Thursday, March 21, 2013

"One photo a day in the worst year of my life"



"Mike Chajecki:  

"The powerful short was produced in Croatia as a public service announcement drawing attention to the issue of domestic abuse. The video ends with the young lady holding up a sign that translates to, 'Help me, I do not know if I can wait for tomorrow.'

"No one was actually hurt fortunately in the making of this video. All effects were done with professional makeup. But the message it is getting out there is extremely important."

Read more:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ertu9_MhFiM&NR=1


When I first saw this, I thought it was real: a battered woman put a video on YouTube to get help.  I also wondered how she got her face in the exact same position in each shot.  Learning that the video is a public service announcement explains everything.  Nicely done.

4 comments:

SER said...

It only gets worse....

Toad said...

What a powerful video.

lizardmom said...

very very powerful, my 'father' is a very violent alcoholic, luckily out of my life for more than 30 years, still hits hard to watch stuff like this

OrbsCorbs said...

I found it hard to watch, too.