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- Records directly to reusable 8-cm DVD-RWs. True Widescreen
Video - uses entire CCD for 16:9 images. Advanced electronic
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to get the Canon DC-20 for only $429.95
CALLWAVE FOR HOME:
While online CallWave lets you SEE the Caller ID of the person
calling and instantly HEAR the caller's message on your PC
speakers! And best of all, you can click a button and talk to
the caller on any phone you choose (home, office, or cell).
CALLWAVE FOR FAX:
You get a local fax-to-email number that delivers faxes directly
to your email inbox...read, print, save, or forward them
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Hundreds
of GREAT Video web sites - Page 8
Here are
many of the World's Best Web Sites for Watching
Internet Videos and Streaming Multimedia.
Many of these web sites also offer various contests, marketing and
promotional opportunities for your videos, animations and short movies. Take some
time to check them out.
Anyone can make video movies
and put them on the web. Don't believe me? Well then
checkout this
site
nominated by
Chris Malimban.
A bunch of guys with some good ideas, a camcorder, a Mac
and and a Mac Dot account, combined with too much spare
time, demonstrates that anyone can make funny little
movies and stick them on the web. If you are afraid that
you don't have enough talent, or that your ideas just
aren't good enough, take heart. This site demonstrates
you can do it!
Are you
into Ninja movies and funny, wild co Check out this new
flick -
A Ninja Pays Half My Rent - at AtomFilm. If you like
it, then check out the rest of their new Ninja films.
In 1999, "The Blair Witch Project"
became one of the most profitable low-budget movies of
all time through word-of-mouth promotion helped along by
a mysterious little Web site that the film's creators
put up. Now Dan Myrick, the movie's co-director, is
turning to the Internet, not just for marketing, but to
deliver a whole series called "The Strand of Venice," a
moody drama set in Venice, Calif. Instead of watching
the show on TV, viewers will have to go to Mr. Myrick's
Web site,
strandvenice.com,
where a 50-minute pilot episode is available free.
Future episodes will cost 99 cents, for a 30-minute
film.
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You need to scroll down to the bottom of the player in
order to play the full pilot episode - Chapter 1 - Sneak
Peak.
If you are an
independent film maker, using the web to help
promote your film is essential. Check out how the
makers of "Formosa"
created a simple but effective site that features
the trailer for Formosa.
Director Noah Kadner had a strong desire to shoot
35mm film but lacked the requisite finances. “When I
first heard about the Panasonic SDX900 camera I
became very excited, because I saw that it combined
24p, Cine-style lenses, native 16:9 CCDs and high
quality compression.
Sometimes you don't
need lots of bells & whistles to have a great online
video site. Sometimes plain, simple and to the point
seems to work best. Check out
INDICANA. This
no nonsense site delivers
random slices of
Indian life, complete with sights & sounds in short,
interesting video clips from all over the country.
Here's an
interesting site that is using streaming video to help get
work for actors and actresses. They feature
indie movies, fanfilms and cool videos.
Ruby Filmz is a place
for filmmakers to promote their work. This is an excellent
resource for the aspiring filmmaker.
VIDEOBLOG DIRECTORY is a directory of videoblogs
NOT videos. Each videoblog may have several different
feeds for different types of file. They are looking for
YOUR Video Blog. If you have several videoblogs on
different topics, each can have a separate entry in the
directory. The submission form is at:
www.herecomespod.org.uk/submit-videoblog.html .
Please be careful to follow the instructions. There's
some pretty interesting video blogs already listed on
the site.
Atom
Films -
finalists of the 2005 Star Wars Fan Film Awards.
They came from all over the galaxy, but only these select
few Star Wars fan films made it past Padawan. Which one will
become Master? Watch all the finalists and
cast your vote to determine who will be the Audience
Choice Award winner! Check back on April 22 when they
announce who's won top honors in this year's competition.
Video Blogging or vlogs are becoming hot and
sexy. You may have seen or heard about the hundreds of
tsunami videos that popped up on vlogs worldwide. Others are
using vlogs to promote their artistic and create visions and
productions. Check out Human Dog. Other cool video blogging
sites include
Onetrick.net,
Vogner,
Vidblogs.comand
Daily Experience
One of the
best places to see cool videos is via the world of video
bloggers - thousands of video enthusiasts, hobbyists and
professionals who use the power and freedom of Internet
streaming video to express their opinions, thoughts, rants
and raves. One of the best places to check out the "cutting
edge" of video blog mania is at
mefeedia. After
signing up, you can watch the video blogs, or if you are
suitably motivated, you can join in on the fun and post
your own video blogs.
Here is a
wonderful site for travelers - especially those who plan on
visiting Japan in the near future. Actually, it is just as
wonderful for those who have visited and want to relive the
sites and sounds that they love about the country as well as
those who are just curious. Check it out at
Video Link Japan.
