Lessons still photographers need to learn before transitioning to video, Digital stories at Yale available for your viewing pleasure, Edit and organize your photos on Photoshop online for free NYVS Blog Brilliant Potential - largely unrealized...too bad posted on September 1 2010 Transitioning from still photography to video is not a road without errors... Read more >> Industry News Digital Stories at Yale Yale College and members of the surrounding community have been making digital stories together since 2003. On their website they have a number of them available for viewing online... Read more >> Tips & Tricks Free Photoshop Tools Online Photoshop online provides easy-to-use tools for editing stills you pull from your videos and films. Some tools are available without registering (and even creating an account online is completely free). Read more >>

Steven Levitan tells how digital technology has changed/not changed the way he does business, Panasonic to release 3D camcorder, The Paley Center and Snag Films are holding a contest for documentary makers to achieve finishing funds Industry News Steven Levitan Tells Us How the Digital World Affects His Work The creator of “Modern Family” Steven Levitan explains how technology has changed the way he does business, but not how he creates stories. Read more >> Product News Panasonic About to Release 3D Camcorder This fall, Panasonic is releasing a 3D camcorder that opens the door for 3D image capture as “the world's first professional, fully-integrated Full HD 3D camcorder that records to SD card media.” Read more >> Featured Content Call for Entries: PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop Contest “The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker.” Read more >>

Michael goes over how intimacy with viewers is the key to successful web videos, Finding and using public domain videos in your works, Reel Changes an organizing promoting funding for high quality documentaries NYVS Blog How To Deal With A Talking Head posted on August 31st, 2010 Michael delves into the confusion some news productions have in not differentiating between filming web videos and filming television broadcasts. Read more >> Tips & Tricks How to find public domain video By Angela Grant Angela Grant of newsvideographer.com, spotlights sources for public domain videos that you can put into your film or video project without having to pay for/secure the rights for use. Read more >> Industry News Reel Changes Reel Changes is a nonprofit organization that gathers financial support “to help us democratize the news media and improve our culture by facilitating the production and distribution of more high-quality documentary projects.” By displaying documentaries in various stages of production on their website, Reel Changes helps filmmakers reach out to the pubic to gather support they need to complete their works. Read more >>

A recent LA Times article highlights what makes documentary filmmakers transition successfully into feature filmmaking, The NYVS featured video of the day integrates rap and commercial endorsment, Channel WNET/Thirteen is giving independent filmmakers an opportunity to be seen by holding a weekly competition for short films online. Industry News Documentary filmmakers and their gift for storytelling by kobrechannel.blogspot.com Ken Kobre highlights a recent Los Angeles Times article that shows the successful transition of some documentary filmmakers into Hollywood feature filmmaking. A key point made in the article, is that many documentary filmmakers bring with them “exceptional visual storytelling abilities” that invite in the audience instead of distancing them from the story. Read more >> Featured Video NYVS member shares contest submission video NYVS member hensleymph has just posted a product endorsing rap video he made at his Papa John’s franchise called “Snaggin the Lombardi.” The video was created as an entry for a contest “by Papa John's Corporate to kick off the partnership between Papa John's Pizza and the NFL.” Read more >> Featured Contest Channel WNET/Thirteen’s weekly film contest winner shown on tv Channel WNET/Thirteen is holding a weekly competition for short films online in the following categories: narrative, documentary, animation and experimental. Each week three films are selected from submissions and viewers vote online for which film will be shown on Reel 13, WNET/Thirteen’s Saturday night presentation of classic and independent films. Read more >>

New Final Cut Editing Advanced Course Enhance your basic editing skills by learning the advanced editing techniques of Final Cut Pro and Express. In this course taught by Jeremy Levine, you will learn to create a 'freeze frame,' use the 'fit to fill' option, use 'linking and snapping' in your timeline, replace edit, use the 'ripple/roll' & 'slip and slide' tools, superimpose edit, adjust speed, use the motion tab, use master templates, and create titles in boris. Read more >> Daily news update of the NYVS Blog, Industry News and Tips and Tricks. To view the latest, please visit NYVS To unsubscribe to the NYVS News, please update your email preferences by clicking here

NYVS has a brand new YouTube Channel- Subscribe now! Vote to hear a story that acknowledges its own p.o.v., One new website is amassing the best documentaries and art videos worldwide just for you NYVS News Subscribe to the NYVS YouTube Channel! The NYVS YouTube channel is officially launched. Please come join our channel, subscribe to updates, and be a part of the web’s video literacy revolution! Read more >> Industry News Create Vote Produce www.vjmovement.com www.VJMovement .com founder and journalist Thomas Loudon realized while out in the field that “there is more than one truth,” so he set out to gather over 150 news journalist who deliver stories selected by citizens not networks. Journalists are also asked to publish profiles to reveal potential unintended bias in reporting and alternate viewpoints are encouragaed. Members of the site pitch the stories to be reported on, vote on which stories are shot, and then VJM selects a partnered journalist to produce the report. Read more >> Telegraph21 Champions Online Documentaries Ken Kobre has highlighted an expanding new website: Telegraph21.com that refers to itself as "a video magazine featuring the best documentary films and art videos from around the world." Read more >>

