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.
Stills to Video – A lot of potential…unrealized..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJ1KA0yE3M[/youtube] This is a video done by Ewen Spencer, a brilliant young British photographer. A lot of still photographers are moving into video with a mixed range of success and failure. Mostly failure. I found this video on The...
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Oskar Werner, Julie Christie.. ahead of their time… until now.. maybe The opening credits for Francoise Truffaut’s film Fahrenheit 451 (based on the Ray Bradbury novel) are done in voice over. They are done that way because the film...
Read moreWhy SxSW is Wrong.. and so it a lot of the web
But I’m a vegetarian…… I was just over at Buzzmachine.com, Jeff Jarvis’ blog – which is on my daily morning ‘must read’ list. I was astonished to read the opening sentence: Please vote for my session at South by...
Read moreU of Colorado J School Makes The Right Moves
I can’t seem to get online from here… I was in the class of 1983 at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. The MA program lasts only 9 months, so I started the school in the fall of 1982....
Read moreThis Is How It Starts
Hitler arrives at Nuremberg for rally 1933 – another very popular orator Normally I don’t write about politics here. But not today. I recently posted a note to Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. She had an item on...
Read moreThe Man Who Changed My Life Forever
Prof Robert L. Gaudino In 1972, I entered Williams College as a very sheltered 17-year old freshman. The extent of my world experience had been Long Island, New York, and now Williamstown. In my sophomore year, I took a...
Read moreThe Agony and the Video
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12999733[/vimeo] Unwatchable… I have to admit I was initially intrigued by a video series about storytelling posted by Henry Jenkins. Kurt Reinhardt, who produced this series, apparently, has indeed gathered some really smart people to talk about Storytelling, among...
Read moreWhen In Rome…
Pick up the white man’s burden… Today’s lesson is ‘old habit die hard’. This afternoon I had lunch with my old friend Peter Klein, who I have not seen in years. Peter was a producer for 60 Minutes, and...
Read moreIs Natalie Tran for Real?
Prof. Michael Hawley, Renaissance man Everyone once in a while one of your friends says, ‘you have to talk to this guy’. Your normal response is… uh.. sure.. fine. So when Mark Bittman said, ‘you have to talk to...
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