Do you like to fly? And you don't
happen to have feathers or prefer not to be stuffed like a
sardine into a commercial jet? Then check out the
well-designed, pretty site
"Winds and Wings"
as Alex Gore and his friends share videos of what it is like
to fly an ultralight. Its amazing. The videos are very well
cut together from cameras mounted on the ultralights.
Are you opinionated? Do your friends
and family avoid you because they know that if they give you
a minute of time, you will take an hour to explain your most
current rant and rave. Maybe you should start your own Video
Blob. That's right, instead of a blog with text, its a blog
with video. And as it is your video blog, vblog, whatever,
you can say and do whatever you want. Check out
VlogMania to meet
Christian Brower, a man
with many ideas. Make sure you watch the house burger video;
then invite us over for dinner.
This is a real
find. Check out
The Link
TV Network with a wonderful assortment of short films,
parodies and music videos. Yes, you need to sign up to see
the flicks but it is well worth it. Once of our favorites on
this site is "Drunk Dialing", all about the dangers of
drunken women, bad relationships, and telephones. They also
have some of our favorite Peter John Ross films. In
addition, they are looking for other films to spotlight.
Are you into
hip hop or rap? Do you want to create your own music videos
or produce music videos for other artists? Check out
Xyrus Entertainment and their portfolio of hip hop music
videos. This is another excellent example of how by
using a bit of creativity, some web smarts, and Internet
video, a small business can get itself seen and promoted via
the web. By the way, they are also producing and promoting
their own music video television show called
Boom
Boom Videos. High energy and lots of fun.
Are you trying
to become a movie star or a least a famous video or film
producer, director, hyphenate or whatever? Are you wondering
what it takes to become successful in Hollywood, New York
City, or other media center. Check out the
Nobody Wants
Your Film site - aside from featuring some entertaining
and funny video clips, this is a great example of extremely
creative web design and marketing.
There's an old
rock & roll biz joke - are you a musician or are you a
drummer? Don't beat on me, Mr percussion, I just tell the
jokes.... Anyhow, if you have any interest at all in rock &
roll or drumming, you got to go visit the
World's Fastest Drummer web site. It's an Extreme sport
where they are searching for the world's fastest drummers. hey got lots of
videos and you have to see
Jason Farmer: The Freddie Krueger of Drumming.
Business has definitely noticed the
power of web video and is learning to leverage it. Check out
HGTV's PRO.com
web site. Targeted to both consumers and building
professionals, offers
dozens of
three-minute videos on best practices in homebuilding,
accompanying text and chat rooms. The ad-supported site will
soon offer hundreds of new product demonstrations from a
"virtual trade show" and Spanish translations. If you into
remodeling, want to improve your contracting business, or
just want to pick up some home improvement and fix-it tips,
this site has it all - delivered via streaming video.
Are you a
producer or a creator of videos or films? If you are
looking for a brilliant way to use the web to help market
your film or DVD, make sure you check out the
Gone 2 The Dogs
website. Built to promote sales of their video CD, they have
incorporated exceptional design, creativity and even a
wonderfully cute game - What kind of Dog Are You, to
generate leads and sales. Gone to the Dogs
is a surreal comedy about the trials of canine
metamorphosis.
You may find
this riveting. Are you a fan of frogs, toads and other
amphibians? If so, you'll enjoy the
MidwestFrogs.com
web site. They say that "As far as we
know, it's the only site offering video of calling frogs and
interviews with scientists." Actually the site is pretty
cool and the videos are well made. If you are into science,
ecology and the threat of endangered species, you should
like this site.
StreetFire
is a definite winner when it comes to online video sites.
Not only do they have a great library of videos to share,
but the site is set up to make it extremely easy to share
the videos with your friends and family. Even better they
will host your video clip for free. Even though they mostly
specialize in auto and racing oriented videos, you can post
a wide range of videos on this site. For free.
Chris Jones, who runs the site, says "We have close to 500
car videos. We've been online for 3 weeks and have streamed
over 185,000 videos. We will be launching freevideoblog.com
soon along with a site that will host videos for small music
ban."
Are
you a video or film producer who aches to get your stuff
featured on national TV? Do you want to become the king (or
queen) of popular programming? Check out
Channel101 - an online
venue that features extraordinarily bad pilot episodes of
shows that look very similar to the shows you see every
night on TV. And even better, they are looking for
submittals from you, the frustrated video maker with chops
and funny ideas. I especially liked
"Kicked In the Nuts"
a hilarious yet realistic take-off on
the crop of painful reality shows infesting the primetime
schedule.
Treasure
hunting .... civil war history and exploration. This is very
interesting new videoblog that demonstrates who to use
Internet video and the net to indulge your hobby and
fascination with the past.
TreasureOutfitters.comis a video web log that
chronicles the adventures of real life treasure hunters and
explores America's rich history.
