The confrontational multimedia presentation of ‘Conflict in Crayon’ screamed heartache. This designed journalist story enhanced by significantly graphic displays and depiction of war was further enhanced by the nature in which the children were depicted. This war ravaged country, didn’t need the use of words to tell the story, and the old adage ‘a picture tells a thousand words’ certainly applied.
The extremely harsh imagery, but refreshing from a journalistic viewpoint, used the break from a conventional style of journalism into visual story telling said more words than even Shakespeare in his infinite wisdom could describe.
Whist ever spoken word did nothing for overall value of the multimedia journalistic story; imagery completely stole the show, and in many ways undermines the pure notion of the written word. Keeping to a visual consistency was the basis of the story the children’s drawings. Nothing is as scary as seeing the visions of young children depicted through what they draw. Blood, violence, terror……..war. This story caught exactly what it is that haunts these children’s minds, war.
Suddenly heartache was the only emotion that you could feel; therefore possibilities for adding to the emotions could have been could be the sounds of war. The hurt in your eyes would have matched the hurt in your ears.
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