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Category Archives: video
Ray Harryhausen’s Animated Creatures in Chronological Order
Being a fan of Ray Harryhausen’s creature animations, the following tweet from WFMU was an immediate score. What is coolest about this is there are at least two or three films referenced here I haven’t yet seen. I started doing … Continue reading
Information about your video “Creepshow: Ed Harris dancing disco”
I’m getting these messages from YouTube more and more these days—I got four in the last last two days. YouTube seems to be embracing it’s role as copyright constable, and their technology seems to be getting better and better—or else … Continue reading
DS107 CARNAGE
DS107 CARNAGE from Jim Groom on Vimeo. A trailer for a film not yet made…. Take the jump for an overview of the process, thoughts on why iMovie 8 sucks, and a bit about Mario Bava.
Forbidden O’Blivion
There is some serious madness happening in ds106’s Summer of O’Blivion, and Michael Branson Smith’s video editing has been amazing as the above Forbidden Planet remix video bears witness to. Just in time for the video section of this course, … Continue reading
Tom Woodward on Video in #ds106
Tonight the face-to-face ds106 class, as well as anyone on ds106radio, had the pleasure of hearing Tom Woodward take us on a tour of some fascinating videos that really set the stage for what’s emergent right now in this most … Continue reading
Video Essay Tutorial
I started a page on the ds106 wiki that takes you throw the possibilities for getting the Video Essay done. It takes you through ripping DVDs (for Mac and PC), some quick trimming and compression tools, and how to do … Continue reading
Isaac Asimov on education in the future
erchache2000 shared the link to the above video of Isaac Asimov talking with Bill Moyers in “The World of Ideas” back in 1988. His fascinating discussion of the idea of computer mediated instruction being anything but dehumanizing. I love Asimov’s … Continue reading
YouTube Favorites, and some thoughts about aggregation
It’s been a long while since I played with WordPress plugins on the bava. But tonight I was thinking that if CogDog is right, and just about everything we share through various networks can be thought of as blogging, than … Continue reading
1,000,000+ views on YouTube
Sometime this month the 176 videos I have uploaded to my YouTube channel have been collectively viewed more than 1 million times—well, 1,041,448 to be exact. It’s pretty crazy to think videos I have uploaded have been watched that many … Continue reading
Chucky meets ds106
I’ve been knee-deep in film commentaries, homemade Halloween movies, and mashups for the last three weeks in ds106, and it has been awesome. I’m on the verge of finally finishing my mashup, but in the meantime, here is a short … Continue reading