If you want to watch the Academy Award winning animated films online, you should check out Animation World Network
On January 23, 2007, the morning of the nominations, AWN.com is the only website that can guarantee clips from all the animated shorts. Animation World Network (http://www.AWN.com), the premiere animation-related publishing network on the Internet, celebrates its 10th annual Oscar Showcase, highlighting the Academy Award(R) nominees in the categories of Outstanding Animated Feature and Outstanding Animated Short Subject more
Did you make it to CES? If not, or if you were too busy working or taking meetings, and didn't get a chance to see all the really cool toys and tools and gear, check out CNET's video expose of the Top 10: Treasures at CES
Mobile TV revenues are on the move. By 2010, global annual revenues from Mobile TV and Mobile Video on Demand (VoD) will have increased to almost 800% of the 2006 total, according to a newly released report from Understanding & Solutions. The future of Mobile TV is certainly looking bright, with recent industry activities and consumer take-up laying the foundations for significant future growth. “By 2010, we predict Mobile TV and Mobile VoD will achieve combined revenues of around $18bn worldwide,” says Alison Casey, Business Director: Content & Services, Understanding & Solutions “and that’s excluding revenues from advertising, sponsorship and added interactive services.” more
Are you creating DVDs? Are you a professional developer and creator of content to be distributed on DVD? If so, you got to read Doug Dixon's article about CSS - Content Scrambled System. How can you protect your work.
Have you been watching the best and most popular videos that have streamed across the net during 2006? You might have missed a few and that might have been a good thing... Anyhow, iFilm has done us all a favor and gathered 50 of the top viral videos in one spot. So, if you want to look back at the video year in review, check out the IFilm Top 50 of 2006.
Behind the scenes at CES- Rich DeMuro takes you behind the scenes at CES to show you exactly what it takes to cover the world's largest consumer electronics show. Watch this video
3 free Filmmaking educational videos for beginners
These are aimed towards complete beginners and will be marketed to High School and early colleges for sales with this type of video in a series on DVD. These were shot in HDV with the JVC HD110 camera in both 24P and 30P modes and edited in Avid Xpress Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 along with some work in After Effects.
Adobe Production Studio for the Mac! It' s about time. But ... you can't get it until mid 2007. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced that the next version of Adobe® Production Studio, the integrated video and audio post-production tool set that is part of the Creative Suite family, will be available for both the Macintosh and Windows® platforms. more
At CES, Canon announced a whole bunch of new camcorders - this includes: The Canon DC50 DVD Camcorder that can record directly to DVD and snaps five megapixel still images to a miniSD card; The new ZR series of Mini-DV camcorders offer consumers an affordable, easy to use solution to preserving memories. The ZR800, ZR830 and ZR850 camcorder all feature a long 35x optical zoom. - The New DC series of DVD camcorders include the DC210, DC220 and DC230 DVD Camcorders. They have a 35x optical zoom, and a wealth of consumer friendly features.
That's right - 35x OPTICAL ZOOM!!!! - how the heck can anyone hold that steady?? I guess we will find out - this is the best thing for tripod manufacturers!
A comedian's racist rant is caught on a cell phone camera. A politician's apparent insult is captured on videotape. An obscure rock band's video is uploaded on YouTube. And soon all are seen by millions of people around the world. Call 2006 "The Year of the Upload." What were you watching, downloading, sharing, and talking about in 2006?
Need to master the essentials of making video without having to crack open a book or take a bunch of classes? Here is a great Mini-Guide that gathers together a list of totally free online video resources for anyone looking to learn something without having to pay for the privilege. As Web 2.0 evolves into a democratic, largely social landscape, online video proves itself to be a great asset in collective knowledge-pooling. more
Great new products for the professional video and film maker- What do you WANT and NEED for 2007?
There are many different ways of making it big in Hollywood and our technology society. You can be a producer, an editor, a genius, a criminal - or you can become a writer and be the one responsible for thinking up the dreams and concepts that entertain and tantalize. This new book from Focal Press, "Writing for Animation, Comics and Games by Christy Marx, is a very good introduction to what you need to know to be successful in these areas. more
If you are just starting out in video you got to check out filmmaker Quito Washington's new 60 second film school. So far he has only three lessons posted but they are great for those who want to learn how to use their digital camcorder to create professional looking images.
How are you and your new iPod getting along? Have you truly mastered all the features and capabilities that your new little friend can deliver? iPod - the misisng manual is an easy to read, simple to understand guide walks you through all the cool capabilities or your iPod. You no longer need an experienced iPod guru to show you how to load new songs, how to create playlists or how to watch videos. more
