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It's a hybrid article. Mixed media. Interactive web page. The categorization of movie seems to imply some dismissiveness as well. The article isn't so much an
by TheCowboy 8y ago
It's a hybrid article. Mixed media. Interactive web page. The categorization of movie seems to imply some dismissiveness as well.
The article isn't so much an instructional video on how to survive, and could be interpreted as ironic on some level. I don't think the title is beyond critique, but the content addresses how people are surviving by showing people who are surviving, even barely.
If people think conditions in Venezuela are not that bad, and there are people who believe that, then this should give them pause.
- lisper 8y ago> seems to imply some dismissiveness Well, yeah, I actually thought it was pretty devoid of content even on its own terms. It spends a significant amount of time showing a barrista making a panda face out of the foam in a latte. It was very pretty, and in a different context I might even have enjoyed watching the craftsmanship, but that was an awful lot of screen time to make the point that coffee gets expensive along with everything else when you have hyperinflation.
- loeg 8y agoIn what sense is it hybrid or mixed media? It's ordinary video, with subtitles.
- TheCowboy 8y agoThe usual video content I experience isn't presented this way. It's also not all video and includes still images. Video loops with text overlays as a webpage vs. Youtube embedded video vs. a movie on Netflix with no interaction. Maybe multimedia presentation is a better description. The presentation style is simply not the same as a movie. You can argue that it's not unique or original, but trying to make that point by dismissing it as a movie seems pedantic.
- loeg 8y agoWe'll have to agree to disagree. It's essentially a short film documentary that happens to be presented via a webpage.