Hong Kong announces mobile TV plans

Mobile TV stations seem to be in everyone's future as TV goes small screen as well as high-def.

The recent announcement concerning Mobile TV for Hong Kong is good news for the Broadcasters and listeners / viewers in HK. Three mobile TV licenses for the territory will be put up for auction in mid 2009, according to the Commerce & Economic Development Bureau.

License holders will be required to start broadcasting within 18 months and the licenses will be valid for 15 years. They will allow operators to broadcast up to 20 channels via the European Union-endorsed DVB-H standard. There will also be six channels through the Korean T-DMB standard.

"Mobile TV exemplifies the technological advancement and media convergence," Duncan Pescod, the permanent secretary for Commerce and Economic Development said. "The market world wide has called for timely response from governments and regulators to facilitate the launch and growth of this innovative service."

LEARN MORE Written by Marcus Lim - http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7735/53/

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Santa Claus (1898)

Made in 1898, G.A. Smith's 'Santa Claus' is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas.

A former magic lanternist and hypnotist, Smith was one of the first British film-makers to make extensive use of special effects to create fantastical scenes. It comes as little surprise that Smith corresponded with the French pioneer Georges Méliès at about this time, as the two men shared a common goal in terms of creating an authentic cinema of illusion. (Michael Brooke)

You can watch over 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank, London and from October 2008 at the new QUAD centre for art and film in Derby -- http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/mediatheque

$99 copy of SHOWBIZ PRODUCER for TEN CENTS

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Go to http://www.showbizsoftware.com/category_s/66.htm and download a $99 copy of SHOWBIZ PRODUCER (it's marked as v6.2) for either PC or Mac. Your cost? Two minutes; and ten cents.

Enter the discount code SBP10 as you check out (that's Show Biz Producer One Zero). It's terrific software and the price is even better.

Happy Holidays!

Beware the fake “ANGEL INVESTORS” and Representatives

A filmmaker wrote me yesterday to report that he lost $250.00 to a
"representative" for "investors". After that lesson he was wondering if he should give 10% of the money to finance his film to give to someone else, who would arrange to finance the full film.

There are many legitimate agents and representatives. These people need to get paid. As a general rule these professionals will not ask for money upfront. That does not mean there could not be real expenses in promoting your project. However they are not compulsatory.

Isn’t it great when you are trying to raise money for your film project and people say, "I MIGHT give you a lot of money for your project if you give me a little money first!"

BE FOREWARNED: Angel groups NEVER charge a fee. By nature, these groups are looking for places to invest their money and they are very open to looking at what you have without any advance on your part.

If someone representing you to any group has to "approve" you by charging you money up front to cover due diligence, to make a presentation to the investors, to submit your application, to preview your project or for any other reasons, understand that without a contract that specifies what will happen and when, it is impossible to know what you are getting or if and when your project will ever move forward within any group.

If you insist on paying money up front, everything must be spelled out in a legal binding CONTRACT. If a contract or retainer agreement doesn't say what will happen and WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN, NEVER PAY MONEY to ANYONE UP FRONT whether they are a "reputable" attorney or not.

How to put DVD to iPod, PSP, my iPhone, computer, Zune, Creative Zen, walkman, PS3, etc

Christmas is coming and everyone is going to get a gift. Most of the young people will get an iPod or PSP or other portable players for Christms gift.

But not all the people know how to enjoy DVD movies and videos downloaded from Youtube, Limewire and other online sites on iPod, PSP, my iPhone, computer, Zune, Creative Zen, walkman, PS3, etc.

Support all popular portable players: PSP, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone (3G), iPhone, Zune, Zune 2, Blackberry, Nokia, Creative Zen, Sony Walkman, iRiver PMP, Archos, PS3, Apple TV, Xbox, iPAQ, Pocket PC, Mobile Phone, etc.

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Foreign fare evolves with audiences

With an anticipated haul of $16 billion this year, foreign box office has become crucial to Hollywood — but the studios are noticing the makeup of those audiences is changing. This shifts could mean changes for studios’ distribution strategies — as well as changes in their production priorities.

Falling birthrates are just one of the factors affecting who goes to the movies overseas, how often they go and what films they choose to see.

