[videoblogging] Student videoblogging work
Hi all, I'm too excited about my students' current work not to share. They're exploring new media and the notion of interactivity in video and alternative ways of producing "cinema," and some of them have done some truly excellent work. If you have a moment to check any of these out - and leave comments - they would love to hear from you. The most recent project is a splitscreen/multi-channel video, and some of them are absolutely fantastic. In particular, check out http://www.evanrattenbury.blogspot.com/ which uses home movie footage transferred through my other (now defunct) videoblog project, lostinlight.org. It's a very creative use of home movies! Here are the others! Thanks everyone! http://www.aamillergrapho.blogspot.com/ http://carlsjos.blogspot.com/ http://bacinema.blogspot.com/ http://fadingclarity.blogspot.com/ http://sdiviney.blogspot.com/ http://www.frenchsforum.blogspot.com/ http://strangelittleorange.blogspot.com/ http://brightlightprod.blogspot.com/ http://www.kazmancomputerdesign.blogspot.com/ http://sniebauer.blogspot.com/ http://braziliannutoil.blogspot.com/ http://samanthareetz.blogspot.com/ http://moviesofmymind.blogspot.com/ http://blasphemysidekick.blogspot.com/ http://www.whamblamblog.blogspot.com/ http://batshits.blogspot.com/ http://shotgunfestival.blogspot.com/
[videoblogging] Re: Real Media captioned files
I think Quicktime can do this. Unfortunately you would need to convert to file. Dana New Short Film (2008: An Egg Odyssey) View at: www.runadun.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, RICHARD wrote: > > I have a client that has some archival Real Media files with captions that > appear below the video in Real Player. > > They now want to re-encode the videos to post on Youtube, with open > subtitles/captions. > > If I can get the Real Media caption file (SMIL .rt text file, from what I¹ve > read), can I use that file to superimpose subtitles/captions actually on the > video? > > Is there any easy way to do this, or an application that can do this > automatically? > > If I have to, I could cut and paste, cut and paste, each title, and > superimpose the titles in FCP, but I¹d rather not. > > Thanks for any advice. > > -Richard > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
[videoblogging] Great videoblog project in Nepal
I ran across this project where a couple of videomakers are teaching Nepalese to document their ow lives with video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4M9oeXi3mc http://www.cleanhandsproject.com/ Within Nepals current tumultuous backdrop, the Clean Hands Project provides > a group of Nepali activists and journalists, who are part of the Dalit > untouchable caste, the opportunity to use professional video and photography > equipment and the training to learn how to use it. Often excluded from the > privilege of image creation, Dalits have relied on others to tell their > stories. Co-directors Jes Therkelsen and Phoebe Gilpin spend three months > holding training workshops through rural and urbanized Nepal teaching Dalit > activists and journalists how to use photography and videography to raise > issues of social justice. > An important aspect in this new media world is that we can now get characters to participate in their own story using inexpensive equipment and worldwide distribution. It'll be pretty exciting when we can easily get POV's of other cultures directly from the source. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Great videoblog project in Nepal
Great stuff. A lot of people don't realise how bad things have been in Nepal until recently, partly because the civil war there wasn't labelled as such. Sounds like a good project. To most of us here, it seems like an obvious and easy thing to do now, to give marginalised people a voice with digital technology. But I thought I'd share my own negative experience of this here because it has some useful lessons. Last year, I taught video and citizen journalism skills to Gypsy traveller and Roma young people - Britain's social equivalent of Dalits - and most of my students weren't at all interested in making videos, or communicating anything about their lives or community. At the end of it, I realised it had been a thoroughly gruelling and dispiriting experience. Partly this was because of my teaching skills, no doubt, and partly because of the insane amount of sugar and Red Bull they were consuming - but also the classes were compulsory for those attending, and I was only given an incredibly compressed time period by the people I was working for - I would have 5 days to teach them basic skills and then think up, script, shoot and cut two serious short documentaries. The lessons I came away with were: 1) that you shouldn't assume that people will want to learn the technical process of how to make videos, let alone share them online. once they get past the first experience of picking up a camera and shooting with it, a lot of people think the process of doing anything more than taking videos of their friends is boring and pointless and even embarrassing. 