Here's a real find if you love music
and love learning about, listening and watching the latest
rock and roll. Not only does
ClickMusic.com offer a
great archive of UK oriented music videos, they also feature
revealing
video interviews
with artists such as
The Donnas, Slash and Duff from Velvet Revolver, My Chemical
Romance, Jimmy Eat World, Killswitch Engage and loads more.
Are there space
aliens among us? Spirits, ghosts and other paranormal beings
and creatures? Check out the
Rochester
Paranormal Blog for some interesting videos and musings
about what may be floating around us in the ether. Very
interesting.
Are you
familiar with Rob Pongi and his
various weird and strange vides from Japan and North Korea?
He just pinged us about a bunch of cool clips you out to go
and check out. You can get some great, albeit odd
impressions of the artistic culture in these countries. Here
they are.
"The
Miso Soup Song" - in this short music video from
North Korea, Song Lee sings a well-known North Korean
folk tune called "The Miso Soup Song." Note: This video
does not reflect the views of anyone associated with
RobPongi.com. Used by legal permission. Translated by
Rob Pongi:
"Bouncy Girls"
- The 'Giri Giri Girls' duel with
'The Sexy Mates' in a relay race on late night Japanese
TV. The Gong Show meets Jerry Springer.
Balance Beam
Girls" - More Giri Giri Girls. This time they duel with
'The Sexy Mates' in a balance beam competition as seen
on late night Japanese TV.
MediaRights
is a nonprofit organization that helps media makers,
educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use
documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on
contemporary social issues. There are links to hundreds of
great educational films and documentaries. Also don't forget
to check out MediaRights' fourth annual
Media That Matters Film Festival. They have chosen 16
short films on the burning topics of today: Corporate
Accountability, Sustainable Agriculture, Civil Liberties,
Youth Media and more
This is really impressive. Imagine
creating your own epic science fiction series and posting
bits and pieces of it on the web every month. That's a lot
of work and it seems to be paying off for Ian Paterson. "I'm
the maker of the "Call it a Stargate" series that has been
banned by MGM. Since then I've created a new series called
"2 EPIC"
and as like the other films I've made, it seems to be doing
really well. You can either watch the series or download a
trailer
here.
If you are sort
of nerdy and thrive on telecom and telephony news, you will
absolutely love this site -
TelecomTV - it is
packed full of streaming video newcasts and reports that
highlight the latest announcements, news, shows and events
that impact the IT and telecom community.
Sundance 2005 -
Online Film Festival. This year, Sundance Film Festival
has put a bunch of great award winning and finalist films on
the net - for free. This includes animation, documentary and
short films. The full program should be online until the end
of June 2005.
The world of online video has exploded in the last few days
as both
Yahoo and
Google has released their new video search capabilities.
Now it is easier than ever before to find specific video
content online. This is a great boon for those video news
junkies who wants to watch it all, as well as those who just
need to know. You can search by program name, captions and
subtitles.
More
from Yahoo
Check out Atom Films
Collection of the
Ten Best Short Films
of 2004.
Many of these have been featured here at
Internet Video Magazine.
8DFM.com is the company
website for 8th Dimension Film & Music based in Austin, TX.
Established in 2002, 8DFM.com has supported underground film
and music throughout Central Texas. We showcase various
short films, fashion shows, music videos, and
documentaries. Our site features 8TV, 8NEWS, 8CHAT, and the
8LOG written by President/C.E.O. Kris Cantu. Enjoy daily
updates at ::
www.8DFM.com
Do you like to
go faster? Are you into road racing and the people who do
it? Check out the
Faster web site - built to market two movies - Faster
and Faster & Faster. This is a great use of the web and
internet video to promote and market a film project.
Looking for some
hilarious videos? Check out
Moronland.com - they
have tons of funny commercials from throughout the world.
"The Web's Best Morons under One Roof"
Russell Hunt is a video producer who
deserves a bit of recognition and the spotlight. His site,
www.rougemontfilms.com
offers a very interesting assortment of short flicks
ranging in quality for inspiringly amateurish to
professionally thought provoking. Definitely worth
checking out.
OK. So you think
you are funny. You've written a script with lots of funny
skits, got a bunch of your buddies to appear in it, and then
transformed the written words into a cool half hour pilot
video. Now what? Stick it on the internet and see if you can
become famous. Check out
Brian Anderson's web
site and his newest production, "No Soliciting".
Are you into poker? Do you like playing with friends? Like
going to casinos or do you play online? Check out
Poker Updates TV -an
extremely well produced and informative online TV show that is
all about poker - the business, the game, and how to play. If
you love gaming, you'll love this show.
Looking
for some short and funny video clips that you may not
see anywhere else? Check out the
Weird
Clicks page at www.Lafflink.com. Runs the gamut from
political to slightly adult in content.
