Archive for May, 2009
Shooting in Mogadishu
Dutch videojournalist Ruud Elmendorp just wrapped up an exciting week shooting in Mogadishu. His feature video centers around the issue of health services in a country torn apart from years of strife and under the constant threat of an Al Qaeda takeover.
Ruud presents an excellent piece of work under some of the most trying [...]
iPhone Test
Just a quick test with my new iPhone. So far Im loving it!
Interview Tips Via Twitter
UK radio programmer and consultant Justin Kings asked his Twitter followers to spend a day sending him in their interview tips. As Justin puts it, “It is rare that BBC and commercial editors and journalists get an opportunity to exchange best practice but it happened today, in 140 characters or less a time!”
In the end [...]
Videojournalists Manifesto
Viewmagazine.tv creator David Dunkley Gyimah has provided an update to his now 32 point video journalists Manifesto. Some of the new points are:
26. Acknowledge that online the environment is interactive, your package can have multiple entry points;
27. Think expansively, shoot lean. Think like a detective entering a crime scene. If you think too narrowly, too [...]
Video Sharing for Twitter
Jennifer Van Grove complied a list of sites that will allow you to make video posts for your Twitter account. I’ll be giving TwitVid (pictured on the left) a whirl and will post my results. The site allows for files up to 1GB and/or twenty minutes.
TwitVid was created by San Francisco twitters Daniel Rhodes [...]
Online Teleprompter
CuePrompter – “CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.
Check the system requirements and give it a try. Bookmark this site and come again when ever you need teleprompter services.”
I added this under the Resources page too.
Photojournalism in the New Media Market
War photographer Danfung Dennis wrote a guest blog post to POLIS Media covering the topic of skills in the new media market. Danfung presently shoots stills and video with a Canon 5D Mk II and is embedded with US forces in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.
As he puts it his work with the [...]
Free Final Cut Title Plugin
Freelancer Alexandre Gollner has created a great Final Cut plugin for titles. It’s much easier to use then the FCP standard title maker and is more flexible. Download and follow the quick install instructions and you’re good to go.
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