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March 2005 Internet Video Magazine Newsletter
www.internetvideomag.com
In the last few months, there have been a plethora of new web
sites and businesses and opportunities for hosting your on-line
videos, Some are free, some are very inexpensive. Check out our new
and improved
Free & Affordable Places to Host Your Online Videos section.
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.
Also 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.
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are still looking for the Best Video Web Sites of 2005.
What's Your Choice?
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Looking for some great new videos and video
web sites to check out and visit? We got new articles, new movies
and lots more.
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digital storytelling, children's tales, Flash animations, student
films, mash-ups ? all kinds of digital works. Ourmedia is an
open-source project built and staffed by volunteers and a
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Looking to customize your keyboard to make it easier and quicker to
edit using Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Avid & Final Cut? Check
out the affordable templates from EditorKeys.
more
ROOmobile.com
provides access to a wide variety of video content ? just like
watching television - including breaking news, entertainment
stories, fashion catwalk parades, movie trailers & sports videos ?
all available to be viewed on your Windows Mobile powered device
anywhere, anytime. Users simply connect their mobile device to the
Internet, go to
www.roomobile.com and select videos from 7 different content
categories including News, Business, Fashion, Sports, Movies, etc.
more
Scripps
Takes Latest Channel Direct to Web
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Seizing on the success of its Home &
Garden Television brand, E.W. Scripps Co. has gone directly to the
Internet with its latest channel that combines tips for building
professionals and the power of streaming video.
Are you a video hobbyist ready to take the big step up from basic
video editing to a more full featured, more powerful video editing
program? Check out what might be the best on the market, Adobe
Premiere Elements. Basically Premiere Pro Lite - its inexpensive and
much easier to master.
Click here for a review and some great guide books
BluffTitler is an inexpensive Windows program that enables you to
quickly create impressive looking 3D text animations that can be
played in real-time by the BluffTitler player or exported to a wide
spectrum of video and picture formats for further processing in
picture/animation packages and video authoring tools.
more
Looking to stream video around your
house or business? The IEEE working group dedicated to the
next-generation 802.11n standard has settled on a single proposal,
TGn Sync, members said late Thursday night.
more
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Great Movies and Videos to Watch
This is brilliant and
is probably the best looking Star Wars Fan Film we have ever seen!
This short flick features some truly incredible lighting and camera
work. According to the producers Cory Pacione and Kirk Pennell,
R.2. The Extra-Special Astromech
was created on a budget of approximately $300.00 Canadian ($220.00
US). The entire film was shot in Fredericton, New Brunswick (and
surrounding areas) over a 4 month period. Filming began in October
(a very cold October) and ending with a few pickup shots in January.
Somebody hire these guys quick
This might be the
goofiest video of the week. Got to admit it though, this guy is
brave. According to our Florida contributor, 4Video, "Who the hell
is this? It's Jimmy playing with his new web cam. Video Karaoke
perhaps? Okay - this is so stupid we just have to make Jimmy a star
- maybe some of you in the digital video editing community can make
some "enhancements" to this raw clip - like for the Star Wars Kid.
http://www.jedimaster.net/
This guy even bears a resemblance to Gyslain. If you make something
new and cool out of this, send it to us and we'll post it."
I'm sure you have heard about how Paris Hilton's phone got hacked
and hijacked. Wouldn't you like to see what was inside her phone?
Her short films she made, messages from stars, candid photos and
other personal stuff, etc. This is funny -
Paris Hilton's Cell Phone
This is brilliant - sort of a parody of classic World War II films and
propaganda pieces featuring
Tacos going into battle to save our country. Yes, it is a
commercial for Taco Bell, but it is a lot better than that lame dog.
Here's another great commercial.
"Fire Rescue" is for an auction site. What is your life worth?
You got to make a deal. Quick.
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.
Are you funny? Do you like to make people laugh? Maybe a career in
entertainment is calling to you? Check out
"The
Entertainer" - An intimate look at a performer at the top of her
game. The dizzying highs and crippling lows are all in a days work.
Hosted at All Day Breakfast
and just 1:48 long.
This is a great looking video that documents the competition and the
excitement surrounding the National Veteran's Wheelchair Games.
Excellent editing - good content. Check it out
Dallas Veterans Wheelchair Team
at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Hosted at
Karen's Gold Rush
Have you ever visited Michael
Jackson at his place in Santa Barbara? Has Michael ever got you
drunk and asked you to play some games? Check out this interesting
new animated parody short -
"I
Never Copped a Feel" by Dominic Tocci.
What's your office like? Are you working for a bunch of monkeys? Check
out the award winning Monkey commercials from
CareerBuilder.com. This
is a great example of how to use video (and the net) to promote a
business.
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It's getting closer to summer
and we are already thinking of the beach. Check out
Behind the Iron Catwalk: The New Supermodels - a video by DAVID
SCHISGALL - Deep-set eyes, sculpted cheekbones, and fierce
determination mark the new wave of Russian and Eastern European
models selling the world's hottest labels ? take to the beach for
photographer Patrick Demarchelier's Vanity Fair cover shoot
on Harbour Island, in the Bahamas.
* Film Maker
Special - promote your film or independent movie/video web site
for just $25 for three months!
This is one of the cutest videos
we have ever seen. Lots of little puppy dogs. Puppy dogs that talk
and sing and jump around and have their own soap opera going on.
Very nice editing. Check out The Show at
The Tinys.
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Check out the These Video Web Sites
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 home building,
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.
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." OK. 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."
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