Canon DC-20 DVD Camcorder
- 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
instantly.
Hundreds
of GREAT NEW Video web sites
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.
Attention filmmakers and film watchers! You can
find some great flicks at TriggerStreet.
TriggerStreet.com was founded in January
2002 as the web-based filmmaker and
screenwriter's community of record - an
interactive mechanism for the purpose of
discovering and showcasing new and unique
talent. Based on the principles of creative
excellence, it provides industry access and
exposure to help build the careers of notable
new filmmakers and screenwriters of our day.
Our mission is to encourage the creative process
of filmmaking and screenwriting by providing
hands on, peer-to-peer, objective criticism and
letting the material be judged on its own merit.
We offer an engaging avenue of exploration for
both first time and veteran film directors,
writers, and enthusiasts, anyone at all, who is
attempting to bring his or her vision to the
screen.
Based in
Australia,
Nice Shorts is a new short film
website that hosts award-winning short
films from all over the world. Their
goal is to provide up-and-coming
filmmakers a free and non-exclusive
venue for getting their work out there.
As they are filmmakers themselves, they
believe in the use of the internet as
the newest and (possibly) most effective
tool for getting films seen by a
worldwide audience.
They
are currently non-profit and are
relying on word of mouth to help the
site grow. They are looking for new
films for the site and are currently
spotlighting short films from all
over the world, including The
Philippines, Australia, Mexico,
Denmark, the US and the UK.
Did you see "Keeping up with
the Steins"? Are you Jewish? If you know and understand
Jewish culture, you love this site -
Jewish Impact Films. Packed with a great collection of
original short films - they are slickly made, funny, and
imbued with lots of Jewish in jokes.
The Jewish
Impact Films Fellowship was established by leading Hollywood
producers to empower the next generation of young Jewish
thinkers to use creative media, specifically short
internet-based films, to effectively communicate new
messaging about Judaism and Israel.
Based in Los
Angeles, the Jewish Impact Films Fellowship recently
completed its first three week program, generating over
fifty unique projects. Click
here
to learn about how to apply to our next fellowship
This is the kind of online
video web site we really love to feature.
705 is
group of filmmakers who have banded together to make a
series of films that have won awards and never fail to
amuse. Composed primarily of Roman
Cortez, Chito Arellano, and Tracy Tubera, they handle the
directing, editing, producing and even much of the acting
chores. This site and this team should be an inspiration to
aspiring film makers everywhere.
If you
like studying or reading about the past, you'll love the
The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).
One of the
world's most popular archaeology-related Web site, TAC has a
monthly audience of about 400,000 visitors, representing a
broad spectrum of the public as well as educators.
Turkey]
Ze Frank talks with Warren
St. John about the methods behind his madness as he prepares
to perform a script written by a network of his online fans
and critics. (NY Times - Producer: Erik Olsen)
Check out the new
and improved National Lampoon web site -
NationalLampoon.com will continue to feature its
award-winning NL Original content including the first-ever
“comedy blogosphere.” NL Blogs will feature humor--from the
funniest online writers, Max Burbank and John Saleeby to
well known comedy authors Harmon Leone (“Republican Like
Me”) and Rubin’s own (“Saddam Dump”). Even Paul Goebel
(Comedy Central’s “Beat the Geeks”) will join in with his
humorous take on Hollywood. In the coming months, NL.com
will reach out to its renowned National Lampoon alumni and
have them blog as well. The blogs will also feature the
“National Lampoon College Party School Rankings” hosted by
college party maniac Mitch Higgins. NL Blogs will also
feature special guest comedy character bloggers, this month
showcasing former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein.
If you are into technology -
especially telecom, IPTV and the latest cell phone
developments- you will love xchange TV. The
premiere edition offers a multimedia window into GLOBALCOMM
2006, which took place June 4-8 in Chicago. To watch one of
the video interviews xchange’s editors conducted with
industry leaders at the show,
click here.
