by bob.sacha | Feb 7, 2013 | bob sacha, place, still photos, What's New? the Blog
Why should I care about a backpack? Marketing people are using emotional storytelling to sell their products. Why? Because it works! Here are two online videos from LL Bean: This one uses a lot of still photos. It also has a journey in a non narrated interview. ...
by bob.sacha | Oct 16, 2012 | bob sacha, editing, interview, story, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
Really loved everything about this story, sent our way by CUNY VSW alum Mary Shell. this story has an amazing character who is thoughtful, reflective and very well spoken and who gives us some surprisng insights into what seems like a violent sport. The story has a...
by bob.sacha | Oct 8, 2012 | bob sacha, issue, story, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
I was heading down the stairs at school the other day when someone called out “Anika’s watching a video and she’s getting all teary eyed.” And so Anika sent me the video. And I got teary eyed too. To me it’s a wonderful story and an even...
by bob.sacha | Oct 4, 2012 | bob sacha, issue, What's New? the Blog
Here’s a really nice piece of video cut to music that consists only of still images. Cool take on a wedding video too. http://www.vimeo.com/50084006 Theo Rigby, the guy behind this fun video, has directed, shot and edited another great story about an immigrant...
by bob.sacha | Sep 19, 2012 | bob sacha, What's New? the Blog
We had 3 weeks of incredible films in my class. The last 2 weeks were my favs: check out Film Festival Two and Film Festival Three Inspired by everyone I found a few more: I love the energy and visual style of this romp through Bombay with two guys recording sounds...
by bob.sacha | Sep 5, 2012 | bob sacha, future, no interviews, story, unfolding action, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
David Mamet is an amazing writer, known for his award winning plays, screenplays, books and televisi on shows. He’s also a director and he has a quite famous rant in the form of a letter that he wrote to writers of The Unit, a TV show since cancelled. It shows...
by bob.sacha | Sep 4, 2012 | bob sacha, story, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
I’ve never read William Zinsser’s classic book: On Writing Well but I clearly should. In part, it’s because one of his 5 tips on how to become a better writer is a huge central concept of how to become a better visual storyteller: take me on a...
by bob.sacha | Sep 2, 2012 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Adam Westbrook has a cool post on How To Make Boring Things Interesting in Video. At the least, when you think of a story for video, run it through this flowchart. Remember that a story and a topic are two very different things. A topic is a broad subject, like...
by bob.sacha | Aug 27, 2012 | bob sacha, interview, What's New? the Blog
There are two reasons I’m not a fan of narration and voice over…. 1) Narration is often often pedantic and poorly written. I realize that it’s very difficult to write clever narration. So I don’t get why it’s overused by reporters who...
by bob.sacha | Aug 26, 2012 | bob sacha, ethics, music, story, What's New? the Blog
A fellow journalist & teacher recently told me he was surprised that we used music with our stories in this class. There’s no doubt that music has a tremendous power to change the way people feel about a story. I know I wouldn’t use music with a news...
by bob.sacha | Aug 4, 2012 | advocacy, bob sacha, editing, issue, music, no interviews, What's New? the Blog
Here’s a lovely example of a powerful story using strong close-ups and a simple unfolding action. There is no interview, no narrator. It has great use of sound, editing techniques and music to build to a crescendo....
by bob.sacha | Jul 5, 2012 | bob sacha, editing, issue, music, sequence, story, What's New? the Blog
The first minute of this trailer is brilliant, especially in the way they marry the images and sound to give a greater meaning to each (check out the great effect of words and pictures at 00.45). I love the story too. They did a really wonderful job of making a boring...
by bob.sacha | Apr 25, 2012 | bob sacha, interview, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
The length of an online video isn’t that important, unless it’s too long. What’s important is that people remember it. Here’s two from “60 second Film School.” and another about why every story–print, audio, or...
by bob.sacha | Apr 25, 2012 | advocacy, bob sacha, issue, What's New? the Blog
Issue stories can be boring and argumentative unless you think of telling them in a compelling way. Remember, good stories are often surprising…and advocacy doesn’t have to be a bad thing. ...
by bob.sacha | Apr 20, 2012 | bob sacha, place, story, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
About once a year people in class respond to a rough cut spontaneously, instinctively. The rough cut from the second assignment was due in Video Storytelling for the Web class this Thursday.The assignment was a story about a place. This rough cut, shot by Kenny...