Inspiration in Multimedia


While looking at multimedia projects and searching for the best and worst projects, I stumbled on this piece by the New York Times and immediately wanted to share. “One in 8 Million” was a package project created to combine unique projects created on 54 different people and the lives they live. Each individual has a smaller multimedia package created about their story and their lifetime. Then the stories are packaged together in a sort of slider presentation that links each of the pieces.

I think this piece as a whole drew me in because of my interest in telling everyday stories. I really really love talking about everyday people and the very normal, and day-by-day lives that they live. While this is obviously too large scale to be something that directly inspires our multimedia project, I liked the collection as a starting point for remembering to look at everyday parts of life that we forget to consider as important. Stories like the singing waitress are so casual and “normal” that we forget how cool and unique fascinating they can be. 


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