I thought it was clever to split the screen for example while interviewing one religious leader, the other side of the screen would have a picture of Obama or Hillary or President Clinton depending on what the person was talking about. I think the shots of the people in the church and the emotional clips the videographer chose also kept my interest in this video which was 5 minutes long. Ultimately I think the video was very stylish and polished and newsworthy because these black religious leaders do influence how their congregations view candidates and vote.

I understand what Cher meant when she said A Day at the Beach with GOP voters didn’t really have an arc. I liked the video because it was showing the issues people thought about and unlike the first video, these people weren’t leaders or talking about how they made their decisions based on church. I think this video had a more light-hearted feel which was also nice. I think the shots of the surroundings at the beach were very appropriate because it supported the tone and body language of the people being interviewed. You will talk and behave differently if you’re at the beach than if you were dressed up at church. But I can see how Cher would say it made Republicans seem less serious than the black leaders in the other video. So I appreciated the shots of the children on rides or the jerseys on the wall of the restaurant.

I also thought the videographer did a nice job of being selective with what parts of the interview he included. The people he talked to expressed themselves well and told why they were supporting one candidate or in some cases undecided.