How manly are you? Have you
become a metrosexual and in danger of losing your god given
manliness? Check out the hysterical
www.mantropy.com site
(sponsored and hosted by Maxim the men's magazine). They
have some great hilarious animated videos plus the entire
site is a hoot. Beware - this site is geared for eighteen
and up....
Hair is good. Repeat after me
- hair is good.
If you like animation you
ought to go visit the Animalada site at
http://www.animalada.com/ and check out some of their
demos. Big Shots - Crazy Football Shorts - Yes they are
pros, and yes they do it for money, but this stuff is really
good.
Here's a cool video blog you out to check out - Adriana
Kaegi and her New York style video blog. Check it out at
http://www.dearaddy.com.
She just completed a piece on the book launch event of the
legendary music journalist Vivien Goldman.
We really like her short video about NY fashion victims.
This is a killer site with
lots of money behind it.
Produced by MTV
- mtvUis dedicated
to every aspect of college life--from the music to the news
to student life to campus events. The channel is designed to
reflect the fast pace of students' lifestyles, and to reach
them everywhere they hang out, whether they're watching TV
in their dorm rooms, surfing the web, or walking across
campus. With an obvious emphasis on music, the site also
features video and editorial content about all aspects of
being young and hanging out at college.
Finally, mtvU also is
dedicated to providing a variety of opportunities--on-air,
online and on campus--to empower and entertain students
including pro-social initiatives, grants, contests, events,
tours and more. This means they are looking for videos.
Check out
Fresh Produce featuring video and film productions made
by college students. There are some great videos here.
This is a great looking
website with well made videos - check it and take a walk
with
"Beach Walks with Rox".
According to Roxanne Darling,
"Our daily show is a little slice of daily life in Hawaii,
with me and our adorable dog Lexi. It's free, and you are
all invited to join us. We've done over 90 shows and covered
all sorts of things like the dangers of sunscreen, Nata
Village in Botswana fighting AIDS, "live dangerously – wear
a bikini", Lei Day, and even had a guest director from
"Lost" – the TV show that is filmed in Hawaii. In other
words, sometimes serious, sometimes frivolous, always
Aloha."
The
Pan is a
daily, 15 minute variety show featuring
original video from independent media makers
and artists. Watch it here, on your
iPod,
PSP,
or
other mobile device. According to Adam
Quirk, "PAN is a video network, like a TV
network, delivered over the Internet. We
will have various channels for different
interests."
"Our most important company strengths are
our creative and unique content, and our
knowledge of this fast-moving industry. We
stay on top of trends, and in many cases set
them. Our various backgrounds all
complement each other to make our team
incredibly strong. We have backgrounds in
video production, online marketing,
television and film, animation, web
development, design, sales, and even
professional basketball. We are all
accomplished video artists, with strong
editing and production skills, and many
years of combined experience."
We love sites that moviemakers create to promote their
films. It doesn't really matter how cheesy or low budget the
flick, - the point is the creative and artistic use of the
web to gather eyeballs and provide momentum So with that in
mind, we present "I
was a Teenage Lobotomy" According the film makers, "
Lionstone Productions presents the most exciting
internet serial ever made! Based on a shocking true story,
you will laugh, you will cry, you will keep the lights on
when you go to bed. Thirty years in the making, featuring a
cast of thousands and a budget of over $1,000,000,000
(really, it's true, I swear). No stone was left
unturned in Lionstone's effort create the most realistic
cinematic experience known to humanity. Told in seven
chapters, each more thrilling than the last." Its amazing
what you can with Ken and Barbie dolls...
