One of the things I liked about James' video was his interaction with the camera. The way he spoke made it seem like he was talking to me as a friend, and he made good use of facial expressions, hand gestures, and voice inflections. Furthermore, the video clearly meets the requirements for the project and contains a good deal of reflection.
What I didn't like was that the entire video was just James talking to the camera. While it works, it becomes a little stale and difficult to keep paying attention to for 14 minutes (which he recognized). I would recommend adding in video clips and images to break of segments of the video. For example, when you mention Brother Dean, you could show a video clip of Brother Dean preaching or at least show an image while you talk over it.
I would also perhaps recommend cutting down on some of the content, or at least reshooting so that less time is taken up. There are a lot of moments where you pause to find your words which adds a lot of excess time to the video.
Overall, the video was well done. The content is fantastic, and there just needs to be work done to make the video more entertaining and meet the genre's conventions better.
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