CNN Video

Jessica Malnik

I watched the CNN video, “Special cheerleaders’ dreams come true.” Overall, I thought the video was excellent. The video was easy to follow, and had smooth transitions with lots of natural sound. It, also, had sound bites from the team captain and the cheerleaders' coach. The video, also, did a nice job of tying what was being said with the images on the video. For example, when Samantha, the team captain, commented on how it was her dream to lead the squad, they showed a clip of her leading the rest of the girls. However, the video lacked the perspectives of other students at this particular middle school. I would have enjoyed hearing what a student athlete or spectator thought of this “special” cheerleading squad. Finally, I do not think that the story would be as appealing if it was a text-only story.