Sky’s New Broadband Experiment in England – Dan Salisbury-Jones
Last week we ran an intensive bootcamp for the new VJs for Sky’s experimental broadband local news site – Tyne&Ware in Newcastle, UK. This piece was shot, edited and produced in one day by VJ Dan Salisbury-Jones. As...
Read moreSky’s New Broadband Service Tyne & Wear – First Bootcamp Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOdCXqdPKc[/youtube] Andy Hughes, former newspaper reporter. Never shot or cut video before. Looking good.
Read moreIn Newcastle, The Sky’s The Limit
Back to Newcastle This week Lisa and I are running a VJ bootcamp with Sky, the UK broadcaster. We’re in Newcastle, in Northern England where Sky is going to launch a local broadband based television (if that’s the right...
Read moreKodak and Cambodia – Nothing Lasts Forever
Also the set for Raiders of the Lost Ark This week we are in Angkor Wat, near Siem Reap in central Cambodia. The first time I was here was in 1992 with David Kennerly. We were shooting one of...
Read moreHow To Make Millions As A Journalist
And why not??? I am writing today’s blog in conjunction with the Carnival of Journalism , Dave Cohn’s ongoing journalism project. If you feel like participating, please do. The issue I wanted to write about for some time is Journalism...
Read moreWhen The Old World Collides With The New in Thailand
Hmong village near the Burmese border in Thailand Lisa and I have come to Thailand for New Year’s. Tomorrow we are off to Angkor Wat in Cambodia before returning to the UK. I shot this yesterday in a tiny...
Read moreHow 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...
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