I’ve come across corrupted QT files a number of times… don’t know why I finally decided to see if there was anything I could do about them… I’d always considered them a lost cause. Now there’s reason for hope! A few weeks ago I participated in a three-camera shoot of a concert using two 7Ds [...]
I’ve long followed Peter Broderick and even used his consulting services on Skatopia. In this article he outlines how the phenomenon of crowdfunding can be done right… or wrong. Worth a read. Peter Broderick, the president of Paradigm Consulting and a guru of the digital distribution revolution, was on hand to moderate a panel [...]
As I’ve learned from my 7-year old, graphic novels are tremendously appealing to young minds. Here’s a novel way to engage kids in the classroom by creating their own illustrated stories using digital tools. A few years ago I put together a really rudimentary teaching guide to using Comic Life in the classroom. It was [...]
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I usually don’t repost business advice info, but this column made a lot of sense to me. Four Reasons Any Action Is Better than None Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Harvard Business Review It’s well-known that busy people get the most done. Their secret is simple: They never stop moving. Of course, sitting still can [...]
Transmedia: Entertainment reimagined By Tom Cheshire and Charlie Burton 08 July 10 Esther Robinson got off the R train in Astoria, Queens, and started walking to the American Museum of the Moving Image. It was a warm July evening in 2007 and Robinson, then 37 years old and a filmmaker, had come with a friend [...]
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The Workbook Project, Lance Weiler’s “open source” media collaboration platform pulled off its third outstanding DIY days event in NYC over the weekend. I’ll be posting some great links, thoughts and feedback this week on what I’ve learned, but here’s one for today: a spinoff of the WB project has developed this award-winning 3 minute [...]
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The open source world is great. Check this out: The Documentary Film Makers Handbook There is tons of great stuff to be found here. Page 323, for instance has a list of all the major international doc markets.