Marcus :30 | Rural Mental Health

Marcus :30 | Rural Mental Health (youtube.com)

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The video starts with an african american man wearing a yellow shirt and dark blue jeans standing in front of a fence, behind the fence is what looks to be an athletic field.  Someone more knowledgeable on athletics could likely identify what kind of field.  Under the man’s left we can see a football.

0:01-0:04

This shot brings us closer to the man(The same man in the previous shot), instead of behind him we are at his left side zoomed in on the football in his arms.  The fence is still present and the man’s fingers are holding onto the fence with his right hand.  The camera then zooms up taking the focus off of the football and onto the man’s face.  The man keeps his eyes on the field, his face does not make any discernible expressions.

0:05-0:06

The next shot shows us to images, each taking up roughly half of the screen.  The image to the viewers left shows a man in a sports jersey, posing for a photograph, behind him is a white brick reminiscent of the interior of many American high schools.  He wears a black number four jersey.  The picture to the right shows what is presumably the same man due to the fact that he is wearing the same jersey.  In this photo he is wearing a helmet, and holding a football in another, while another person in a white and blue jersey tries to tackle him. The man in the photos is presumably the same man we saw in the previous shots.

0:07-0:09

The same man from earlier still wearing a yellow shirt is now sitting down in the room, in the background you can see rows of weights indicating that he is in a gym.  The weights are blurry and out of focus the man is the main focus in the bottom right of the screen we get some information Marcus M. Smith, II Mental health advocate/Pro Athlete.

0:09-0:10 The background shows us some of the sky indicating Marcus outside.  The camera is zoomed in on a football, he is wearing the same yellow shirt he was and the first few shots and in the gym. He is also flipping the football, indicating he is about to throw it.

0:10-0:11

This shot is essentially a zoomed out version of the second shot but now Marcus’s face is visible.  On his finger we can see a ring indicating that he is married.

0:12-0:13

We are now behind Marcus as he throws the football.  We can see parts of the field and trees in the background.  Perhaps he is on the same field s earlier. This shot and the previous few shots tell us that Marcus has always been and still is very physically active and healthy

0:13-0:14

Presumably the same scene as the previous second but we change the view from behind Marcus to in front of him, behind him to the viewers right we see a sign that looks to be a scoreboard and even further behind it are trees, to our left we can see a white building with a red line on it surrounded by a fence.  It is presumably some kind of sports field, likely for American football.

0:15-0:16

We cut back to Marcus in the gym.  Same background but now the camera is moved closer to his face, he moves his hand up into view and gestures by pointing a single finger towards his head. Based on the title of the video and the fact that he is presented to us as a mental health advocate, we can assume he points his finger to his head as if to say, “This is what’s important.” Referring to mental health. The likely message is that his mental health is a key part of his physical health.

0:16-0:17

In the next scene, we are now viewing an indoor sporting court, presumably for basketball, the room has a light brown floor and white walls.  On the back wall we see a red and yellow sign that with a mascot that says harroway hawks, above the sign is a basketball net suspended from the ceiling, behind the net to our left is the United States flag, and behind the next to our right is another flag, It has three horizontal stripes, the top and the bottom are red and the middle is white,  the middle stripe is thicker than the top and bottom.  In the flag’s upper left corner is a blue square with a circle of three stars surrounding a bronze emblem.  This is recognizably the flag of the US state of Georgia.  In the center left of the image we see Marcus with a blue shirt holding two children with basketballs. The children his is holding are either his children or perhaps nieces or nephews.

0:18-0:19

This is a low shot where we see a hands in a blue sleeve (presumably Marcus) holding up a child with a basketball to the hoop.

0:20-0:21

We have a close up shot of Marcus’s face behind him is a gray sky and out of focus trees.  To the right we see a woman hugging Marcus, she is wearing a blue shirt.  She is presumably his wife

0:21

Here we see a wider shot of Marcus and what is presumably his family sitting in a row in metal bleachers.  Behind them in a black chain link fence, and even further back is the sports field and the trees

0:22

The same as the previous shot but zoomed in on Marcus, his wife and two children.  Then it rapidly cuts to a close up of some of the other family members with focus on what I presume is Marcus’s father and mother

0:22-0:23

Marcus, his wife and one of two of their children are in view.  They are on the same bleachers as the previous shots but now we see them from a different angle.  Marcus is looking back at one of his children who is climbing on the bleachers, he turns his head back to the camera.

0:24

Here we see the child who was climbing on the bleachers but from a closer angle

0:25

In the center of the frame is Marcus and his family.  They are on the same bleachers.  They take up two rows.  On the first row from left to right is Marcus, a woman with a white shirt and black Jacket, a child, and an older looking woman.  Behind them from left to right is a man in a red shirt, a child with a red whistle in his mouth and a man wearing a black hoodie.

0:26

This is the same scene as previously but now the camera is zoomed in on Marcus, he appears to be lightly chuckling and smiling. The last few shots of Marcus’s family are likely there to demonstrate their importance to his mental health.