The ubiquitous mobile phone has an even richer future. True or false?
Two years ago as part of a project with the BBC's Interactive department, we, myself and handpicked students mapped out a world where the future would collide with the present.
Here the mobile phone is transformed, not merely from the shoot and edit capabilities some devices can handle now, but a fully fledged HD quality camera with sophisticated editing bay and fast network publishing. More coming
Friday, March 31, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Mike Smartt ex- BBC Online Chief
An example of a video hyperlink, which I'm working on to refine so the transition is seamless, but what do you make of what Mike says. Pretty Candid really! No you won't get that from an existing BBC Manager.
Amputee Sierra Leone
Yannis was having a pizza with friends when he called me. Come on up, it'll gives us the chance to talk about Sierra Leone.
Early jan, Yannis sent me prints. I looked at them and thought Gosh these are harsh. . . even painful. Weeks later the pictures would be garnering multiple awards.
I call Yannis invisible. He's 6 foot plus, but has the ability to get into a moment in time that defies common thought. He wanted Terry Callier's Sierra Leone, but alas despite emails and a good hearty chat with Terry's record company, nothing came of that wish.
The track you hear was specifically written for this. A heart warm thanks to Micheal Donkor, Joel Dumba and Eric Osei-Poku.
So there we are. Tell us what you think? If it moves you enough perhaps you could find time to give to an Amputee cause.
So, I say to Yannis, I can't make it in today but how about a rain cheque. . . tomorrow?
"Oh tomorrow" he quips I'm off to Columbia. Such is the life of a photojournalist.
Early jan, Yannis sent me prints. I looked at them and thought Gosh these are harsh. . . even painful. Weeks later the pictures would be garnering multiple awards.
I call Yannis invisible. He's 6 foot plus, but has the ability to get into a moment in time that defies common thought. He wanted Terry Callier's Sierra Leone, but alas despite emails and a good hearty chat with Terry's record company, nothing came of that wish.
The track you hear was specifically written for this. A heart warm thanks to Micheal Donkor, Joel Dumba and Eric Osei-Poku.
So there we are. Tell us what you think? If it moves you enough perhaps you could find time to give to an Amputee cause.
So, I say to Yannis, I can't make it in today but how about a rain cheque. . . tomorrow?
"Oh tomorrow" he quips I'm off to Columbia. Such is the life of a photojournalist.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Band of Sisters - the new multiskilled media prosumers
One of the most visible evolutions of our contemporary media age has been its democratisation and meritocracy. So it was a joy yesterday to spend two hours with a class comprising all women in mid-career or contemplating pursuing video as a new hobby or career-turn.
The course in North London, at a place called, Heron House, [http://www.theheron.co.uk] trains women in technical skillls for example graphics, editing, camera, lighting.
There is a world of difference when speaking to mid-career women, some of whom may have families. They want a practical, realistic view of the industry and if they don't mind me saying will let you know very quickly if you're off message.
Some of the questions revolved around the differences between Final Cut Pro and Premiere. How After Effects could add value to your production. How Flash as an application is so underused by broadcasters. How to go about setting up an online station. And for me a firm favourite how a number of tertiary institutions are failing to train modern day producers to take on the market.
As a former BBC employee and freelance producer, I'm not talking about producers in the BBC sense, formidable as they are, but the more radical multi-skilled creative and journalist. In an interview with the world editor's forum [http://www.editorsweblog.org] I mention how divisions of work, labour and diehard habits mean we usuallly execute tried but tested methods, but which often make us impotent too to new ideas and practices.
In part this is because of unions and regulatory laws, and the other frankly, why should I multiskill, when what I want to be is the best camerawoman or most adept editor. Learning any new skill merely dilutes my specialism, or does it?
Realistically, our broadcast/ AV industry has a good enough turn over, but not enough, to meet the ever growing demand of graduates et al who want into the media. But herein lies a rubicon , which has been crossed knowingly or not by everyone.
If you can't get into any number of organsiations. Don't despair. Today, broadband allows you to broadcast your own material. The market then becomes your judge and jury and that's healthy. That's what the English 17th century philosophers, Thomas Hobbs, refered to as the Intelligent Commonwealth.
I don't doubt that the zest and curiosity in the room, coupled with combined knowledge could be a real tour de force in setting something up as a collective. Interdependence [ Covey's 7 ways of success] is a strong theme here for building upon ideas which appear someone distant.
