DIY

DIY Filmmaking: Make Your Own Equipment & Tools Here’s a few links to DIY resources that give us multimedia shooters alternatives to buying and renting equipment from filmlinker.com enjoy, -r

Flash Video Tip

Optimal Frame Dimensions for Flash Video Compiled by Robert Reinhardt September 24, 2007 Video codecs such as On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark perform best when the frame width and height use multiples of 16. While you can use any width and height in your encoding settings, non-optimal dimensions can result in poor image quality and [...]

NAWLZ: Future of Story?

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Nawlz is an experiment in interactive story-telling. This is not everybody’s cup of tea but important to experience, because I think there is a lot to learn from this kind of interactive story-telling. Yes this is a nod to my love of graphic novels, but none-the-less important move in the future of the story. enjoy, [...]

The Peace of Dawn

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The Virginian-Pilot’s Rich-Joseph Facun gives us, The Peace of Dawn, a quiet and moving piece. A shining example of journalism for the web. It’s beautifully photographed, with strong audio moments. Well Done. enjoy, -r [ratings]

100 Young Americans

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The True Story of Youth Culture in America, It’s a book and an online experience. A must see. One Hundred Young Americans is the first book to paint the full picture of youth culture in America today. Gorgeously photographed and meticulously researched, this year-long project represents photographer Michael Franzini’s 30,000-mile journey in search of what [...]

Vietnam Orphans: Legacy of Horror

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  Justin Mott, a photojournalist from San Francisco working in Hanoi, and multimedia producer Laura Lo Forti published this piece on Newsweek.com. I love how the ambient sound really transports me to the scene. Well Done. enjoy -r [ratings]

Greenham Common

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Thanks to Elliot Smith, Multimedia Producer @ Guardian Unlimited for pointing us to this solid piece about the Greenham Common Protests 25 years later.  Enjoy the human emotion and strong production values. -r [ratings]

Life Unbarred

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The News & Observer in Raleigh produced this outstanding piece, the best I’ve seen in a long time. This is what you get wen you give a still photographer a video camera for the first time. YES, this was Shawn Rocco’s first video piece according to fellow photojournalist Scott Sharpe. It works on so many [...]

The Boy In The Moon

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I am awe struck by this story. A reader said it better than I ever could: “As ever, I am humbled by the depth and breadth of the human condition; by both the joy and sorrow. Here’s hoping the soundproof curtain has been lifted in the telling — thank you for sharing – I will [...]