This document discusses and compares short form video platforms Vine and Instagram. It provides details on Vine's 6-second looping videos and Instagram's 15-second editable videos. Examples are given for how journalists can use each platform for breaking news, behind the scenes clips, showing the newsroom, and quick reactions. Tips are offered on using the platforms effectively and people are suggested to follow for their video styles. Journalists are encouraged to experiment with different short video formats and styles on each platform.

1. Short Form Video
Vine and Instagram

2. What is Vine?
• 6 second videos
• Owned by Twitter
• Loops, with or without sound
• Touch the screen to record

3. Uses of Vine
• Stop motion - the potential of 180 frames
https://vine.co/v/MKdw7lj1i5d
• Before and afters
https://vine.co/v/MKP2eeDgj21
• Time lapse
https://vine.co/v/MuOvD1UH3vp
• A “knowledge nugget.”
https://vine.co/v/bpUFdB9h31Y

4. Tips
• Prepare for the loop: think about the big
picture
• You’re telling a 6 second story – define
your plot and your characters.
• Put your content in the text, make the
video a fun visual

5. People to Follow on Vine
• Pinot: Great stop motion.
https://vine.co/v/MaVDa7zWLbO
• Zach King: Good at Before & Afters.
https://vine.co/v/MeX0ztv3W30

6. Ways Journalists Can Use Vine
• Breaking news https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ
https://vine.co/v/hZh0LhagtvV
• Behind the scenes
https://vine.co/v/hz7jEAXpKQr
• Show our newsroom
https://vine.co/v/b1iiAPD0h2A
https://vine.co/v/b5Qt2mtKWgx
• Peek into our feature
reportinghttps://vine.co/v/bTgFpql9J2Y
• Quick reactions
https://vine.co/v/hvXvgPQiqmV

7. Our Newsroom on Vine
• April in the director’s chair:
https://vine.co/v/bYpbYP7bzYj
• Teasing stories:
https://vine.co/v/MejxtKP0d0J

8. What is Instagram Video?
• 15 second videos
• Owned by Facebook
• Editable
• 150m active users
(1.2 billion likes per day)
• User accounts can be private

9. Uses of Instagram Video
• Professional videos
• Stop motion – potential of 450 frames
• Time lapse
• A “knowledge nugget.” Person saying
the fact, visualize data

10. Ways Journalists Can Use
Instagram Video
• Instafax – short snippets of news
http://instagram.com/p/jwQYOpOj67
• Linear storytelling (the super short story)
http://instagram.com/p/mOCnFOs99c/
• Time lapse and stop motion
http://instagram.com/p/lU7ZFvyA6K/
• Give a “knowledge” nugget

11. Our Newsroom on Instagram video
• Repackaging our stories
http://instagram.com/p/kZ6NLeP3tu/
• Quick takeaways
http://instagram.com/p/lDfr9mv3he/
• Data viz:
http://instagram.com/p/ldKkB8v3h0/
• Daily promos:
http://instagram.com/p/lzyU9zv3ov/

12. This Week’s Challenge
https://vine.co/v/MerTxidLKnI