Five countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea) have seen a serious drop in birthrates. Eastern Europe and Russia are also seeing declines. Each year in these countries, fewer moviegoers enter the core teen/young adult audience — though increasing income levels prop up the box office in most of these areas. Teens and young adults are also increasingly downloading films instead of going to theaters.

Countering those trends is the fact that adults are getting out more and becoming frequent moviegoers. People aged 40 and up are going to movies more often as their children grow up. They are becoming increasingly important in territories ranging from Australia to France.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE By TIMOTHY M. GRAY, DAVE MCNARY -
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997670.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

© 2008 RBL, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Kevin Geiger on indie film business plans

Excerpt 1 of 4 from Kevin Geiger's informal presentation on independent film business planning, delivered at the Griffith University Film School in Brisbane, May 2008. Kevin discusses the distinctions and relationships between production companies, development companies and producing companies.

BSkyB trials 3D

BSkyB has tested 3D broadcasting for the past year. Test transmissions included top-flight boxing, English rugby and Liverpool soccer, as well as its popular Gladiators show. The 3-D TV used "existing HD infrastructure. We haven't had to
develop a whole new set-top box."

BSkyB says it has used 3D cameras at these events and successfully transmitted the signals to standard Sky+ set-top boxes. Sky, in a statement, said the trials would “help establish the potential for commercial 3D TV services”. It used a TV set from Hyundai, which requires the viewer to wear dedicated polarizing spectacles.

Gerry O’Sullivan, Sky’s director of strategic product development, said the images were exciting, and created the same sense of enthusiasm as when they first trialled HDTV. O’Sullivan said the intention was to future-proof its investment in HDTV.

O’Sullivan said the only thing that was changed was the camera rig, adding that other incremental costs were very small compared to the effect that was being produced. At a demonstration at its West London headquarters, the company showed clips from programmes it had filmed.

Sky indicated that suitable TV sets are now coming onto the market at prices of about £2000 ($3000), and that more will be unveiled next year. “Like most current systems, the BSkyB solution needs the viewer to wear special 3D specs, though in the future even they may no longer be needed,” a Sky News report said.

Sky’s efforts are not alone. The BBC in the UK, and Fox in the US have also been doing work on 3D, while Japanese broadcasters are further advanced than any in the work being done.

READ MORE by Chris Forrester - http://rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200812182815/bskyb-trials-3d.html

© 2008 Rapid TV News All Rights Reserved

Sony, 3ality Digital Team for 3D Broadcast

Like it or not, the future of all visual media is changing and it will be be 3D.

Next month's FedEx Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma football teams will be broadcast live in 3D.

The program is going out to an audience of 1200 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and nationally to Cinedigm Digital Cinema's CineLive network consisting of some 82 additional movie theaters that are equipped to receive and display the live stream.

The motivating factor for Sony was the timing of the game, which falls on the opening day of CES. Sony will be displaying four prototype 3D-ready flat-panel screens at the show for estimated 2010 availability.

3ality has chosen to shoot sporting events with stereo dual rigs of Sony HDC-1500 cameras, using a Telecast Fiber Systems solution to break out the optical blocks and connect them to the bodies via fiber, cutting the cameras' size and weight by more than half.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE By Bryant Frazer - http://www.studiodaily.com/hdstudio/production/10302.html

HD STUDIO © 2008 Access Intelligence LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Things Investors want to know before investing

Investors don’t give a damn about your screenplay. They also do not care if you are talented or if you have written the Great American Novel.

They do want to see your Business Plan and learn about their Return on Investment (ROI). They are interested in learning how you plan distribution of your completed film and they also want to know who’s running your company. And ultimately, the largest concern is how long will it take and when can they expect to see profits.

Filmmaking is a business and if you're in this business you have to speak their language.

© 2008 Stanley Lozowski, All Rights Reserved.

All eyes on Hollywood futures

For decades, movie fans have been able to take a virtual punt on the likelihood that a film will prosper or crash at the box office by gambling make-believe dollars on a website called the Hollywood Stock Exchange, owned by the broker Cantor Fitzgerald.

But the clamour for a chance to bet real money has been so great, Cantor says, that it will launch the world's first trading on "movie box office contracts" for real early next year on a new venture called Cantor Exchange.

