9/11 tribute video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2xxBmoaBDM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

The video that I selected is just one of many tribute videos about 9/11 that can be found, the one that I chose was uploaded on the 10^th of September 2008, the day before the 7^th anniversary of 9/11. The music chosen for the video doesn’t actually contain any words, and is instead just a piano, I think this is so that your attention is not taken away from the powerful images and videos that have been included. This video starts off with an image of New York before 9/11, however the video is made up mostly of footage of the plane crashing into the south tower, as this was the second tower to be hit, so there is a lot more video evidence of it happening. About two minutes in, there are some images some of the brave firemen that helped to save people from the buildings. The video then goes on to show more footage of the plane colliding with the south tower, as well as many videos of the buildings as they began to collapse. At about three minutes, twenty seconds in you see an image of New York where the towers used to be, the air is filled with dust, so the image must have been taken not long after the collapse of the towers. An image of three firemen putting the American flag on a flag pole is shown before more images of the buildings collapsing. At around four minutes there is an image of the New York skyline at night with two lights shining up into the sky in the place of the two towers. This is followed by an image of the American flag, and finally some text saying “We’ll never forget”. This video is mainly made up of footage from different news channels that were mainly shown at the time of the attacks, I think that the use of videos has a stronger effect than the use of images. With a video you can actually see what is happening, and it becomes a lot more real, and I think that it affects you more emotionally than what still images do. I think that the image of the American flag at the end of the video is important, as unites the many different people of America, and shows that in the face of such destruction, the people of American pull together to show their strength. And the text “We’ll never forget” right at the end of the video shows that the event will never be forgotten, and that it will always be an important part of American history, and the people who lost their lives or lost family or friends that day, they will always be remembered.