Welcome to Stroome – a web-based service that allows you to upload your videos, slice and dice them, and then share them.
Creating this virtual video editing “studio” was the brainchild of Nonny de la Peña and Tom Grasty, from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication, and the project was one of the winners in the 2010 Knight News Challenge.
Here’s a short recorded interview with Tom Grasty.
On 13 August 2010, Wide Angle Tasmania will host a free session on pitching – selling your movie idea. It’ll be a pitch seminar with Trish Lake, from 5pm to 6pm in Hobart. Trish has heaps of media and entertainment industry experience, so it’s bound to be an hour well spent.
You’ll find all the details on the Wide Angle website.
Tasmania now has its own screen-acting school for young people (14 years and older). The Cooper Screen Academy is in Hobart and focuses on things like the technical requirements for screen (rather than stage) acting, what to expect on a set, how to approach your screen character and how to prepare for an audition.
So, if you want to make your mark in the movies, maybe you want to check out their courses.
Alright, before you rush out and buy your iPhone 4 entirely for its HD video recording capabilities, perhaps you want to read this viewpoint from the blog HD Warrior:
“iPhone 4 may record in HD but it’s the worst rolling shutter to date”
Now of course I realise you may buy the iPhone for other things too – like making calls – so don’t be too disheartened.
Well, if you were thinking about it, someone’s already done it. The band “The Anix” shot a movie, in this case a music video, entirely on the new iPhone 4. And the results are pretty impressive (check out the video below).
The video was apparently edited on a Macbook Pro, but if you wanted to go the whole hog you could even edit the video footage on iPhone, by using the iMovie app. The editing capability might be a bit basic, but you could probably turn out a pretty decent, watchable product – and all of that in the palm of your hand. The mind boggles.
The 43rd Melbourne International Movie Festival is open for entries. It costs $5 (Australian dollars) to enter and you’ll find an entry form and the conditions of entry here: http://www.oakleighmovieclub.org.au/registration.html
Movies with a maximum length of 30 minutes can be entered until 1 September 2010.
The categories or sections are: documentary (including travelogue), animation, general and photoplay. So, what are you waiting for?
Ever tried getting a bird’s-eye-view shot with your camcorder? How about from 125,000 feet?
Colin Rich did just that, and recorded stills and video footage using two Canon compact cameras attached to a weather balloon.
He programmed the cameras to take three photos every three minutes, and to shoot a minute of video every fourth minute. The cameras were encased in Styrofoam to protect them and keep them from freezing up.
The balloon burst at 125,000 feet and the cameras parachuted back down to earth.
The results were amazing, but it’s probably not something you want to try at home … not unless you want air traffic control and the air force to come knocking at your door!
Pacific Star II from Colin Rich on Vimeo.
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