Comments on: My little Student Travel Story Multimedia Adventure

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:23:10 +0000

Beautiful. This is the sort of content that only comes along once in a blue moon–what a great opportunity!

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:19:02 +0000

Rich, those are just the kind of suggestions I was looking for. I had someone ask me about cutting the video up into segments and publishing them over a period of time, but at that point I was ready to get project out the door. It certainly would have gotten more views/attention that way. As for the embed, my pal on the web team recommended the same. …forgo the lightbox stuff. But I’m a sucker for the dramatic; just couldn’t let it go. ..Thanks for the tips on the audio player.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:19:19 +0000

Nice treatment. I like the colors and overall theme. You were right that what you made was a mini documentary. I love the subtitles. Great for accessibility. If I may have some suggestions:

- If you were going intentionally for a longer feature, then great. Did you consider multiple shorter featurettes, broken down? It gives the viewer a little more choice, and probably makes for a quicker, more summary-based overview of the videos’ content.
- YouTube and Vimeo are great for social stuff. What about a download link for the H2.64 version (without subtitles) for a higher quality experience? I don’t typically commit to HD, but it’s good to have that as an option for those videophiles.
- How about a straight embed of either YouTube/Vimeo/QT videos right on the page? Seems a bit much to get a Lightbox-esque window on top of the content. (But then again I’m kind of against Lightbox in general.)
- I don’t know if you know this, but you can customize the WP audio player with colors that could match your design. http://wpaudioplayer.com/standalone
- I know you probably don’t consider yourself a writer, but a few more paragraphs of text of just info in general (a lot like what you did here) would go a long way.
- If you want to get crazy…Google Map, anyone?

I think you did a great job. These are just thoughts I had with my Web/journalism background. Kudos!

By: Will

Will — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:08:33 +0000

I was really impressed with these pages. You held up your end of the deal by putting together a site that was equally as intriguing as the story itself. I think everyone can say that they wish they had something like this on their site.

By: Luke Robinson

Luke Robinson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:47:20 +0000

Bravo Drew–what a GREAT story! You had me hooked from the first minute to the last. What a gift you’ve created for Elizabeth and the field of anthropology.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:29:35 +0000

Nice job! Can’t wait to see your next “project like this” — well done.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:39:32 +0000

Amazing. Very, very nice work. And its an inspiring story that you went this far and didn’t just post a basic photo gallery. Its great when all the pieces come together like this. Getting interviews can often be like pulling teeth.

I’ll be forwarding this to our Study Abroad and Admission groups to help back up my argument that this is the kind of stuff we should be working on. Extremely engaging stuff.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:02:33 +0000

coming from you guys, those compliments mean alot. Thanks.

By: Karine Joly

Karine Joly — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:00:03 +0000

Drew, you are a true artist and a great multimedia editor – this is really a beautiful piece of work. It goes so much more beyond what can be achieved with a simple magazine article.

Congratulations!

By: Bradjward

Bradjward — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:05:12 +0000

AMAZING! Perfectly executed. I just watched the whole thing. You tied it together so nicely; pat yourself on the back for that one. Twice.