{"id":3655,"date":"2018-02-01T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/?page_id=3655"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:30:35","slug":"multimedia-examples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/developing-a-multimedia-project\/preproduction\/multimedia-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimedia Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways and techniques to tell a story visually, even if your subject may be a bit difficult to present visually. Here are a few samples that show how some people have creatively put together projects using a variety of different techniques:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Using <a href=\"http:\/\/timeline.knightlab.com\/#make\">Timelinejs<\/a>&nbsp;for a timeline-driven piece<\/strong>. While not a video-driven piece, this is a great tool for visualizing a timeline, and putting it onto a webpage. Plus, there&#8217;s no scripting involved beyond copying-pasting the embed code into your webpage. <a href=\"http:\/\/timeline.knightlab.com\/#examples\">Loads of great examples for inspiration<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screencapture<\/strong>. I&#8217;m using this term to describe taking static shots of your Mac&#8217;s computer screen, rather than recording motion on your Mac&#8217;s screen. You can take a screenshot of your entire screen, or just a portion of your screen, or a screenshot of a window. Read these<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> mac screencapture tips<\/a> to do all these things.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screencast<\/strong>. Record your screen while you are showing something visually with your mouse, writing on the screen, annotating a written piece, or recording a slideshow while you are doing a voiceover. Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/2016\/08\/screencasting-tips\/\">check out the article on screencasting tips<\/a> too!)<br \/>\nExample: Area of a Composite Figure.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Area of a Composite Figure CCSS.Math.Content.6.G.A.1\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DGUWxSS5_AY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Animate still photos<\/strong>. This helps to create a &#8220;living image&#8221;<br \/>\nExample: Funny frog. This video was created from a still image. Note the music used to further enhance the video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Funny frog\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K-5WW5yhFGU?start=8&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ken Burns effect<\/strong>. You can zoom about an image to focus the viewer on a specific part of an image. This is perhaps one of the easiest ways to draw a viewer into your topic.<br \/>\nExample: Ken Burns Effect<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ken Burns Effect\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iX-sRQfKp60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Timelapse<\/strong>. Record a timelapse video of your topic.<br \/>\nExample: What if the World Went Vegetarian. Fun video shot on a whiteboard.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What If The World Went Vegetarian?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ANUoAdXfA60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Animation<\/strong>. You can create animation, or use software to aid you, to create something visually that will help to tell the story.<br \/>\nExample: Troy Library. Uses software animation to present the topic.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Troy Library: Book Burning Party\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoT13m8-Kxo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Example: Animated Life: Pangea. Uses old animation techniques to bring the story to life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nyt_video_player\" title=\"New York Times Video - Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video\/players\/offsite\/index.html?videoId=100000003515124\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li><strong>Interview someone<\/strong>. Have someone tell their story, or combine interviews to tell a story. Make sure you are recording them properly, with a good microphone and in a quiet environment. Be sure to read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/developing-a-multimedia-project\/production\/\">interview tips<\/a>&nbsp;on this page too!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Record yourself<\/strong>. Only for those brave enough to stand in front of the camera, but you can record your discussion of your thesis (with fun visuals), like this fellow here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lT55_u8URU0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways and techniques to tell a story visually, even if your subject may be a bit difficult to present visually. Here are a few samples that show how some people have creatively put together projects using a variety of different techniques: Using Timelinejs&nbsp;for a timeline-driven piece. While not a video-driven piece, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/developing-a-multimedia-project\/preproduction\/multimedia-examples\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Multimedia Examples&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4996,"parent":3487,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[111,112],"class_list":["post-3655","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-production","tag-multimedia","tag-video-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3655"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3967,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3655\/revisions\/3967"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}