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title: Inspiring
description: The stories that wow!
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THE STORIES THAT WOW!

# Decilious Videos I've Seen

Here are some types of video stories that I have seen below:

- Photos turned into a cinematic presentation;
- Data visualization or data-driven story;
- Those that will make you cry (better to have tissue at hand).

## Ivory Wars

### By MediaStorm

This was right when I got out of grad school of journalism, and it blew me away – turning still photos alive, into a narrative with beautifully timed music that still sticks on my mind, after almost 20 years (be on the look out for the drum beats when the title and subsequent title slides reveal themselves):

 

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## Tiny Miracles

### By Kleenex

A touching reunion of all the NICU babies saved by a nurse many years ago:

 

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## China Lost and Found

### By HP/Garage

An interesting :

 

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## Backyard Legends

### By Adidas

A based on a true story type of work, featuring Messi and Bad Bunny:

 

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## The Fallen of World War II

### By Neil Halloran

A cleanly illustrated, somber recap of the human toll on the countries in World War II:

 

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## Wealth Inequality in America

### By Politizane

A data story that will challenge everyone to rethink your perspective about equity – reality vs the sometimes delusional ideal  :

 

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## US Population Put in Perspective

### By Business Insider

A look at different perspectives on age, race, etc.:

 

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## Human Population Through Time

### By American Museum of Natural History

A time-lapse view of human population growth over millennia:

 

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## Framing

### By The New York Times

A perfect case study of a multi-cam shoot, in this case of Taylor Swift:

 

![Main shot](https://michaelcontent.us/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-29%20at%209.06.36%20AM.png "Main shot")

![Side shot](https://michaelcontent.us/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-29%20at%209.19.04%20AM.png "Side shot")

![Profile angle](https://michaelcontent.us/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-29%20at%209.14.50%20AM.png "Profile angle")

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