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Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

The Center for Social Media of the School of Communication at American University recently published The American Code of Best Practices in... 

Improve your video using cinematic language techniques (Podcamp Boston 3 presentation)

For over a hundred years filmmakers have been evolving a language for communicating efficiently using visual and audio elements over time. This... 

Art of the Interview (Podcamp Boston 3 presentation)

The interview is a fundamental element of most documentary films and many video blogs. Through examples and discussion this session, which I... 

Unconstitutional FISA Bill Becomes Law

I usually don’t blog about political issues on this blog, but enough is enough. On July 10, 2008, President Bush signed into law the clearly... 

Podcamp Boston 3, July 19-20, 2008

Podcamp Boston 3 will be held this weekend, Saturday, July 19-20, 2008 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77... 

Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX camcorder: first impressions

A friend recently loaned me his Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX camcorder for a few days so I had a chance to take this fascinating new camera for a spin.... 

Viacom will soon know what you watch on YouTube

A recent BBC news story, “Google must divulge YouTube log,” reports on the latest phase in the Viacom case against Google’s YouTube:... 

A record number of Americans are using the internet to get news about the election

A recent Pew Internet and American Life Project report titled “The Internet and the 2008 Election” states that a record-breaking...