MomMeTV is an Internet television channel founded by
Missy DePew a stay-at-home mom to Ally, 6 and Ryan,
3. The channel provides MomCasts, which are short
snack-sized video segments featuring moms talking about
everything and anything, Mom Blogs, and also Mom Vloggers
(video journals). The video segments can not only be seen on MomMeTV,
they can also be shared with friends and family and
syndicated on your website, blog, vlog, or
personal page for free. Women from all stages of motherhood
can see and hear mom's talk about topics that matter most,
feel their excitement, and ultimately relate and learn.
more
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Frightmares the series is the wackiest, most hilariously
chilling online show ever! Frightmares the series features
cult horror & sci-fi films presented by your hosts, Kane &
The Frightmaster. New episodes are shown online , streamed
over the internet - free!
http://www.frightmarestheseries.com
Are you a film maker? Do you
yet have a web site that features your films and short
videos? Why not? You don't even need to host your videos
anymore. Just create a cool little site with descriptions of
your videos and include links to where the videos are hosted
on other sites like YouTube. For a great example, check out
the Barats and Bereta
web site. Not very complex or fancy,
it just works and features their work. You can do this!
Are you in the
biz? Want to know who is doing what and where in the
entertainment and video sector? The newly launched Zoom In
Online (www.zoom–in.com)
provides the latest information on media and entertainment,
heralds the arrival of the next wave in digital education
with a rich media, on-demand, video-based approach to
need-to-know information. The channel covers the leading
technologies, people, events and projects in the film, audio
and television industry.
The
http://aboptv.com site is pretty cool -
especially if you like jazz and improvised music. Jane B
broadcasted improvised music video performances, as well as
an art gallery. I (with a little help from my friends) do
the entire process from camera to cybercast.
According to Jane, "... I
have documented some of the hottest, MOST happening music on
the American Improvised Music, Avant-garde, Funk,
Free-Style, Hard-bop scene today ... artists that are
carrying on the tradition of the improvisational
innovators... Armstrong, Coltrane, Cecil, Dolphy, Miles,
Cream, Hendrix..
Tribeca Film Festival Award Winners - want to see some
great award winning short films? For free and online?
Check out these collections of winning flicks, trailers and
short films from TFF.
Firefox (our favorite web
browser) has been running a contest to find some of the
world's best Internet videos and flicks. The goal was to
"create a 30-second ad, in any style (live action or
animated,) that brings Firefox to life for the millions of
Web users who have yet to discover Firefox and the better
Web experience it delivers". Check out the winners. Some of
these are GREAT
http://www.firefoxflicks.com/
Are you funny? Do you have
great ideas and think you could be an Internet Star? Go for
it. Shoot your films, edit them together, and then post them
on a web site that features you and your creations. You
don't need a big budget just big creativity. Check out
http://www.hollywoodscreams.com.
Webmaster and producer Tom Willett has created a nice
assortment of small films. If he can do it, you can do it as
well. You might especially like "Hollywood Screams" a
comedy/mockumentary about a young actor trying to make it in
Hollywood. It's a little long, a little slow in places, but
has some great dialog.
Looking for a slightly weird
web site? Check out Rob Pongi and his Japan site. This is
the original video blog. Don't worry, its in English - or
mostly. Here has recently posted these two videos.
"The
Genius Kids #8" video from North Korea features some
more of the extremely talented group of North Korean
children known as "The Genius Kids" in a short
performance along with an expert analysis as seen on
North Korean and Japanese TV. Used by legal
permission. This video is somewhat "shocking",
however, in this episode, we finally learn what "The
Genius Kids" really signify and how they are so
terribly used by Kim Jong Il to brainwash North
Korean children on North Korean Television.
"A
Picture Perfect Day" - Some behind the scenes views
of A Picture Perfect Day in Yoyogi Park! A team of
professional photographers from Paris, France
visited Japan in April 2005 and took many pictures
of Rob Pongi in Yoyogi Park and others all over
Japan.
Have you ever seen an Instant
Film? Or better yet, made an InstantFilm? Checkout the
Instant Films website.
This is one of our favorite internet video web sites of all
time. OK, they are not exactly instant but films
written, shot, directed, produced and edited within a 48
hour period. Why - to win prizes and show how brilliant of a
filmmaker or writer or actor you are! The big news is
that all the films from Instant Films 20 are now online at
www.instantfilms.com
so you can check them out yourself!
They feature links to over
300 internetTV stations and video feeds.