One instructional video that acts as a lesson on exactly how NOT to tell a story, Areas to look at when establishing your pro video editing career, How one multi-media program in universities is creating excellent storytellers for tomorrow. NYVS Blog One of The Worst Instructional Videos I Have Ever Seen - and what we can learn from it! Posted on August 25st, 2010 Michael takes a look at a Storytelling video put together by Henry Jenkins. The hilarious find is that while packed with qualified advisers, the poor quality of the video’s production and complete lack of dynamic energy is actually a lesson on how not to tell a story. Read more >> Tips & Tricks Becoming a Pro Video Editor videomaker.com This is an exciting time to become a professional video editor. This Videomaker article gives a good run down on the factors to look at before you set up an editing business. Read more >> Industry News Journalism For The 21st Century npr.org Carnegie and Knight initiative has funded New21, educational centers at eight universities that push for strong “investigative reporting and storytelling.” Once the students spend time in the classroom learning “reporting and digital skills,” they are sent out into the field to capture compelling news documentaries. Thus far the multimedia projects are impressive... Read more >>

How early deep sea exploration can be compared to early video journalism, How the foundations of journalism and being personable are intrinsic to being hired as a video journalist, Some of the great cinematographers who are responsible for creating the beauty you see on screen NYVS Blog The Disaster in Afghanistan Began With Bad Video from Kabul posted on August 21st, 2010 Michael compares early video news journalism to man’s early exploration of the deep sea. Read more >> Industry News What makes a good journalist… videojournalist? By, David Dunkley Gyimah David Dunkley Gyimah is an academic journalist with more than twenty years of international field experience. In this blog entry, he lays down his perceptions of employee expectations facing new journalists/video journalists. Upon entering a marketplace where emphasis can lay on cutting edge techniques, applicants cannot forget the underlying importance of traditional skills like social intuition and general educated intelligence. Read more >> On The Rise: 5 Cinematographers On Their Way To The A-List By, The Playlist The Playlist has written up the posting, "On The Rise: 5 Cinematographers On Their Way To The A-List". As The Playlist points out, “If the layman is struck by a film's imagery, the most common response is "That was well directed." But while a handful of directors have the technical knowledge necessary (Steven Soderbergh comes to mind), most filmmakers will admit that one of the most vital collaborative relationships on set is between them and their Director of Photography.” Read more >>

Teaching the public video and saving the news industry, New Storytelling II course is up on NYVS, Learning how to handle your hybrid camera NYVS Blog If Current TV Was A Beginning - Where Do We Go From Here? posted on August 18th Michael takes a look at the evolution of news media and how it is to the industry’s benefit to trust viewer content contribution. For this switch to fully work though, those holding cameras need to become video literate. Read more >> NYVS Courses Storytelling II by Michael Rosenblum The 'Storytelling II' course has been uploaded to NYVS. In this course you will learn the essentials of good video production storytelling. The lessons cover everything from ‘Storytelling NOT Script writing’ to ‘How to tell a story as opposed to writing for broadcast.’ This course follows as the awaited second installment of Storytelling I. Read more >> Tips & Tricks Tips for better technical and creative results shooting video with your DSLR By Mark Edward Harris Hybrid DSLR cameras have changed the world of camera capabilities with their amazing combination of moving image/still capture. In order to effectively use these cameras to achieve high quality shooting, there are points to be learned. Check out this article by Mark Edward Harris, who goes over the fundamentals he absorbed at a four-day boot camp run by Michael Rosenblum and Lisa Lambden. Read more >>

Michael has less than favorable reviews for one reporter's attempt at video journalism, Are journalists taking full advantage of the technologies available for their industry? Eyewitness citizen videos are given their own platform NYVS Blog And This Piece of Crap Is In The Washington Post!!! posted on August 17th 2010 Michael critiques a recent Washington Post video, "If a reporter turned in a piece of crap scribbled on a torn paper with a crayon, they would have been told that this is a newspaper, not a kindergarten. The same standards have to apply to video. This...is crayons on torn paper." Read more >> Industry News Field Guides: Mobile Journalism posted by Erica Zucco Erica Zucco experiments with a new VeriCorder iphone application and takes a look at the history of mobile journalism. Zucco shows how today's smartphone and application technology are giving journalists never before seen opportunities and yet most of them are just not using them as much as they should. Read more >> Industry Videos Eyewitness Videos brought to you by CitizenTube CitizenTube is a feed of the news videos that have been uploaded to the YouTube site. While not professionally filmed, the videos do provide interesting eyewitness accounts of events around the world. One video in today's news, posted by YouTube user melaphoria, was filmed right outside the YouTube user’s home window. It shows pedestrians heroically rescue a driver in a burning Model A Ford. Read more >>