How To Make Great Sports Video – It’s More Than The Scores
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] After travel videos, sports is probably the biggest subject most people like to shoot And there’s a huge market for sports videos, and like much else in the video world, we are only getting started. I screen lots...
Read moreCritique’s Corner – Time Travel by Martell
Lots to work with in this one! OK Hope everyone had a happy holiday! We are in England on our way to Hong Kong, but I wanted to pick up the thread of the blog by critquing a few...
Read moreWe’re In The Money – Old Events, New Reveues
We’re in the money! The game of baseball was being played for a long time before networks started to put it on TV. It was something that was simply ‘there’, and the ability to see it was limited to...
Read moreAdam Ellick – Journalist
Adam Ellick Two years ago we gave our $15,000 Concentra Prize for Video Journalism to Adam Ellick Adam is a VJ for The New York Times. Even to this day, a lot of people denigrate the idea of a...
Read moreFive Biggest Mistakes in Video
I Saw The Number 5 In Gold by Charles Demuth Just back from London and spending the day screening videos. I have been in this business for nearly 25 years (which is pretty amazing and depressing at the same...
Read moreLooking for VJs
This could be you…. A few months ago I put out a call for VJs and Videojournalists from around the world. VPRO, the Dutch Public Television Network is running a magazine show called Metropolis, and they are seeking to...
Read moreMad Men and the Death of the Networks
A winner Today I am cancelling part of my Time/Warner cable package – the part that pays for HBO and Showtime and all that other stuff that I don’t watch. Between the web and Apple TV I am rapidly...
Read moreTED’s CHRIS ANDERSON on THE FUTURE AND ONLINE VIDEO
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY[/youtube] Chris Anderson- it’s long but worth the time to watch Chris Anderson is the founder of TED – Technology Entertainment Design conferences. From what was once a small LA based experiment, the TED Talks have grown to...
Read moreThere’s a Lot of Really Bad Advice Out There – video wise
NO, NO and NO! Yesterday, I got a tweet from my friend (and in the Facebook age, aren’t we all friends?) @profsamuels, (he’s a prof at NYU but also works at CNN, so says his Facebook page. We have...
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