Piano prodigy
Los Angeles Times videojournalist Sachi Cunningham tells the story of three year-old piano prodigy Richard Hoffman.
Building a Visual Sequence
I was first introduced to Gerri’s Game(Pixar) by my former boss Scott Anger at the LA Times. Scott asked me to tag along at a multimedia crash course he helped to teach at CalState Long Beach.
To teach visual sequencing we used Gerri’s game, an animation by Pixar that, without words, brilliantly tells the story of an old man playing chess.
Carefully watch and count the shots. Wide, medium, tight, and not a word needed to tell this wonderful story. A perfect example of visual story telling.
Re-framing on interview questions
This is a short piece by one of my former co-workers Katy Newton. I think this piece is a great example of one way to shoot interviews for day-to-day stories that makes your job a lot easier in the edit room.
This technique allows you to easily cut interviews by zooming in and out and re-framing your image between questions.
