Who needs video?
Not the Indianapolis Star.
When NFL rules stifled attempts to shoot video,
photographers Matt Detrich, Matt Kryger, Sam Riche and Robert Scheer decided to
make time-lapse audio slide shows using fast paced stills as animation.
“We originally thought the post-game video would be more
popular, but the audio slideshows have actually been getting more hits,’ they
tell AP Photo Managers.
Innovative reporter and photographer teams could find
lots of ways to make this work. While
there’s been a rush to video lately, I’ve found that an effective slide show
actually can be more captivating than video, because it accents those moments
in time that only stills can capture and makes your audio stand out.
Indy used Quicktime to give this effect. But you could also use Soundslides.
Our on-line content developer Katie Lohrenz
and I did a similar experiment this past spring with coverage of an art
show.
Try it the next time
you have an assignment with strong visual potential.
(Via CyberJournalist.net)