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.

Can An Indy Feature Also Sell Houses?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYy–_afks[/youtube] I think we’re getting close to something interesting here… Chad Sylvester, TCA Alum sent me the above. He made it along with Colby Michaud. Chad is not a filmmaker – or at least he wasnt’ when he took...

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Cragislist TV – A World of Options

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twWB4QstgA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Craigslist TV Not so many years ago, Craig Newmark brought down just about every newspaper in this country with his Craigslist. In one simple act, he and a handful of employees working out of a garage in San...

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Why TV Sucks

Is that a video camera in your hand? I run 3-4 miles every morning. I used to listen to music on my iPod, but my friend Mark Bittman (who just ran the Albany marathon yesterday) suggested I try books...

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The Fractionalization of Power

Who decides what we see? There was an interesting story on NPR this morning on I Love Lucy and its impact on American television and culture. I Love Lucy began with the birth of television as a seminal medium....

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How One of our TCA Grads Went on to Star in his Own Reality Show!

Tune in Mondays at 10! A few years ago we had a student in our of our New York bootcamps. He was from South Carolina – a former State Trooper who ran drug dogs. He had set up his...

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How NOT to Raise Money for an Indy film

First, make your video embeddable! OK So yesterday we had a discussion about how to make the world’s worst political commercial. (Incidentally, I emailed my comments to Terryl Clark’s campaign office. So far, no response. (I think she’s gonna...

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How NOT to Make A Political Ad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQLBizwosY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Unbelievably terrible I don’t want to get into politics here.. but… this ad for Tarryl Clark (did you even know it was for her) is one of the worst political ads I have ever seen. It is terribly...

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How To Win Friends, Influence People and Get Someone to Let You Shove a Camera In Their Face

The Real Housewives of Ngorogoro…. OK Hellboy raises a really good question in the nyvs.com  Forum today: “Even if I learn to shoot and edit perfectly, I feel like my real sucess depends on how well I can interact...

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60 Minutes Fails to Deliver

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibdeQbh6Rw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Hello? Hello? Anyone home over there? Last week, 60 Minutes, the CBS News program initiated an interesting idea. Shoot a video, tell us what you think or what questions you have and we’ll air and answer them. Fair...

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CBS News Fires Its Best Cameramen

Even a blind person can now see what is coming… Yesterday, CBS News fired most of its professional camera staff in its London bureau. From now on, stories will be shot by producers. This is not to say that...

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