IS
YOUR SITE A WINNER? -
Submit
your site, url and a short description to
Internet Video Magazine, and if its good
enough, cool enough or just weird enough,
and we will feature it. You got to have
video.
Do you
like news? Do you enjoy watching news video? If so, you
got to check out the
Organic
News Project. This site is great and offers fifteen
different channels that enable you to search, rate and
comment upon streaming video newscasts from all over the
world. This site is dangerous. I could easily spend
hours checking out the video clips.
Also check
out
BlogTelevision.net, a related site at
http://www.blogtelevision.net. It features hundreds
of fresh videos culled from millions of blogs. This is
the best of blogging combined with the best in internet
video. Simply amazing. They have TONS of great tsunami
videos.
The
PuppetVision Blog is primarily devoted to
news and views on puppet film and video. Each
day they share links and information about
independent and mainstream films, videos and TV
shows that are utilizing puppetry. The site blog
is usually updated daily and will be expanding
in the New Year to offer free hosting to puppet
films and videos.
Have you signed up for the
monthly Internet
Video Magazine newsletter? It's free. Get the scoop on
new products, technologies and online videos and movies.
Shockwave.com announced
the winners of the HP Music Video Awards. This fall, the
contest challenged up-and-coming filmmakers to film
original music videos for one of five songs from bands
that were featured on the Warped Tour. See them at
<http://hpmusic.shockwave.com>The
contest received hundreds of submissions from across the
country as entrants competed for a rare shot at the
spotlight - and the grand prize of $15,000.
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Are you in a
band and are either considering or either already using
video to promote yourself and your music? Have you built a
web site for your music videos? You don't have to spend lots
of money or use fancy flash and animation. Check out the
Serious Hippie site that spotlights the music of Jack
Schwartz and the New Jack Hippies. You could do this for
your band - you should do this for your band.
Ok, you and the homies are sitting back and
chillin - getting down and spreading the word. You got a
digital camera, some video editing gear hey let's
make a movie. Go visit WoandCo. Productions. Two of the better
flicks are "Requiem For a Kreme" and "One More Thing". Well
made, well edited - but what the heck is the point? Anyhow
its a fun site and definitely worth a visit.
For the first
time, millions of Miss World fans around the globe will have
front-row seats, a back-stage pass and the opportunity to
select Miss World 2005 when Nine Systems (www.ninesystems.com)
webcasts the event from China December 4, 2004.
more.
Check it out at The Miss World website (www.missworld.tv)
Consistently
one of the best sites for watching and downloading short
films, (no pop-ups, no obnoxious ads, just content)
FilmWatcher.com is still one of our favorite sites. They
have tons of great material ranging from animation and
action clips, to comedy and drama, and even a mature
section. These guys are definitely worth checking out
-especially if you are an independent film maker looking for
a good place to post and promote your work.
Looking for films and videos you may not see
any where else? Check out
Burning
Candle Films- an AD-free
music, film and poetry oasis. Our concept is selecting
artists that are not mainstream but warrant some of your
time because of their quality and professionalism. We hope
to thus improve your culture experience and offer you a
refuge from the busy-buzzy net-life. They have got some good
stuff.
One of the
best ways to promote your video making skills is to show off
what you can do.Food for the
Moon Productions is based in San Francisco's Southern
Bay Area. The company was founded in early 2002 as a harbor
for digital movie makers to create compelling and
provocative work for the international community. Their web
site has a nice collection of short films in the
Movies
section - some thought provoking, some goofy, some I guess
you would call ... experimental. Good stuff. Hire these
guys.
Are you an independent video
producer who is looking to use the web to help
distribute, promote and market your films? Check
out this site
"Rockledge Engineering"
Brian Karr is using this site to market his water sport
related videos. There is a cool gallery of online flash
videos as well as a trailer for the video he is trying
to sell "Catamaran Fringe Volume 1."
Band of Citizens,
a new internet-based citizen group, launched
www.bandofcitizens.org,
emphasizing positive messages to help persuade swing
voters to support John Kerry as well as energize Kerry
supporters. Similar in format to the famous "Jib-Jab"
Flash commercials, these web videos (called "Citizenflicks")
feature positive messages about voting and John Kerry.
The site (www.bandofcitizens.org)
was designed to easily forward these web videos to
undecided or wavering friends or family member. These
Citizenflicks were created and submitted by leading Flash
designers and developers, who donated their time. This
whole campaign was created for less than $1000.
Are you a
victim of short attention span? Are you part of the MTV
generation and cannot concentrate on anything longer than a
minute or tow? In that case, you will love the BBC's
One
Minute Movies web site. Each of these flicks is one
minute or shorter in length. There's a great collection
available for you viewing pleasure. And as they are
streaming a only 75 kbps, you can watch these on a good dial
up or ISDN connection. And if you are video or film maker
they will post your movie for free.
