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.
Now We Are ALL Filmmakers
Take a good look at the image above. This is a screen grab from my Instagram App. This is where I hit the ‘search’ icon, just to see what pops up. What pops up, over and over and over...
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The Pope, Brooklyn & The Rule of Unintended Consequences
The problem with new technologies is you never know how they are going to turn out. Once unleashed, they take on a life of their own, and more often than not, they end up killing their inventors. A...
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Video Literacy
500 years ago, or so, Johannes Gutenberg put paper to inked moveable type and set off a revolution in communications. Before Gutenberg, we were an oral culture. The law was the ‘King’s Word’, religion was The Word of God,...
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Apple Launches Final Cut Pro X VR Update
Apple has launched a new update for Final Cut Pro X for its new line of iMac Pro computers. The iMac Pro is the most powerful computer the company has produced, and it will allow video editors to do...
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We Launch A New Kind Of TV Network
Last Saturday, we launched a new kind of TV network, unlike anything that has ever been attempted before, and we did it in East New York, Brooklyn. The journalist AJ Leibling wrote in 1961 that ‘freedom of the press...
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Holiday Gift Guide: Rylo 360 Camera
The Holiday Season is upon us. It’s time to start thinking about (and buying) some gifts for the people in your life. Whether you are looking for a gift for a friend, family members, or yourself, we have some great...
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Canon Releases New “Prosumer” Video Cameras – But Why?
We are busy selling off our video cameras on eBay. Luckily, the are going like hotcakes. We used to own about 30 prosumer cameras. No more. What do we need them for? We shoot everything on our iPhones. When...
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Equipment: Velapp Edits Video as You Shoot it
Velapp is an amazing iOS app that edits video as you shoot it in the app. While you are shooting video in the app you just tap a button when you are recording something you know you’ll want in the...
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Holiday Gift Guide: Freefly Movi Smartphone Stabilizing Gimbal
The Holiday Season is upon us. It’s time to start thinking about (and buying) some gifts for the people in your life. Whether you are looking for a gift for a friend, family members, or yourself, we have some great...
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Holiday Gift Guide: Canon EOS 80D Video Creator Kit
The Holiday Season is upon us. It’s time to start thinking about (and buying) some gifts for the people in your life. Whether you are looking for a gift for a friend, family members, or yourself, we have some great...
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