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I don't understand why or how the people in the video are so glowingly happy/smiling. Is some point being made there?

by yewenjie 4y ago

chrisseaton 4y ago
People happy to share their work. Is that some kind of problem?
- upwardbound 4y ago
  The video doesn't look like that, it looks more like everyone was told "you have to smile more!!"
  - chrisseaton 4y ago
    This seems a super-cynical take. Some people are smiley and happy naturally. You might pick them to be in a video.
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  - openknot 4y ago
    I was going to write that this was demonstrably untrue, but then I saw the muted-microphone shot of an interviewee laughing without context before cutting to a straight-faced interview segment that appeared more natural (at time = 80 s), which was quite possibly recorded after the straight-faced segment to make the video's happy tone consistent: https://youtu.be/N0ng8R0_Tis?t=80 https://youtu.be/N0ng8R0_Tis?t=80
- hericium 4y ago
  Feeling comfortable at work usually doesn't involve grinning into an abyss like at one's best friend. This looks forced and cringey.
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wjamesg 4y ago
It's an overproduced PR piece
- danellis 4y ago
  What would be the correct amount of production?
  - kuprel 4y ago
    candid unrehearsed interviews
    - imilk 4y ago
      Good luck getting anyone at a publicly listed company to sign off on a video promoting a $xxx million project with candid unrehearsed interviews.
  - throw0101a 4y ago
    A presentation at a conference like NANOG, APNIC, IETF, etc. See my other comment: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31426614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31426614
sgarman 4y ago
Also crazy camera angles showing the backs / sides of people talking.
imilk 4y ago
Have you never seen a video produced for or by a company before?
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decebalus1 4y ago
> Is some point being made there? Yes! That everything is fine, everyone is happy and if you're not happy, then the only sane conclusion is that there's something wrong with you.

I don't understand why or how the people in the video are so glowingly happy/smiling. Is some point being made there?

chrisseaton 4y ago

People happy to share their work. Is that some kind of problem?

upwardbound 4y ago
The video doesn't look like that, it looks more like everyone was told "you have to smile more!!"
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  This seems a super-cynical take. Some people are smiley and happy naturally. You might pick them to be in a video.
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- openknot 4y ago
  I was going to write that this was demonstrably untrue, but then I saw the muted-microphone shot of an interviewee laughing without context before cutting to a straight-faced interview segment that appeared more natural (at time = 80 s), which was quite possibly recorded after the straight-faced segment to make the video's happy tone consistent: https://youtu.be/N0ng8R0_Tis?t=80 https://youtu.be/N0ng8R0_Tis?t=80
hericium 4y ago
Feeling comfortable at work usually doesn't involve grinning into an abyss like at one's best friend. This looks forced and cringey.
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wjamesg 4y ago

It's an overproduced PR piece

danellis 4y ago
What would be the correct amount of production?
- kuprel 4y ago
  candid unrehearsed interviews
  - imilk 4y ago
    Good luck getting anyone at a publicly listed company to sign off on a video promoting a $xxx million project with candid unrehearsed interviews.
- throw0101a 4y ago
  A presentation at a conference like NANOG, APNIC, IETF, etc. See my other comment: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31426614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31426614

sgarman 4y ago

Also crazy camera angles showing the backs / sides of people talking.

imilk 4y ago

Have you never seen a video produced for or by a company before?

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decebalus1 4y ago

> Is some point being made there? Yes! That everything is fine, everyone is happy and if you're not happy, then the only sane conclusion is that there's something wrong with you.