This is a story about a bus driver at the University of Minnesota, who was dubbed "jazz man" by his passengers. Jazz man loves jazz. He is a not only a driver, but also a DJ—he turns the bus he drives into a studio, where he plays more than 400 CDs of jazz music from his collection. When students ride with jazz man, they feel like they are in a music class or a concert that moves.
This video story is about four minutes long, but brought out the personality of "jazz man" perfectly. The story, written and voiced by Boyt Huppert for KARE11, is another heart-warming piece from Huppert's "Land of 10,000 stories." Besides his unique style of writing, the photography is very interesting too. They filmed the story both inside and outside the bus. When they are riding with jazz man, they interviewed students who are on the bus, and with the background music, you can actually feel what it's like to be a passenger on that bus. And there are some nice sequences: actions from jazz man, reactions from students; detail shots such as the CD collection, bus door open and closing, people's foot steps when they get on and off the bus... And the video also included some shots that was shot outside of the bus, but you can see jazz man driving and waving to people, and from that see you just can feel how jazz man is enjoying it, and what the relation is like between the driver and his passengers.
Another thing about the video that helps bring out the character's personality is they filmed jazz man not only at where he works, but also his home—and it turns out jazz man is as interesting when he's at home as he's at work. The narration also briefly mentions his wife passed away a few years ago, and that's when jazz man started to play music in his bus. But the video shows nothing painful or sad, jazz man appears to be cheerful and content, and so passionate about his hobby—jazz.
The video story in a whole is very colorful, even though it only has one major character. It's very nicely paced, and the music is waved nicely in the narration to help tell the story. I'm just wondering how to film on a moving bus, and make sure the shots are still steady, especially when the bus is crowded.
This video story is about four minutes long, but brought out the personality of "jazz man" perfectly. The story, written and voiced by Boyt Huppert for KARE11, is another heart-warming piece from Huppert's "Land of 10,000 stories." Besides his unique style of writing, the photography is very interesting too. They filmed the story both inside and outside the bus. When they are riding with jazz man, they interviewed students who are on the bus, and with the background music, you can actually feel what it's like to be a passenger on that bus. And there are some nice sequences: actions from jazz man, reactions from students; detail shots such as the CD collection, bus door open and closing, people's foot steps when they get on and off the bus... And the video also included some shots that was shot outside of the bus, but you can see jazz man driving and waving to people, and from that see you just can feel how jazz man is enjoying it, and what the relation is like between the driver and his passengers.
Another thing about the video that helps bring out the character's personality is they filmed jazz man not only at where he works, but also his home—and it turns out jazz man is as interesting when he's at home as he's at work. The narration also briefly mentions his wife passed away a few years ago, and that's when jazz man started to play music in his bus. But the video shows nothing painful or sad, jazz man appears to be cheerful and content, and so passionate about his hobby—jazz.
The video story in a whole is very colorful, even though it only has one major character. It's very nicely paced, and the music is waved nicely in the narration to help tell the story. I'm just wondering how to film on a moving bus, and make sure the shots are still steady, especially when the bus is crowded.
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