Ink in Motion
Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look
From Nathan Hale:
“Recently, I was approached by Behind Our Eyes , a non-profit organization for writer’s with disabilities, and asked to be a guest speaker on their teleconference. The subject? Book trailers, of course! While this was not my first rodeo as a guest speaker on the subject, it was my first time explaining the various necessities of HD quality, clean audio, good narration, pacing and scoring and then providing examples…to an audience that mainly consisted of the visually impaired.
This proved somewhat challenging, as you might imagine, but I was told afterward that I had done a fine job. I suppose I must have, as a few short weeks later I was contacted by a representative from the group and asked to create the book trailer for their new anthology “Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look.”
I accepted the offer with no small amount of trepidation. I had to create a video for a client that would not be able to see it. Sound was crucial, narration – an obvious choice. But what to say? And what imagery to use?
Being that it is an anthology, telling a synopsis of the story and concluding with the ‘hook’ clearly would not work here. Donna Grahmann, the BOE representative, very kindly sent me a copy of the book, which I proceeded to read. I read through the book looking for that one story that would stand out to me as ‘the one’ to serve as muse for my video, but to no avail. What I instead found were worlds of diversity, emotional tales and flights of fancy that at times made me laugh, and in the next moment cry. The authors of this anthology shared a commonality in disability, but they were by no means bound to conformity by this. Here were 65 individuals expressing their unique perspectives with a vision that far exceeded the limits of mere eye sight. And it was in that realization that I found my muse.
So here it is, the video for Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look
Sadly, a mere 2 minutes is not enough time to express the many amazing attributes of this anthology. But then again, isn’t that what reading the book is for?
Get Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look in print or on Kindle today!”