OOH! TV is brand new and still in beta. but has some
cool videos to check out. Definitely worth a visit. Still
looking for customers, OOH! TV is a global distribution and
entertainment platform that enables content owners to gain
exposure and provides useful and entertaining content to
individuals outside of their home via broadband TV,
cellular, Wi-Fi, and digital signage to create an affordable
and open experience that is end user driven.
Have you
yet signed up for the free Internet Video
Magazine Newsletter. Get a quick heads up
regarding what's new in Internet video,
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This site is GREAT.
Goodie Bag TV is
an incredibly wonderful collection of short films - most of
which are artfully written, directed and produced by Kirby
Ferguson. A few are a bit edgy and may earn a slight "kid be
aware notice" (ie "Do
You Take It - a song by the Wet Spots) but in general,
the acting is superb and you will bust out laughing.
Strongly recommended!!!
If you love watching short
cool videos you'll love this site. If you are a videomaker
who wants to make money and become famous making short
videos, you'll also love this site. American Express and the
Tribeca Film Festival have teamed up to create the
15 Second Film
Festival. They already have lots of great submissions to
check out. The winner gets $1000 for every second of your
clip. The top 100 get an iPOD and a Certificate of
Recognition. Crank up your camcorder and software and make a
move.
Caves,
bats and science. Check out this new web site
www.cavebiota.com which has
short video clips of cave animals. Also, you may want to
visit
www.envirovet.org
which has short video clips about the organization,
Envirovet that brings veterinary medicine to wildlife health
issues. If you just can't get enough animal video, hop on
over to
www.midwestfrogs.com
If you like classic TV,
you'll love this site. They have hundreds of clips of old TV
shows, movies, commercials and lots of weird stuff that is
hard to classify. Its LikeTelevision
Atom
Entertainment's
AddictingClips now enables consumers to upload and share
video, animation, and Flash games online. The site also now
accepts video that is uploaded directly from a mobile phone,
a first for a major entertainment destination. The
AddictingClips site is offering a Cash for Clips program, in
which creators of the best AddictingClips content will
receive cash prizes and further distribution through Atom
Entertainment's AtomFilms site.
more
Check out
Pinky the Cat for a good laugh.
There are lots of web sites
that offer streaming video of the latest news, of the
hottest music videos, of cool TV advertisements and trailers
of upcoming movies. However, one of the best for lightening
up a dreary day is CNN's collection of offbeat, strange and
odd videos. Click here for
CNN's Offbeat
video
These are culled from
newscasts form allover the world.
If you like studying or
reading about the past, you'll love the
The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org)
to your listings and commentaries. TAC has become the
world's most popular archaeology-related Web site with a
monthly audience of about 400,000 visitors, representing a
broad spectrum of the public as well as educators. They
feature streaming video and audio programs. Currently, TAC
has 73 videos available on demand in both Windows Media
Player and RealPlayer formats. Within the last year, they
have added many 700k streams to their existing 56k and 300k
bandwidths.
You don't need to be famous
or a graduate of a well known film school to get your films
on the web or featured here at Internet Video Magazine.
Check out Pete Herron's
web site. He's only 17 and a senior at senior at
Moorestown High School in Moorestown, NJ. He has been making
videos with his friends for the past 4 years.
He
says, "I have a website with tons of videos. Some
of them are artsy music video-ish and some are just
documents of the things my friends and I do. I was
also a top 10 finalist in cellflixfestival.org cell
phone contest.
If you want to see great
examples of film making and or if you have an interest in
science, you need to visit
the
Museum of the Moving Image's Sloan Science Cinémathèque,
a website dedicated to enhancing the public's interest in
science and technology through the art of film:
www.movingimage.us/science
Sloan's Film Program supports and encourages student
filmmakers to create films that portray more realistic and
entertaining stories about science and technology and to
challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and
engineers through visual media.