Wall Street has met Hollywood many times in the past, even in the derivatives markets - witness frozen orange juice futures in the 1980's film Trading Places. But what about movie derivatives?

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE by Matthew Garrahan and Jeremy Grant - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7790da7c-c8b7-11dd-b86f-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.

SUPERSTAR FLOPS

While A-list stars can guarantee a Tinseltown project plenty of attention, they cannot ever guarantee money.

A professor of finance at Rutgers University, S. Abraham Ravid looked at about 200 films exhibited between late 1991 and early 1993 and concluded that each film's star had no impact on the flick's rate of return.

Nine years and several studies later, he says definitively: "Star participation has no statistical correlation with the success of a movie, no matter how you define 'a star' or how you define 'success.'"

"Good screenplays drive good films," he says of a market that is efficient. Also critical to a film's success is the content, the screenplay and story.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE by Lacey Rose - http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/09/hollywood-economics-celebrity-biz-media-cx_lr_1209flops.html

©2008, Forbes.com LLC™ All Rights Reserved

DELGO opens

Big-budget CGI delivered with an indie sensibility: Meet the Delgo directors

After years of labor, the highly anticipated independent CGI animated film, DELGO, has finally made it to the big screen, but with less than stellar reviews. The consensus of opinion at RottenTomatoes.com seems to be that the screenplay and storyline were poor to begin with and this bad roadmap hampers the film in all ways. The beautiful 3D animation and name cast cannot save it.

While clicking my way through one of the more reliable movie news sites, I caught a look at something called "Delgo". Hmm, wassat? A new adventure-type epic thingie? Why had I never heard of this one before? Wait a sec...this is a full-length CG adventure? Produced by an indie company? Hmmm, now this looks like something worth looking into...

So I spent some time at Delgo's official site, watching the trailer, clicking through the artwork, and being generally very impressed with the vibe of the whole project. (I was particularly intrigued by the expansive supporting cast, which boasts names as varied as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds and Malcolm McDowell!) So I dropped an email to the fine folks at Atlanta's Fathom Studios, basically demanding to know the story behind Delgo.

And while it dawned on me that perhaps I was helping to "hype" a movie I haven't even seen yet (something I try never to do), there's just something about an independently financed CG feature that seems worthy of our attention. If Pixar Animation Studios deserves all the praise it's ever earned (and YES, it does), then it's only fair to offer a little spotlight to the new kid on the block, if only to level the playing field just a little bit.

In between numerous exchanges with Fathom email wrangler Jennifer Jones (a lovely lady if ever there was one) I was able to squeeze a good dose of Delgo data out of co-directors Jason Maurer and Marc Adler.

Can you describe the plot in a way that will make potential moviegoers say "Hmmm, cool."? I asked.

JASON: Delgo is an animated feature combining magic, adventure, humor and romance. The story is a fantasy adventure about two divided civilizations that are brought together through an outlawed romance and the heroics of some unlikely friends. It's got a lot of heart and a lot of action. At it's core, it's the story of young people trying to figure out who they are and what they want their world to become.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE By Scott Weinberg - http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1167&printer=1

© Copyright HBS Entertainment, Inc.

Hollywood: The Next Generation

Profiles of who will run Hollywood in the coming years.

If it's time to market or sell your scripts, the Hollywood Reporter featured a list of 35 upcoming young executive's profiles.

Read the profiles and you'll also see a list: Film, Television, Agents & Managers, Legal, New Media, Next Gen Talent, Next Gen Alumni. Click on any one of these and you'll be directed to the corresponding list of names.

It's worth reading through the profiles to get some ideas before submitting your screenplays. A note of congrats for making the list with a query to any of the individuals listed might be a nice way to introduce your script.

Lots of Success to all and a special thanks to Hector Carosso.

READ MORE - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i0225fdadff130eba49c14334bb6ada08

© 2008 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Full featured video editing tool

Serif MoviePlus X3

During the early 1990s, digital video was postage stamp sized, and for consumers, there wasn't really any good software that could easily edit video. Coupled with the fact that most computers ran on 64MB of memory, a 2GB hard disk drive fast enough to handle video cost about $4000.

Fast forward to today where both Windows and Macintosh-based computers include video editing software as a "module" of the operating system, 500GB hard drives can be had for around $100, and most computers ship with a standard 2GB RAM.

