by Erica Davies | May 19, 2016 | issue |
Despite Puerto Rico’s bleak economic situation, colorful homes have brightened island culture. However, native Pablo Serrano says American influence has brought cultural destruction in the form of cheaper, uniform-looking apartment buildings....
by Bianca Silva | May 14, 2015 | issue, Team Tremendous
Natalia Mendez, 45, owns La Morada Restaurant along with her family in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. She moved to New York City in the early 1990’s from Oxaca, Mexico and has been living over two decades without documents....
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Nov 19, 2011 | bob sacha, issue, unfolding action, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
For the first few minutes, this story looks like super slick Nike commercial about a mixed marshal arts fighter, complete with a slightly overdramatic voice over. But around the 2 minute mark, it takes a very sharp left turn into “Wow!” territory. Just...
by bob.sacha | Oct 10, 2011 | bob sacha, issue, no interviews, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Alex Mallis + Lily Henderson have. Here’s what they saw, Right Here, All Over. No snark from CNN anchors or New York Times style columnists dropping by for an afternoon…no narrators…. just voices of the people, slice of life.....
by bob.sacha | Oct 10, 2011 | bob sacha, ethics, issue, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
It’s no suprise that we have a class exercise where you try to boil a famous documentary film (often an Academy Award winning film) down to a 2 minute essence and post your cut to the class Vimeo account Vimeo noticed that assignment too and they sent me this...
by bob.sacha | Sep 25, 2011 | bob sacha, issue, unfolding action, What's New? the Blog
I logged onto the NYTimes to check out what seemed like an interesting business video story : Marvin Windows and Doors of Warroad, MN has not laid off or fired a single employee despite the economic downturn. Wow, how do they do it? Watch it for yourself. It’s...
by bob.sacha | Sep 21, 2011 | bob sacha, issue, What's New? the Blog
Web video can be a very powerful way to communicate issues. You’ll be doing an issue video as your last assignment. So I thought I’d shar a web video from Lucas Baino, dubbed the “Michael Bay” of political video-making,” according to...
by bob.sacha | Sep 16, 2011 | bob sacha, interview, issue, story, unfolding action, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Tuesday night I watched If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” on PBS’ POV. Why is this a gripping film? Because Marshall Curry, the film maker, was able to witness an unfolding action: the film allows us to live with defendant Daniel...
by bob.sacha | Sep 15, 2011 | bob sacha, issue, still photos, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
One of your class projects must use still photography so I wanted to pass along Starved For Attention, a site that was both inspirational and inventive on many levels: storytelling, web design, community interaction. While there are several stories on the page–...