April 2009 archives
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April 29, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Dallas Morning News: At the edge of life
When I was in Dallas doing a workshop with photographer turned documentarian David Leeson, the DMN had just started this ambitious project. The high contrast black and white film noir shooting does create an interesting theme throughout this series. Definitely worth a look. Thanks to multimedia muse for raising this to my attention again.Archive
April 28, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Teaching recycling
It’s time to put out the recycling today, so I thought I’d post this nifty primer on how recycling works. A great example of teaching with animation.Archive
April 27, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Kids with guns
Haunting audio slideshow of children playing war by Tim Hussin. The photos are incredibly strong, but the skilled audio editing really drives the mood of this piece, and the association with warfare. Kudos to multimedia muse for the link.Archive
April 27, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Playing Catch Up
A handful of great links that I missed this past week while working on the road. Tracy Boyer at innovative interactivity unloads a bevy of great links for any multimedia enthusiast out there. It’s essentially a list of lists. (How does she find the time to cull all these links?) Some great advice from John [...]Archive
April 20, 2009 by MattFordMedia
WaPost – Fish and Politics
If you don’t know much about the Virginia governors race, this is a good place to start. It doesn’t have any analysis, but it does give a good introduction to who the major candidates are and the nature of the governor’s race. A good example of how when the scene is the story, even in [...]Archive
April 20, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Some great video and time-lapse advice.
A couple of great instructive posts out there this week. Mediastorm posted a great top ten list for improving your multimedia production. And Photojojo posted one of the best guide’s I’ve read for doing solid time-lapse photography. Enjoy!Archive
April 17, 2009 by MattFordMedia
NY Times – One in 8 million
Great visual storytelling from the NY Times in their “One in 8 million” series. Posted via multimedia muse.Archive
April 16, 2009 by MattFordMedia
Neiman Labs – Enjoy what you do, or else
Interesting thoughts on what skillsets online reporters should have. My favorite is the idea that if you have reporters who don’t enjoy what they are doing, that it will come through in such a personal medium.Archive
April 15, 2009 by MattFordMedia