[videoblogging] 1 Artist 5 Citizen Journalists sentenced to 10 days in Chinese prison.
hey gang, this is just coming in from the Students for a Free Tibet website... here's update on yesterday's arrest... the artist, james powerly, and five citizen journalists, one of them is the founder of alive in baghdad, have now been sentenced to 10 days in prison for disturbing the peace - students for a free tibet is coordinating an online campaign for the release of the Beijing 6. visit http://beijing6.org for a list of ways you can help. Online Actions You can Take... 1) Visit http://beijing6.org 2) Continue to publicize their detention and the reasons why they were in Beijing. (You can watch a video statement by James Powderlyon his reasons for traveling to China.) http://freetibet2008.tv/2008/08/20/activist-profile-james-powderly/ 3) Read below for an update on the six andclick here to read and watch SFT Executive Director Lhadon Tethong’s video blog update, and share this video on YouTube and elsewhere. http://beijingwideopen.org/ 4) Spread the stories below of ordinary Tibetans and Chinese citizens, imprisoned and killed in the last few days for simply trying to protest, far and wide to amplify their voices and help bring about change 5) Twitter - use the #Beijing6 tag 6) Facebook - join the group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31980938297 7) Anywhere - use the tag “beijing6″ on your blog or social media posts
[videoblogging] Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts?
Re: [videoblogging] Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
French Maid TV has 8 How To videos that usually get between 1 to 5 million views per video. The trick is to build emotionally compelling content that moves two of more emotions have spectacle... and story if you can work it in. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] Add French Maid TV to Your iTunes @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes http://1timstreet.com http://twitter.com/1timstreet On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:18 PM, jamezscript wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Do you trust what you see?
For a long time, photos could be considered the smoking gun. If you were told: John is gay. You'd probably ask around before believing it but if you saw a photo that's all you needed. Photos have quickly become unreliable and we've had to go back to the tried and true method of investigative citizen journalism. Photos just don't cut it anymore. You have to see more than one photo from a different source before believing the original photo. The same is happening with video. (See this Microsoft Technology Demonstration video for a peek at what's to come: http://research.microsoft.com/unwrap/rkrf_short.wmv) Photos and videos are now no more trustworthy than a regular story about a fishing trip. It's not so much scary as predictable. inevitable. Until a new method of capturing an event appears that is too difficult to manipulate, (holographic technology?) we'll have to just check multiple sources. BBC, Al Jazeera, Globe and Mail, New York Times, Blogs, Vlogs, etc What Bill said about a photo album of a party is an excellent example of how one source can never be enough. Russia vs. Georgia is an excellent example of how twisted a story can get. You'll want to read about it or hear about it from sources you've grown to trust. However It's never enough to just ask one trusted source. Ask your best friend Sam. The most educated, well informed guy you know and he'll still have a skewed view of things. Read the BBC, a well trusted source and you'll still only get part of the story. Even in the time before photoshopping produced realistic photographs, that photo of John couldn't alone be considered the smoking gun because it could have been John just fooling around, making jokes. There's no reason to fear what technology is capable of. It's more about fearing, or rather, expecting what people have always been capable of. p On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's because previously, we didn't have a choice. If the news told you that Cory Lidle's plane crashed into a building and that that building was currently on fire, you had no choice but to believe it. However, if I go down there and FILM the actual building with no flames coming from it and only smoke, and then I post that to the internet for all to see, when they turn on their televisions and still see images of a building burning, it becomes unbelievable. Fast forward a year, to today, and we have Qik and other on-the-fly services, where we can LIVECAST stuff mere seconds after they actually happen. So the problem is that there are checks and balances now. The News isn't the only source of footage or commentary. Just this morning, I found out that Brian Conley and Jeff Rae were detained in China YESTERDAY! That wasn't possible back in the day. There are too many people with too many eyes on too many things and too many outlets for immediately getting that information to others for journalists who specialize in spinning stories to remain credible if they keep it up. Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course it's subjective of the person taking the video or picture, etcthat holds true...however, I think it was always a spin...sure there were times, but people expected more out of the people who were delivering the news, in whatever form. Now we have all become so jaded that we seem to always distrust what we see, unless it fits your own personal view, then you belive it. Objectivity in all it's forms have seem to have gone awayand that's sad... Heath http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack billcammack@ wrote: Yes. I agree that the person who delivers the information has to be credible and considered honest by the viewers if the station wants their information to be accepted and absorbed. This includes the commercials. I suppose my point is that even if you take what appears to be the purest form of video... a live, unedited stream... it's still subjective and contingent upon human decision-making, so it always ends up being a reflection of what the person in charge of releasing the video wanted to portray. For instance, if a film crew takes a trip to Africa and visits actual huts in villages, yet they actually STAYED in a hotel in a major city, they're going to cut the video to represent whatever they wanted to show. Shots inside the plush hotels might hit the cutting room floor. Shots of the huts with the city's skyline as the background might hit the cutting room floor. I could go film in Central Park right now, and depending on how I do it, you wouldn't know it was in the middle of New York City, surrounded by high-rise buildings. OR... I could stand inside the park and frame my shot so ONLY the high-rise buildings are shown, and you wouldn't have any idea that I was
Re: [videoblogging] Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
tension, climax, relief? On 21-Aug-08, at 2:28 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: I cannot resist. Mr. Street, what are the two or more emotions that French Maid TV seeks to move through emotionally compelling content? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: French Maid TV has 8 How To videos that usually get between 1 to 5 million views per video. The trick is to build emotionally compelling content that moves two of more emotions have spectacle... and story if you can work it in. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] tim%40frenchmaidtv.com Add French Maid TV to Your iTunes @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes http://1timstreet.com http://twitter.com/1timstreet On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:18 PM, jamezscript wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
tension, climax, post-roll? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tension, climax, relief? On 21-Aug-08, at 2:28 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: I cannot resist. Mr. Street, what are the two or more emotions that French Maid TV seeks to move through emotionally compelling content? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: French Maid TV has 8 How To videos that usually get between 1 to 5 million views per video. The trick is to build emotionally compelling content that moves two of more emotions have spectacle... and story if you can work it in. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] tim%40frenchmaidtv.com Add French Maid TV to Your iTunes @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes http://1timstreet.com http://twitter.com/1timstreet On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:18 PM, jamezscript wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
Surely: Pre-roll, overlay, post-roll? That's how I'm going to describe it to my wife from now on, anyway. On 21-Aug-08, at 5:00 PM, ractalfece wrote: tension, climax, post-roll? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tension, climax, relief? On 21-Aug-08, at 2:28 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: I cannot resist. Mr. Street, what are the two or more emotions that French Maid TV seeks to move through emotionally compelling content? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: French Maid TV has 8 How To videos that usually get between 1 to 5 million views per video. The trick is to build emotionally compelling content that moves two of more emotions have spectacle... and story if you can work it in. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] tim%40frenchmaidtv.com Add French Maid TV to Your iTunes @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes http://1timstreet.com http://twitter.com/1timstreet On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:18 PM, jamezscript wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
