Happy Birthday YouTube!
Posted on May 21, 2012 in Internet | No Comments
YouTube turns 7 today. And now the statistic is 72 hours of video uploaded every minute.
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YouTube turns 7 today. And now the statistic is 72 hours of video uploaded every minute.
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Star Wars Uncut is a website that asked people around the globe to recreate a scene from the 1977 film. The Director’s cut, as presented below, is the final result.
Learn MorePosted on March 30, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments
I always felt there was something missing from these classic scenes… now I know why.
Learn MorePosted on March 24, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Jon Connor breaks down the course of a camera debate and outlines the personalities of the players.
Learn MorePosted on March 16, 2012 in Filmmaking 360, Selling Your Film | 1 Comment
Numbers don’t lie, lobbyists do. Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math in this TED Talk, a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.
Learn MorePosted on March 12, 2012 in Off Topic | 2 Comments
With the backing of Gates and Google, Khan Academy and its free online educational videos are moving into the classroom and across the world. Their goal: to revolutionize how we teach and learn. Sanjay Gupta on assignment with CBS News reports.
Learn MorePosted on March 9, 2012 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
Gifs are one of the web’s earliest image formats. They became passe quickly but artists and meme creators adopted the animated GIF as an artistic medium.
Learn MorePosted on March 8, 2012 in Internet | 1 Comment
Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term.
Learn MorePosted on March 2, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Kevin Allocca, YouTube’s trends manager, takes a look at the common components of Viral Videos and what happens to make them go viral.
Learn MorePosted on February 24, 2012 in Internet, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Amanda Lin Costa explores the new methods of distributing films and the myriad of strategies that filmmakers use to get their product to the masses.
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Evan Luzi dives in deep with a detailed article on how to make a splash with your project using the power of social media the right way.
Learn MorePosted on January 18, 2012 in Featured, Internet, Legal & Copyright | 6 Comments
Now that Occupy Wall Street is dead the interwebs are abuzz with a new protest meme denouncing SOPA. This should not be confused with their decades long protest against soap.
Learn MorePosted on January 16, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments
This Saturday Night Live skit called “You Can Do Anything” offers spot on satire of the YouTube generation.
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The folks at ReelSEO share the backend of the new YouTube site including how they organized it to maximize social interaction and drive viewers.
Learn MorePosted on October 6, 2011 in Off Topic | No Comments
The 1996 documentary “Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires” and it’s 1998 sequel, “Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet” chronicle the rise of the internet and personal computer along with the visionaries that created them.
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