiences to care about the Irianian government and the issues within the nation.
ReplyDeleteThe images do show people protesting and expressing political thought in reference to the 2009 election. However, the pictures of bodies on the streets, police brutality, and blood covered Iranian may or may not have been results of their protests in regaurds to the election. The clip title says that the images are from the election protests however this is not a legitamet new sources so I'm not sure.
We have been dissussing evoking emtion in order to persuade and audience, the clip uses music that dissusses hardship and being silence. Each piece is also filled with emotion and pain.
The comments are so angry because people on either side of the issue are stubborn. Moreover, if you continue to read through the comments each side rises to their level of incompetence concerning the other's perspective. Also, the people commenting on one another are fueled by emtion rather than logic. One person specifically refers to the Iran government as uncivilized. It is evident neither side respects one another; the author of this clip seemingly intended to get emotions brewing and proves to be succesfull.
"How does this montage fit into the OTHER pieces people have put up?"
ReplyDeleteIt adds a human face to everything that we've been discussing here. It shows the human factor, whereas most of our other pieces discuss this via political debate and analysis, far removed from the actual day to day goings on in Iran. The whole purpose of this video (which is done rather brilliantly) is to illicit sympathy from the viewer, to make up your mind and support the "courageous" demonstrators and denounce the "evil" regime and secret police.