Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
Hollister Video?
Crying out for content…. Yesterday I was walking down Fifth Avenue and I passed the new Hollister store (52nd and Fifth). Hollister, for those who don’t know, is a hip and trendy clothing store. They are owned by the...
Read moreThe Tragedy of Kodak
Open Me First When Christmas time came around, the infamous KODAK box had a tag on it that said “open me first’, so that you could take pictures of the everyone opening the rest of their gifts. Yesterday, Kodak’s...
Read moreJoin Us For Caribbean Video/Filmmaking Bootcamp
Lights… cameras…. sand…. sun…. music….palms….. Next Tuesday we leave New York aboard the Crystal Symphony for our 12-day ‘filmmaking cruise’, via Bermuda and the Islands of the Caribbean en route to Miami. We’re bringing 40 cameras and edits along...
Read moreiPhone 4 vs. Canon 5D MKII – a side by side comparison
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj576OUF8YQ[/youtube] Can you tell which is which? This is from Robino Films Here’s a “fair” test between the iPhone 4S and the Canon 5D MK II. I made a little rig that allowed me to shoot both cameras at...
Read moreMy First Computer
NECÂ APC 1 – Advanced Personal Computer Yesterday, old friend and long time professional NBC camerman Jim Long posted a challenge on Facebook: “What was your first computer”. This brought back a raft of memories. Mine was the NEC (Nippon...
Read moreIrony On Wall Street
the price of progress Normally, I don’t go near political issues here, but today I will make an exception And I am not getting political. I am only making an observation about technology. The protests on Wall Street #OWS...
Read morePicture Perfect – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9cfQx2OZY[/youtube] The Good, The Bad and the Ugly… but mostly pretty good… Yesterday, in our live webcast (which you can see here probably by the end of today), Josemarie asked me what I meant when I said ‘the shooting...
Read moreHow To Make A Music Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0[/youtube] Annoying? You bet! But there’s gold in those inane lyrics! OK. Rebecca Black Yes, I know. But let’s move beyond that. What’s most interesting here is the story behind Rebecca Black’s success. I’ll just lift the next graph...
Read moreA Pilot’s Pilot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1BbzrGq1ik[/youtube] It’s a LOT better than much of what I see on OWN at the moment Captain John Roberts is a professional airline pilot He’s also a member of NYVS.com While his passion is flying, his dream is to...
Read moreRoger Ebert, Steve Jobs & The National Enquirer
Roger Ebert is the film critic at The Chicago Sun He’s also one of the most popular bloggers/tweeters around, with a massive following Today, on Facebook, he posted a comment: “Not Every Steve Jobs Idea Was Brilliant” He then posted...
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