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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Star Wars – if it were made by the Internet
Posted on May 4, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments
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.
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Famous Scenes completed with Cats
Posted on March 30, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments
I always felt there was something missing from these classic scenes… now I know why.
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The (Insert Any Camera Here) Debate
Posted 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.
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Copyright Math: Why the MPAA is Full of Sh*t
Posted 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.
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Khan Academy: The future of education?
Posted 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.
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Animated GIFs – Birth of a Medium
Posted 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.
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Viral Videos Vs. Evergreen Videos
Posted 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.
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YouTube’s Trend Manager talks about Why Videos go Viral
Posted 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.
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How New Platforms, Streaming Media Change the Equation for Indie Filmmakers
Posted 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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How to Pitch Your Film’s Crowdfunding Campaign to Bloggers
Posted on February 17, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
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.
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The Internet Goes on Strike over SOPA, Productivity Skyrockets
Posted 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.
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You Can Do Anything!
Posted 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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How To Set Up Your Channel For The New YouTube Design
Posted on December 8, 2011 in Internet | No Comments
The folks at ReelSEO share the backend of the new YouTube site including how they organized it to maximize social interaction and drive viewers.
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Triumph of the Nerds & Nerds 2.0.1
Posted 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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