Re: [videoblogging] Kaltura - crazy web editing tool

2008-08-08 Thread noel hidalgo
thanks jen for mentioning remixamerica.org ! kaltura happens to be one of our technical partners, and while i can't speak for kaltura i can say we've been quite impressed with the tool. on the other hand, our remixers have found the software too simple. if you hop into the editor we have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: How to promote videos?

2008-08-08 Thread Jan McLaughlin
I advertise with Wreck Salvage and a few other places. I also make and 'air' ads for other videobloggers whose works I admire. Jan On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the best way is also consistency and continuity we just keep going and going since nov 2005 :)

Re: [videoblogging] The Bindlestiffs A Produced VideoBlog?

2008-08-08 Thread Jan McLaughlin
First and foremost: love, love, LOVE the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Bravo for getting them out to a wider audience. Jan On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:17 PM, M.J. Loheed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone I'm a new to video blogging and I'm kind of looking to migrate away from my current career

Re: [videoblogging] The Bindlestiffs A Produced VideoBlog?

2008-08-08 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Your profile of 'em is excellent. All the best to you and the Cirkus, who kindly lent me a 4'x4' platform for a wedding parade I directed back in 2003 with the Hungry March Band and all of poets of New York. Cool. Jan On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: [videoblogging] The Bindlestiffs A Produced VideoBlog?

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
I thought the editing and storytelling on this was top-quality. Great portfolio piece. Do I think it'll be something that people will watch online and make you famous? Yes, if marketed correctly. Jim Kukral From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Sull
good references and truths. i dont know/follow kent. never watched the ninja thing except unavoidable clips. i know that their is this history, as you point out Rufus, of the clash of highly creative media and diluted processed media (mass media). net video creators exercised a freedom from

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jen Proctor
Rupert's absolutely correct, of course. In addition, ever since the advent of the moving image, there have been outsiders making moving image art - from magic lantern producers in the 1800s to 16mm avant-garde filmmakers and 8mm home movie enthusiasts mid-century and video artists in the 1970s

Re: [videoblogging] Re: H264 encoded movies

2008-08-08 Thread Adam Quirk
Does the video have to be .m4v or can it be h.264 in a .mov file? On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:55 PM, potatono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually blip.tv supports h264 today using the player customizer. If you use http://blip.tv/players/edit and use the Advanced tab to add allowm4v and true then

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread ractalfece
I can't believe that I actually have to say this... but this is *not* a new crisis, or a new problem for artists and journalists. This existed just as powerfully long before the web came along. You think TV and other media were better in the... 90s... 80s... 70s... 60s??

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
All the guy did was stand in front of a video camera and talk for two or three minutes. How was that any different from what I was doing in poetry slams? Umm. the writing and presentation is funny, not boring like a poetry slam, that's why it's popular. All he did was stand in front of a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Adam Quirk
Tons of artists make money from their art. There are tons of intersections between art and marketing. The header of your blog has a quote from Woody Allen, an artist who makes money from his art. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Jim Kukral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the guy did was stand in

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
You know what? You're right. I stand corrected. I'm not an artist and have never been one so I don't really get it. I was always under the assumption, and from this thread, that some artists consider other artists who get successful as sell outs or lucky. I think my point is that the point of

[videoblogging] Re: The Bindlestiffs A Produced VideoBlog?

2008-08-08 Thread M.J. Loheed
Wow, thanks for the kudos. Hopefully the project will bring more interest to The Bindlestiffs live show too; which ultimately is the goal. I got one direct mail from Schlomo Rabinowitz which I'm going to reprint here. Because I think it's very insightful about things I can do to make it a better

[videoblogging] Vice TV

2008-08-08 Thread Jay dedman
Many of you might know the magazine, Vice. they started a video site several years ago which has gone through different evolutions. Nelson from Wreck and Salvage mentioned how good they've gotten: http://www.vbs.tv/ check it out. they have documentary-like videos that they split up into pieces.

