Jul 31 2008
When it comes to online video innovation, “big media is the tail of the dog,” says Rich Moran, a partner with Venrock, the venture investing fund of the Rockefeller family.
As newspaper and TV websites flail in the morass of “citizen journalism” they have created for themselves, advertisers (the folks who pay the bills) are forced […]
Jul 27 2008
When recording audio using a wireless mic, there are 4 different places to overload the equipment. In the digital realm overload is an unforgivable sin, it renders the audio unusable and cannot be fixed. The cameras on board meter only warns you of overload at the last step in the chain. Turning down […]
Jul 14 2008
A list of all of the free filters for FCP - complete with descriptions - from Simon Kirby.
Pick of the bunch (although there are quite a few I’ve never used) is the FaceLight filter from Haiku.
Facelight is a keyframable filter used to brighten up a definable segment of the picture […]
Jul 14 2008
Tampa Bay: where your dreams can come true, you can get the respect you deserve:
Each time you send me a video story that either makes it on the news or on our web site, Tampa Bay’s 10 will pay you TWENTY DOLLARS!
A couple of month’s back I blogged the changing skillsets required for video […]
Jul 10 2008
Although users of the popular video-sharing site view clips more than one billion times on most days, the site hasn’t been as popular with big corporate advertisers. World-wide revenue from YouTube ads has fallen short of Google’s expectations this year, and is likely to total about $200 million for the full year…
One complaint from mainstream […]
Jul 09 2008
Several years back the Center for Social Media published “Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use“. They have now followed up with a similar guide to fair use with regard to online video — via videomaker.com
Fair use is an “equitable remedy”, and as such is designed to protect the […]
Jul 05 2008
If HBO’s John Adams is a guide:
Lots of handheld camerawork and tens of thousands of Dutch/canted shots. Surprised and gratified to see modern cinematography storm period drama at the hands of Tom Hanks and HBO.
Shot with a complete disregard for bogus rules and conventions - I’m half way through the DVD - brilliant!
The making […]
Jul 04 2008
Around the age of 4 Noah tired of Thomas the Tank Engine and started sliding in my Woodstock DVD.
His hands were too small to be Alvin Lee. His voice too squeaky to be Joe Cocker. So he settled on Michael Shrieve. Anyone can bang on a drum….Soul Sacrifice.
