Stephan G wrote:
This is more of stagecraft than anything. The inclusion of his hands in the shot. There were moments that his thumbs did the windmills and they distracted my view from his face. Americans are not good at talking with their hands. There are some moments that his hands should have been in full view, but they were only in as half to three quarters of the hands. My suggestion is to move the view to include the full hands when he is making important points and move in when he is just generally speaking not to include his hands in view. I will say that it is more art than anything.
His pace of speech is very good and well spaced. His sight is also very well placed as he converses about the issues of actions in real life situations on the battlefield.
Just to mention, there were two groups that worked hard at "keeping it real", the GIs United against the War in Viet Nam and the Officers United against the War in Viet Nam. I, personally, have not kept up with them since the end of the UN Police Action in Viet Nam (1975).
Keep up the good work. It is very important that there are as many views available of situations in which lives are at stake.
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We were all there about the same time. I did not notice his hands at all, I just listened to what he hard to say. The two groups you mentioned were not the only vets That it kept it real. All the brothers and sisters are doing just that every day.
As always, Welcome home Brother.