The Last Lions – Good … and Bad
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoAcNdeEf_Y[/youtube] Born Free it is not… OK There is an ‘arts’ movie theater around the corner from us called The Paris. It has been there forever and it I don’t know how they make a living. It’s across the...
Read moreDon’t Look At The Camera: Who came up with that stupid idea?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPwR00HXM0[/youtube] Robert McNamara tells all… The clip above is from The Fog of War, a documentary film by Errol Morris. We talked a bit about Morris yesterday, and we’ll talk about him more later, but one of Morris’ great...
Read moreIBM’s 100th Anniversary Film by Errol Morris & Philip Glass
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uw[/youtube] Errol Morris is one of the greatest documentary filmmakers in the world today. (At least that’s my opinion). His films, such as The Fog of War or Fast, Cheap & Out of Control are just spectacular. His classic,...
Read moreThe Black Death & The Video Revolution – what does it mean for you?
Don’t move the camera… In 1347, The Black Death, as it was called then, or the bubonic plague, swept across Europe with a vengence. Within a few months, more than one third of the population was dead. In some towns...
Read moreFashion and Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5NgG5koPZU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] A style video with style I caught this video a few days ago, but watching it has opened up a whole raft of ideas and insights. First, the video itself. It’s produced (and I assume that means shot,...
Read more“Credibility” in News
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlLhxBnYNvY[/youtube] Do you like this? Here’s a Reality show for you… The video you see above was shot by a member of Surgeons Over Seas, an excellent group of highly dedicated surgeons who travel the world teaching locals basic...
Read moreWarning: This Video May Cause Blindness – or Erections Lasting Up to 8 Hours
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25fGWKZFLIY&feature=related[/youtube] yeah…sign me up for that stuff right away…. When most people go to edit a video, they start by writing a script, then laying in all the audio first and then covering it with video. This kind of...
Read moreCharlie Sheen!!!
Video literacy? really? OK I don’t have any information here about Charlie Sheen. If you want to read about Charlie Sheen, you can link here: IS CHARLIE SHEEN’S PLAYING HARDBALL WITH CBS PAYING OFF? Hey! Look! I’m an aggregator! I’m a curator of news! Wow That was...
Read moreNew York Magazine Academy – so good we’re doing it again!
Get ready for the new world… Yesterday we wrapped up our first New York Magazine Video Academy and it was a smashing success. The spectrum of people taking the bootcamp ranged from a producer for AOL to an oncologist...
Read moreHey Mylous… Call Me!!!
News anchor Mylous Hairston from WIVB-TV Come on! How hard is it to pick up a camera, go out and get a story and cut it on FCP? Apparently too hard for former WIVB TV News Anchor Mylous Hariston....
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