Videos Analysis

“Linking Gaza to the Outside World” & “Barbers’ Tales” Analysis

There are various differences between the two videos presented. In terms of tone, the video about Linking Gaza to the Outside world presents a more serious issue than the video about Barbers’ Tales.

The video about Linking Gaza to the Outside world presents to the viewer an issue that many Palestinians today are facing. In order to get food, water and many other necessities required for survival, they turn to these dangerously constructed tunnels that link Gaza to Rafah (Egypt). According to Muhammad, a tunnel smuggler, this is their source for nutrition and people take the risk of working in these tunnels even if it costs them their lives. As for perspective, this video skillfully presents both the Palestinian and Israeli sides to the viewer. They demonstrate how Palestinians claim that they use tunnels for nutritional reasons while Israelis bomb these tunnels claiming that weapons are being sent through the tunnels.

As for the video about the Barbers’ Tales, it is evident that the tone of that video is happier than of the video about the Gaza-Rafah tunnels. This video presents four different barbers and their stories. It presents this ordinary profession from their perspectives in terms of how they pursued it and their goals as barbers. The viewer is typically relaxed when watching the video of the barbers sharing their stories as opposed to the Gaza video through which the hearts of viewers are pacing as they await what comes next.

The voice of the presenters also contributes to setting the mood of the videos. For the Gaza video, the presenter is firm and talks at a steady pace since the matter is grave. In the second video; however, the presenter’s voice is calmer with vivacious music in the background suggesting a chirpier mood.