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Inside our Equipment Kit — Contrast
Inside our Equipment Kit — Contrast
Many have asked us that million dollar question — what’s in our kit? When we pack up, setting our sights on the horizon for our next…
Joi Lee
Mar 3, 2019
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Creating our first accessible web interactive experience for people with disabilities
Creating our first accessible web interactive experience for people with disabilities
Over one billion people experience some form of disability globally. So when we talk about making things accessible, it’s usually in…
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Apr 28, 2022
The Surprises and Challenges of Reporting on an Ancient Ritual: A Xhosa Woman Tells All
The Surprises and Challenges of Reporting on an Ancient Ritual: A Xhosa Woman Tells All
For the last week, we’ve taken our Instagram and Twitter followers to Eastern Cape, South Africa, where teenage boys from the Xhosa tribe…
AJ Contrast
Nov 29, 2019
Do’s and Don’ts of Filming a 360 Video or VR Film
Do’s and Don’ts of Filming a 360 Video or VR Film
Brought to you straight from the editor’s desk.
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Sep 12, 2019
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360VR Post-Production: Part III
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360VR Post-Production: Part III
Maria Fernanda Lauret trouble-shoots the most common technical challenges you might come across when adding animations and illustrations…
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Jul 24, 2019
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360 and VR Post-Production: PART II
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360 and VR Post-Production: PART II
Editors go through a LOT of technical issues during the post production phase of 360 and virtual reality films. Interestingly enough…
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Jul 9, 2019
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360 and VR Post-Production: PART I
Troubleshooting Technical Challenges in 360 and VR Post-Production: PART I
in 360 and VR Post-Production: PART I
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Jun 26, 2019
How We Told an Immersive Story About a Community That Hails From One of the World’s Most…
How We Told an Immersive Story About a Community That Hails From One of the World’s Most…
Our latest immersive documentary, “Living in the Unknown,” highlights the fears and hopes of the Uighur diaspora struggling to keep in…
Viktorija Mickute
Jun 20, 2019
Building an Online Engaged Audience for Immersive Stories: An Experiment
Building an Online Engaged Audience for Immersive Stories: An Experiment
As a small news team that specializes in immersive storytelling, we’ve got the odds stacked against us when it comes to building an…
Aala Abdullahi
Jun 13, 2019
A journalist’s efforts to dismantle the Soviet Union’s legacy of media censorship in his country
A journalist’s efforts to dismantle the Soviet Union’s legacy of media censorship in his country
Lithuania isn’t known for having a strong independent media tradition, but a group of journalists — who are ready to take risks — are…
AJ Contrast
May 30, 2019
How Two Yemeni Women Are Using 360 Video to Reveal Realities of War
How Two Yemeni Women Are Using 360 Video to Reveal Realities of War
“Many women lost their husbands from the war. Yemeni women became both the mother and father.” — Amal Al Yarisi, Yemeni journalist
Joi Lee
Apr 15, 2019
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