Video story ideas

I think a story about High Point, the Habitat for Humanity housing development in West Seattle, would work well for a video piece. Since the project is already in it’s second phase there should be lots of construction action to film. Construction on the Megan’s Meadow project in Pacific, Washington has started too so that development would also lend itself to a construction oriented video or slideshow. A build-a-thon would also make a great video story, but I’m not sure if there are any coming up soon. Volunteers on construction sites and in offices and are sponsored by their friends for each hour of time dedicated to Habitat Humanity for a two week period. The volunteers would probably have a lot to say about their involvement with Habitat for Humanity.

Text story ideas

It might be interesting to do a text/ still photo follow up story on the houses that were dedicated in September 2009 in Federal Way. It might not be visual enough for a video story but quotes from a family settling into their new home would transfer well through text.
I would also like to see a text story on what it’s like to work at a construction site for Habitat for Humanity. A video of this might be too much like just filming an interview so it would probably be boring. Text and still photos could easily portray how the workers feel about their jobs and how it benefits them. A story about the Jarbah family, who moved here from Liberia and are now having their home built by Habitat for Humanity, would work well in text format. Since they’re no longer in Liberia it wouldn’t make much sense to do a video story on the war there and the nonprofit organization that the Jarbah’s set up to help families there. There wouldn’t really isn’t a side of the story that seems visual enough to hold a viewers attention for several minutes.