11/10/15
Prompt on p. 69
This music video had a unique twist to it. It had Obama’s
2008 presidential campaign “Yes, We Can” speech delivered in a musical way,
where people harmonized and put a tune to Barack’s impacting words. It was very
powerful. Obama stated that “Yes, We Can” change our world, while singers
chanted in the back a repetitive “Yes, We Can” in the background. The video was
in grayscale, giving it a more solemn and sincere feeling. The singers in the
beginning of the video were solemn, but then as the video went on, they seemed
to get more and more positive and excited about the hope of changing our world.
There was a variety of singers; Caucasian, African-American, and Indian, both
men and female. This gives the sense
that this message is reaching every one of every race and presents a very
non-biased view. At the end of the video it highlighted the word “hope” and
slowly the “h” and the “p” faded away and were replaced with a “v” and a “t”,
spelling the word “vote”. It was a very impacting video and I believe it
influenced several people when it was time to head to the polls.
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