Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ground Birds: Build It (and they will come)- Erica Gomez



URL: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/birds-animals/ground-birds/bowerbirds-courtship/


The video was about Male bowerbirds building elaborate nests to attract female bowerbirds.  They use any objects like trash from people to help build their nest. Males also have to perform in order to attract female bowerbirds. However, even with elaborate nest and performances, female bowerbirds are very choosy in choosing their mates.

The video has no voiceovers; it uses texts to give out information about bowerbirds. The video uses still photos more so than video.  Using text to give out information, instead of a mixture of voiceovers and texts, it makes the video boring and dull. However, the still photos and video brings the video to life.

Even though the video is used in the national geographic site, which is appropriate for this type video. I thin the video can also be marketed in Discovery Channel or Animal planet.  Those two networks would work because Discovery Channel markets towards documentaries about different things around the world and Animal planet markets information about different types of animals. 


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