Sometimes, those video editors are not enough, and especially on the Windows side, you have a choice of an array of video editing applications. One such tool is MoviePlus X3 Digital Video Studio, a non linear editing software from Serif. The application offers both a Timeline and Storyboard style video editing interface, much like many offered here in the United States.

When you first launch MoviePlus X3, a window will pop up asking if you'd like to open an existing project, start a new project, or run through some tutorials.

CLICK HERE to READ MORE by John Virata - http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=603182

@ Copyright, 2008 Digital Media Online, All Rights Reserved

ADOLPH HITLER: CELEBRITY

ADOLPH HITLER

has quietly become the hottest celebrity on YouTube.

Banned from MySpace, XBox Live, World of Warcraft, Wikipedia, and everywhere else, Hitler rants about Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, everyone and everything else.

In a dramatic scene from the feature film, DOWNFALL, a hundred comedians, independent filmmakers and screenplay writers have discovered that they can re-edit the subtitles and create their own comic version.

The original scene is well edited and well acted. In it, Hitler is given bad news, dismisses it with a counter-suggestion, is told why that won’t be happening, then pauses before dismissing most of his staff in the room in order to blow his top, while outside in the corridor everyone eavesdrops in terrified silence, apart from a weeping secretary who is comforted by a comment from her colleague.

“It works well,” explained Paul Blackburn, who posts under the nom de guerre of animukfilms, “because it fits within the parameters of sketch comedy. “We have conflict, a high level of tension and an emotional, over-the-top character, who is also safe to ridicule, due to him being such a despicable person. The structure is already in place, it’s just a case of making the dialogue fit and timing it right.” Since July, Blackburn has posted seven Downfall mash-ups, in which Hitler reacts, inter alia, to bad news concerning Gordon Brown, Adam Sandler comedies and the Australian Olympic team.

“It could be applied to any circumstance where people get brought down by hubris. It’s the same theme for every other parody video, and as long as great people fall victim to hubris, there will be parodies.” This from 7boon, who is, in reality, a 19-year-old Canadian whose film illustrates the way in which the democracy of the internet allows parodists to respond to unfolding events with the nimbleness of bloggers.

Films in which the Führer explodes with frustration at events in the sporting world over which he has no control are funny because they locate the ranting, screaming, infantile little Hitler in all of us. They are comedy through identification.

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE by Jasper Rees - http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5197025.ece

Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

Real Estate Downfall



Adolf Hitler - Vista Problems!



Hitler's Pizza Delivery Boy Defects



Hitler gets scammed on eBay



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Canon EOS 5D Mark II SLR

"(24 hours after getting the EOS 5D Mark II) we were shooting the first shot for REVERIE in my living room," said Vincent Laforet.

Vincent is an Explorer of Light and he was one of the first photographers in the United States to shoot with a prototype EOS 5D Mark II.

With no notice, no funding, no crew, and less than 72 hours to complete his shooting, Vincent seized the opportunity to direct his first-ever short video. The result is REVERIE (click below to watch), a hauntingly beautiful work of art.

In this exclusive Making-Of Video, go behind the scenes with Vincent -- see how shots were lit, how the camera was rigged, why certain lenses were used, and how the film was edited on an Apple Final Cut. In his narration, Vincent discusses the experience of production, and how it felt to shoot HD video with Canon's latest EOS SLR.

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MORE NAZIS IN YOUR FACE: 004

IRON SKY

Space Nazis attack! More proof that Nazis make the best villains in movies!

From Finland comes the first teaser for Iron Sky - the upcoming scifi comedy from the creators of Star Wreck. Check out our website at http://www.ironsky.net/ and read more about the film - and how you can get involved in the production. Digg it here: http://digg.com/movies/Iron_Sky_Teaser_from_the_makers_of_Star_Wreck
The music is "Under the Iron Sky" made by Adamantium Studios: http://www.adamantiumstudios.com/You can download the song from the above site.

The film is in pre-production and thus the teaser does not contain any actual footage from the film. It is meant as a demonstration of the style and feeling of Iron Sky.

IN YOUR FACE 003: In the Pirkinning

STAR WRECK

In the Pirkinning is the full-feature length movie.

Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is a Star Trek parody/spoof/comedy made in Finland and released online in 2005. Get the movie on DVD from: http://store.starwreck.com/

The movie is subtitled in Arabic, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

NAZIS IN YOUR FACE: 002

DEAD SNOW

Nazi Snow Zombies Head for Sundance in 2009!

Ein! Zwei! Die!

The Independent Film Market continues to explode and amaze with a wide variety of interesting films being produced in every nation as more and more new media filmmakers get fed up with the Hollywood System and head for the Independent Film Market. http://independentfilmmarket.synthasite.com/

Up next, is the Norwegian Nazi Zombie film, DEAD SNOW.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK started it all but this is just one more proof that the best movie villians are still the Nazis.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.dodsno.no/

IN YOUR FACE: 001

THE MACHINE GIRL

WHAT HAS chainsaws, flying guillotine, bloodshed, drill bra, sushi, tempura, yakuza, ninja, vengeance, revenge, horror, gore, cinema of vengeance and yes, it's real and it's from Japan:

CLICK HERE FOR CREDITS: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050160

The POOR MAN'S STEADICAM - $14.00

QUESTION: Why should YOU build this cheap steadycam?

ANSWER: To eliminate the SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE when you film with your hand held camcorder! You do want to make professional looking movies, don't you?

Steadycams (or camera stabilizers) are attachments used to capture smooth looking video even when the camera and camera operator are in motion. A steadicam allows the camera operator to walk (or even jog), moving through tight hallways and doorways, and even climbing up and down stairs without shaking the camera.

Unfortunately, professional steadycams cost up to $1500. Even the cheap 3rd party ones cost $600.00 and inexpensive stripped down contraptions are $300.00 and higher. Not exactly a bargain considering many of us use cameras that fall in that price range.

So, after much experimenting, I decided to make my own version and it turns out, it only costs $14. Not too bad and very affordable. I'll show you how to build your own steadicam from scratch. Whether you are an aspiring filmmaker, a videographer, the family documentarian, or just want more utility out of your video camera, you'll appreciate a steadycam.

If you know what you are doing, you can probably build one of these in about 20 minutes. It might take you an hour if you have to read this web page while you do it and aren't very good with tools . This steadycam design works with anything that has a tripod mount and should be fine with cameras that weigh less than 5 pounds.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE - http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/

CHANGE IS COMING

Thanks to George, low-cost high-definition online-video has now becoming a reality. No longer do you have to wait endlessly for the download, squint at a tiny screen or "accept" very poor low-rez quality videos from the Internet.

HD sharing sites now display, store, and share the best video you can deliver. Video producers are lining up for more and more opportunities that will showcase their wares.

New media filmmaker's future plans include great HD video on new laptops and the menu is brewing with choices. You can now edit any type of video, from standard to HD, on an affordable system...and you can do it in the park, in the yard, at home, at school, on the plane, train, bus...anywhere anytime.

The Independent Film Market continues to explode and amaze while more and more new media filmmakers get fed up with the Hollywood System and head for the Independent Film Market. http://independentfilmmarket.synthasite.com/


CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE - http://www.what-hath-george-wrought.synthasite.com/

©2008, Stanley N. Lozowski. All Rights Reserved.

BUSINESS vs. ART

Balancing Act - Brain vs. Brain

Is it possible to operate in the world using both incisive thinking and creativity? Can you do it simultaneously or must you do it serially? Are emotion and intellect trying to crowd each other out of our poor, overburdened brains or is bi-hemispheric thinking possible?

Yeah, yeah, I know. Over-simplification of the issue.

I've had long creative droughts during periods which were dominated by 60-100 hour weeks in business settings. For many years it seemed like my most creative periods happened when I was not earning any money at all in any “straight” job whatsoever.

I got fired from a gig at a trade show. Matter of fact, they even told me they wouldn’t pay me for the work I’d already done. Matter of double-fact, they told me they wouldn’t pay me back for supplies I had already bought and set up for them nor would they pay me back for my sub-contractors whom I had also already paid. What a wretched day in Silicon Valley. Scum.

