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.
Why The BBC is Training Their Staffs to be VJs
Pat Younge, BBC Chief Creative Officer We are here in Manchester, England, running a 4-day video bootcamp for BBC staffers. This is not news. These people are the producers and directors from BBC Drama and BBC Comedy The same...
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Today we continue VJ Bootcamp at BBC Manchester.
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Read moreBack To The BBC
Back to The BBC This week we are in Manchester, England, running a full blown, hands-on video bootcamp for The BBC. There are 40 producers, writers and technical people from The BBC’s Drama Unit. They are all learning how...
Read moreYoutube Hits 1 Billion Subscriptions
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU[/youtube] There’s Something Happening Here… Yesterday, Youtube announced their one billionth subscription. That is, the one billionth time someone has hit the yellow ‘subscribe’ button on Youtube. Youtube is only 5 years old. How much is a billion? It’s a...
Read moreThe Curse of the Focus Groups
Look out Grommit! It’s Hollywood ! The Guardian reveals today that a)Nick Park is back in business on his own terms, about to release another Wallace and Grommit feature and b) things did not work out so well with...
Read moreMy Birthday Surprise
Taken with my iPhone.. needless to say, not the Hasselblad My wife just surprised me with my birthday present – a new Hasselblad H4D digital camera. It is quite literally the best camera in the world. It gets a...
Read moreOK Go Video Beats Robert Altman
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w[/youtube] A few years ago I read In The Blink of an Eye, by Walter Murch. It’s the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola. Murch was the editor. In the book he talks...
Read moreWhat I Learned at BET
Pretty much everyone knows that television news is terrible. It is unwatchable. It is crap. The people who know this the best are the people who are actually in the business. They aren’t kidding anyone, least of all themselves....
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