The Open Source movement and its ethos may be counter intuitive to business but it has served many netizens and media envagelists well. Copy left rather than Copy right will equip you with tools that can be shared and assit you in growing in unison with your shared partners.
"So how do you get your stories?" was one of the questions, as I opened up viewmagazine.tv. With great patience and feeling emotive about the subject. I have a day job, but will work around the clock or do the "Death March" ( c.f coders working arond the clock). Yes, I said, more or less everything you see on the mag is mine in production, but that takes away from the point, that quid pro quo arrangements are constantly going on, so that everyone's a winner.
The real point here: you, and your stories is the killer content.
Broadcasters and Publishers exist because of you. As I write this, I have just finsished marking some Masters in Journalism student work. One student has interviewed an Indian gentlemen who's taking it upon himself to ride his bicycle across the world. He has the most extraordinary tales. His day job, after his sabbatical, is working as a government civil servant.
If he ever puts up an online site detailing his Phileas Foggesque travels I'll be one of many I trust who'd log on.
David
http://www.viewmagazine.tv
online video packages made for broadband c.f Jakob Nielson for what that entails
The course in North London, at a place called, Heron House, [http://www.theheron.co.uk] trains women in technical skillls for example graphics, editing, camera, lighting.
There is a world of difference when speaking to mid-career women, some of whom may have families. They want a practical, realistic view of the industry and if they don't mind me saying will let you know very quickly if you're off message.
Some of the questions revolved around the differences between Final Cut Pro and Premiere. How After Effects could add value to your production. How Flash as an application is so underused by broadcasters. How to go about setting up an online station. And for me a firm favourite how a number of tertiary institutions are failing to train modern day producers to take on the market.
As a former BBC employee and freelance producer, I'm not talking about producers in the BBC sense, formidable as they are, but the more radical multi-skilled creative and journalist. In an interview with the world editor's forum [http://www.editorsweblog.org] I mention how divisions of work, labour and diehard habits mean we usuallly execute tried but tested methods, but which often make us impotent too to new ideas and practices.
In part this is because of unions and regulatory laws, and the other frankly, why should I multiskill, when what I want to be is the best camerawoman or most adept editor. Learning any new skill merely dilutes my specialism, or does it?
Realistically, our broadcast/ AV industry has a good enough turn over, but not enough, to meet the ever growing demand of graduates et al who want into the media. But herein lies a rubicon , which has been crossed knowingly or not by everyone.
If you can't get into any number of organsiations. Don't despair. Today, broadband allows you to broadcast your own material. The market then becomes your judge and jury and that's healthy. That's what the English 17th century philosophers, Thomas Hobbs, refered to as the Intelligent Commonwealth.
I don't doubt that the zest and curiosity in the room, coupled with combined knowledge could be a real tour de force in setting something up as a collective. Interdependence [ Covey's 7 ways of success] is a strong theme here for building upon ideas which appear someone distant.
The Open Source movement and its ethos may be counter intuitive to business but it has served many netizens and media envagelists well. Copy left rather than Copy right will equip you with tools that can be shared and assit you in growing in unison with your shared partners.
"So how do you get your stories?" was one of the questions, as I opened up viewmagazine.tv. With great patience and feeling emotive about the subject. I have a day job, but will work around the clock or do the "Death March" ( c.f coders working arond the clock). Yes, I said, more or less everything you see on the mag is mine in production, but that takes away from the point, that quid pro quo arrangements are constantly going on, so that everyone's a winner.
The real point here: you, and your stories is the killer content.
Broadcasters and Publishers exist because of you. As I write this, I have just finsished marking some Masters in Journalism student work. One student has interviewed an Indian gentlemen who's taking it upon himself to ride his bicycle across the world. He has the most extraordinary tales. His day job, after his sabbatical, is working as a government civil servant.
If he ever puts up an online site detailing his Phileas Foggesque travels I'll be one of many I trust who'd log on.
David
http://www.viewmagazine.tv
online video packages made for broadband c.f Jakob Nielson for what that entails
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
The secret services and the net
Could the Net eventually do away with the secret services, particularly if a group of intelligence officers are successful in pushing open source secrets onto the net?
multimedia photomontage. Why do it?
