South Central Farm - Trial
- added July 28, 2006
- 14 responses
The South Central Farmers have their day in court. Scences from the trial and moving interviews.
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I will keep tuning in to this one. It's a really compelling story. I'm not sure how these are airing because I have not seen them on Current yet, but I'll reiterate that it seems like you need to re-state the whole crux of the fight -- even if it's really fleetingly -- in each piece. Otherwise, you've got this piece that sort of sits there with no context. If this would air in concert with one of your earlier pieces, then disregard my comment. I still gave you the GL because I like the fight, the struggle and I hope that the South Central Farmers prevail at some point.
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I agree with Boo3gie on having some sort of recap for those unfamiliar with the story (unless it does air with your original) Nice job telling the story with people's comments. Compelling. GL
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May be there are things to critisize about the pod but I love the idea of the farm so I green light it.
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I agree with other comments that you need something to bring us up to date on events before the start of this story. One other minor quibble: The subtitling at the end needs to be more prominent -- at least put an outline around the letters. But GL for telling this chapter with economy and a sense of immediacy.
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- DanPersons
- 07/28/06
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This gets a green light because it follows the story and, as such, tells the story. CNN showed Daryl Hannah in a tree. If you just watched CNN or the other traditional media that would have been that. You might not even have heard that the farm was trashed. You are doing what sets this new kind of journalism apart from the the old. I agree that you might want to quickly bring folks up to speed in case they missed the others but not dwell on it. keep it up. I'm sure there is more to come and I want to know about it! Thanks.
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Good interviews and courtroom footage on an interesting and current topic. I noticed that one of the subtitles faded into the background, making it very hard to read. You might want to go back and change the text. Well done vid, GL.
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good job, you get my GL. only thing (which i'm sure current staff will address if it gets picked up) is your tittling is not tv safe. it's too big and too close to the edges on a lot of them and will be cropped by most televisions. also the subtitle at the end, as mentioned by DanPersons, is hard to see; add an outline or go with white and a shadow. but overall good job, i've been following this story on current and the coverage on mainstream media was almost nonexistent at best and degrading at worst. i had no idea wtf darryl hannah was doing up a tree till i saw a pod on current. i just thought maybe she finally lost her freaking mind or something.
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- VideoPimps
- 07/29/06
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Thank you for telling this important story! I think you did a great job of following the story and getting it out in a timely matter. This is a compelling story with heart and you have done a nice job of capturing what is happening in a manner that conveys all the different dynamics going on. Would love to see an interview with the developers to hear what they plan to do with the land... hmmm... ::greenlight::
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- gALLIxSEEmedia
- 07/29/06
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I followd this story in the news...with all thats going on - "wrong" in this world with the environment, its hard to understand why the farmers are getting such a hard time...actually no - it's not hard to understand...Guess the $$ is greener !
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This is the epitome of the effectiveness and good that current.tv offers the community. Grassroots documentary filmmaking at its best. If this goes to air it should be aired after the raw footage of the farm being bulldozed.
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- FHProductions
- 07/30/06
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Good strong footage, especially the in-court shots.
Let me ask a few questions. Why no subtitle for Horowitz? Why no analysis of the Judge's finding?
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I see the subtitles now. My bad.
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I see the subtitles now. My bad.
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Land developers must be stopped at any cost. Land is the only thing that there will NEVER be any more of. Once we have paved over all of our agricultural resources then what? California feeds the world. Every time a new building goes up more people go hungry. We can't turn a blind eye any longer. Call, write or email your state rep. now!
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- exparrot78
- 08/02/06
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