by Mariana Keller | Mar 3, 2013 | Mariana Keller, What's New? the Blog
Ed Ou is an incredible 23-year-old photographer who’s been experimenting more and more with video (on his 5D). In a recent piece for the New York Times, he gets a very intimate look into the life of drug addicts in Vancouver, his home town. In an interview for...
by bob.sacha | Feb 24, 2013 | Bob_Film Festival Three, What's New? the Blog
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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 Kevin Loria | Nov 21, 2012 | What's New? the Blog
Just a little video inspiration. Happy thanksgiving to all....
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...