Each of the films can be viewed online
for free and also includes a detailed description of the
film and what it is all about. Great for scene educators.
more
Skydiving, Wind Surfing,
Sailing and KiteBoarding. If you like sports, you should
check out
AdventureOnline.TV. The site features independent
and original adventure sports video using FLASH video. In
addition they also offer their HD Theatre for those who want
to see their sports in high definition. They offer free
online sports video as well as DVDs for sale.
Need a good laugh? Want to
check out a hot comedian while you are at work on your lunch
break? Ok, maybe you are not exactly on lunch, maybe its not
really a scheduled break, but humor WILL improve your
efficiency and make you a better worker. Anyhow, check out
comedian Dane Cook's web
site - maybe the funniest man alive. Make sure you keep
the audio down so that your boss and co-workers don't know
that you are improving yourself through comedy.
Want to peer into the
steaming summit of an erupting volcano without risking
death? There are about 30 cameras and other recording
devices set up on Alaska's Augustine Volcano that are
streaming information to a Web site hosted by the Alaska
Volcano Observatory, a joint federal-state office.
The
site http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php has
received over 253 million hits since the start of the year,
becoming a popular destination for everyone from scientists
to amateur volcano buffs. want to keep tabs on
the restless 4,134-foot (1,260-meter) volcano.
oadband
channel featuring the most hilarious and outrageous
video karaoke parodies.
Check out this
cool site - CamKaroke.com. Its like a karoke take-off on
the
www.milliondollarhomepage.com
site, According to its creator, Fred Marshall, in
October of 2005 he uploaded all of my CamKaraoke videos
I made in 2003 (over 50 videos) to Google videos,
iFilm.com, Sharkle.com and YouTube.com. By the end of
the year his CamKaraoke videos were viewed more than one
million times, and he received thousands of emails,
instant messages and comments on my
MySpace
&
Yahoo
pages. Viewers were creating fan clubs and the press was
calling him. It was then that he knew he had to build a
website.
Marshall says, "My
goal was to construct a website that would showcase the
most hysterical CamKaraoke videos and advertisers
equally. When I read about the success advertisers were
having on the
www.milliondollarhomepage.com,
created by Alex Tew of Wiltshire, England (whom I must
give a lot of credit), it hit me like a ton of bricks.
When you hear the word karaoke, most people picture a
person singing at a bar in front of a brick wall
entertaining an enthusiastic audience. When I looked at
the milliondollarhomepage.com for the first time, it
looked like graffiti on a brick wall. Combining these
two ideas, I believe I created CamKaraoke.com to achieve
a high level of success for our advertisers without
compromising our viewer's experience. "
WAMtv, out of the UK, is a great site for alternative
music video and programs. In March, they announced that they
added another 7 videos and 1 dj mix to the archive.
Membership to the archive costs £3 per month or £1 for a 24
hour download pass. However, once you have downloaded a
video it is yours to keep. Sign up for a monthly pass and
help support the WAMtv cause!! The main live channel has
brand new stuff from all the major music artists and much
more, including great live gigs from the Exchange in
Edinburgh.
CMP, one of
the leading publications in the technology ecosystem,
especially for those who are extremely engineering oriented,
is now producing and hosting its own streaming video news
show, aptly named, "The
News Show." Not only does it cover the bleeding edge, it
also invites video submissions from the audience who want to
express their personal technology opinions. Check it out.
Many of the members of
Internet Video Magazine are independent film makers who use
the net to promote and distribute their films and videos.
Check out the
www.ketchupeffect.com site to see a great example of how
film makers can use a simple but well designed web site to
promote their creation. The trailer is awesome.
Short, sweet and a winner.
The CellFlix Festival is an annual
competition dedicated to the development of creative content
for mobile delivery. It’s all about imagination, fantasy,
and story – created through and presented on the small
screen. This year's winner is Mike Potter of Ithaca College.
Watch his winning entry
Cheat
now. To read the official CellFlix announcement,
click here.
Checkout the other
CellFlix finalists.
And if you are a film maker, bookmark this site for next
year's contest and the opportunity to win $5,000. We really
like Johan Paulsen's entry
What
if we have had cell phones in 1986?
