Flip-book style

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Melissa Worden

This has been out for awhile, but I guess I just crawled out from under the holiday rock I’ve been hiding and found it. Wow. What an innovative way to display a story.

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MediaStorm, a multimedia company headed by Brian Storm — formerly of Corbis and MSNBC.com — auctioned off this piece to the highest bidder (which turned out to be MSNBC.com). They’ve created videos for National Geographic, LATimes.com, Slate and more.

Here’s a more detailed explainer about the project.

Interesting quote: “(Ed) Kashi, along with his friend and collaborator Brian Storm, realize that the flip book technique is part of the project’s appeal, but they hope people see it for more than just a novel way of showing images.”

It’s hard to get past the effect. But perhaps because of the effect, viewers will watch it more than once, and then Kashi and Storm’s intentions may be realized.