by bob.sacha | Mar 11, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling
Another voiceless journey but here not having narration makes sense with the story. By Jim LoScalzo for USNews and World Report...
by bob.sacha | Mar 11, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling
Simple, visual poetry but could be journalistic with a few sparkling quotes from a subject. But I”ve always loved the moment I come up from underground. Think this could have been shorter but it seriously has a mood. http://www.vimeo.com/19536258 and...
by bob.sacha | Mar 11, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling
Nice portrait with some fun surprises. Could be stronger if it was shorter....
by bob.sacha | Mar 10, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
But is that enough? A very cool video (via my friend Zach Wise) about a guy who hiked the Appalachian Trail, all 2,200 miles, in 6 months and shot 24 images on film each day. Will you watch 4 minutes of Kevin Gallagher’s 2,200 mile walk? If so, what did you...
by bob.sacha | Mar 2, 2011 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
Here’s a very straightforward example of an interview with multiple cameras. But the key is a compelling story….story trumps everything...
by bob.sacha | Mar 1, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
We had a difficult assignment in class, cutting a documentary film down to 2 minutes. Imagine cutting 10 movies down to 2.5 minutes. It might have been one of the best moments of the Oscar Telecast last Sunday. Watch it full screen. How did they do it and why does it...
by bob.sacha | Feb 26, 2011 | bob sacha, interview, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
I saw this chart today and like it because it helps quantify what a good (broadcast) story can be.It’s from Bob Kaplitz’s blog Reinventing Local Media. One of the things we’re trying to do in this class is aim for level 3 to level 4...
by bob.sacha | Feb 23, 2011 | bob sacha, interview, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
It’s not a new story that New York’s former governor was brought down over a sex scandal. But Alex Gibney’s documentary about the whole affair, Client-9, The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is a great story. What could have been a forest of dull...
by bob.sacha | Jan 28, 2011 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
I found this beautiful footage on a website about the Canon 60d. Wow, great images but what’s the story? I think it’s always important to remember that we need to tell our stories visually. But the visuals need to tell a story also....
by bob.sacha | Jan 22, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Joel Sartore is a brilliant and award-winning magazine photographer, a very funny writer and constantly looking for new ways to tell a story. He started photographing animals several years ago and it’s amazing to see how he’s adding video storytelling to...
by bob.sacha | Jan 22, 2011 | bob sacha, story, What's New? the Blog
I confess I don’t watch network news very often, in part because I don’t believe that the reporter standing in front of the camera knows more about a subject than the real people who are actually involved in that subject. But I was visiting my Mom a while...
by bob.sacha | Jan 19, 2011 | bob sacha, interview, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
Dai Sugano and the San Jose Mercury News have already won an Emmy Award for their brilliant multimedia work on UpRooted. Their newest piece, Torn Apart, is a powerful, emotional multimedia story about a family of mixed status where the Dad has been deported and the...
by bob.sacha | Jan 18, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, movie director, novelist and essayist and a brilliant (but often potty mouthed) guy who has written extensively on what makes stories work. This is a famous memo that he wrote when he was in charge if a TV show...
by bob.sacha | Jan 18, 2011 | bob sacha, interview, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
I was lucky enough to attend Polly Kreisman’s Interview Techniques for Journalists during the January Academy 2011. Polly is a highly experienced broadcast journalist and investigative reporter and a winner of 15 Emmy’s! She framed her workshop on smart...
by bob.sacha | Jan 18, 2011 | bob sacha, story, Video Storytelling, What's New? the Blog
On the day after Martin Luther King Day, a friend sent me this video. First lesson of great video storytelling for the web: turn off the great Mavis Staples song and you’ll still understand what’s going on here because the images are so powerful. Second...