Do you think you
and your buddies are funny and
clever and can make people
laugh? Pick up that camcorder,
edit together a few funny short
films and then stick them on a
web site for the world to enjoy.
Check out
Kleineco.com. Based in
Horicon, Wisconsin, these young
guys are making a bunch of
movies that show off their
comedic talents. Brandon says,
"We just wanted to make people
laugh until they pass out or
die. Well maybe not die."
The humor is uneven, some skits are not all that
funny; the editing and
camerawork is basic, and these
guys obviously never went to
acting school. However, they are
having fun and a couple of the
skits are OK. My favorite is
"Midwest Mob". If these guys
can this, so can you. FYI. They
just updated the site with over
18 new videos.
Do you
love to BBQ? To show your chops doing some outdoor cooking?
Need some guidance and recipes? BBQGuys.com is running
a series of online videos that show barbeque fans how to
grill tasty meals.
See the videos here
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yet signed up for the free Internet Video
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The
Elephant
Larry web site has a lot to amuse you with.
Great concepts and excellent implementation.
Check out
International Dateline by the
Elephant Larry sketch comedy group. Just 1
minute long, this is all about "Transvestite
Phone Sex from the Future" Its timeless humor. Also
check out some of their other great flicks. How
kinky is your love partner? Find out what not to ask
your lover
In Bed.
Are you opinionated? Do you have great ideas that
beg to be shared and told to the world at large? But
you got no money, no production staff - no fancy
cameras or editing gear. Well, checkout Tim
Klanica's
Online Video show and see what you can do with
just a lot of energy time and lots of unique ideas.
read
Tim's article
Do you like music videos? Check out
AOL Music's Top 11
Countdown Show (http://www.aolmusic.com)
is the first interactive show of its kind. The
innovative program allows viewers to control the
show and create their own unique viewing experience
– watching the Top 11 videos in whatever order they
want,, customizing the look of the site,
participating in polls, voting on videos and
interacting with the hosts and other fans. As they
watch videos, viewers can access information about
the artists including photos, additional videos,
interviews and more or purchase songs and CDs.
Viewers have access to other exclusive AOL Music
features including the AOL Music archive, one of the
largest libraries of music videos on the Internet,
AOL Music Sessions and the AOL Music LIVE! concert
series.
Ok,
so they missed Halloween by a few weeks -
But the Horror Channel (THC) announced that it will
host an online streaming video (Night of the
Living Dead) and simultaneous live web chat
at
www.horrorchannel.com
beginning at midnight Eastern Time on Friday,
November 11th (9:00 pm Pacific Time). Fans
logging on to the web channel at
www.horrorchannel.com
will be treated to the feature film, Night of the
Living Dead. And, at any time during the film, fans
may participate in a live chat with actress Kyra
Schon, who appeared in the film 37 years ago as
little Karen Cooper.
more
blip.tv
is a
video blogging, podcasting
and sharing service. If you don't have a blog,
they will give you one. If you have a blog already,
they will help you make it a video blog. Great commentary,
wonderful videos. If you want to check out an active
community of video bloggers, make sure you visit
blip.tv. Check out the
video they
created to spotlight what video blogging is all
about.
Surfs
up. Check out the collection of surf videos and surf
news programming at
Quiksilver Pro. Yes, it might be a bit too
digitized and compressed, but still, if you love the
sport, you'll get off on these videos.
If you like short
online videos and films - and want to see something
new every day, check out the
MovieFone Short Film Festival. Every day they
spotlight a different video. You can watch it via
broadband or via dial up.
"my video blog"
tells the story of Jack Selby, a loner who records
his daily life on a camera leant to him by his seedy
boss, Mr. Murdoch. Whilst filming his mundane
existence, Jack inadvertently captures a strange and
disturbing series of events, leaving a trail of
unanswered questions...the first 9 blogs are now
available to view online at:
http://www.myvideoblog.co.uk
