RT @1854: As Samuel Bollendorff releases his latest web-documentary, he speaks to BJP about building interactive web narratives: http://t.co/DJWkUiuf... Via Annabel Roux 
With the number of video formats and video-enabled devices growing, content providers are stuck with the extra cost and effort. Is being on every platform worth it?
The good news: As 2012 progresses, streaming media continues to reach more viewers worldwide than ever before. It appears that this growth will continue as increasingly more people watch content on web- and mobile-connected devices.
The bad news: The variety of web-connected tablets and smartphones continues to grow, as well as the range of mutually incompatible standards available for viewing streaming media. For content providers, this means that they have to serve more platforms than ever before, at their own expense.
The combination of these two factors poses major challenges for streaming media content producers and distributors. To get a handle on the issue, we’ve asked numerous industry experts to delve into the questions and answers linked to “getting your content on all devices”—including whether the effort is worth the expense.
Via Nicolas Weil, Travis Hodges 
NEWS.com.auLike Journalism, Encyclopedias Are Better OpenBusinessWeekAs we are finding with journalism and the news business, knowledge-building gets better when there are more people involved. The process may be chaotic, but the result is superior. 
Digital Camera Review Test Compare Camera Specifications Photography Tutorials Camera Manuals... Via Brad Tollefson 
Five years after Youtube's birth there's probably not a newsroom in the land that isn't trying to do video journalism in some way or another. Via Anca Toader 
From the official page: "extraMUROS is an open-source HTML5 infrastructure built on public APIs that aims to fundamentally change the way people discover, curate and share digital collections of books, images, sounds, video and other media. extraMUROS is a unique collaboration between the metaLAB (at) Harvard, Frances Loeb Library, the Harvard Library Lab and a network of journalists, designers and developers."
From the official video: "extraMUROS is a groundbreaking project that aims to shape the Digital Library of America into a multimedia library without walls through an open-source HTML5 platform built on public APIs.
Extramuros strives to fundamentally transform how people:
a) Discover b) Curate c) Share digital collections.
Extramuros is made up of four key features: Interconnectedness between libraries, museums, and national archives and repositories (Flickr, YouTube, Internet Archive, tec.) of all kinds.
2) Visual Discovery
3) Curation A collaborative curation system open to anyone to bring together collections, exhibitions or galleries combining text, images, audio and video.
4) Multi-Channeling Accessibility online and on iPads and other mobile devices."
Robin Good writes: This looks like a very promising project, which brings together and pioners some really innovative approaches in search and discovery of content. As can be seen in the video, a Chrome extension has already been developed, helping active curator to easily collect content in a variety of formats and from very different kind of sources, into browsable collections.
Inspiring. 8/10
(Transcription and curated by Robin Good) Via Robin Good, Giuseppe Mauriello 
Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. Onyx Cinema's Michael Shu, Anthony Vu and Georgia Yeh shoot a special sexy boudoir photo session with the new Red Scarlet-X camera." planetMitch note: not finding a ton of scarlet-x videos yet so I thought I'd at least post this Via planetMitch, Travis Hodges 
#18DaysInEgypt is an interactive crowd-sourced documentary project about the ongoing Egyptian revolution. Via Anca Toader 
The Kessler Cineslider and Revolution Head is a very versatile system. Most people use this system for timelapses, but I’ve been using them mostly for live movements, and ever since I started using this motorized system, I never want to do any camera movements without it. Motorized movements are so much smoother and more precise than anything you can do by hand...
Via planetMitch, Travis Hodges 
Photographers Brian Adams and Rainer Flor share their experience of shooting a wedding professionally using their iPhone cameras... Via Brad Tollefson 
Adding game-like features to applications can keep users coming back for more, bemuse them or alienate them. But forget zombies and orcs. |
Excerpted from article: "Magnify.net was chosen to power video content delivery for Healio.com.
With Magnify.net, Healio.com has added video to their large array of offerings. Visitors now have access to a vast library of medical videos and no longer need to scurry around the Internet to find what they need most -- trusted information..."
Read full article: http://j.mp/Jjpo9i
Check out new video site here: http://video.healio.com
Via Giuseppe Mauriello 
Jesse Shapins: "[...] documentary is a relatively fluid genre that operates in so many different contexts at such varied lengths (broadcast news magazines, long-form series, live performance, "listening rooms," etc.), the people engaged in it are more open to redefining and experimenting with its boundaries than those who are entrenched in more established modes of documentary (e.g., classic voiceover-driven video docs)." Via The Digital Rocking Chair 
How do you make sure you stay in frame and focus while performing? What is the best way to work with off-camera actors while performing a close-up? How can props like cigarettes become a major headache? Via Travis Hodges This is the first in a series of videos explaining the shifts we're seeing in the world of content creation. Curation has exploded with the growth of Twitter, Tumblr and now Pinterest. In this video, we wanted to try to get into the heads of some of our favorite curators to understand what makes them tick.
watch video in fullscreen HD here: http://vimeo.com/38524181 Via Giuseppe Mauriello 
As noted previously, RED has a new color science and gamma curve for their RAW-shooting cameras: REDgamma3 and REDcolor3. Via Travis Hodges 
In this article, Jeremy Scott interviews CEO & founder of MyPod Studios, Jay Miletsky, on how they have rapidly built a large audience in a short time through careful curation.
MyPod Studios, launched in October, 2010, was built to provide an alternative to the standard issue video networks that litter the Web, and take a slightly more unique approach to presenting online video.
Here are some excerpts from article. Jay Miletsky says:
"Our primary goal is to create something that people will seek out as a source of great entertainment, enjoy, and want to see more of. We want to continue to grow the amount of watchable content on the network, while remaining a gated community of only pre-approved videos.
I think our network provides a more fun and enjoyable experience than many of the others. It’s also more personal – the hostess on the home page and category pages add a level of humanity to the site that people can relate to, and we’ve made the Pods easy to find and access. So I think we’ve definitely done something right when it comes to the user experience.
We look at all of the content that we’re presented, and ask ourselves if it informs, educates and/or entertains...."
read full interesting article http://j.mp/zznJJD Via Giuseppe Mauriello ![[Opinion] The Best Free & Pay Music Websites For Video Editors | Transmedia Production (by Uzzi) | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/DK3Oq05mWR8O2gIyJiFBAjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
By now you’ve probably heard of gamification and seen a few gamification examples of it around. 
One year ago, a revolution began in Egypt that still reverberates there -- as well as among other repressive rulers and regimes in Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and beyond, including thousands of miles away in New York City, where "Occupy Wall Street" protests in turn took root and then flowered into literally hundreds of similar protests all around the nation and the world. From Tunis to Tahrir Square -- but also from London, Madrid and Rome to Athens, Tel Aviv and Tokyo -- millions were on the march, demanding more respect, hope, dignity and democracy. Via Elie Levasseur 
iPhone app for DSLR Filmmakers, contains essential tools needed for your next production. DSLR Filmmaker Toolkit now fully supports iPhone 4S, as of the latest update...
Via planetMitch, Travis Hodges Blunty Reviews the new Sony NEX-VG20, an interchangeable lens video camera system, the follow up to the NEX-VG10 and newest family member of the well receive... ... Via planetMitch, Travis Hodges 
Twitter is a great place to test content ideas and word-of-mouth topics. There, conversations move fast, groups of potential talkers are diverse and it’s acceptable to try little experiments to see what works. Via Baochi For the most of you this will probably be the first time making a film. Filmmaker Maarten Langelo gives a few basic tips and know-how to make your first time unforgettable. |
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