This frame grab is from "The Battalion Leaves for Afghanistan," part of an interactive feature from the New York Times.
I often watch videos that incorporate both still shots and video, and it’s often very effective. However, one thing that always jumps out at me is how jarring the switch from one to another is. For example, you’ll see three photos in a row and then a video clip out of nowhere.
I think this can be distracting to viewers, and here’s one way to soften the transition.
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In 2010, we saw
more explosive growth of apps, social media, DSLR video and much
more on the visual production front. What’s ahead?
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See my project with the Columbia Missourian’s photography department called Engaging People or contact me.
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At some point, no matter how careful you are, you are going to run into a situation in which your audio is plagued with unwanted sound. Soundtrack Pro (part of the Final Cut Studio suite) can take it out. Here’s my step-by-step process.
Learn MoreJust posted a page under the portfolio menu about my years at the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska.
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I have a passion for creating high-quality multimedia, whether it's video, motion graphics, photography, graphic design, web design or good-old fashioned text. I have a varied professional background in TV, newspaper and online journalism and a master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism.
Brian Singler is a visual journalist and multimedia producer. After graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage, he worked as a sports anchor at KIMO 13 TV in Alaska and then at the Anchorage Daily News, where he discovered a passion for cutting-edge online multimedia. He obtained a master's degree from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2010 and worked for Newsy.com, the Columbia Missourian and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before moving to St. Louis with his beautiful wife Shawna and their two children, Seth and Summer.
This blog is dedicated to the production of visual media and multimedia journalism. It aims to dissect current trends, showcase the best projects, offer helpful tutorials on equipment and software and come up with new and innovative methods of visual storytelling.
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