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Multimedia Round Table | Bombay Flying Club’s “Streetlight”
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.
Starbucks Love Project promotes philanthropy, creativity, and music in interactive interface
Investing in an interactive digital marketing campaign is a very clever move in my opinion. Add in user submission tools, social media, and a humanitarian cause and you’ve got yourself a winner in my book. After spending some time with Starbucks Love Project, I knew I had to pass it along to II readers so you could also smile and enjoy being serenaded by people of all ages from around the world. Then, if you feel inspired, feel free to upload your own video singing the melody “All you need is love,” or create your own “love drawing” with their simple Flash drawing board. If that level of interactivity is intimidating, you can continue perusing their video archive of singers, or browse Starbuck’s red products, all the while helping promote a campaign to fight AIDS in Africa.
STLToday launches interactive speech analyzer
This month numerous U.S. governors are giving their “State of the State” addresses to their constituents. In response to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s speech last week, the online staff at the St. Louis Post Dispatch created a video “pop-up edition,” complete with an interactive video console, periodic call-out boxes with complementary information, and a searchable transcript linked to an interactive word cloud. Despite several major bugs in the functionality, I am highly impressed with their attempt to incorporate several innovative features into an otherwise standard video.
CPOY judges review multimedia winners
College Photographer of the Year 2009 winners were announced last week, and the judges did a great job carefully selecting the winners amongst a large crop of entries. According to the CPOY site, there were 226 multimedia projects entered for consideration. Arguably more interesting than the winner’s list, however, were the video screencasts of the judges discussing the semi-finalists in each round.
Zach Wise produces New York Times’ demo reel
After an incredibly busy week on II with our bilingual announcement and yesterday’s conversation-starting post of notable multimedia professionals, I am off to Cabo San Lucas for a long weekend to enjoy my fall break. Thanks to everyone for their emails, comments, and feedback on my round-up list. I have a lot of great ideas in mind as to how I can highlight individuals who I missed on the list yesterday, which I will implement next week. Until then, have a great weekend and enjoy this awesome inspiration from Zach Wise at The New York Times!
Soundslides now facilitates video conversion
I was really excited to come across Soundslides’ latest utility that allows users to convert their slide show into a video. This is an excellent addition to the already-amazing product, and is currently free for registered users while in beta testing. So, if you have ever wanted to cross-promote your slide show on YouTube or Vimeo, now is your chance!
Xplane visualizes our digital state in “Did You Know 4.0″
I recently watched “Did You Know 4.0,” a visual analysis of the digital world by design consultancy firm XPLANE. According to a blog post on their site, the video was developed with Keynote, and “the four and a half minute video visually informs about the brave new world of social media and newfound communication technologies, which have forever changed the media landscape.”
Dallas Cowboys Stadium: Two multimedia approaches, one story
Last week, I came across two eerily similar multimedia packages about the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys. The New York Times chose a video format, allowing the user to sit back and watch the 3D animation and listen to the reporter’s synced voice-over track. On the other hand, USA Today built an interactive graphic, allowing the user to move the animation with a scrubber bar. This is a great opportunity to analyze the two and think about how the medium selected impacts the user experience.
UNC tackles After Effects for News21 promotional video
UNC has officially launched their News21 project, “Powering a Nation.” I blogged about their work back in June as the reporting process was just getting started. Now the site is complete and, frankly, amazing. (And I’m not just saying that because I am a fellow Tar Heel … Spend a few minutes on the site and you will see for yourself!) Most importantly, check out this intro video that sets the scene for the rest of the massive project. Done in a fashion similar to “The Girl Effect” meets “Choosing a President,” this video is a must see …
New York Times presents War Without Borders
New York Times produced their second interactive video last week, titled “War Without Borders.” The first, “Choosing a President,” created quite a large buzz amongst the numerous online communities, including this blog. Now that they have a template to streamline these bad boys, I am extremely excited to see the integration of these interactive portals into otherwise stand-back-and-watch video galleries.
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