Sizing up the bailout package

This is the video pilot for a new feature on the latest version of our cell phone product, AP Mobile News. Look for the app in iTunes, and install it on your iTouch or iPhone.
AP Mobile News now let you customize further the categories of news you want to get and share them easily on Facebook and Twitter. Also let you choose location to get region-specific news.

Tornadoes explainer

The video for this week, a tornado explainer. Voice, script and research, Arian Smedley and realization by the usual team on these projects (See below).

First class retirement

Since a few weeks now, we have been exploring the possibilities offered by the synergy of infographic artists and video experts. The fruits of this collaboration seem promising, and we are getting better at it. Stay tuned for more, as these are only the first steps on a long planned road.
This new video features Chris Kaeser illustrations, and has been realized by Peter Hamlin and Jaime Holguin. Text and script developed by Ted Anthony and Jake O’Connell.

Lincoln and Obama

Most recent video, an animated short movie realized by Peter Hamlin with art from Mike Sudal. Jaime Holguin voice-over, research and script by Jake ‘Snake-Eye’ O’Connell. Most of the work time spent on this feature went to After-Effect, and of course, into the hand-drawn part.

Knuckle Ball

What do I know about knuckle ball, I’m French. Peter Hamlin, Jaime Holguin, and Eddie DeGasero did their homework, back in November.
Video and print graphic were developed in parallel.

Inauguration day

Here are some highlights of the AP multimedia production on Inauguration day.

Click to see a panorama of the event

Bernadette Tuazon acted as a technical advisor on this panorama and many others, working with photographer Susan Walsh to take and stitching pictures together. I used a modified version of an open source panorama player, PanoSalado to publish it.

Here is a 3-D rendering of the inauguration parade route, realized by Merrill Sherman with Jaime Holguin help.

A title card for AP video live on the web, featuring 3-D work of Peter Hamlin and editing from Jaime. AP staffers use Cinema 4D for 3-D rendering.

And finally, our inauguration widget, thanks to Matt Ford’s hard work.

Child labor in Africa

A nice collaboration among Associated Press staffers around the world results in an interesting print graphic and multimedia presentation put together by Siobhan Dooley.

Click to see the multimedia package