This might be "must be downloaded TV"
- maybe not up to the tech specs of Must See TV, Phil
Television is an independently created, online sitcom about
a failing TV station and its crew of dysfunctional
employees. Every few weeks, they bring out a new 22 minute
or so episode for your viewing pleasure. You can check out
the first season - all thirteen shows at
Phil Television..
If you are a film maker or video maker
and you are considering creating a web site to promote your
work, you got to check out
Oren Shai's web site. Not
only does he have a bunch of cool films, but the site
organization and design is truly exceptional.
Politics and more politics. Check out
seven brand new
Instant Films
- Collection 15 from InstantFilms.com that deal with
politics, elections and the candidates. These are great. If
you are having a hard time making up your mind about which
candidate to vote for, make sure you check out the
“The
Swidge”
Do you like
Stand Up comedy and funny video? If so, you got to check out
this new site LaffLink - it has dozens of great video clips
featuring some of the world's leading comedians doing their routines. You
can search by comedian and by topic. Good stuff. Definitely
worth a visit. Plus check out the Weird Clicks section for a
collection of strange and funny video clips.
Check out
LEGENDS
a Friday The 13th Fan Film and Web Site. This is an
excellent example of how to use the web to promote
and market a video. You can watch the music
video, trailer and download the film from the
site. Have you ever wondered what if one of the
Legends of horror stepped off the screen and into
reality. Wes Craven asked the same question with New
Nightmare. But now we ask what if JASON stepped off
the big screen and into our reality. This short Fan
Film plays with that idea and places a group of
friends in the path of the hockey mask killer
himself.
FilmFights.com
is great site with some very interesting short films.
Every week they offer a contest with films competing around
a single topic or concept.
"Why do
we exist? Because people with video cameras, talent, and
spare time need an outlet for their creative energies!
Because making something that the masses agree is better
than the other guy's stuff is the American way. We're like a
democratic film festival that anyone can enter, 3 times a
month."
"Make
a Killing" is a short (40 minute) "comedy of
horrors" that explores the question: how do movie
serial killers do what they do? How do they eliminate their
victims with such ease? How do they make the lights go out
for maximum effect, and how do they know exactly where to
be, and when? The answer: companies like Assisted Killing
Amalgamated, which provide "full service carnage
solutions" for budding psychopaths. "Make A
Killing" is sure to delight and amuse horror film
aficionados. Naturally, there's a good deal of supporting
material on the Internet, including an official
web site: There's also a web site for "Assisted
Killing Amalgamated," the company that appears in
the picture. Director Chris Magyar kept a
shooting diary while making the film. And last but not
least, you can see a trailer
for the movie. "Make a Killing" was produced by
Dry Eye Pictures and is distributed by Stomp Tokyo.
Check
out the Rufus3
web site . We featured them a while back
but now they got new image, a new
page, and a few new short films. The
new shorts are great - "Sugary
Beans", "Quincy Bros" and
"A Secret Weapon" which was
developed for a Government sponsored
contest.
It's
political season and we have to do our best to support the
American way of lying, cheating and slinging mud. Check out
Atom Films'
"Mock the Vote" collection of great politically
oriented animations and short films. Good stuff. It's the
Web's best and brightest political satire shorts all in one
place. Check back regularly for every electoral evisceration
and political pot-shot.
OK, it is
in the middle of the summer but I thought
you'd like to check out this great Christmas
and Santa Claus site. Direct from the
Artic Circle and Finnish Lapland, this site
offers user friendly java-streaming
video and has about 60-100 changing videos
online. There are videos and stories about
Santa, about holiday traditions, about the
Northern light. According to Juha Paitsola,
Production Manager for Joulupukki TV Ltd., they use a Sony
PD150 digital video camcorder and a dual 3.06 Ghz Xeon
computer loaded with Canopus DV Storm2 and Adobe Premiere Pro
+ After Affects for editing. Check out Elf
Secrets, Santa Claus' helpers, elves,
are a well organized bunch. Did you know
there are different types of elves for
different jobs? This video introduces a
letter elf, a toy producing elf and a spying
elf.
This is
truly cool. Are you ready to get besieged by
TV commercials extolling the virtues of your
favorite candidates and expounding upon the
rumored sins and negatives of their
opponents? Are you ready for obfustication?
If so, you got to checkout the The
American Museum of Moving Image and
their new Living
Room Candidate online exhibition that
features the best and most powerful
presidential race commercials from 1952 to
2004. This is amazing and a great resource
for the students of politics and television
advertising.
"The
idea that you can merchandise candidates for
high office like breakfast cereal is the
ultimate indignity to the democratic
process."
-Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, 1956
Do
you like finding and sharing cool
little video clips with your friends
and family and enemies? If so,
you'll love iFilm's Viral
Videos section which includes
hundreds of short little clips
perfect for emailing. Check out Army
Tripping - a documentary that
illustrates what happens when you
give British soldiers some acid and
rocket launchers. Some of the other Viral
Video clips are wild, stupid,
crazy and even a bit extreme.
Are
you a Mac user? Do you create videos
using iMovie? If so, you got to
check out the new iMovieFest
site
- It's an
exclusive film community for Mac
filmmakers. Basic Membership is free
and gives you a global audience for
your movie plus cool stats on your
movie's activity. iMovieFest.com
also gives you access to online movie
galleries where you can
rate/review
movies you've seen, get
exclusive tutorials,
download free sound
effects, participate in
interactive forums,
fun filmmaking contests
and other goodies that will give you
the tools and skills you need to
make great movies!
BlankTV
has come a long way in the last two
years since we reviewed them here at
Internet Video Magazine. The video
are now free and currently
features almost 2000 uncensored
punk, indie, emo, hardcore and
alternative music videos. Maybe the
largest collection of punk, ska, oi,
hardcore and indie music videos
anywhere
Here's a
real find. Check out OldeEnglish
and their collection of funny
short films. Combining high resolution
and well produced video clips and
sketches, with an exceptionally well
designed web site, Olde English is a
great example of how to use the net to
promote your comedic and film making
skills. Definately worth checking out.
Are you
a musician or a producer of music
videos? Interested in using the web to
promote your work and your music?
Check out HalfElement.
Isaac Klotz has packed this cool site
with a bunch of independent hip hop
music videos and live concert videos.
Good stuff. This is a great example of
using the net to promote your
work.
At
last -- all of this year's Star
Wars Fan Film Awards finalists are
in! Now the fate of this generation of
Jedi filmmakers is in your hands. Watch
and vote
for your favorite to determine the
winner of the Audience Choice Award.
Then check back on July 22 when
Atom Films announces who’s won top
honors in this year’s competition --
including cash prizes and the respect of
George Lucas!
The Accolade
competition
is a contest that recognizes film,
video, television and documentary
professionals who demonstrate
exceptional achievement. Artistry in
film, video and commercials tickles the
senses and delivers meaningful content.
Clients and the public see and hear only
the final film, video, television
program or commercial, not the
scripting, directing, lighting, shooting
and editing. It takes intense skill and
dedication to produce high quality film,
video, television and commercials. Check
out the Winners
Showcase and watch some of the cool
and wonderful productions that have been
honored so far.
A new
television network aimed at the
coveted 18-24 age demographic, whose
disposable income is estimated at more
than $200 billion annually, will
officially debut on US, UK and
Canadian college campuses this
September.
The
U Network (TUN), which features
programming from the world's best
student artists, will provide a
variety of shows ranging from drama,
comedy, music, art and politics. It
will also feature the first national
collegiate news show.
About
one-half of TUN's in-house
programming will be co-produced with
college students majoring in film or
television. TUN works closely with
students who are writers, directors,
actors, and composers. The
other half of the network's shows
are produced completely by college
students.
Do you
ever wonder what really goes on at your
local gas station? Not much you think?
Checkout this series of short films -
called the "the
Great American Gas Company - hosted
at See Our Shorts and you'll find out
that gas station life can be a lot mire
interesting than you ever imagined.
They're short, small and funny. Good
acting as well. If you like those, also
check out the Archived
Shorts section for more great, short
video clips. Short, sweet and to the
point.
The toostupidtobepresident.com
web site is dedicated to demonstrating that
George Bush is not fit for office
solely by reason of insufficient
intelligence. Some have said this site is
mean. But if it's mean, it is only because
of the sad truth that George W. Bush is
dumb. If he were smart the site wouldn't be
mean, it would be silly. Perhaps as Dubya
has said recently, "there ought to be
limits to freedom." Check it out - it's
a great collection of ShockWave cartoons.
Do you like
scary movies? Frightening, spooky and
horrifying? If you do, you got to check out
the new site UrbanChillers.com.
This site features very cool short horror
and thriller films - some of the sections
include 60 second and 2 minute thrillers.
Plus they are looking for new films to host
on the site. They also offer chat rooms and
forums to discuss the latest horror flicks
and how to make them.
Check out Pan
the Man Productions it's a hilarious site that features a bunch
of short videos and films - According to the producers, "Our short
films are pretty funny damned funny, check it out."
Are all
your nerd friends out of town? Need to learn
how to hook up and use your computer system?
Check out the new PC
World Broadband section with a series of
instructional videos that cover a variety of
common computer related tasks. You can learn
how to How to install a recordable DVD Drive
or a Hard Drive; How to Set Up a Wireless Network
or Multiple monitors for your computer or
even how to create a panoramic photograph.
Simple, easy to follow and good example of
how streaming video can be used to educate
and train.
