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10 Top Videos of All Time

Blinking and Editing

World's best editor on blinking - RadioLab

Synch Blink#1

Synch Blink#2

Michael Caine on blinking

New dance moves

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/20/fashion/20091120-jerking-feature/index.html

Looping Around The House from Si on Vimeo.

It helps if you have a fuller picture of something

Nice photo slide show with commentary on photography

Think of your own slideshow.  What is around you that would make a good project thematically?  Faces at lunch?  People at games?  You are looking for the patterns of difference and sameness.  This variation helps give a fuller picture.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Educated Guesses . . .

What are we seeing here?

This award-winning short video uses no special effects.  What is going on?  Your thoughts, please.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Creativity is Contagious

Listen and watch this

This is a crazy little sound portrait.  When do you get bored with it?  Are there other ways we could do this?  Specific school shots?  School sounds?  Creativity breeds other creativity.  Is there some way we can use this as inspiration?

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Thoughts about seeing/drawing

Back to the basics here . . .

It is mesmerizing to watch someone with the ability to draw well.  In some ways it is like watching video or cartooning.  What is he saying about our ability to see?

Picture is by Romare Bearden entitled Three Folk Musicians (collage of painted and printed papers with paint).  1967.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Dress up

Anime costumes (for Halloween?)

Yeah, they aren't anime, but they are Halloweenie, yes?  The article is from the NY TIMES.  Fun piece to look at.  Remember to put fun in your packages for the audience.  The narrator is so accepting of these kids.  He has been around the fashion scene for years.

Ms.  Greer
Kennedy High School

Talk to the animals . . .

creature cams click here

This was on Science Friday with Ira Flatow.  Be sure to check out the armadillo cam . . . They mount the camera on his back.  They run really fast.  Also, the bear is noteworthy.  Or the owl that stares right through you.

Ms. Greer
Kennedy High School

Now this is animation . . .

Whoa . . .   I don't know what to say.  Guess how long this took them.  I can't imagine.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Spend some time on this one

I shot this photo in Arizona this summer and it has nothing to do with this link.  It is eye candy.  The real candy is the link.  Wow.

OMWord this is a great link

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

This is the bar, guys . . . watch the whole thing

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How many good techniques do you see in these award-winning videos?  Make sure you see the "Reflections" piece from Baltimore.

Ms. Greer

Have you seen this?

Click on Bird Music -- Watch them make music!

Think of all the ways you can tell a story.  This reminds me of the PBS  ad.  Don't know if the guy ever saw it.  You know what they say . . . many people can think a good thought at the same time.  Think of all the inventions or scientific breakthroughs that happened simultaneously but at different places on the planet.  Anyway  . . .

These guys were near the CVS at Glenmont Shopping Center.

Ms. Greer
Kennedy High School

Look at this

Click here for examples of slide and show

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Deja-vu ze Auto-Tune

Click and scroll down to find Auto-Tune the News


I accidentally erased this post this morning and have put it up again.  Sorry to the students who posted comments; however, you will need to be more explicit in the post.  YOU MUST listen to the public radio commentary at the bottom of the video.  Look for the audio bar.  Much info in there that is extremely interesting.

How can we use this?  Write a comment.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Question

Click here to view TODAY Show package

Please watch this to view the construction of a video package that is pretty typical for conventional tv news magazine shows.

Does this package deliver?  Why or Why not?

Ms. Greer

John F. Kennedy High School

Politics As usual

SHOW AND NEWSPAPER EXEMPLAR

Cool example of sound and slide show for show

TV class. . . this is your future.  Many of our pieces will be done like the video with this news article from The Christian Science Monitor.  The reporter used ProTools for the audio and then imported it into I-Movie and created a slide show.

This is the kind of package I am talking about for the the newspaper and the announcements.  However, probably shorter in length.

•  Great audio
• Compelling sound.
• Storyline that  runs throughout.     
• CAN YOU THINK OF COOL IDEAS FOR THIS?  Post a comment on this.

Ms. Greer

John F. Kennedy High School

He's the best radio storyteller -- Learn all you can from him

Ira Glass's Manifesto  (You need to read this)


Videos on YouTube you need to watch:

Ira Glass on Storytelling (Part 1)

Ira Glass on Storytelling (Part2)

Ira Glass on Storytelling (Part 3)


Ira Glass on Storytelling (Part 4)

One last short video to make you think about how we pitch stories on our show.
Glass comments on how they put their show together on this video.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Just testing this

This was photoshopped by Zack Poling ('05) a while back. I just like it. Also, I want people to send in their new stuff. Zack has gone on to build amazing sets for television shows after going to NC School of the Arts. I expect he will send in his news at some point.

Newseum Field Trip - June '09

If you haven't been to the Newseum, you must go. This is part of the Berlin Wall behind these guys.