Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Multimedia Analysis

This story is about condom distribution at the Olympic games. I chose this example because the photo accompanying the story is simple, but effective because it cleverly mimics the Olympic logo. The color of the condoms, not to mention the raciness just for showing condoms, stick out in the layout of the story, visually directing you into the lead of the story.

Here is a story about the effects of the tsunami that followed the earthquake Saturday in Chile. Fox News really likes using slide shows with their stories, as seen in their coverage of Haiti, and this story has a slide show with some powerful images to emphasize the devastation. Fox News seems to enjoy eliciting emotional responses from their audience, and this story is no exception to that agenda.

Even a simple recap of an NBA game can succesfully incorporate multimedia. It is important to tell stories with sports through visual mediums, especially incorporating highlights of the most important points. This is also good because as you are moving through the story, the video is playing and gives you the audio component, even if you aren't watching it.

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