USA TODAY – Today
Enlarge By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY Hands-on training: Lisa Lambden, managing director of Rosenblum TV, helps student Violeta Balan figure out her rented camera. VIDEO ENROLL TO GET ROLLING The Travel Channel Academy convenes in Washington, New York...
Read moreObama 1, Media 0
It worked for him…. Question: What has Barack Obama got that most journalists don’t? Answer: A job. Obama and his team understood how to use the web to build a massive online ‘affinity group’ to both raise money and...
Read moreA Sure Thing
Place your bets Our friend Pat Younge was over for dinner last night. He’s the President and CEO of The Travel Channel, and besides being a friend is our business partner. Now, the thing I really like about Pat,...
Read moreYoutube – With A Focus
Getting the 411… People now upload an astonishing 13 hours of video to Youtube evey minute. Every minute. This is an astonishing number. For an established production company, an order of 13 one-hour shows is a season of work....
Read moreTCA Colorado – The Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_UG0nHFoPs&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5Eee3i_3g&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0PLjMOra8&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHuziPa69w&feature=channel_page[/youtube] These videos, and many others, were all shot, written, tracked, edited and produced by students at the Colorado Travel Channel Academy.
Read moreNot Your Usual Bootcamp
We’re going into our third day at the Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here in Vail, Colorado. We’ve made a partnership with Keystone Ski Resorts and we’re running a ski/shoot vacation for outdoor filmmakers. The conditions have been great. Temps...
Read moreThe ‘Other’ Academy…
Resistance is futile… We like to think that we are on the cutting edge of the video revolution. We are at a moment where, for the very first time, anyone can get access to the tools, and indeed the...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttQxQfYYaY[/youtube] Jeff Day had never touched a video camera or an edit system before he walked into the Travel Channel Academy course in DC on Thursday. We put him through our extremely rigorous 4-day video bootcamp. We emphasize excellence....
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