Michael Thomasson has devoted his life to video games. It’s been his passion and his obsession for more than three decades. He owns over 11,000 unique game titles for more than 100 different systems.
Why?
“Because there’s something wrong in the back of my head,” he says.
His collection is so large, in fact, it’s currently recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
But there’s one thing Michael loves more than his games: his family. The Last Move chronicles Michael’s attempts to help his mother at an enormous personal cost to himself.
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Credits
Recognition
Pictures of the Year International
Year: 2016
Place: First
Category: Multimedia Photographer of the Year - Andrew Michael Ellis
Pictures of the Year International
Year: 2016
Place: Third
Category: Documentary Journalism
NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Year: 2016
Place: Third
Category: Multimedia Portfolio
PDN Photo Annual
Year: 2016
Category: Video / Multimedia
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Client Case Study
The Goal
The goal for this project was to create an interactive film about Michael Thomasson, owner of the Guinness Book of World Records’ largest video game collection.
The Challenge
MediaStorm was actively involved in covering this story as it unfolded for over half a year. The biggest challenge facing MediaStorm’s production team was the sheer volume of reporting.
The Solution
When it came time to edit, there were literally close to a dozen interviews from which to create the film’s narrative. It was therefore necessary to expand upon our usual workflow that generally relies on just one or two interviews.
The editor along with director of photography spent several days working with an intricate set of index cards–representing scenes, interviews, and other narrative material–to create a mammoth-sized structure for the film.
That structure was then revised many times, often after group critique sessions, in order to find the best way to tell this story.
The Results
The final project was published as a linear story on MediaStorm and as an interactive one, complete with hot spots and bonus material, on the Verse website.
About the Client
Verse is an interactive platform with a toolset that showcases non-linear multimedia storytelling.