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Steve Watkins
The internet is big. The internet has the capacity to accomodate a very big fringe, a very long tail. All the commercial and big media side of online video does not really prevent anybody from doing what they like as best I can tell. We get a network with a different agenda by creating one. I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
I love discussions like this. They get me thinking on my feet, my argument evolves. We have time to think. Yes, Quirk. It's true. Tons of artists make a living and there *is* a lot of money in art now. Investors have been piling out of other markets and into art.Look at the massive

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Steve Watkins
Well whether or not a person thinks of themselves as an artist, the process of creating is in many cases its own reward. I havent considered myself an artist to date, have just been trying to be creative sometimes because it feels good. But beyond that there are many things that people may be

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
Is this art, or marketing? http://www.onethousandpaintings.com/home/ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rupert Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:32 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground I love

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Steve Watkins
Both. And exclusivity or very limited availability is a very well used art selling technique. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jim Kukral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this art, or marketing? http://www.onethousandpaintings.com/home/ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
i don't think anybody would doubt that it's both then i guess there'd be those who'd debate its significance, value, meaning as art in relation to its context and the artist's other work. and those who'd debate its success, potential, significance as a business. and then there are those who'd

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jake Ludington
Both. And exclusivity or very limited availability is a very well used art selling technique. So is death of the artist, but I don't see that as a viable long-term strategy. ;) Jake Ludington http://www.jakeludington.com

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
So if the intent of creating a piece of art is to sell it in such a manner. is it still considered true art? Or is it marketing/creating a product? I'm not sure it can be both? If it can be both, then can it be argued that a website design or well written email can be art then too? Maybe I am

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Steve Watkins
Well those are the sort of questions that can occupy some people for a very long time. There is obviously no clear answer. If a person decides to call something they've done art, and finds some people to agree, then it is art, at least to some people. Oh definitions and labels, how I would like

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
The What Is Art debate is as endless and ultimately unenlightening as the What Is Videoblogging debate. Is a light turning on and off art? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Creed It is if it is. Is there a God? Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 8-Aug-08, at 12:00 PM, Jim Kukral wrote: So if

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread Adam Quirk
Is there a God? God is a monster with green hair, and he brushes it all day long. Here is an awesome piece of art, inspired by commerce, that also describes what art is. So meta! http://is.gd/1kc1 *Adam Quirk* / Wreck Salvage http://wreckandsalvage.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644

[videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread Jen Simmons
Help me remember what the best resources are for finding archival footage for remixing. Where do you download footage? http://archive.org http://politicalvideo.org http://remixamerica.org http://youtube.com What else? Especially high-res. Jen Jen Simmons http://jensimmons.com

Re: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread chris3306
http://lab.wgbh.org/sandbox Sent from my BlackBerry� smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: Jen Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:28:29 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material? Help me remember what

Re: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
http://spinxpress.com/getmedia allows searching by type of content and also by licence type. On 8-Aug-08, at 2:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lab.wgbh.org/sandbox Sent from my BlackBerry� smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: Jen Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
http://www.open-video.org/ has a lot of video As far as searching, http://www.altavista.com/video/ is pretty good at finding video files. A search for Obama will find 1000+ video files. which I'd assume is way short of the total number of Obama videos on the internets. Similarly you can

Re: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread Sull
noticed that spinxpress Get Media blip.tv results are all dead for me. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://spinxpress.com/getmedia allows searching by type of content and also by licence type. On 8-Aug-08, at 2:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [videoblogging] remix video footage source material?

2008-08-08 Thread Rupert
Some of the top links for each Blip item are dead, but if you click the Permalink, you should be OK. The top links are supposed to link directly to the file, and I guess Blip must have changed something. But the Permalink links to the page, and that still works. On 8-Aug-08, at 5:50 PM,

RE: [videoblogging] Kaltura - crazy web editing tool

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Kukral
Can Kaltura do this? This is what I want to do. 1. Record/video myself playing a song on the ukulele, no singing. 2. Let someone else watch the video, and record themselves singing, or playing another instrument over my track. 3. And so on... 4. Let me play all the tracks together. Like mixing a

[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground

2008-08-08 Thread ractalfece
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jim Kukral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the guy did was stand in front of a video camera and talk for two or three minutes. How was that any different from what I was doing in poetry slams? Umm. the writing and presentation is funny, not boring