2) you definitely shouldn't assume that people want to make documentary video, tell personal stories or address serious issues that affect them. they're not making anything they'd want to watch themselves, like a Hollywood movie or a soap. even if in their conversation, they're full of observations about the injustices heaped on them by society. it takes a lot more than you'd think to convince them that it's worthwhile or interesting to channel those thoughts this way. 3) don't assume that because people have grown up with TV and films, they will understand even the basics of shooting and cutting. they won't. you'll have to teach most of them the basics of looking through the viewfinder and keeping the subject in the frame, never mind how to think out what they're shooting and then make cuts that make sense or aren't an unwatchable mess. (And my own standards for what I consider an unwatchable mess are pretty far below mainstream media's). And so the main two lessons that I learnt were: 4) You need a lot of time - and not in intensive sequential sessions. Preferably classes spread over several months with time for them to do practical homework and play with the kit. 5) You should only work with people who have actually volunteered to learn how to make video, even if that cuts your class size down from fifteen to two. I was working with classes of teenagers who were being given this course as a school activity - attendance was not optional - or if it was, it was an easy alternative to attending an academic class like Maths, so they were attending as a kind of skive. Hope that's interesting and useful to anyone planning anything similar. And I hope none of you have to go through what I went through last year. The low point came at the end, when I was teaching a class of Slovakian kids who didn't want to be there and didn't speak any English. And they'd misunderstood their teacher's explanation of the class, and thought they were each going to get a laptop and camera and fly to Slovakia. But I have to say, most of the other groups weren't much less stressful. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 26-Feb-09, at 6:32 AM, Jay dedman wrote: I ran across this project where a couple of videomakers are teaching Nepalese to document their ow lives with video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4M9oeXi3mc http://www.cleanhandsproject.com/ Within Nepals current tumultuous backdrop, the Clean Hands Project provides > a group of Nepali activists and journalists, who are part of the Dalit > untouchable caste, the opportunity to use professional video and photography > equipment and the training to learn how to use it. Often excluded from the > privilege of image creation, Dalits have relied on others to tell their > stories. Co-directors Jes Therkelsen and Phoebe Gilpin spend three months > holding training workshops through rural and urbanized Nepal teaching Dalit > activists and journalists how to use photography and videography to raise > issues of social justice. > An important aspect in this new media world is that we can now get characters to participate in their own story using inexpensive equipment and worldwide distribution. It'll be pretty exciting when we can easily get POV's of other cultures directly from the source.
Re: [videoblogging] Great videoblog project in Nepal
> 4) You need a lot of time - and not in intensive sequential > sessions. Preferably classes spread over several months with time > for them to do practical homework and play with the kit. > > 5) You should only work with people who have actually volunteered to > learn how to make video, even if that cuts your class size down from > fifteen to two. I was working with classes of teenagers who were > being given this course as a school activity - attendance was not > optional - or if it was, it was an easy alternative to attending an > academic class like Maths, so they were attending as a kind of skive. Totally agreed. I tend to get too starry eyed about people telling their own stories. Writing has been around for centuries, and very few people write about their lives. So why would they record in with video? I guess i see videoblogging as a way for the Engaged, who live in every culture, to actively document in video what they would document in other media. Online video is just another tool and a more powerful means. But yes, technology doesnt solve ignorance or apathy. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
[videoblogging] Revisiting the PPV question...
Hey all, A while ago, I asked here about third party pay-per-download systems and the main ones I was pointed to were Show Taxi and Mixiv. They both seem perfectly fine (though I wouldn't mind hearing about people's experiences with them) but they both require an up-front fee if you actually want to use them to sell any video content. Right now, given my finances - or lack thereof - I'd prefer to find a service that simply skimmed a percentage of my profits from the downloads, rather than requiring me to fork over any cash in advance. I know that's not the ideal situation for long-term earning, but I figure I can always switch later. Anybody know of any such beast? Thanks, Chris http://www.youtube.com/user/penelopespantyhose
[videoblogging] Re: Revisiting the PPV question...