I left the convention center and arrived at the theater for my second performance of “Pinocchio and Carlo Collodi” (written by the brilliant Stephanie Golino) worried out of my mind: that crappy, slimy, dung-heap of a trade show gig was our family’s only income for the month. Emotions pushed to the surface, everything raw, I tore up the stage. The director loved my work that night.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE by Michelle Shyman - https://www.reelgrok.com/blog/index.cfm?blogid=3

Michelle Shyman's wit and wisdom is sharp, incisive, detailed and meaningful. She's totally impossible to nail down. Read her latest blog and CLICK HERE to learn more about ReelGrok.com

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or...

Happy Holidays!

"T'is better to give than to receive..." so WildPitch.TV is having a holiday gift giveaway!

Make them a video of the gift that you want most this holiday season (retail value less than $1,000); Upload it to their site and then ask ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS to visit WildPitch.TV and vote for your video. Note: this is also a very clever way to promote your "wish list" to your family and friends ;-)

Whoever wins the contest gets their gift! It's that simple.
To enter, CLICK HERE and LEARN MORE - http://www.wildpitch.tv/holiday/

May all your wishes come true...

FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN – FREE SOFTWARE!

ALL IN ONE!

NOW YOU CAN TOSS OUT EVERTHING ELSE!

Unlike scriptwriting software, you can use Celtx for the entire pre-production process - write scripts, storyboard scenes and sequences, develop characters, breakdown & tag elements, schedule production, and prepare detailed and informative production reports for cast and crew.

Scheduling, Call Sheets and Shooting Reports

Celtx includes a 'Just In Time' Scheduling feature that lets you manage your projects in real time. Open a schedule based on your script and drag and drop scenes to the calendar to build your shooting schedule. Generate customizable Shooting Reports to keep track of the resources you'll need during shooting, including lists of props, actors, and wardrobe items. Create Call Sheets to ensure your crew knows where and when to show up for the shoot. Call Sheets and Reports can be printed or shared online using the collaboration feature.

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Bad Pixels

The biggest expense for broadcast video cameras is the repairing of bad pixels, or pick-up elements of the “CCD Optical Block”. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, bad pixels are defects in each of the camera CCD pick-up devices. Manufactures never seem to talk about these but have specifications of how bad they must become for them to replace these very expensive components under warrantee.

All typical broadcast camcorders have three “CCD chips, one each for the green, red and blue channels, with at least 400,000 light sensitive pick-up elements called pixels. CCD actually is short for charge coupled devices.

When they fail, these semiconductor elements develop electric potential difference as compared to adjacent pixels. As these are scanned during normal operation, the higher level shows up as a brighter spot on the video monitor depending on which color channel the problem is in.

Because it is nearly impossible to manufacture perfect blocks, each one has pixel-masking (hiding) circuits that store the location of the bad pixels and bypasses them, hiding the bad ones. Who’s going to miss a few out of hundreds of thousands anyway? The big problem discussed here is the fact that over time more and more of these pesky pixels fail and often require repair to eliminate those tiny little spots in your picture.

READ MORE by Roger Macie - http://www.macievideo.com/tips/badpixels.htm

How do I record my own vocals?

Everything depends on how good do you want your vocals to sound and what is your budget? That will determine what you need to buy.

If you're just foolin' around, plug any old $5 computer microphone into your computer's mic input and start singing. If you want half-way decent quality there are a number of USB mics (the Audio Technica AT2020USB or Samson C01U) that do a nice job. If you are serious then invest in an audio interface and a nice condenser microphone although a dynamic mic will work too. Any audio interface from companies like Echo, M-Audio, PreSonus, will do fine.

Make sure that the audio interface you buy supports the microphone you buy. In other words, if you buy a mic that requires 48v phantom power then you'll need an audio interface that supplies 48v phantom power. That's why the condenser microphone are so nice for people starting out.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE - http://forums.digitalmedianet.com/cgi-bin/displaywwugpost.fcgi?forum=sonic-foundry_acid&post=081027124710.htm

© Copyright, 2004 Digital Media Online, All Rights Reserved

The Simpsons take on Steve Jobs

Steve Mobs!

Springfield gets an (M)apple store...courtesy of Emperor of the Universe and Ruler of Mapple! Any indy filmmakers can parody anyone.

He's like a GOD who knows what we want! This Simpsons clip is a parody of the very first Apple advertisement and TV commercial in "1984."

Yes, Big Brother is watching you! Enjoy!