by Almudena Toral | Jan 31, 2014 | Almudena Toral, story, What's New? the Blog
“Let the story move you before you move the...
by bob.sacha | Aug 23, 2013 | bob sacha, mobile, story, What's New? the Blog
They’re both about cellphones and neither has a narrator. One is short; one is long. Both made me stop and think a very long time. That’s what web video is about. I’ll list them in the order I saw them. The first by Werner Herzog for a large...
by bob.sacha | Aug 19, 2013 | bob sacha, editing, interview, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
A nice behind-the-scenes story and links set of films from Steffan Hacker, who is working to make boring stories interesting as a multimedia producer at Tuft’s University.
by bob.sacha | Jul 23, 2013 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
” Now everybody is a photographer, everybody is a film maker, everybody is a writer.” So what will set YOU apart? take a minute, yes, just a minute and check this> Would you pay $12.50 to see the rest of this?
by bob.sacha | Jul 13, 2013 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
What things about the story makes you watch until the end of this viral web video from Nicaragua? What lessons can you take away for your...
by bob.sacha | Jun 20, 2013 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
I’m a huge fan of the TV show Breaking Bad. It’s brilliantly written and plotted, beautifully filmed and always surprising, and I’ve only watched the first three seasons. Here’s an example of using surprise in storytelling. Up until the first...
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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | 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...
