Slug & Lede

Wiffle ball is not a typical sport. One player referred to it as “baseball’s baby brother”, while a spectater likened the ball to Swiss cheese. Players practicing the sport in the YouTube video, It’s a Kids Game ; however, take it quite seriously. One spectator even suggested it might be an Olympic sport some day.
The video starts in an awkward way. The camera shows a wide shot of a car pulling away. The shot fades, indicating it was perhaps the ending of a previous video. The next shot is a wide one, showing a trail leading to a tennis court in the distance. The sound in the background is machine-like, leading one to believe it’s following the car pulling away. This is a fallacy, however, as the next shots, shown in rapid, disjointed succession reveal people practicing wiffle ball on a tennis court. The sound from the previous shot came from a ball dispenser.
The video flows nicely from then on as the story unfolds. In fact the overall narration is strong. Each shot builds upon the next. They take the viewer closer to the action. First the camera moves with the sudden action, then shoots from spectators’ eagle-eye perspective. The video flows closer and closer to the players and specators on the ground, audio from them coinciding with the video.
The narration is strong and has purpose. It brings the viewer from outsider to in. The cuts, however, are frantic and too quick at the beginning. Smoother shots are needed at the beginning.