April Newsletter - Internet Video Magazine
April showers bring May videos or something like that. We have been amazed at the plethora of sites popping up that are now offering to host and promote videos online. Yes, we are talking about the YouTube phenomenon. Recently there has tons of positive press and news interested about putting both personal and business videos on the net to share with others worldwide.
Others like Google Video, iFilm, Grouper, One True Media, Streamload, etc., etc., are also jumping on the bandwagon. Will these companies make money, will they survive? Will their content actually become a lot more interesting?
If you have ever visited YouTube, you'll note that most of the videos are unedited or barely edited videos straight from a camcorder or video phone, TV commercials, or clips copied from commercial TV and then uploaded. Raw,unedited and not all that interesting. Where is the creativity?
Maybe there is an opportunity here?
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Cool and Interesting Trends, Columns and other Good Stuff
Read Doug Dixon's review of the new Adobe Production Studio -- Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Encore DVD, Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2 - all in one package more
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Thinking of running both Mac OS and Windows on your Intel hardware Mac? While the install of Boot Camp is relatively painless, there are pitfalls users need to avoid. more
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Want to get started in video editing but don't want to spend a lot of money? Here's a guide to some of the best free video editing programs and applications more
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Looking for an easy to use DVD camcorder? Check out the new Canon DC40 (Canon Camcorders)
Looking for a great starter DV camcorder at a great price? JVC GR-D350 Mini DV Camcorder, just $270!. JVC camcorders
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Check out the submissions to the Firefox Flicks 30 second-ad contest more
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Emmys for Internet Video! "It's Jerrytime!" is headed for TV fame more
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Check out "Meatrix 2", "Who Let the Jews Out" and "Begger.com" at Best New Videos of the Week
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Mood Mapping redefines how film and video professionals can acquire a music score for their productions, offering incredible flexibility and creative control in matching the mix and feel of their scores to the mood of their production. more
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Are you up to speed on all the latest terms and concepts used in pro video making? Check out our new online Pro Video glossary. If you want to be in the biz, you got to talk the talk - Pro Audio Glossary ----------------
Macromedia Flash is fast becoming the Web's most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation and motion graphics, but Flash is as complex as it is powerful. To get the most from Flash 8, you not only need to be proficient in programming/interface design, you need the creativity for story telling and the artistic insights to design fluid animation. "Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity" demystifies Flash, letting you tap its power quickly with real, hands-on projects that help you create actual content as you go. more
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Desperation for Free
Disney will offer four ABC shows including "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" for free online beginning in May.
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The new Sony DSR-45A DVCAM VTR offers comprehensive and intelligent features that make it perfect for linear and nonlinear edit environments both. The machine offers the ever-present DV/Firewire/i.LINK connection. It also gives you XLR audio output. For integration in linear suites, Component, Y/C, Composite inputs and outputs are present. Reference video input is there (in the composite input BNC) as is RS-422 and RS-232 (and LANC) machine control connections.
Special pricing available
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Want to get started in video editing but don't want to spend a lot of money? Here's a guide to some of the best deals in video editing - free video editing programs and applications more
Also Three Pages of Free Video Tools
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The Guide to Free Stuff on the Internet. What you ought to know before you start downloading and installing those enticing programs and applications. more
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? The TV One PX-720 is a professional standards converter for PAL, SECAM and NTSC broadcast television standards. One of the key features of the new PX-720 is its automatic ability to detect PAL, SECAM and NTSC broadcast television standards. Motion compensation is also provided as an aid to improving the conversion process, while an integral Time Base Corrector (TBC) with full synchronization allows the unit to be genlocked to a composite video source. The TBC is active even in the bypass mode guaranteeing quality results. more
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Atom Entertainment's AddictingClips now enables consumers to upload and share video, animation, and Flash games online. The site also now accepts video that is uploaded directly from a mobile phone, a first for a major entertainment destination. The AddictingClips site is offering a Cash for Clips program, in which creators of the best AddictingClips content will receive cash prizes and further distribution through Atom Entertainment's AtomFilms site. more
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Press Releases
MovieFlix.com (http://www.MovieFlix.com), announced that it plans to launch it's newest Web site, ViralFlix.com in 4th quarter 2006. ViralFlix will allow members to add user-generated content, enabling users to upload and share their favorite videos, animations, games and more. more
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"Flash 8: The Missing Manual" (Vander Veer , O'Reilly, $34.99 US) is the ideal instructor. This hands-on guide to today's hottest web design tool is aimed at non-developers, and it teaches you how to translate your ideas into great web content. "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" begins with a solid primer on animation, which helps you get comfortable with the Flash interface. Once you have these basics under your belt, "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" shows you how to:
-Incorporate graphics, video clips, and soundtracks
-Create reusable elements and templates to give your animations a
consistent, sophisticated look
-Customize your content with ActionScript, the Flash language that gives
you maximum control
-Publish your Flash creations for web surfers everywhere to enjoy
-Learn good design principles and helps you avoid elements that can
distract or annoy an audience more
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TV One announces the C2-7300 HD video processor with full HD-SDI audio embedding and extraction, supporting up, down and cross conversion. The C2-7300 provides 32 channels of stereo audio processing, which allows for simultaneous embedding of 8 stereo audio channels for each of the two HD-SDI inputs and extraction of 8 stereo audio channels from each of the two independent HD-SDI outputs. more
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Videos of the Week
This is funny. Check it out at Grouper.com. "Tired of those meager meals? come down to the Chubby Vegan" - Tofu for You - We love fake commercials - especially when they pick on vegans.
