Friday, November 14, 2008

Wow! The NYT's interactive piece "Choosing a President" is a fabulous piece of work. It's very engaging and packs a lot of material into a short amount of time. It managed to cover, in just a few minutes, the key moments from the 2008 presidential race, the longest in U.S. history. I love the use of the music in the piece, which I think set the tone and created a sense of movement. Even when still photographs were on the screen, I felt as if I were watching a movie. Also notable, and quite creative, is the way they made links to other material appear as the narrator talked about the subject seen on the screen. How did they do that?

1 comment:

Laura R. said...

I agree! I thought the photographs used were striking -- I kept pausing the second time through to get a better look at them. I've never put together anything like that (although I'm sure at least a few others in our class have), and I'd love to watch something like this be developed to see what kinds of editorial decisions are made to get to the final product.