MediaStorm Actively Seeking an Interactive Designer and a Developer

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MediaStorm is a multimedia production studio based in New York City and collaborating virtually with creative resources around the globe. MediaStorm's principal aim is to usher in a new era of multimedia storytelling, via our publication and our industry-leading production and consulting services. We are actively seeking candidates for positions as interactive designer and developer. INTERACTIVE DESIGNER Interactive designers shape the look and feel of mediastorm.org as well as projects for MediaStorm's clients. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing cutting-edge user interfaces and developing interactive design specs. Experience designing across multiple media (broadcast, print, online) is a strong plus. Description The Interactive Designer will: Create world-class multimedia pieces and innovative production tool interfaces Design websites, broadcast and print marketing products Conceptualize and document requirements for user interfaces Work with Multimeda Producers and Project Managers to establish production timelines Participate in client meetings and design to their needs Work with developers…

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The Border Film Project

The Border Film Project distributed disposable cameras to undocumented migrants crossing the U.S./Mexico border and the American Minutemen who try to stop them. The resulting images culled from the returned cameras provide a first-person perspective from both sides of the border. From the project website: "Migrants and Minutemen have very different backgrounds, yet they share one profound belief: both sides would agree that they are documenting a situation that should not be happening." The Border Film Project is now also available in book form.

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Documentary Animation: Colby Buzzell’s Iraq Ambush Story

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Not seeing the embedded video? See it online.As an Army Specialist in Iraq, Colby Buzzell blogged about his daily experiences at war. His writing was so powerful, and his stories so captivating, that his work was subsequently published in a book entitled My War: Killing Time in Iraq. PBS's Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Expierience included one of Buzzell's stories in the form of this remarkable animation entitled Men in Black. Buzzell's blog, with posts dating back to June 2004, is still online. Link via The Paul Harris Show's Harris Online blog.

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“Sometimes the Absence of Something is the Essence of It.”

  With a careful blend of artistic vision and transparency, Frontline World's POSITHIV+: AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa slideshow features the work and voice of photographer Pep Bonet. The images are subtle, striking, and together with Bonet's narration create a thoughtful perspective of the situation. On shooting a series of people without showing their faces, Bonet explains, "Sometimes the absence of something is the essence of it."

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