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They rap and do hip-hop in Italy? Check out this music video submitted by long time Internet Video Magazine contributor Dario Formica He says it is very funny and filmed in the streets of Rome. Its pretty good - click to watch "mo arivo io e te spezzo in due" at www.darioformica.com. As soon as the page opens you can click on the banner to see the video...
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It's JerryTime!, (www.itsjerrytime.com), the quirky animated web micro-series produced by two brothers, Orrin and Jerry Zucker, has captured one of six nominations for the first Emmy Award to be presented for original entertainment programming created specifically for non-traditional viewing platforms, including computers, mobile phones, iPods, PDAs and similar devices. It's JerryTime!, featuring the wonky animated true tales from the life of Jerry, debuted in November 2005 and become a cult hit, In the current episode called "The Karate Date", Jerry's painful date with a Karate instructor is highlighted, where Jerry learns the "Rules of the Dojo" the hard way
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If you celebrate Passover or just simply enjoy funny animations, you ought to check out Matzo Man at the American Comedy Network. Turn it up loud and sing along.
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Are you ready to make your own parody "coming attraction" video or fake movie trailer? Find a nice ostentatious movie, write up some funny lines and scenes, get some actors together and make it happen. Check out this goofy parody of " Memoirs of a Geisha" - It's the Diary of a Hooker" . Maybe not the best production value, but its funny. Can you do better?
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Here's a funny animated film trailer parody - imagine Dan Rather and Dan Brokaw in Brokaw Mountain. Yes, it is what you think it is.
Brokaw Mountain
Love is a force that's unnatural.
(Rated PG)
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Great Video Web Sites
OOH! TV is brand new and still in beta. but has some cool videos to check out. Definitely worth a visit. Still looking for customers, OOH! TV is a global distribution and entertainment platform that enables content owners to gain exposure and provides useful and entertaining content to individuals outside of their home via broadband TV, cellular, Wi-Fi, and digital signage to create an affordable and open experience that is end user driven.
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This site is GREAT. Goodie Bag TV is an incredibly wonderful collection of short films - most of which are artfully written, directed and produced by Kirby Ferguson. A few are a bit edgy and may earn a slight "kid be aware notice" (ie "Do You Take It - a song by the Wet Spots) but in general, the acting is superb and you will bust out laughing. Strongly recommended!!!
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If you love watching short cool videos you'll love this site. If you are a videomaker who wants to make money and become famous making short videos, you'll also love this site. American Express and the Tribeca Film Festival have teamed up to create the 15 Second Film Festival. They already have lots of great submissions to check out. The winner gets $1000 for every second of your clip. The top 100 get an iPOD and a Certificate of Recognition. Crank up your camcorder and software and make a move.
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Caves, bats and science. Check out this new web site www.cavebiota.com which has short video clips of cave animals. Also, you may want to visit www.envirovet.org which has short video clips about the organization, Envirovet that brings veterinary medicine to wildlife health issues. If you just can't get enough animal video, hop on over to www.midwestfrogs.com
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