"Barbers' Tales" & "Linking Gaza to the Outside World"

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/16/world/1194840995653/linking-gaza-to-the-outside-world.html


http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/Barbers-Tales/


Each of the videos above discuss different topics and touch on different genres of news reporting. The "Barbers' Tales" video tackles a social phenomenon and a lifestyle of 4 barbers in different countries who view hairdressing as an art form more than a random daily job. The variety of voice-overs on the different countries added a twist of realism and randomness into the video. The video also portrays the trade more as a lifestyle of a community rather than a random daily job. The main reason men and women enter the trade is either because they have passion for it or because hairdressing is an inherited job passed through generations. If a couple of more countries were added I would enjoyed it more. From my own experience, I think there are so many barber tales in the U.A.E that would be interesting to capture.

"Linking Gaza to the Outside World" video talks about a controversial political issue in the Middle East, specifically Palestine, which are the underground tunnels that link Egypt and Gaza. Israeli airstrikes constantly try to damage those tunnels to stop trades but Palestinians fix them right away and operate them once again. It mainly talks about the people who work in the tunnels, identify their job descriptions and the different kinds of goods and weapons smuggled through the tunnels. Those smugglers do not fear the significant chance of being buried alive, not because they choose to, but because they sacrifice their life to feed their family and the rest of the country. As mentioned by one of the smugglers, it's their only source of income. Unemployment is over 50%, they merely rely on aids. The voice over in the video was a bit hard and straight to the point, which suits the subject discussed.