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FiLMiC Pro transforms iPhone into sweet and respectable video camera
Written by David Tames on February 23, 2013
Filed Under Camera, Documentary, Featured, Filmmaking, Mobile devices, Tools, Video on the Web, Video Production

The iPhone is capable of producing surprising good video and as a result, quite a few documentary makers are using their iPhones as their go-to B camera and in some cases even as their primary camera. In order to get the best video...  Continue Reading...

Thoughts on video on the web and HTML5
Written by David Tames on June 3, 2010
Filed Under Media Technology, New Media, Sound, Tools, Video on the Web, Web

If your web site has video on it, I believe the time has come to take into consideration viewers using mobile devices if you’ve not done it already. The desktop is no longer the only platform for viewing video, and Flash, long...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, Meeting Notes, September 7, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 7, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, New Media, Video on the Web

Pierre-Loic Assayag, who I know from the old Viant days (at one point we both worked for this digital business consulting firms that rose and fell during the era of irrational exuberance) is now working on Traackr, a fascinating start-up...  Continue Reading...

Philip Hodgetts of Open Television Network at New Media Expo
Written by David Tames on August 15, 2008
Filed Under Distribution, New Media, Podcasting, Television, The Media, Video, Video on the Web

I spoke with Philip Hodgetts at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas and asked him about his new venture, the Open Television Network which I blogged about several weeks ago.  Play Video Music by Colin Owens.  Read More →

Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
Written by David Tames on July 21, 2008
Filed Under Copyright, Law, New Media, Podcasting, Sticky, Video on the Web

The Center for Social Media of the School of Communication at American University recently published The American Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video, an important guide for producers of online video who make use of...  Continue Reading...

Improve your video using cinematic language techniques (Podcamp Boston 3 presentation)
Written by David Tames on July 19, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, New Media, Presentation, Video on the Web

For over a hundred years filmmakers have been evolving a language for communicating efficiently using visual and audio elements over time. This session consisted of examples and discussion covering the fundamental elements of cinematic...  Continue Reading...

Art of the Interview (Podcamp Boston 3 presentation)
Written by David Tames on July 19, 2008
Filed Under Documentary, Filmmaking, New Media, Podcasting, The Media, Video on the Web

The interview is a fundamental element of most documentary films and many video blogs. Through examples and discussion this session, which I presented at Podcamp Boston 3, covered practical strategies and techniques including how and...  Continue Reading...

Podcamp Boston 3, July 19-20, 2008
Written by David Tames on July 15, 2008
Filed Under Business, Events & Screenings, New Media, Video on the Web, Video Production, Web

Podcamp Boston 3 will be held this weekend, Saturday, July 19-20, 2008 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Louis Pasteur Avenue in Boston. If you’ve not already done so, now might be a good time...  Continue Reading...

Pixels at an Exhibition
Written by David Tames on May 18, 2008
Filed Under Art, Events & Screenings, New Media, Video on the Web

Curator Rachel Greene recently asked several artists (Sue de Beer, Matthew Higgs, Matthew Ronay and Wayne Koestenbaum) to present their favorite YouTube videos in Manhattan on May 13th at the Kitchen gallery and Virginia Heffernan...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, April 6, 2008
Written by David Tames on April 7, 2008
Filed Under Apple, Art, Business, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, Final Cut Pro, New Media, Podcasting, Video on the Web, Web

Some people who I tell about the monthly Boston Media Maker un-meetings can’t imagine getting up early on a Sunday morning and trekking across town. For me, Sunday mornings are usually reserved for slowly sipping coffee while...  Continue Reading...

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