Instead of looking at your latest round of multimedia work by segregating different mediums, we'll look at your work by topic, so we can see how each medium complemented the others in the telling of the story.
In alphabetical order:
Molly C: blog/tweets/hybrid video & slide show/breaking news version
Excellent job on the breaking news version here. See how it gets to the point and offers basic details in a direct way? On the blog, when hyperlinking, there's no need yo say something like, "you can see that here." Just link directly on the related copy. The hyperlink itself denotes that there's something extra to see. Also, don't forget to credit photos that you did not take yourself. Liked the embedded video in the blog, too.
Dave C.: blog/tweets (#davecobblovesyou)/video
Very nice hyperlinking to background info.
Joey K.: blog/tweets (#BWC)/video
Strong overall package, where each element supports the other. Good Twitter stream offers kind of a play-by-play of a comedy theater event. Video lets viewers see what happened. The blog sets context and meaning. Good use of b-roll in video. Watch your audio; the last interview subject can barely be heard. A video that viewers can't follow wouldn't be of much use.
Brittney K.: blog 1 and blog 2/twitter (#snec)/video
Here, you use raw video, which does a nice job of showing the event. I would have preferred for you to have edited the video, so that if a viewer decided to skip the blog and Twitter stream, they could still gain some context from the video, like you did with this earlier video that we haven't seen yet.
Devyne L.: blog1 and blog 2/tweets/video
In this video, I think the use of b-roll -- the concessionaire going through the motions of what she does while on the job -- would have helped much. So would have a tripod! No matter how unshaky you think you can hold a camera, it'll look shaky when you upload the video.
Jordan M.: blog/tweets (#concussedathletes)/video
Wonderful use of Tweeting a non-live event here, by picking out main and secondary points of story, interesting facts and quotes, ect. Essentially, the tweets add up to a story that was deconstructed, piece by piece. Very nice video with an array of interviews, but you know what would have helped? A neutral expert, like a doctor.
Josh S.: blog/tweets/video
Very nice technical qualities on the video, but the scope of interviews were narrow. You talked to a lot of people, but they were all from the same perspective -- that of a local shop owner. What about residents? Customers? Passers-by? Get their input, too, or else you risk sounding more like a promotional video than a news story getting many perspectives.
Jordyn T.: blog/tweets/video
Some of the tweets were almost too vague. You were saying something was funny, but not really saying what it was that you found funny. It could be confusing for followers. On the video end, I liked that you nabbed a couple of the performers to get their post-show take. That's hustling and going the extra mile to get ALL angles.
Kelsie T. : blog/tweets/slide show
Here, you combine mediums by offering a hybrid slide show/video. The video segments -- showing interviews of blood donors -- might have been helped by interspersing b-roll or even still shots to break up the overuse of a plain old head-on interview shot.
Noriah W: blog/tweets (#wondershall)/video
I really liked that you used video for what video does best -- show activity. You didn't just talk about security changes and how they work; you demonstrated the security systems in use. You didn't just tell viewers; you showed them.
Courtney Z.: blog/tweets/video
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