Comments on: Video killing stills? http://www.tamark.ca/public/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/ It's about the journalism Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robb Montgomery http://www.tamark.ca/public/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/comment-page-1/#comment-336706 Robb Montgomery Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:46:15 +0000 http://www.tamark.ca/students/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/#comment-336706 Right on, Mark. The perspective that you bring to the iconic stills argument is like found money. Have we forgotten that some of the best documentary videos ever made showcase the power of still frames? To hold a moment is a wonderful thing - reproducing it as a lithograph is only one expression for the form. In a skilled editor's hands, video can use still frames in many ways that not only taps the emotion of a frozen moment, but allows a layering of richer storytelling dimensions and voices. Right on, Mark.

The perspective that you bring to the iconic stills argument is like found money.

Have we forgotten that some of the best documentary videos ever made showcase the power of still frames? To hold a moment is a wonderful thing – reproducing it as a lithograph is only one expression for the form.

In a skilled editor’s hands, video can use still frames in many ways that not only taps the emotion of a frozen moment, but allows a layering of richer storytelling dimensions and voices.

]]> By: MOST ridiculous and ignorant argument against video | News Videographer http://www.tamark.ca/public/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/comment-page-1/#comment-333475 MOST ridiculous and ignorant argument against video | News Videographer Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:07:20 +0000 http://www.tamark.ca/students/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/#comment-333475 [...] Link via Mark Hamilton. Powered by Gregarious (42) Share This [...] [...] Link via Mark Hamilton. Powered by Gregarious (42) Share This [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.tamark.ca/public/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/comment-page-1/#comment-332512 Mark Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:51:06 +0000 http://www.tamark.ca/students/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/#comment-332512 Great point. I think the fundamentals of what we are doing as journalists requires at least as much debate as stills vs. video, or whether to add comments to a newspaper website. Great point. I think the fundamentals of what we are doing as journalists requires at least as much debate as stills vs. video, or whether to add comments to a newspaper website.

]]> By: Mário http://www.tamark.ca/public/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/comment-page-1/#comment-332435 Mário Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:16:42 +0000 http://www.tamark.ca/students/2007/08/26/video-killing-stills/#comment-332435 People tend to be locked in their world, and loose perspective. And to think in terms of "iconic images" is forgetting that there are many ways to show events with photography, not just "the one that will be remembered as the most iconic". Video has been along for many years (in tv,not on the web), and just gives a reporter a different way to tell a story. But there is something that worries me much more, and that trend is international. It is the trend towards "infotainemet" and to avoid covering political issues in depth. People tend to be locked in their world, and loose perspective. And to think in terms of “iconic images” is forgetting that there are many ways to show events with photography, not just “the one that will be remembered as the most iconic”.
Video has been along for many years (in tv,not on the web), and just gives a reporter a different way to tell a story. But there is something that worries me much more, and that trend is international. It is the trend towards “infotainemet” and to avoid covering political issues in depth.

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