World Press Photo winner Yannis Kontos New
Yannis' photomontage proved to be a huge success, but for some it was a travesty. Should photos have any place in video production? Zooms, pans and the use of music may heighten the emotional effect. On the other hand they could be viewed as a simple distraction. Yannis and I are hoping to produce more. Should we?. If you're interested in more multimedia narratives see web promos back at http://www.viewmagazine.tv
Yannis' photomontage proved to be a huge success, but for some it was a travesty. Should photos have any place in video production? Zooms, pans and the use of music may heighten the emotional effect. On the other hand they could be viewed as a simple distraction. Yannis and I are hoping to produce more. Should we?. If you're interested in more multimedia narratives see web promos back at http://www.viewmagazine.tv
interactive documentaries
Interactive Documentary- a runner up in Network Channel 4 Unleash the Talent signaling how to rework documentaries to make them interactive. Is this the future for documentary makers restructuring their wares online. An early proponent of videohyperlinks, where videos will connect with each other in the same way hypertext does. What do you think?The Net 2010: And what about the Outernet . Where does that feature in the future of media: a utility that will lay open universal access to create public broadbandcasts on the fly?
From Print to TV
Videojournalism in Sony and UK broadcast industry magazine
The Producer magazine features an article, drawing great attention in the UK, about videojournalism and how British newspapers are learning to become TV/video makers. You can downlaod the pdf of the article.
The editors forum recently interviewed me about the Press Association Programme I headed up training newspapaer journalists to become videojournalists. This is indeed a hot and controversial topic. Should print journos have to learn anything about multimedia or tv?
The Producer magazine features an article, drawing great attention in the UK, about videojournalism and how British newspapers are learning to become TV/video makers. You can downlaod the pdf of the article.
The editors forum recently interviewed me about the Press Association Programme I headed up training newspapaer journalists to become videojournalists. This is indeed a hot and controversial topic. Should print journos have to learn anything about multimedia or tv?
The Them and US
The Them and US Pt 1. New
Podcasts and blogs may sound de rigeur, but to culturalists there nothing more than the repackaging of old ware.
Who is them and who is us? Is traditional media really in danger of atrophy? Will there be a fundamental departure from one media to another? Who will win and who will lose?
http://www.viewmagazine.tv/netizenstory.html
Podcasts and blogs may sound de rigeur, but to culturalists there nothing more than the repackaging of old ware.
Who is them and who is us? Is traditional media really in danger of atrophy? Will there be a fundamental departure from one media to another? Who will win and who will lose?
http://www.viewmagazine.tv/netizenstory.html
South Africa season
The South Africa season: David looks at stories and updates from the world in one country, culminating with the hit reality show The Apprentice, South Africa. . .
Rewind South Africa's then Successor Generation, made originally for BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4 News. An upate soon on what's happened to them all since. +
Political Assassin New Trailer
One national UK Newspaper said it was: "One of the most explosive articles you will ever read".
Rewind South Africa's then Successor Generation, made originally for BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4 News. An upate soon on what's happened to them all since. +
Political Assassin New Trailer
One national UK Newspaper said it was: "One of the most explosive articles you will ever read".
Sunday, February 19, 2006
web promos and how they work
How do you sell your programme/media online to the cut and paste generation? Here, a ditty about my past and links reviving work on web promos e.g. Lennox Lewis and interactive documentaries. http://www.viewmagazine.tv/director.html
. . .and then click throughs to Lennox Lewis' promos etc. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this
. . .and then click throughs to Lennox Lewis' promos etc. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this
Friday, February 17, 2006
24 Frames Comments
Yannis sent me a couple of photos after I'd invited a couple of photographers to work with our Masters students. Breaking down walls is what you could call it, photojournalists getting the chance to work with screen and print journalists. Afer seeing Yannis photos, I couldn't put them down.
In South Africa circa, 93 I lived in a flat in Yeoville. My landlady if I can use that term was Lindsey who edited a glossy, I think called Living. She would regale me with stories about some of photographers she had commissioned. One of them was Kevin Carter, a member of the Bang Bang Club.
My healthy regard for photographers who tread were angels dare was born. Like Kevin, Yannis pics are hallucinatory, disturbing, mesmerizing, grim, yet gripping. Last week, he picked up first place at the World Press Photo, Contemporary section. It's well deserved. I'm hoping to get him on here for a skype blog. Let me know if you're interested
In South Africa circa, 93 I lived in a flat in Yeoville. My landlady if I can use that term was Lindsey who edited a glossy, I think called Living. She would regale me with stories about some of photographers she had commissioned. One of them was Kevin Carter, a member of the Bang Bang Club.