Crime,
punishment, violence - truth and justice -
this is better than any television network
reality show or even Judge Judy. We are
talking about Court
TV Video. In addition to promoting its
various broadcast shows, you can catch clips
of current events, crime footage, as well as
some truly shocking, outrageous and violent
news footage. If you are court and legal
junkie, you'll love this site.
Fan sites
are one of the hottest crazes for Internet
Video. We even feature an entire section
just for Star Wars fans and their films. Now
we want to point out another great example.
Dedicated to Kelly Clarkson, (American
Idol winner), the Rose
To Kelly site includes at least 26
videos/slideshows which were created and
edited together by Rose B. using a variety
of home video editing software packages.
Except for about 5 videos which she
videotaped/made herself, the majority of the
materials are from clips of Miss Clarkson's
TV appearances and other TV footage. Some of
these are pure fan videos - others are funny,
others are parodies. Good stuff even if you
don't care about Kelly Clarkson or American
Idol. Download and watch them over and over.
Rose may be
a video production beginner but she has
natural talent. Maybe there should be an
American Idol category for best video
editor? What do you say, Simon?
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Some
video web sites are financed by big buck
movie studies - some are sponsored by
advertisers with products to sell. Other
video sites, like Brett Koonce's Universe42
serve as a portfolio for an individual and
his friends, films and videos. Check out
some of Brett's "Quentin Tarantino
inspired videos like "The
Bet" and "The
Hole". Or participate in an
existential monolog in the "The
Believer" or "Flame.
Or watch my personal favorite, the hilarious
"Blacksersizer",
The hot new product that gets rid of the
whitey in you!
Do you like
soap operas? You'll be happy to learn that
daytime soap operas have come to the
Internet - its daytime drama on demand.
Aside from the low budget sets, "Love
and Revenge" looks pretty darn
good. It features good plots, good acting
and is chock-full of scheming and intrigue.
The first five episodes are up and
running. Each episode is twelve to twenty minutes long and is
available for viewing on demand and free of charge.
Produced under a special Screen Actors Guild Internet Agreement, the series
stars former broadcast soap star and theatre veteran Dick DeCoit
as Jackson Stratford and
frequent primetime guest star Suzanne Ford as
Elizabeth
Stratford, the powerful couple whose family is at the center of the
storylines.
Animation
can be subversive. Check out Dangerous
Media and see how they are trying to
change the world. Their two newest
productions are "Commander Bush and the
Last Crusade" and "TV
Series". Did you realize that the only
real WMD may be your tv set and the powers
that program? Check it out... The "TimeBomb's
Man of the Year" is also great.
There are a
lot of different ways to approach multimedia
and video. Check out the BrendanDawes
site. In addition to a couple of cool
environmental movies- shot on mini-dv then squeezed to Flash MX video:
"Voices"
and "Ending",
you should also check out the wide assortment
of mind bending Flash effects and techniques.
Here is a
great find if you like to watch creative and
thought-provoking commercials. The Joey
Tomatoes site has a nice little
collection of wonderful commercials from all
over the world. Unlike many other sites that
collect and post low resolution commercials,
these look really good. New videos and mp3's
are added weekly and a new snap shot of the
moment is added every weekend.
Wow - do
you like music videos? Check out Artist
Direct for some of the latest and best
music videos you can find anywhere on the
net. Artist Direct includes music in a wide
selection of formats - from alternative rock
to blues to hip hop to new age, reggae, rock
and world music. This site also includes
free featured MP3 music downloads, news and
gossip. And of course, you can buy stuff -
everything from CDs to books t-shirts and
sneakers.
Do you want
to see animals? We got animals...check out
the video pages at the San
Diego Zoo - in addition to various new
spotlighted videos, the video archive has a
great collection. Also, check out the Panda
Cam and the Polar Bear Cam. There's even a
special page dedicated to videos
of baby animals. Who'd believe that baby
Warty Hogs could be so cute?. And as you
would expect, there is a whole section of
panda videos. There's even a
section with a bunch of cool educational
video games - see if you can find the camouflaged
animal.
Is it art
or is it TV? Maybe it is Internet TV from
the UK. Check out WAM
TV also known as World Art Media Television.
In addition to some cool on-demand videos
and performances stored in their archive
section, they also offer an ongoing series
of streaming videos. It's an eclectic mix of
music, comedy, performance, art and other
cool stuff from all over the world, all
stirred together into a cornucopia of
culture - all delivered to you over the
net..
www.undergroundfilm.org
is BACK! They are now
actively seeking submissions of short films
plus they have quite the catalog of short
films already. So
anyone with a short film that they want seen
- send it in - it's all free. They are also
looking for screenplays and music.
