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Explorando Soul – El proyecto Soul of Athens 2010 de la Universidad de Ohio
An impressive array of student-run multimedia projects have hit the internet in recent years and one of the most well-known is Ohio University’s Soul of Athens. Now in its fourth year, the 2010 iteration has recently been released and (II) asked me to take a look.
Individuos Innovadores: Lauren Clifford-Holmes
With all of the flurry that came and went with the 2010 World Cup games, it made me wonder what technology South Africa offered in order to adequately document the games. Lauren Clifford-Holmes, multimedia editor of South Africa’s Mail & Guardian Online, pondered the same thing three years ago over at her old blog, The Soap Box. “What are the implications for those living on the poorer side of the ‘digital divide’?”, she questioned. Since then, she worked diligently with major digital news organizations throughout the country to prepare them for the games. In honor of her tireless efforts to introduce and promote multimedia storytelling in South Africa, we are happy to acknowledge her as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
Estudiantes de la Universidad de Miami personifican Las Metas de Desarrollo para el Milenio de las Naciones Unidas en el proyecto “Mi Historia, Mi Objetivo”
In an effort to give voices to those targeted by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, executive producers Rich Beckman and Tom Kennedy sent 14 young journalists from the University of Miami around the world with a mission to encapsulate arguably the most complex and ambitious humanitarian feats of our lifetime. With only two weeks in the field to adequately document the situation, seven teams of two Miami storytellers partnered with students at partner universities to collaborate on the research, filming and translations of each story for the project “My Story, My Goal.” “This was a truly international cooperation of students of all ages coming together to tell what they as native citizens believed was an important story in their home country,” student Lauren Santa Cruz wrote me.
Tool of North America y Domani Studios producen “Touching Stories,” 4 historias interactivas para el iPad
Two interactive multimedia studios, Tool of North America and Domani Studios, teamed together to build an interactive storytelling app designed specifically for the iPad. In the free app, directors Sean Ehringer, Erich Joiner, Tom Routson, Geordie Stephens and Jason Zada shot four short interactive documentaries and combined them into one storytelling interface called “Touching Stories.” The end result? An exhilarating choose-your-own-adventure where “you will be able to peel back more layers of the story by how you interact.”
Estudiantes de la universidad de Syracuse construyen un panorama de vídeo interactivo y una aplicación iPhone en el sitio web Syracuse Diners
While at Roanoke.com, my colleague Seth Gitner and I were always interested in attempting an interactive panorama where a video clip was embedded within a panorama. Needless to say, it never happened. But, Seth went on to teach at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and I’m happy to see that his students successfully produced one for their latest multimedia project, Syracuse Diners, as well as built a database of diners using Ruby on Rails, an iPhone app and much more. Looks like we’ve got some programmers on our hands up in Syracuse!
El documental Web “La caída del muro” de France 24: la narración deja que desear a pesar de la interfaz interactiva.
Adam Westbrook recently alerted me about France 24 and Tandem Production Berlin’s latest web documentary titled “The Fall of the Wall,” and I was eager to check it out after Adam prefaced the link by “lots of good interactivity but poor on the storytelling.” Did this mean that they prioritized functionality over content? I had to go check it out for myself and low and behold, I actually agree with Adam’s assessment – they succeeded in making an interactive web documentary, but unfortunately the actual story content was quite underwhelming.
Individuos Innovadores: Bjarke Myrthu
“I started my career [at] a newspaper but realized that there was a media revolution taking place elsewhere. I wanted to be part of it, and set out on a mission to define the Internet as a new medium for storytelling.” This short bio statement sums up the reason why we are featuring co-founder of Magnum in Motion and Founder and CEO of Story Planet Bjarke Myrthu as this week’s “Innovative Individual.” If anybody out there is truly shaking things up in the industry and carving a new path for multimedia storytelling, Bjarke is the man to watch.
Jenn Ackerman y Tim Gruber aconsejan a los fotógrafos aprender sobre el negocio tras la fotografía.
Husband and wife team Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber came to UNC Tuesday to speak at PhotoNight LVII. I first learned of their work several years ago when I saw Jenn’s award-winning story “Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons,” and I’ve been eager to hear more about their work ever since.
El fundador de MediaStorm, Brian Storm, aconseja a la comunidad periodística a colaborar y ser socios
Brian Storm, founder and president of MediaStorm, came to UNC today to speak to multimedia students about the importance of visual storytelling. I also had the opportunity to speak with him over lunch, and it was rejuvenating to hear him talk about his successful multimedia venture and his thoughts about the future of journalism. Below is a recap of his talk during UNC’s Photo Night.
Mesa Redonda de Multimedia | “Streetlight” de Bombay Flying Club
There is a great discussion going on over at Duckrabbit about Bombay Flying Club’s latest documentary, “Streetlight.” Issues over Flash, sound, video length, and black&white photo choice were brought up in relation to this piece. I think very highly of BFC producers Poul Madsen and Brent Foster, so I wanted to give my two cents.
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