Hey Chris, iTunes is a great platform to sell video content. You have to make it through the review process, though: http://www.apple.com/itunes/contentproviders -Rick --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" wrote: > > Hey all, > > A while ago, I asked here about third party pay-per-download systems > and the main ones I was pointed to were Show Taxi and Mixiv. > > They both seem perfectly fine (though I wouldn't mind hearing about > people's experiences with them) but they both require an up-front fee > if you actually want to use them to sell any video content. > > Right now, given my finances - or lack thereof - I'd prefer to find a > service that simply skimmed a percentage of my profits from the > downloads, rather than requiring me to fork over any cash in advance. > > I know that's not the ideal situation for long-term earning, but I > figure I can always switch later. > > Anybody know of any such beast? > > Thanks, > Chris > http://www.youtube.com/user/penelopespantyhose >
[videoblogging] Re: Student videoblogging work
Very interesting, I like it a lot, thanks for sharing. D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jen P" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm too excited about my students' current work not to share. They're > exploring new media and the notion of interactivity in video and > alternative ways of producing "cinema," and some of them have done > some truly excellent work. If you have a moment to check any of these > out - and leave comments - they would love to hear from you. > > The most recent project is a splitscreen/multi-channel video, and some > of them are absolutely fantastic. > > In particular, check out http://www.evanrattenbury.blogspot.com/ which > uses home movie footage transferred through my other (now defunct) > videoblog project, lostinlight.org. It's a very creative use of home > movies! > > Here are the others! Thanks everyone! > > http://www.aamillergrapho.blogspot.com/ > > http://carlsjos.blogspot.com/ > > http://bacinema.blogspot.com/ > > http://fadingclarity.blogspot.com/ > > http://sdiviney.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.frenchsforum.blogspot.com/ > > http://strangelittleorange.blogspot.com/ > > http://brightlightprod.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.kazmancomputerdesign.blogspot.com/ > > http://sniebauer.blogspot.com/ > > http://braziliannutoil.blogspot.com/ > > http://samanthareetz.blogspot.com/ > > http://moviesofmymind.blogspot.com/ > > http://blasphemysidekick.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.whamblamblog.blogspot.com/ > > http://batshits.blogspot.com/ > > http://shotgunfestival.blogspot.com/ >
[videoblogging] reality/documentary videoblogs
I am looking for a reality/documentary videoblog to give me some ideas about the videoblog I may be starting i am looking for something like a make-of documentary (movies/films) with on the go problem solving communication.
[videoblogging] Re: Revisiting the PPV question...
Thanks, Rick. I have to admit, I'm a little intimidated by that iTunes sign-up form. It all seems geared toward people selling music content, so I'm not quite sure how to approach it as a provider of video content. Chris --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Rey" wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > iTunes is a great platform to sell video content. You have to make it through the review > process, though: > > http://www.apple.com/itunes/contentproviders > > -Rick > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > A while ago, I asked here about third party pay-per-download systems > > and the main ones I was pointed to were Show Taxi and Mixiv. > > > > They both seem perfectly fine (though I wouldn't mind hearing about > > people's experiences with them) but they both require an up-front fee > > if you actually want to use them to sell any video content. > > > > Right now, given my finances - or lack thereof - I'd prefer to find a > > service that simply skimmed a percentage of my profits from the > > downloads, rather than requiring me to fork over any cash in advance. > > > > I know that's not the ideal situation for long-term earning, but I > > figure I can always switch later. > > > > Anybody know of any such beast? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > http://www.youtube.com/user/penelopespantyhose > > >
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Revisiting the PPV question...
I didn't think iTunes allowed you to sell short videos - only music videos and movies. Have they changed that? Would be great if they had. And do you have personal experience of selling vids on iTunes, Rick? Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 26-Feb-09, at 11:46 PM, Chris wrote: Thanks, Rick. I have to admit, I'm a little intimidated by that iTunes sign-up form. It all seems geared toward people selling music content, so I'm not quite sure how to approach it as a provider of video content. Chris --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Rey" wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > iTunes is a great platform to sell video content. You have to make it through the review > process, though: > > http://www.apple.com/itunes/contentproviders > > -Rick > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > A while ago, I asked here about third party pay-per-download systems > > and the main ones I was pointed to were Show Taxi and Mixiv. > > > > They both seem perfectly fine (though I wouldn't mind hearing about > > people's experiences with them) but they both require an up- front fee > > if you actually want to use them to sell any video content. > > > > Right now, given my finances - or lack thereof - I'd prefer to find a > > service that simply skimmed a percentage of my profits from the > > downloads, rather than requiring me to fork over any cash in advance. > > > > I know that's not the ideal situation for long-term earning, but I > > figure I can always switch later. > > > > Anybody know of any such beast? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > http://www.youtube.com/user/penelopespantyhose > > > Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ Creative Mobile Filmmaking Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
