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mandyjenkins:

Because it seems I can’t leave comments on the actual post below, I figure I’ll reblog and respond. 

This Xtranormal video was but a first experiment in what I think could be a bright future for animation recreations in news. We had this phone transcript (not an audio file, or else we’d have just used that) and wanted to do something that would present it in a non-textual way. It could be done in a more serious fashion, if one has the time, desire and credits to do so. 

I went with the bears because 1. It was free, I’d have to pay for people. Eventually we may buy credits there, but for an experiment, I wanted to stay free. 2. The ship had long since sailed at local media making light of this transcript. 

The added sound effects stem directly from what is being said in the transcript, nothing was added for editorial effect. 

garcher84:

TBD Social Media Producer Mandy Jenkins tried out the xtranormal video production method to recreate a conversation between a couple before they were arrested by the FBI. While interesting, I’m not sure I like it for a few reasons:

1) Teddy bears are not serious, and this is a serious topic. It’d be like recreating a crime scene with Legos, even if it was properly built to scale, etc.

Just going to throw it out there that complaining about this as “unserious” is clearly the mark of someone who hasn’t been following this story since before the approximately 1,378 “So how DO you fit all that cash in your bra?” articles.

While Prince George’s isn’t DC, let’s not forget that regional media has to report on the foibles of Marion Barry. After enough of that, the legal follies of local politicians cease to be things you can report on with a straight face.