Comments on: Video vs Slideshows http://www.andydickinson.net/2006/11/17/video-vs-slideshows/ online journalism, newspaper video and digital media Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1-10015 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.andydickinson.net/2006/11/17/video-vs-slideshows/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Andy Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:04:58 +0000 http://andydickinson.com/?p=79#comment-17 I agree. Making the decision about the 'right time' to use video or a slideshow is the key issue here. I suppose part of me is happy to put up with some unnecessary multimedia if means that people are getting involved and exploring the form. I agree. Making the decision about the ‘right time’ to use video or a slideshow is the key issue here.

I suppose part of me is happy to put up with some unnecessary multimedia if means that people are getting involved and exploring the form.

]]> By: Media Blog http://www.andydickinson.net/2006/11/17/video-vs-slideshows/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Media Blog Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:59:16 +0000 http://andydickinson.com/?p=79#comment-16 I should make the clarifying point: I see too many slideshows done merely as an excuse to multimedia. That's a problem, too. Most of those slideshows could be reduced to a two minute real video and tell the story better. There's a real good slide show on the Ventura County Star's multimedia page on the Mission to Sri Lanka story ... look for the video (it is actually a WMV file, though it is a slide show) by Matt McLain. I should make the clarifying point: I see too many slideshows done merely as an excuse to multimedia. That’s a problem, too. Most of those slideshows could be reduced to a two minute real video and tell the story better.

There’s a real good slide show on the Ventura County Star’s multimedia page on the Mission to Sri Lanka story … look for the video (it is actually a WMV file, though it is a slide show) by Matt McLain.

]]> By: Angela http://www.andydickinson.net/2006/11/17/video-vs-slideshows/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Angela Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:32:08 +0000 http://andydickinson.com/?p=79#comment-15 Hi Andy, There's also pretty interesting extensions of the discussion on Mindy McAdams's blog. <a href="http://tojou.blogspot.com/2006/11/some-likes-it-some-dont.html" rel="nofollow">Some likes it, some don't</a> and <a href="http://tojou.blogspot.com/2006/11/online-video-quality-vs-quantity.html" rel="nofollow">online video quality vs. quantity</a>. Hi Andy,

There’s also pretty interesting extensions of the discussion on Mindy McAdams’s blog. Some likes it, some don’t and online video quality vs. quantity.

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