Sunday Spotlight: Highlighting 5 New Books #readingblack

[Troy]

Please provide some constructive feedback on this video. Let me know what was good and what could be done better. Y'all know I have thick skin so don't worry about being perceived as hypercritical.  I'm working with a book club called called The Tea, and am hoping to use videos like this to promote the best of Black literature, and I want to make them better.

 

No matter what you think please subscribe to The Tea's and AALBC.com's Youtube Channels to keep this videos like this coming.

 

 

The books highlighted in the video include:

 

• Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives by Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns
• I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
• I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni, Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory 
• Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You by Misty Copeland

 

Keep #readingblack

[Guest LNReads75]

Great selections! I would love to be able to see some illustrations in I Am Loved and perhaps a few photos in Unseen. All in all, I will check out these titles. Thanks!

[Cynique]

@TroySynonyms for the word "terrific",  are in order.   

[Troy]

Yes Guest showing some of the photos would have been a great idea. 

 

Cynique well that is good to hear.  My blurbs could have been a but tighter I think.  I also said Toni Medina's book was appropriate for kids of all ages.  That was a sip up the book deal with police brutality, and may not be appropriate for really young children (thought some may disagree). 

 

 

[Wendy Jones]

Hello, Troy

 

December Selections - 5 books

 

The music and the set are fine. What needs improvement is the presentation of the books.

 

1. Put the camera on the book and hold it there so the reader can focus on the cover, title, and author.

 

2. Have at least two people talking about the book. One to give a brief introduction and another voice to read a brief excerpt.

    The viewer needs to get a "taste" of the book.

 

3. At the end, give each book a close up for about 5 seconds.

 

The Tea- presenting six books (maybe bring it down to 5 to give more time for each book

 

1. Wonderful energy and personalities of the book club members. It's good that there are different voices here. The moderator is excellent. The set was unobtrusive.

 

2. Same as above. Close up of the book for the entire time. The presenters should not be the focus, the book should be.

 

3. Same as above. A brief introduction, then a brief excerpt. For the yoga book, a picture of a pose on camera while reading the brief excerpt.

 

4. During the vote, show the books again this time in a group.

 

5 . Come back to the presenters for the vote. Close on a close up of the book at the end.

I'll post this as a comment on their site, too.

 

 

 

 

[Troy]

Thanks Wendy.  Funny my daughter felt the music was corny :-)

 

All my short video you did not think that showing the book on the stand and then showing a graphic of the book was not enough?

 

(BTW, I forgot to acknowledge receipt of the additional edits I'll get to them tomorrow)

[Wendy Jones]

Troy, it was a little too fast (for me, anyway) for the number of books. Just as I was focusing on a book, the next one was up.

 

While the viewer is listening to the brief excerpt, you can linger on the book cover and it won't seem too long.

[Troy]

I did not get to the edits now I'm traveling spending time with fam in the deep south, but I have them and will get to them. Thank again, so much for the feedback.