Astro Findings
KICKPICS Website – Professional Martial Arts Photography,(Video), found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjpI6u4Komo is an example of a photography website video. The two essential components of any successful photography website video are a set of photographs to display and nice background music that will complement the photographs. A third important factor is the spacing between photograph to photograph. This video uses a gap of about 5 seconds. This is enough time to see each photograph, but not too much time so that the viewer will get bored.
While many of the photographs in this web video are of amateur kick boxing, the video as a whole is immensely popular on You Tube, having racked up over 100,000. The essential ingredient that makes this video so appealing, is the effect generated by the interaction of the background music with the photographs. The background music consists of a male and female rap song. And the repartee between the male and female rapper contrasts very effectively with the martial arts photographs. As we view a photograph of a man with his foot pressed against the face of his fellow combatant, we hear the male and female rapper engaged in an even more primal warfare, the combat between the sexes.
The fun of watching this video is watching the boxers featured in the photographs seeking to break down the guard of their opponent, while listening to the male rapper trying to and ultimately succeeding in breaking through the defense of the female rapper. “I want you on my team,” he says, “So does everyone else,” she replies.
A male combatant viciously kicking his opponent with a heavily shoes foot, reminds us that the male rapper is viciously competing with other men for the attention of the female rapper.
“Just let your guard down,” the male rapper says, “Don’t get mad, don’t be mean,” “Don’t get mad, don’t be mean,” she repeats. The music reminds us that this real primal combat of life is for something good something positive. Not ultimately me against you, but me with you. Once the male rapper can break through the female rapper’s defense, he can get to something soft and nice. And the female rapper who starts out as his combatant can become his friend.
Although the video is not meant as an advertisement for martial arts, it does awaken an interest in the field, as it shows us that the principles of martial arts apply to other struggles in life, including love. A viewer might decide he should take some martial arts training, as well, as that will sharpen up his ability to be successful with women. At the same time, the video is definitely liable to interest viewers in seeing the photography website. There is a link at the bottom of the video and the webmaster reports getting an overall 7,000 hits per month to his website.
Tags: Photography, web video, Website, website video, You Tube
Posted in Photography · July 21st, 2010 · Comments (0)
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