Microsoft Expressions is a Great new tool that I learned how to use during our live coverage of the Saskatchewan 4A Provincial Tournament. Basically what it does is take different camera feeds, images and video and allow you to switch between them in a live stream. The stream broadcasts using Microsoft Silverlight, a type of script that allows you to do more then just plain HTML. The program requires a server to stream to however, but we found it to be very effective during our broadcasting.
During our tournament, we had a few cameras in each gym, both of which were hooked up to a computer running Microsoft Expressions. A simple click would allow us to click back and forth between the 2 cameras. Viewers were able to go online to our blog and watch 2 different streams, which meant 2 different games going on at one time. Having 2 streams was difficult as it put a lot of stress on our server but we managed to make it through.
This is a very useful tool, however I do not feel that it would be a good choice for a Final Journalism project because it’s hard to archive a live feed, not to mention we should be presenting something. While it has many purposes, the Final Project is not one of them.
L.D.
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