Matthew S. Nagy

Henry A. Wallace: An Uncommon Man Teaser

PLAY MOVIE

1:00 | VideoTakes, Inc, Wallace Genetic Foundation | Editor

Winner | 2010 TIVA-DC Peer Gold Award

While working at VideoTakes, I edited this short promo for a web documentary detailing the life of Henry A. Wallace, FDR’s Secretary of Agriculture and 3rd term Vice-President. Culled from archival footage of political conventions of the era, I used the flashbulbs and crowd action as a guide for the edit. I wanted the piece to have a chaotic feel, as if the viewer were there standing in the aisles at the 1944 Democratic Convention. This promo features Aaron Copland’s iconic musical piece “Fanfare for the Common Man” written in honor of Henry A. Wallace. It was a special privilege to be able to do an edit using such a well-known piece of music.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 12:17 AM. It is filed under Editing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.