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...
by bob.sacha | Apr 20, 2012 | bob sacha, What's New? the Blog
I remember watching Hollywood Squares as a kid but it wasn’t nostalgia that caught my eye when I spied the NYTimes story about the MTV version (word) but that the crew in this photo was using DSLR’s to film footage for the show. That’s the same...
by bob.sacha | Mar 21, 2012 | advocacy, bob sacha, music, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
I was struck with the beautiful visuals in this story, shot by Rick Gershon , a staff producer at MediaStorm. You can see that Rick’s sequential shooting and his use of closeups make this a very powerful visual story. You can watch a shorter version of the story...
by bob.sacha | Mar 16, 2012 | bob sacha, music, no interviews, still photos, What's New? the Blog
Here’s a story with no interview (but a story that transmits an amazing amount of information). You’ll notice he used still pictures too. America’s Dead Sea by Jim Lo Scalzo http://www.vimeo.com/21347521 winner of third prize in the 2012 World Press...
by bob.sacha | Mar 12, 2012 | bob sacha, interview, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
I’m often complaining about 60 minutes because while they do great journalism, I’m not sure they do good tv; their mantra often seems to be “tell, don’t show.” But I thought they did a good job with a 60 minutes Overtime about Sanjay...
by bob.sacha | Mar 7, 2012 | bob sacha, still photos, unfolding action, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
this morning I was chatting with Andrew Devigal, the NYTimes Multimedia editor. He told me about judging the POYi contest for multimedia. He also sent a link to one of his favorite pieces, Afrikaner Blood, the first video on this list. He told me he thought the piece...
by bob.sacha | Mar 7, 2012 | bob sacha, interview, What's New? the Blog
Really nice radio story on Marketplace radio tonight, Alex Chadwick interviewing an American nuclear tech who was at the Daiichi Nuclear power plant. There’s a great moment in this video too. I love how Chadwick just shuts up and listens to Carl Pillitteri as he...
by bob.sacha | Feb 7, 2012 | bob sacha, still photos, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
Two examples of cinematic storytelling in a long form non-fiction story, both on the same story from Esquire and from GQ, both in the same month. Notice how details build the anticipation and power of the opening, especially in the Esquire piece. That’s one...
by bob.sacha | Feb 6, 2012 | bob sacha, interview, music, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Wonderful short story about a person, non narrated, hooks you immediately in the first sentence and expands out to the universal idea. http://www.vimeo.com/34792993 and a nice deconstruction of why it works from Tucker Walsh, a former student and super talented...
by bob.sacha | Feb 4, 2012 | bob sacha, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
One a sweet time lapse from space, the other a short film about Hong Kong honey sponsored by a phone company…. http://www.vimeo.com/21746934 ...
by bob.sacha | Feb 3, 2012 | bob sacha, commerce, issue, story, unfolding action, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Great video stories have surprise. I was surprised this morning when I read this WSJ review of the documentary Windfall . I mean, who isn’t for renewable energy? So watching the trailer was a surprise because it told me something new, something that challenged...
by bob.sacha | Feb 1, 2012 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
My favorite radio show makes science sexy and intriguing. Not only do they take science, which heretofore has been boring, and they manage to make it exciting. They also combine stories and create storytelling that is remarkable. If they can do that for science,...
by bob.sacha | Jan 17, 2012 | advocacy, bob sacha, interview, still photos, What's New? the Blog
John X. Carey mixes stills and video, video portraits, different interview styles and some wild editing, color grading and cool typography into an award winning short advocacy film. My favorite line is spoken by one of the characters. “Go! Go forward!”...