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Making Media Now: Filmmaking in Transition conference on June 1, 2007Written by David Tames on April 30, 2007
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Mark your calendar now and join me and other filmmakers at the Making Media Now: Filmmaking in Transition Conference to be held Friday, June 1, 2007, from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm at the Photonics Center at Boston, University. This day-long conference will include master classes, seminars, panel... Continue Reading...
Delivering Short Videos on the WebWritten by David Tames on April 25, 2007
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Back in early February I was sent a link to the The Machine is Us/ing Us video on YouTube by Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of anthropology at Kansas State University. This video is among the most recent examples of the viral video phenomenon. It follows in the fine tradition of the... Continue Reading...
My random walk through Podcamp NYCWritten by David Tames on April 12, 2007
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Podcamp NYC was an exciting podcasting event organized around un-conference ideas, with something like a hundred sessions and an amazing group of attendees, and unlike some expensive industry conferences, where you end up paying to listen to sales spiels, the unconference format strives to... Continue Reading...
Podcamp NYC in 60 SecondsWritten by David Tames on April 11, 2007
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Click to Play A single shot (with a single cut to shorten) through the exhibit floor ends with a quick micro-interview. Read More →
Using Cinematic Language Elements in Your Video (session notes)Written by David Tames on April 8, 2007
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As promised, the Session Notes from the “Using Cinematic Language Elements in your Video” session that John Herman and I did at Podcamp NYC on April 7, 2007 have been posted as a public Google Document. Thanks to everyone who came and participated in the discussion. If you prefer,... Continue Reading...
Mac Coolant Leak (video)Written by David Tames on April 7, 2007
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A short while ago, one of the Power Mac G5 editing systems at work stopped working. My first response was to run the Apple Hardware Test, which revealed a problem with the video card. We called AppleCare, who dispatched a technician to take care of the problem. Much to our surprise, the cause... Continue Reading...
Walk to 32-155 (video)Written by David Tames on April 5, 2007
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A walk through the MIT Stata Center to room 32-155 (video). Click To Play Video Continue Reading… Read More →
Walter Bender talks about One Laptop Per ChildWritten by David Tames on April 4, 2007
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In a recently conversation with an MIT Museum audience, Walter Bender (President, Software and Content Development, One Laptop per Child and formerly Executive Director, MIT Media Laboratory) described the philosophy behind the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project and the progress to date. ... Continue Reading...
NEFilm: Unravelling web media distribution and viewingWritten by David Tames on April 4, 2007
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In a series of articles to appear over the next few months, I will be unravelling web media distribution and viewing from the perspective of independent filmmaking. The first article in the series, “Delivering video on the Web” appears in the April 2007 edition of New England Film.... Continue Reading...
Embedding Flash Video into Web PlagesWritten by David Tames on April 4, 2007
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For those who like to create web pages from scratch, I’ve put together a demo of embedding a Flash movie into a web page using The Flash Video (FLV) Player by Jeroen Wijering. It’s also a quick and dirty encoder test using ffmpegX to encode a 16×9 DV QuickTime movie with material... Continue Reading...
