The Killing of Trayvon Martin
Howdy, folks. Another long & depressing one. I am sorry. Vid is processing now, if the link doesn't work then check back in 5-10 minutes. & please let me know what you think about this one, I am very keen to see some feedback before I list this video publicly, being a non-American talking about American happenings.
A note about credits: if you have pledged since the last video, and your name does not appear in the credits here, do not fret. The credits have been getting a bit unwieldy so I've had to make a few changes.
I had previously just been posting the whole patron list up there as credits, including people who had pledged support that month & people whose payments had been declined. What I'm going to have to do is trim the list down to whichever patrons actually supported me with a payment in the previous month - so if you pledged this month, your name will be in the credits of an upcoming video.
A more permanent solution for the expanding credits issue might be forthcoming, assuming anyone smarter than me has any suggestions about what to do with them. I like showing the list of who supports me, but if we keep growing then the huge list is going to become a problem.
I guess this is what they call one o' them good problems, though :D
Also my neighbors got a puppy. It barks every 3 seconds. You can hear it in the background, it is cute but annoying to record audio within a mile of, ha. I'll be moving my audio setup to a less noisy part of the house soon & that should clean things up a little.
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Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_John_Crawford_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVoy_Finicum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-8wcnvS5Gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1sxARNq_c
Contact:
https://curiouscat.me/Shaun_Jen
Comments (6)
I really liked this video. One small note; when it comes to Zimmerman going to Retreat View Circle to check the 'address' I feel like Zimmerman is implying that he DID know the name of the street but was going to check the numbers on the houses. At around 17:45 he says (paraphrasing) "I couldn't see a street sign, but I knew if I went straight through that is Retreat View Circle and I could give him an address". It doesn't change the overall point, of course, but it is not as ridiculous as Zimmerman forgetting the name of the street he lives on, as you imply at 20:20.
I didn't know much about this case. I now know much about this case. Brilliantly executed Shaun.
I, for one, have no major criticisms for this video. I think you did an excellent job, and this is in my opinion a really great direction for you. This kind of work is absolutely invaluable. I just hope you won't depress yourself too much! Thanks!
This video seems technically quite good.The foray into "amateur forensics" does have me concerned, but only in that it seems really easy for there to be a slip up on your part that could lead to damage to your reputation. You provide links, which is of course great. It might help in future videos like this to talk about the sources of info within the video--like, I'm using this map, which was also brought into the case by these people, or referenced at this point to this effect. Sources are very necessary, but it can also be just as necessary to address their methodology in collecting and presenting the info first hand--similar to the kinds of problems with that arson map many videos back, the appearance of a source's authenticity in video may be just as vital in convincing others as the suppling of the source. Idk if this helps, you may know this already, but I hope it does. Thanks, good watch :)
Content-wise this is of course as good as your other videos. Being another European I can't comment on the case itself. I'm always wary of cases of amateur forensics though, in a criminal case there is always so much the public isn't privy to. But I am happy you are getting your thoughts on the topic out.
Shaun, I've seen similar issues solved (though I don't think I've seen it for credits yet) by switching from rolling titles to title cards. You can fit a lot of names on a screen, and if you show every title card only briefly (like, about 1,5 seconds) you should actually be able to fit all Patreons in your credits, even if your followers continue to increase a lot. For many people it's probably just a huge thing to be on that list at all, and they don't care much about how long they appear or how small the name is. People who really want to read that stuff are going to freeze-frame it and read it at the highest possible resolution anway.