I liked this video because tells the story in a poetic type way in the story teller's native language. I think the transitions were a little slow, though the scenes demonstrated were quite beautiful. It is a very powerful demonstration of the daily abuse that these women have to go through and the emotions that this particular woman experienced. I definitely would not replicate this video because it does not show actual people; instead, it shows places in which the people live that endure this violence. It is a strange juxtaposition to view such picturesque images of where she lives while hearing her speak of such terrible violence and abuse. All of the other videos from this website, "Silence Speaks," are created in the same manner where they fade in and out photographs from the daily life of the participants. I think I definitely want to incorporate more actual video footage in my final project to acquire a deeper side of our patients that cannot be expressed solely through photographs and see their facial expressions when they speak. 

http://www.silencespeaks.org/case-studies/36.html

This video gave an interesting perspective of the storyteller by explaining her life as having a blurry or empty lens while everyone else's was a wide angle lens. It has too slow of transitions for my taste. It is interesting, however, to see how at the beginning it allows the effect to be blurry originally then focus on the clearer image. After she discovers a college that caters to her disability, the pictures are clear and it represents the new set of lens that she acquires. I like hearing her tell her own story and seeing pictures of her. I still would like to see more pictures and perhaps additional video footage; she doesn't show any of her as a teenager when she is talking about her difficult times in high school. I think it would have been neat to film a scene of riding in the car and film out of the window, allow the audience to see the college where her life is changed as she did for the first time. I also like how she captures the audience's attention at the beginning by making audacious statements. 

http://storiesforchange.net/node/2546