Submit and win a trip to SXSW 2010, courtesy of Mozilla, the Participatory Culture Foundation, and the rest of the Open Video Alliance, by entering our video contest. Details will be announced soon. Sign up for official announcements: for entry information.
The organisers for the Open Video conference include
Participatory Culture Foundation,
Yale Internet Society Project,
Kaltura,
iCommons,
Open Video Alliance.
The Open Video Conference brings together creators, entrepreneurs, technologists, policy-makers, hackers, academics, and others to share their insights on how open video enables creative expression and technical innovation.
Conference participants will also examine the challenges that keep online video from becoming a first-class citizen on the web. For one, online video playback is beset by a mess of proprietary formats, license fees, and plugins that segment viewership and complicate self-publishing efforts. Unlike blogs, email, and other staples of the open web—which rely on open standards—most online video content is delivered through proprietary codecs, like Adobe?s popular Flash player.
Source Open Video Alliance Press Release
Watch the online opensource revolution take place and shape listen to the discussions.
Swinburne University in Australia, has research that leads to DVD’s storing 2000 movies, this great dealing with issues of archiving, storage of video related material as the industry is increasing using tapleless formats and backup, media asset management and retrieval our key to success in handling large volumes of data relevant to the media, government and entertainment sector.
This seems good news for those who either manage or administrate data migration policies to future proof material and were wondering if Blu-ray was the only large format optical storage option available.
The research, carried out by Mr Peter Zijlstra, Dr James Chon and Professor Min Gu was published in the scientific journal Nature. In the article it describes how the researchers were able to use nanoscopic particles to exponentially increase the amount of information contained on a single disc.
The researchers were also able to introduce an extra dimension onto the disc using polarisation. When they projected light waves onto the disc, the direction of the electric field contained within them aligned with the gold nanorods. This allowed the researchers to record different layers of information at different angles.
“The polarisation can be rotated 360 degrees,” Chon said. “So for example, we were able to record at zero degree polarisation. Then on top of that, we were able to record another layer of information at 90 degrees polarisation, without them interfering with each other.”
Some issues, such as the speed at which the discs can be written on, are yet to be resolved. However the researchers are confident the discs will be commercially available within 5 – 10 years.
The discs are likely to have immediate applications in a range of fields. They would be valuable for storing extremely large medical files such as MRIs and could also provide a boon in the financial, military and security arenas.
For the techies and geeks you can send correspondence to: James W. M. Chon1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to J.W.M.C. (Email: JChon@groupwise.swin.edu.au), to find out about the “Five-dimensional optical recording mediated by surface plasmons in gold nanorods” that make all this possible.
Brian Seth Hurst, CEO, The Opportunity Management Company,
Moderator Presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Adam Armus, Executive Producer, Heroes (NBC), talks about the role of Brand integration in Heroes and also how the internet and mobile have affected how the show is produced and how brands benefit from the extension, from the net and mobile handheld audience, long after the programmed has finished airing via broadcast.
With companies looking to reassess and re apportion their marketing and ad spend instead of buying airtime between programmes, they look to be involved in spending and investing in tv or films to connect with their audience and have a cheaper way of reaching a more targeted demographic or consumer.
This becoming an important way to get production funding for projects and will play an increasing in AFP (advertiser funded productions/programmes). As Adam Armus, Executive Producer of Heroes pointed out this does not allow the sponsor to dictate or revise scripts or influence production in way to dilute the programme offering.
It would be great to hear your views especially those of you involved in production and creating branded video projects.
Livetype, the first Apple owned dedicated video titling package that featured with the release of Final Cut Pro 4. This application allow users to create motion graphic, titling and dvd menus as well as video backdrops for conferences,events and presentations. Work with layered Photoshop files, video and still images to create montage sequences and video effects.
Final Cut Server Apple’s server-based media asset management and workflow automation tool designed for film, video, network and group media projects. The software is?scalable from small/mini production companies, broadcast and film post production set up’s.
Learn to set up and install depending on your project or business production environment, share, manage and centralise assets amongst the creative team of editors, loggers, motion graphics, visual effects, compositors, production management and client.
Use is to speed up, automate, work more collaboratively, batch process for multiformat and multipurpose delivery of audio and video.
HD Productions provides director’s of photography, lighting cameramen, photographers with years of broadcast industry experience working for CBS, Sky and BBC covering news, documentary, reportage together with aerial and underwater photography experience.
Sample of the services we provide from video, digital photography and multimedia production.
In addition we also have an in house photographer who can provide underwater and aerial
photography. So the sky’s no limit in terms of what we offer.
Apple Motion Video titling animation and motion graphics package
Get to grips with Motion, Apple Mac’s dedication motion graphic, titling and visual effects tools for editors, compositors and motion graphic artists alike.
This software also intergrates with Final Cut Pro (FCP) and Adobe After Effects giving the end user the flexibility to operate between and exchange project graphics, video, filters and effects.
Allowing you to have more creative combinations of visual expression and benefiting your projects with more inspiring ways to showcase your talent and skills in this area.
Let us show you have take advantage and use of some of its amazing power, ease of use and bundle features, images, present and royalty free content.
Learn the basics and become familar with
Real-Time Design
3D Motion Graphics
Filters and Effects
Time-Saving Tools
HD Productions Photographic Showcase We provide a range of photographic services covering product, portfolio, celebrity, pr, business trade and news journalism. In addition we have an industry photographer with underwater and aerial photography experience so the sky is the limit. We have our own studio and portable lighting set up so we can facilitate outdoor and location shoots.
Aimed at start ups, new businesses, entrepreneurs, SME’s and those wanting to make effective use for business success. This course is designed to equip with tools needed and provide explanation on letting you incorporate a web strategy of your choice. All business that have an online presence need to maximise its effectiveness otherwise it’s window dressing without substance.
Course description These workshops bring the benefits of WEB 2.0 to businesses, so how to reduce costs, maximise marketing opportunities, reach new clients and customers by leveraging the internet for your business development. Understand the role of wikinomics and how to outsource, collaborate, use social networks, online video, forums, podcasts, blogs and understand the jargon and apply this for business.
Improve your Final Cut Pro and Studio Workflow
This one day courses covers the integrated workflow of the Final Cut Studio applications covering for creating a media project, to be delivered in different formats.
Final Cut Pro – Video logging, capturing, editing, titling, audio, effects package.
Livetype/Motion – Motion graphics, title, text effects, idents and dvd design menu package.
Soundtrack Pro – Audio editing, effects, sound design and music scoring package.
Compressor – Encoding tool for web, ipod/iphone, mobile, CD and DVD.
DVD Studio – DVD authoring and menu design pack for SD, HD and Blu Ray formats.
Course participants will engage in the workflow useful for those who want a more
knowledgeable and fluid way to make the most of the Final Cut Studio package.
Great for those working in groups, new to Final Cut or want more efficient ways
to use this for varied projects and productions or managing freelancers effectively.
