Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
Pitching a Killer Show
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuni2FtKAY[/youtube] Here‘s the pitch A few months ago, Kevin Curl, friend and TCA grad came to us with a question – could we train a woman he found in NYÂ who might contribute to his fledgling webcast network, Future Dog....
Read moreVideo Crowd Sourcing – TED’s Chris Anderson
Wired does great graphics Yesterday, I was attending an all-day instructional class at Calumet in NY on how to use my new digital Hasselblad. The thing has more buttons on it than the space shuttle. Unfortunately (for me at...
Read moreWorld’s First Entirely Flipcam Feature Gets Hollywood Distribution
David Guy Levy Yesterday we told you about a Korean director who had shot the world’s first feature film on an iPhone. Today, David Guy Levy not only shot an entire feature, A Love Affair of Sorts, on a flipcam, but...
Read moreI Make My Living Doing Videos for YouTube – CES Report
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRd4IDKFSxM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Courtesy, Pat Younge, BBC The CES has always been a place where you get to take a look at the near future, and it would seem that with the monetization of YouTube via Google Adsense, it is now possible...
Read moreWhy Taking Control of TV Content is so Important
 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO8mdK46AU8&feature=related[/youtube] We baked cupcakes while Rome burned Television is the most powerful medium we have ever created – and the most under-utilized. The average American will spend more time watching TV in a lifetime than any other activity...
Read moreFlash – Oprah Shoots OWN Master Show in DSLR
I have lifted this entire piece from Cliff Etzel’s excellent reporting. Cliff is a founding member of NYVS and one of the pioneers of the VJ movement. Nice job Cliff!! “The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has released a teaser...
Read moreThe Courage To Change – What News Can Learn from 1346
That took guts, but it changed the world Two weeks ago, we had a meeting with the head of a network in England and his top news people. Unlike so many meetings in the past, everyone at the table...
Read moreWhy Radio Mics Are A Really Good Idea
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Read moreThe Thrill of Victory – The Agony of Defeat
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] Making sports video compelling -OK, MORE compelling My sister’s kids LOVE the Yankees. My brother-in-law Ted pretty much goes into bankruptcy every time the Yankees go to the World Series (which is all too often), because he has...
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