We Launch NY Video School

Francisco shows how to make a music video

Two years in the making, today we officially launched New York Video School.  www.nyvs.com

We have been running video training bootcamps for more than 20 years now, but during that time the technology has gotten cheaper and the need for video ever greater.

When we started, video training was for professionals – journalists or TV producers who wanted to shoot and cut their own video without crews.  

Then, a few years ago, with the launch of Current TV, we could see that the interest in video had percolated down to the average person.  Video was no longer just for ‘pros’.

Last month, an astonishing 8.9 billion videos were viewed on Youtube.  The interest is there. What is often lacking is the training.  As we move into a world dominated by screens, more and more of our everyday life is going to be dominated by video.  

There are already some video training sites online, but they are heavily weighted to the professional. We  wanted to create a site for everyone else. (Not that professionals won’t find things of interest here as well).  

We’ve shot and produced more than 250 instructional videos on a wide range of topics, from how to shoot to how to make a music video to how to make video resume… and there are many more on the way.  The sample you see above is indicative of the kind of lessons we are offering.  Easy to follow, easy to understand.  

We’ve also created an online video community, so people taking the seminars can show, share and critique their work.  

We’ve only been up for about 24 hours, and we’ve already had a ton of people signing up.  We’re all delighted with the initial response.  We’ve also had our first review in the press – and in England no less, at the very highly regarded Journalism.co.uk.

Pretty good for the first day!