Recently I was approached to bring my skills as an Immersive Video Journalist to a series related to the ocean realm being pitched to Chinese National TV. It would entail working in a Solo VJ manner - one presenter, one producer and myself shooting all content both above and underwater.
A recent IM6 (Integrated Multimedia 6 ways) presentation by my colleague and friend, David Dunkley-Gymiah prompted me to think about where my fellow newspaper photo-j shooters are going with their transition to shooting video.
And how they may be missing a unique opportunity to be true to themselves, to their craft and to their viewers.
The recent portfolio project I completed on the volunteer freediver at the Oregon Coast Aquarium has me some what confused and to a certain extent, frustrated and discouraged as to which version of the story is so called “correct”.
When I completed the first version, some critiques said I should have added an audio narration to introduce the story. So I revised it to reflect those recommendations.
The newspaper & solo vj detractors are at it once again.
I discovered a recent Apple marketing video showing some of the inner workings of The Washington Post’s integration of multimedia as a part of their adapting to declining market conditions affecting print news media.
Over at The Editors Weblog, my friend and colleague in the Solo VJ paradigm, David Dunkley Gyimah of Viewmagazine.tv, is interviewed about what he feels is necessary for newspapers to transition over to video.
