Learn Three Storytelling Tips from “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

January 1st, 2012

Thrillers like “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” keep movie goers on the edge of their seats because of powerful storytelling.

You can learn so much from analyzing even less than a minute of a movie trailer, so that’s just what I did:

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Learn from Extreme Makeover

June 30th, 2011

You’ll find great storytelling elements here.  See how many you can spot, then look at my takeaways. This moves fast, which is the point.

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Quick Visual Storytelling Shared Via Social Media

April 18th, 2011

Sometimes stories visualize themselves.

Take this artist we came across at a festival in Grapevine, a Dallas suburb.   Visualizing the story was easy because this lady had a story to tell — and show.

This story gained more than two hundred hits on YouTube, where I uploaded it, and new business for the artist because several people posted it on their Facebook page.  Charice thanked me for telling her story so others might benefit from it.

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Two Musts for Your Successful Visual Storytelling

April 10th, 2011

Start with the beginning and end in mind.

We asked participants in one of our multimedia journalism training sessions to write down what nugget of information they found most valuable.

This was a major one helping them to improve their visual storytelling immediately.

You can use a storyboard to sketch out what the shots will look like.  But if you run out of time, be sure you plan for at least the opening and closing shots along with your most important question.   And, of course, use the question on air because questions engage viewers.

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How to Shoot Sequences for Spot News

April 4th, 2011

Learn how to shoot sequences for breaking news.

Sequences move visual storytelling along.  Each shot should advance the story.

Multimedia journalist Galen Culver offers his insights during a workshop in Corpus Christi, TX.

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Multimedia Minutes: “The Most Important Thing to Know about Storytelling”

November 10th, 2010

NPPA award winning multimedia journalist Dave Delozier on what’s important.  Excerpted from AR&D’s MMJ webinar.

About Dave…

Dave Delozier has been a reporter and photographer for 9News for the past 30 years. His career as a journalist has spanned more than 36 years. Delozier began his career as a still photographer for a newspaper in western Pennsylvania and with United Press International in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

During his time at 9News he has been involved in the daily news coverage of stories throughout the Rocky Mountain west. He has also traveled to other parts of the world to bring stories home to viewers in Colorado. He has traveled to the Middle East to produce a documentary on the birth and unrest surrounding the nation of Israel and to Japan to document the nation and its burgeoning economy. Delozier has also produced news stories for 9News in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Canada and Athens, Greece for the 2004 summer games. Two of Delozier’s more memorable assignments for 9News involved his coverage of the XXVII Olympic games in Sydney, Australia and an hour-long documentary that he produced on Pope John Paul II. The documentary on Pope John Paul II, “The Keeper of the Faith” allowed Delozier unprecedented access to the Pope and the Vatican during Holy Week.

Delozier has been recognized for his work by a wide variety of professional news organizations. He has been the recipient of twenty-four Emmys in a variety of categories. He is a five-time National Press Photographers Association Regional Television News Photographer of the Year, and in 1987 was named the National Press Photographers Association’s National Television News Photographer of the Year. Delozier is also the 2009 NPPA National Solo Video Journalist of the Year.  Delozier has also been honored with Associated Press and Colorado Broadcasters Association awards. In 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 he was honored with the prestigious RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his work at 9News.

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Multimedia Minutes: When Visuals are Lacking

October 18th, 2010

When visuals are lacking, on-camera storytelling and a touch of creativity work well.

See how this promo about a tax money wasted story deals with limited visuals.

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Multimedia Minutes: Feature Reporting/Visual Storytelling

October 18th, 2010

Your visuals may seem limited, but it’s how you approach your story.

You can pick up good tips in this feature story by multimedia journalist Galen Culver.

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WHY THIS BLOG IS VALUABLE:  WHAT A GENERAL MANAGER SAYS

Regarding the blog videos, I’d say the most value is in their regularity and frequency.  It’s good having something like that coming at the younger talent in the news room because it not only helps them in their growth, but makes them feel they’re on the “inside” and we’re engaged with them.  — Greg Raschio, General Manager, KVAL-TV/Eugene, OR

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Multimedia Minutes: How to Avoid Wallpaper Video

January 15th, 2010

Wallpaper video could have bogged the story down, but graphics saved it.  Also, watch how the anchor-reporter comes across as a viewer advocate — a brand of journalism that helped propel the station, WRGB-TV in Albany, NY into first place in the last book.

You can learn a lot of watching the short learning videos you can find to the right.  Many multimedia media journalists and others tell us they can apply alot of the information immediately.  The videos are heavy on practical information and examples.

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