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CNN Millenium 2000
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The Movie:
It's amazing how Y2K has almost completely been forgotten. Where a year before the begining of the year 2000 we were afraid of mass power outages and computer failures, a day after nothing happened, we have gone on as if Y2K was a just another day. I was certainly sure that there was going to be a collection of shots from the celebration that would be released on VHS and DVD, but was unsure if there would be any interest. If the company spent a month or two really working on editing footage and putting together a special edition, they might lose what little interest there was. If they go through with this production too quickly, they risk putting together a poorly done documentary.
I didn't watch a lot of CNN's coverage(believe it or not I was actually working on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day), but what coverage I was able to see was very nicely done, although trying to be across the world at 8 different places meant that many of the locations were seen in a little box in one corner of the screen. There were some amazing sequences, such as the celebration in Paris. The producers of this DVD had to edit this footage as it came in, taking 36 hours of footage and editing it down to a little less than an hour and a half. The time listing is one of the first problems that I have with this DVD. The disc box lists the running time as 120 minutes - it's actually more like 84 minutes.
Again, the problem with this project in general is that the production company had to put this DVD together extremely quickly while there was still even a little bit of "millenium fever" left in society. The editing is choppy at times, and with the 84 minute running time, I'm sure that there was a number of key scenes that were left on the cutting room floor. All of the CNN logos, counters, graphics are still on the picture, as well. Speaking of the picture, the image quality leaves something to be desired. I don't know what happened with the transfer, but it doesn't look as good as the image quality was when I watched the actual presentation. The sound quality doesn't really have any problems, but certainly isn't any better than what you would expect from a basic television broadcast. There are no animated menus, and only a basic scene selection menu.
In conclusion, if you are looking for a document of the millenium to keep to show to others in the future, this DVD is certainly not a bad decision. But if you are looking for something to re-create the sort of energy of the celebrations, this comes up short. It is certainly an achievement that they were able to produce this DVD so quickly after the event, but looking at the final product, I wish they would have taken some more time with it.
Grade:C-
It's amazing how Y2K has almost completely been forgotten. Where a year before the begining of the year 2000 we were afraid of mass power outages and computer failures, a day after nothing happened, we have gone on as if Y2K was a just another day. I was certainly sure that there was going to be a collection of shots from the celebration that would be released on VHS and DVD, but was unsure if there would be any interest. If the company spent a month or two really working on editing footage and putting together a special edition, they might lose what little interest there was. If they go through with this production too quickly, they risk putting together a poorly done documentary.
I didn't watch a lot of CNN's coverage(believe it or not I was actually working on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day), but what coverage I was able to see was very nicely done, although trying to be across the world at 8 different places meant that many of the locations were seen in a little box in one corner of the screen. There were some amazing sequences, such as the celebration in Paris. The producers of this DVD had to edit this footage as it came in, taking 36 hours of footage and editing it down to a little less than an hour and a half. The time listing is one of the first problems that I have with this DVD. The disc box lists the running time as 120 minutes - it's actually more like 84 minutes.
Again, the problem with this project in general is that the production company had to put this DVD together extremely quickly while there was still even a little bit of "millenium fever" left in society. The editing is choppy at times, and with the 84 minute running time, I'm sure that there was a number of key scenes that were left on the cutting room floor. All of the CNN logos, counters, graphics are still on the picture, as well. Speaking of the picture, the image quality leaves something to be desired. I don't know what happened with the transfer, but it doesn't look as good as the image quality was when I watched the actual presentation. The sound quality doesn't really have any problems, but certainly isn't any better than what you would expect from a basic television broadcast. There are no animated menus, and only a basic scene selection menu.
In conclusion, if you are looking for a document of the millenium to keep to show to others in the future, this DVD is certainly not a bad decision. But if you are looking for something to re-create the sort of energy of the celebrations, this comes up short. It is certainly an achievement that they were able to produce this DVD so quickly after the event, but looking at the final product, I wish they would have taken some more time with it.
Grade:C-
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