Internet Video Magazine

March 2007 Newsletter

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TriggerStreet 3 Online Short Film Festival

 The 10 finalists in the 1st TriggerStreet.com On-Line Short Film Festival of the Third Season have been chosen, and Trigger Academy voting is underway. The Short Film Festival Season works as follows: Each Season is made up of three separate Film Festivals -- the ratings given by Intermediate and Advanced Members to the 50 Official Selection films during each festival will determine the Top Ten Finalists. Those ten films will then go before the Trigger Academy to determine which four are nominated to continue on to the end of season competition. The Nominees from each festival will be viewed by our panel of Judges, who will pick the Overall Winner of the Season and the recipient of the Budweiser Filmmaker Discovery Award.

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 Ulead VideoStudio Review - Ready to get started with video editing? Maybe you've some video that you'd like to make into a nice little movie production, complete with transitions between scenes, background music, title text, and some fun video effects. And you can share your movies as video files for computer playback, or post for friends to view over the Web, or download to a iPod to take with you, or even burn on DVD to watch in the living room.

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You can never have enough screen acreage when you want to edit video or even just play games. Matrox Graphics Inc just announced the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition, the latest addition to the Matrox line of Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM) featuring digital output support for a stretched desktop of up to 3840x1024 (triple 1280 x 1024) across three screens. The all-encompassing TripleHead2Go Digital Edition offers a truly digital-to-digital data path by connecting to the dual-link DVI output of a compatible notebook, desktop or workstation to three digital monitors—optimizing the connection between your system, graphics card and panel. more

Here are a couple very cool video webcasts from 3GSM TV regarding the future of mobile video

Movies on Mobiles - From Sundance to Bollywood; the trend towards creating original short movies for mobile phones. View now

The Prickly Problem of Adult Content - The industry might not like to talk about it, but adult content is a rare form of mobile data: one that users are actually willing to pay for. View now

Looking for an affordable and easy to master digital editing program that can almost do everything? Check out the latest Roxio Easy Media Creator suite, version 9. EMC 9 handles all different types of digital media (video, audio, photos, data) through the end-to-end workflow, from capture to editing to sharing. The EMC suite provides a nicely integrated collection with both strong individual tools, and a variety of utilities for doing simple things quickly and efficiently. more

·  YouTube to give politicians video boost

Politicians have not cherished most of their YouTube moments, those snippets of candid camera video posted on the popular Internet site. Now comes a friendlier YouTube politics.

The new YouTube site will allow candidates to feature their own video "channels" in one location. There is no cost to appearing on the site. The video is the same as what the candidates have on their own sites, though it might be packaged differently.

You can use Internet Video for great PR and to promote your business - market your services and products by using the power of video on the net. Check out this great article from Nick Peters at On the Scene Productions, Inc. more

Looking to be famous or make some money making online video? Check out Online Video Contests.  This is a great new site, a wonderful concept and amazingly useful. Instead of you trying to search through the net to find and stay ahead of all the hundreds and thousands of video contests you can enter, Justin Johnson and his Online Video Contests web site does it all for you!

Adobe's NEW web-based video remix and editing technology is an easy-to-use video editor that allows consumers the creative freedom to infuse personality and dramatic impact into their stories before releasing them to a broader online audience.  Users can drag and drop music, effects, transitions and titles to videos, as well as reorder, trim and split clips. All online  more

Can you act? Can you shoot and edit video? Want to create your Internet comedy series? It is not that difficult. Shoot, cut and post a few short episodes to YouTube, Revver, or other site. Then promote the heck out of it. Check out the MySkidmarks series - nice acting, writing and camera work - You can do this.

GREAT CAMCORDER DEAL - The Sony HVR-A1U is an entry level HDV camcorder that records high definition video as well as DVCAM and DV video. When it is selected to record in HDV it can record 60i, 30p or 24 frames per second. Its widescreen chip captures over 1000 horizontal lines and 1440 vertical lines no matter what you dial in for record format. Sony has engineered the camera around a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens for the latest in anti-reflective coatings and new levels of HDTV-quality resolving power in a compact design. This camera's a 10x zoom lens has a maximum wide angle of 5.1 mm which will show a 50° horizontal angle of view. The camera uses a single three million pixel CMOS chip to capture images. The use of a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) chip allows the camera to capture amazing high quality images while consuming less battery power and making the camera smaller overall. The Enhanced Imaging Processor (EIP), a Sony created technology, enables the camcorder to capture and process high-definition video and high resolution still images with the highest levels of contrast and detail. The HVR-A1U has balanced XLR audio inputs with phantom power and attenuation options.

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Great Internet Videos you ought to watch....
 

This is brilliant! Every 30 Seconds....Directed by Jeremy Corray. By the time you finish reading this film synopsis, a drunk driver will cause a traffic accident. Every 30 seconds in America, a man is hit by a drunk driver. However, this little factoid isn't as terrifying as it might sound, since drunk drivers apparently hit the same guy every 30 seconds. This is that man's story. Don't miss the Hitchcock homage...

 

Have you ever broken up with someone on video? Check out Sandra Gets Dumped by Tracy D. Smith. Simple yet effective cinematography combined with excellent writing and acting. BRILLIANT.

This is Sandra's video response to the man who crushed her dreams of domestic bliss.

 

 

So what do you do in the biz? Are you a cutter, a director, a best boy, a grip? Check out this hilarious short mockumentary " Who Makes Movies" about the little known but integral member of the production team for adult oriented films, the fluffer. This is great. Its a bit mature oriented so don't share it with elementary school film maker wannabees.... You got to hand it to them....

 

 

The Mouth Revolution is a hilarious and very well made live-action film that parodies history and contemporary culture while informing viewers about the vital importance of eating real, organic foods. Narrated by revolutionary mouths who take it upon themselves to decide what they will and will not eat, personalities like “Sojourner Tooth” and “Captain Mouth” unveil their "Mouthifesto" -- a Declaration of Indigestion that details their objectives and demands: No Trans Fats, No GMOs, No Pesticides, and No Artificial Ingredients. more

 

 

This is great = especially if you are a movie maker or broadcast industry veteran. "I'll Fix It In Post" Meet THESAP. Scott Allen Perry's goal is to make Hollywood make better movies. Maybe the best in high quality podcast-based entertainment.

Best Internet Videos of the Week

Best Video Web Sites of the Week

Music Videos - Best Music Videos and the Best Music Web Sites

Press Releases and Product Announcements

CAMCORDER Buyers Guide and What  Accessories do You Really Need?

Special Deals and Rebates on Camcorders

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