Free to view, free to submit & have
movies on their site. UNDERGROUNDFILM.ORg
(now a non profit entity) has been around
for over 3 years. Get your movies seen -
submit ! Watch movies for free ! Check out
the hilarious "the
Line of Masculinity" from Sonnyboo,
Not all
videos have to have a point or a plot. Check
out The
Moment Factory which offers up a
wonderful collection of
"environments" - consisting of
video and music - it is sort of like a rave
for your eyes and ears. There are about 70
different video clips to explore - some are
small and low resolution - some are quite
big and will blow you away.
Do you like
scary films? Do you love being frightened by
spooky monsters and bizarre murders? Are you
a Jason or Freddy fan? Have you ever wanted
to create and share your own thriller films?
Check out the Australian based UrbanChillers.com.
Not only do they have a nice assortment of
fan thriller films to watch, they are
looking for YOUR film so they can post it as
well. You can choose among 60 second
thrillers, 2 and 3 minute chillers, as well
as movie trailers, Urban Myth chillers, CCTV
files and Dark Tales. Oooh spooky. Some of
these flicks are amateurish - some are
pretty darn good. Definitely worth checking
out.
A new site
just popped up on our radar - 3BTV.
This UK based streaming video channel
features on going series of webcasts. Their
current line-up of programming includes a
mix of short films and animations - ranging
from goofy to series. In addition, they are earnestly
looking for new work to spotlight. Their
focus is to provide Worldwide
entertainment while principally promoting
new works by producers, writers, directors,
animators and musicians etc. who want to
broadcast their work to the widest possible
audience. The channel is broadcasting
streaming footage 24 hours a day, with daily
programming changes. They are looking for
Short films, Feature films, Comedies, Music,
Documentaries, Animation, "you've been
framed" type video clips, Amateur TV,
University/ college media projects, Sport -
skateboarders, snow boarders, biking, etc.
and even exciting, fun or amusing home video
clips.
If you are
into geology, volcanoes, eruptions and lava
flows, you'll love the videos features at
the Hawaii
Volcano Observatory web site maintained
by the US Geological Service. Not only do
you get videos you get can access still
images as well as the latest details and
status of the ongoing Hawaiian eruptions. If
you are planning to visit the Big Island,
this web site is a must..
ShowVox
just launched on July 18th, 2003, and
already has a nice collection of videos that
can be watched and downloaded. Most of the
videos so far are sort of amateurish but
there are a few pro videos and commercials
scattered in the mix. ShowVox has been
designed as a site for displaying and
sharing videos - both to your private
audience as well as to the public for
distribution, fame, potential employment or
just plain ego gratification. According to
Chase Norlin, "ShowVox is an online
video community that enables digital
camcorder owners and video professionals to
easily upload and showcase their videos
online. We've built new technology for
handling video not seen anywhere else on the
web." Check it out.
These may
be the best looking videos
you'll see on the
net. The site features very large 30
fps videos in 16 X 9 and 4 X 3 formats. The
videos are incredible, nearly full screen in
size, and are now available to view for the
first time.
To view these movies a fast Internet
connection is absolutely required as well as
a fairly new computer with lots of video
RAM. Endorphin.com produces high
quality QuickTime broadband movies. Their
short films are featured regularly at www.apple.com.
Endorphin Productions Inc. has been
producing videos since 1988 for a variety of
clients and their work has been seen on CBS,
NBC, PBS, The History Channel, The Learning
Channel, and more.
If you are
a film maker you got to check out this site
- FilmFestivals.com
- everything you oculd want to know about
film festivals worldwide - all kinds of how
to information, news, current events and
opinion pieces. If you just want to watch
some great films, FilmFestivals.com offers
links to films on their site, as well as
winning films from several other film
festivals and contests.
Teenage
Humor.com - the name says it all. Funny
and gross short video clips, as well as
jokes, pictures and other immature stuff
that will make you laugh.
This is
really weird. Check out the Ripley's
Believe it or Not web site and their
collection of Odd
Videos. No great cinematography or
editing, just strange people doing bizarre
stuff.
Looking for a bunch of wired video and
audio clips that you can share with your
friends, relative and even total strangers?
Check out WiredVideo.
The quality ranges from hilarious to crass.
Some of our favorites include the Adam
Landau news clip, Apple Gamer, First Date,
and of course, the classic, Simpson's
Webcasting segment.
Are you
socially inept? Can't get or keep a
relationship? Are you obnoxious,
overly-hairy or smelly and need an easy way
to maintain contact with other humans as
disgusting as yourself? Well then, check out
HerbZipper.Com
and learn how to be a cyber-lovah. This
tongue in check site includes a cool video
as well as various cyber-lovah hints and
help.
Looking
for more Internet movies and info
-
check out ZiggyWig
- not only do they have tons of links to
online video sites, Hollywood and movie
news, film schools, how to sites, movie fan
sites, etc., they also feature their own
movies as well.