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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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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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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Posted on December 15, 2011 in Off Topic | No Comments
Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation — a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness.
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Posted on May 17, 2011 in Internet | 1 Comment
Blip.tv has relaunched their website today. The Web series network has been recast as a consumer-facing destination where viewers can discover, watch and share the best in original web series.
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Posted on March 31, 2011 in Featured | 1 Comment
This is the first in a new series titled “Best of the Forums.” In a effort to be ironic we decided to kick things off with the most outlandish posts in the WTF Forum. Which depending on your taste may be the worst of the Forums.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 in Editing, Trailers | 4 Comments
In an effort to prove that people on the internet have way too much free time on their hands, we’ve collected 55 films trailers re-cut using the Hans Zimmer’s heart pounding score from Inception.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 in Internet | 1 Comment
Musician, Actor, Comedian, Trapeze artist, Mime, Internet Scientist, and Vimeo Ambassador to the Interweb Dr. Reginald Watts kicks-off the Vimeo Festival. Dr. Watts gives an entertaining look into his never-before-heard theories on the digital universe.
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Posted on January 6, 2011 in Internet | 8 Comments
Since the dawn of the interwebs filmmakers looked to it as a new magical tool that may finally allow us to breakdown traditional walls opening up a whole new world. We all envisioned a future of social collaboration, new financing models and open distribution. So are the walls coming down or are we just creating new ones?
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Posted on January 9, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The sixth lecture in Evan Korth’s NYU Computers and Society course featured Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. His topic, the subject of his recent book, was “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.”
The content industry has convinced industry in general that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Outtakes | 5 Comments
YouTube is offering a cash prize to the first user to upload a video with a shred of originality or artistic merit.
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Posted on August 24, 2008 in Contracts and Law | 1 Comment
From: Center for Social Media
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INTRODUCTION
WHAT THIS IS
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under [...]
Posted on July 8, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
This is a guest post written by Darius Monsef for Cineleet.com. Darius is the Creator & Executive Editor of COLOURlovers.com.
…When a new viral video pops up on the internet it can reach upwards of 20,000,000 views… that’s more than can be said about any of Eddie Murphy’s latest films. Advertising agencies and major brands [...]
