My New York Times Video List

Over on my other blog I've posted the full list of videos I worked on for The New York Times. Just so I can keep track of them.

The List

Here's the full list of videos I worked on for The New York Times, usually as a producer and editor:

2007: Frugal Traveler: American Road Trip
(12 Episodes -- Won 2008 Webby Award)

Week 1: Maryland and North Carolina
Week 2: Armuchee, Georgia
Week 3: Nashville, Tennessee
Week 4: Columbus, Indiana
Week 5: West Lima, Wisconsin
Week 6: South Dakota & Nebraska
Week 7: Greensburg, Kansas
Week 8: Austin, Texas
Week 9: Columbus, New Mexico
Week 10: Fort Collins, Colorado
Week 11: Wyoming & Montana
Week 12: Newport, Oregon

2008: Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour (14 Episodes)

Week 1: Dover to Calais
Week 2: Paris, France
Week 3: Southwestern France
Week 4: French Riviera
Week 5: Rome
Week 6: Malta
Week 7: Cyprus
Week 8: Bucharest
Week 9: Vilnius, Lithuania
Week 10: Gdansk, Poland
Week 11: Germany
Week 12: Dutch-Belgian Border
Week 13: Frugal Edinburgh
Frugal Traveler: Looking Back

2007 - 2008: Frugal Traveler: Various Cities (6 Episodes)

Chicago
Seattle
Santa Fe
Hawaii
Toronto
New York City

2008: On Par by Bill Pennington (15 Episodes)

The Long and Short of It
Rules That Rule
Relief on the Range
Coming Up Short
The Starter
Nothing Fancy
Hitting it Fat
Personal Best
Playing Backwards
Slow Play
The Fitting
First Tee Jitters
Child’s Play
The Annoying Guy Part II
One-Club Wonder

Frugal Traveler: New York City

Here's a Frugal episode I forgot to post: Frugal Traveler: New York City.

I think it is my last episode with the series.

"The Frugal Traveler discovers that New York is really a city of small, manageable neighborhoods, and it's not expensive if you know where to go."

On Par: The Annoying Guy Part II

The latest episode of "On Par" is The Annoying Guy Part II.

I like the way the series is going. It has a touch of style, I think, and enough substance to make it interesting. As a freelancer, I'm not sure if I'll be cutting these next year or not, but I think it will be interesting to see it develop through another season. The humor, increasingly, comes out of the timing. Something happens, someone reacts, something is revealed. Usually, all in under 2 minutes 30 seconds....

On Par: Child's Play

Here's the newest episode of "On Par By Bill Pennington": Child's Play.

Video Catch-Up

A new "On Par by Bill Pennington" episode about Slow Play.

And also two "Frugal Traveler" episodes:

Week 10: Gdansk, Poland

Week 11: Germany.

Videos

Newest:

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour, Week 9: Vilnius, Lithuania

On Par by Bill Pennington: Playing Backwards

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 9

A new episode, just edited on Tuesday night:

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 9: Vilnius, Lithuania

What I Did On My Summer Vacation, 2008 Edition

Ah, leisurely summertime. Well, not at the moment. I've kept fairly busy.

Usually I discuss video editing work on my other blog, Actualities, but here are links to some of the videos I've edited this season -- so far:

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 1: Dover to Calais
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 2: Paris, France
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 3: Southwestern France
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 4: French Riviera
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 5: Rome
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 6: Malta
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 7: Cyprus
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 8: Bucharest


On Par by Bill Pennington: Rules That Rule
On Par by Bill Pennington: Coming Up Short
On Par by Bill Pennington: Relief on the Range
On Par by Bill Pennington: The Long and Short of It
On Par by Bill Pennington: The Starter
On Par by Bill Pennington: Nothing Fancy
On Par by Bill Pennington: Hitting it Fat

Of course, it's only half way through the season. Maybe Fall will be a peaceful, relaxing time.

More Golf

Three more "On Par By Bill Pennington" episodes:

The Starter

Nothing Fancy

Hitting it Fat

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 7 and Week 8

Here are:

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 7: Cyprus

and

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 8: Bucharest.

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 6

Frugal Malta

Frugal Traveler Europe, Week 5

Week 5

On Par Episodes

Recently I've been editing some episodes of "On Par by Bill Pennington," a series on golf. It's been a fun experience, with a style quite different from The Frugal Traveler episodes.

Coming Up Short

Relief on the Range

Rules That Rule

The Long and Short of It

Grand Tour Week 4

This week's edit: the Frugal Traveler goes to the French Riviera.

And Newer Still

Here's the newest edit, completed about 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 3: Southwestern France.

This Blog Intentionally Left Blank

Wow, I've really fallen behind on posting. Well, here's one reason: I've been doing a lot of editing.

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 2: Paris, France.

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 1: Dover to Calais

Frugal Traveler: Toronto

Rules That Rule (On Par by Bill Pennington)

The Long and Short of It (On Par by Bill Pennington)

New Edits

I know, I know, I haven't had time to post. Been editing, and trying to keep up with everything else. Here are two new videos. Again, as always, I learned a lot in the process, but until I catch up I won't have time to post any notes or discussion.... Maybe soon.

Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 2: Paris, France.

On Par by Bill Pennington: Rules That Rule

The Times on Street Photography

From yesterday's New York Times "City Room" blog:

Street Photography in an Image-Filled Age

One of the most interesting topics in the talk was the discussion of how to take images unobtrusively; all three artists have shot images that are startlingly frank, but in which the subjects seem utterly oblivious to the presence of the image-maker. Mr. Powell, who is 6 feet 5 inches tall, said his height means “I really can’t do that invisible thing so much.”

Frugal Traveler, Hawaii

Editing this episode of Frugal Traveler: Hawaii was a strangely textbook process. I don't mean mechanical by any means. Not at all. Rather, it went through very specific phases, progressing from an impossibly long first draft, through an intractable second version, eventually reaching that moment I still don't quite understand: when the piece becomes watchable.

Here's what I mean: the first assembly was 45 minutes long. (The final piece is exactly 7 minutes long.) Once this was done, I cut away at the material, but found I couldn't make a coherent version with my normal way of working.

Then, after a lot of struggle, I found that this particular piece wanted to be edited backwards: work on the ending, then the material before that, and continue back to the beginning. Seems strange after the fact, but that's what worked....