Brian Singler | Multimedia

It’s not about the gear…

briansingler — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:50:49 +0000

I rarely aggregate on the blog, but I thought FreshDV really got this right. I’ve preached this for a long time: great content is about vision and skill A LOT more than the gear you have. http://pulsene.ws/1lU2g

Some thoughts on the state of multimedia journalism

briansingler — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:55:43 +0000

Got a nice note the other day from reader John Hubbell. Hubbell, a print journalist for 10 years, is transitioning, kind of like I did, from the written word to the visual medium. He had several questions for me regarding visual journalism, so I’ll answer them here in hopes they’re useful or interesting to someone [...]

My thoughts on the new Final Cut Pro X

briansingler — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:49:06 +0000

Considering that I stare at Final Cut Pro for a vast majority of every day, I was pretty excited when I saw the announcement of the New Final Cut Pro X at last nights’s NAB. Overall though, the announcement left me with as many questions as answers. The price point is both good and bad. [...]

New job = no posts

briansingler — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:47:11 +0000

OK, so posts have been wildly infrequent recently. Just started a new job. More is coming! Brian

Project Breakdown: John Fedele’s Stellina spot: Part 2

briansingler — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:31:57 +0000

This is the second part of my interview with John Fedele, a St. Louis commercial photographer making forays into video. Read the first part here. 3. Tell me a little about the post-production process. I would wager it was largely good light, and maybe some color grading and After Effects for the ending graphic. You’re [...]

Project Breakdown: John Fedele’s Stellina spot (part 1)

briansingler — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:49:52 +0000

In December, I met John Fedele, a very talented St. Louis commercial photographer, and when I saw his first-ever motion piece, I had to know how he put it together.

Not My Daily

briansingler — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:54:53 +0000

I was so excited to watch the first video content I found that The Daily had produced itself. I mean this is the iPad, which is as far as I am concerned the best device ever created for consuming media. But I was SO disappointed.

The text-based motion graphic: Part 2

briansingler — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:20:40 +0000

Previsualization is critical to a text-based motion graphic. I say that because I did not do nearly enough on this project and ended up creating problems for myself and wasting time. Every hour you spend thinking about your project before hand is going to save two on the back end.

The text-based motion graphic: Part 1

briansingler — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:44:09 +0000

I’m out from under my last project, so I think I can breathe again. We’re going to be going over the the text-based motion graphic, which is (from what I can tell) a relatively new story form that I think is outstanding for its ability to: tell stories in either a narrative or discourse structure [...]

Brief blog hiatus

briansingler — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:18:28 +0000

I am in the middle of a big project right now, so that’s the reason for fewer posts. In about a week, I’ll have more stuff up. Brian