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This Halloween, take a visit to Drake Mountain - http://www.drakemountain.com. It is a video blog that documents a fictional expedition to a haunted mountain in Vermont. All 10 episodes along with a blooper reel are now online, just in time for Halloween. We really like how they integrated the YouTube feed into their own site so that they didn't have to worry about hosting the video or bandwidth costs. Smart.
Drake Mountain had an incredibly intense production schedule. Auditions were held on September 26 and the production was casted on October 1. The first day of shooting was October 7. By October 21, the movie was shot and by October 27, the final episode was edited and uploaded to the web.
Companies have broad aims for TV on the Web - Eyebrows went up when Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion for YouTube, the most popular Web site for free video clips. But that figure could be blown away one day if some emerging companies achieve their much broader visions for the future of online TV. These companies are building flexible online networks that can host content, serve up ads and dish out interactive features. While "viral" video-sharing sites like YouTube focus on individual clips — many pirated — these new Internet TV platforms are designed to host full-fledged channels that content creators can control.
Students produce movies with cell phones The cameras capture the young man walking down the stairs, reciting a monologue about the three things people should know about him: His favorite movie is "Gone with the Wind," he loves roller coasters and he hates when people don't take him seriously. The shot is complicated and takes several attempts to perfect. But there's no big camera equipment, no expert sound system and no reels of film to capture the moment. Instead, everyone involved, from the three cameramen and the sound guy to the extras, is producing the miniature movie with — and for — cell phones.
Virus writers target web videos at BBC - The growing popularity of online video has caught the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals. Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs - file compressors - required to play some video formats. Some of the codecs let users play types of net-based video, but also have spyware and adware wrapped inside. Others, say experts, are outright fakes that just want to infect victims with data-stealing programs.
Check out this new offer from AOL and Brightcove. AOL and Brightcove launched a new distribution service that can enable video publishers to sell high-quality video downloads through the AOL Video portal (http://video.aol.com) and receive up to 70% of the revenue generated from their sales. The new service promises to expand the distribution options for video publishers and the choices for consumers. more
Comcast has just launching FearNet, an on-demand horror channel. FearNet, a co-venture with Sony and Lionsgate, will debut as a video-on-demand channel free to Comcast digital customers, a website (FearNet.com) and a mobile offering (FearNet Mobile), the first of several multi-platform networks Comcast plans to launch. Visitors to FearNet.com can purchase horror-themed movies for rent or to own, all for immediate viewing on a PC. more
Check out, "I Wanna Be Famous", a great short animated music video by Jessica Delfino. Directed by Nick Fox-Gieg, www.itslikespiders.com). Also read her article about her struggle to get her video made and posted at YouTube. Very interesting.
Believe it or not, NBC.com is hot. In addition to online versions of many of the network's top shows, you can also access a few Internet only productions. Check out "Its Your Show" where amateur film and video makers get to produce and upload their own comedy skits and try to win big bucks - $1000 every week with a $100,000 grand prize. This is the future of the net. Quality video with a big bucks content provider behind it.
With the new 24-inch iMac, Apple combines the home theater experience with professional-level digital production capabilities; it comes loaded with powerful video, audio and imaging software and its wide screen 24" LCD monitor makes it perfect for use as the central hub of a digital lifestyle. more
Are you a pro or serious consumer who wants to do some heavy duty soundtrack development, audio editing and clean-up but the learning track for a pro product like Adobe Audition is just a bit too steep? Then check out Adobe System's Adobe® Soundbooth™ software, a new innovative and intuitive audio software product for creating and editing audio and fixing common audio flaws using visually-oriented tools. Unveiled to customers for the first time this week at the MAX 2006 Adobe user conference in Las Vegas, creative professionals now have the opportunity to test this new beta download and submit feedback to the Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com/soundbooth. Adobe Soundbooth is available for both Intel-based Macintosh and Windows systems.
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