My healthy regard for photographers who tread were angels dare was born. Like Kevin, Yannis pics are hallucinatory, disturbing, mesmerizing, grim, yet gripping. Last week, he picked up first place at the World Press Photo, Contemporary section. It's well deserved. I'm hoping to get him on here for a skype blog. Let me know if you're interested
Friday, February 10, 2006
Rock girl Nancy Ginindza
Nancy Ginindza could have been many things growing up, but carving out a career as a musician lends the title: anomaly.
Eschewing the obvious for a woman of colour, residing in London, via her homestead Swaziland, Nancy scores like a pupil from the music school of Chapman, Morrissette and Skin.
In reality, she's completing her second year degree in Commercial Music at the University of Westminster.
What do you think about her music? Nancy's going to be on a skype blogg after her next gig with a giveaway track. Tell us what you think?
Eschewing the obvious for a woman of colour, residing in London, via her homestead Swaziland, Nancy scores like a pupil from the music school of Chapman, Morrissette and Skin.
In reality, she's completing her second year degree in Commercial Music at the University of Westminster.
What do you think about her music? Nancy's going to be on a skype blogg after her next gig with a giveaway track. Tell us what you think?
Friday, February 03, 2006
Charlie Kills Hollywood
By 2010 how will the film industry look and function?
Its practices and DNA have resisted outright mutation for more than a hundred years.
Now there are forces of change spurned on by digital practices.
The future is something Hollywood doesn't want to now - a visual free-for-all- in which the non traditional film maker, perhaps you, will be a driving force.
Its practices and DNA have resisted outright mutation for more than a hundred years.
Now there are forces of change spurned on by digital practices.
The future is something Hollywood doesn't want to now - a visual free-for-all- in which the non traditional film maker, perhaps you, will be a driving force.
Friday, January 06, 2006
8 Days -
By 2010 the Net will be video-driven, IPTV, the rage. But how compelling will be their content? This ground breaking behind-the-scene story features UK newspaper journalists learning to make TV in 8 days . www.viewmagazine.tv/8days.html
the file is pretty big at 27mb but its about 14 mins and heavily posted so good visual candy.
Question is: what next?
the file is pretty big at 27mb but its about 14 mins and heavily posted so good visual candy.
Question is: what next?
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Sunday, December 18, 2005
The revolution is over
Can print journalists with two weeks tv training make good tv? Well you be the judge www.thisishull.co.uk have ended the argument. The revolution is over. A thorough joy; hard work, but the results say it all. I'll be writing more about this on www.mrdot.co.uk. Also the pioneers of the scheme will be sharing some throughts- hopefully, but as steve outing from www.poynter.org says "the future of the net is, er, video".
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Vlog
...and that's why what's happening in the US, as opposed to Blighty, is hugely educational. As usual we're late in the UK and the press has given it scant mention, but Rocket boom and Steve Garfield's video blog, have me hooked. The logic is all so perfect: short, humorous pieces wikth that viral quality.
For other genres the jury is somewhat out, but again there is an underlying paradigm, that strengthens the whole model of videojournalism online. Get that TV Exec, dumping traditional TV online might bring in an audience, but the medium, online vs sitting in your comfy sofa laying back are different. Online, you're a 15 second click away from someone leaving.
So where does that leave factual-based programmes? I reckon high end productions, and strong pithy narratives are the answer, just as writing for the net is about targeting time poor punters.
This next year, the cat's out of the bag now, will see further pressure on traditional TV, with the new vloggers gaining ground and so far we're yet to feel the impact here, but then the beauty of geomorphous Net will alter all that. Here, here for Rocket Boom
For other genres the jury is somewhat out, but again there is an underlying paradigm, that strengthens the whole model of videojournalism online. Get that TV Exec, dumping traditional TV online might bring in an audience, but the medium, online vs sitting in your comfy sofa laying back are different. Online, you're a 15 second click away from someone leaving.
So where does that leave factual-based programmes? I reckon high end productions, and strong pithy narratives are the answer, just as writing for the net is about targeting time poor punters.
This next year, the cat's out of the bag now, will see further pressure on traditional TV, with the new vloggers gaining ground and so far we're yet to feel the impact here, but then the beauty of geomorphous Net will alter all that. Here, here for Rocket Boom
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