Okay, I did a lot of tinkering in iMovie ‘08 and it’s so vastly different that I barely knew how to make an edit point. That’s because there are no edit points. iMovie ‘08 works entirely through nudging and slipping and some splitting. But it’s really confusing if you’re at all used to the previous versions of iMovie.

First and foremost, your action keys are no longer the same. So say goodbye to (command) T for a cut. In order to make a cut you now have to select the clip to the point where you want to make the “cut” and then go to your edit tab and select Split Clip. It looks like this:

Read the rest of this entry »

What is it & why use it?

Blip.tv is an online video sharing site for videobloggers, podcasters and Internet TV producers. This year, Blip.tv was rated the #1 online video sharing site by PC World. What makes Blip.tv stand out from the crowd is its superior video feeding (meaning that it loads really quickly for viewers) and its revenue share standards. If you are willing to accept advertisements on your video page (which is optional), Blip shares the profit with you 50/50. Advertising is the only proven profit-maker in the online video world and so, unlike the Veoh standard which relies on user pay-per-view, it is pretty certain that video creators will benefit from this deal. Blip is very open about the fact that they do not claim rights to your creative work and that they cannot sell your work for a profit without your express consent. To add to this, video producers will like the fact that viewing quality is very high, but still not as good as DVD, like you may be able to get through a .Mac membership.

Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, it’s always hard to take a rough cut and get a fine cut (editing terms for taking your first draft of the movie to a slightly tighter version) and it’s even harder to share that cut with your peers to get notes. Try sending a file larger than 20 MB on any free service provider (i.e. yahoo, gmail, hotmail) and you’ll find it near impossible. So, how do you get a larger account or how do you shrink your .mov or .dv file?

You can always pay to get a “pro” account and these will let you send larger files - the problem of time still remains. It usually takes upwards of ten minutes or more (depending on file size) to send. If you’d like to get these “pro” services here are some providers: Yahoo Mail Plus, Runbox, or You Send It and then there is the option of getting a .Mac account. This is an Apple service that allows you to store things online - think of it as a floating external storage device - and you can give people web addresses to view your projects. Here’s that link: .Mac.

Read the rest of this entry »

Introduction to YouTube for Participatory Film

For those of you that are already familiar, this blog may not be of much interest to you. But, for the novice, here is an introduction to YouTube, including the pros/cons of using it, how to upload participatory videos, and how to compare it to other video sharing sites.

Read the rest of this entry »

Those who do not have power over the stories that dominate their lives, power to retell them, rethink them. deconstruct them, joke about them, and change them as times change, truly are powerless because they cannot think new thoughts. Salman Rushdie

Shirley White, the editor and primary author of the book “Participatory Video: Images that Transform and Empower” (2003), has taught participatory video methods since the 1970s. She is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communications at Cornell University.

Read the rest of this entry »

The goal of this toolkit is to provide health professional faculty with a set of tools to carefully plan and document their community-engaged scholarship and produce strong portfolios.

For an introduction to the toolkit and its components, please click here. An introductory webconference on the toolkit was held on October 13, 2005. To access, the powerpoint slides and audiorecording from the event, click here.

The navigation bar at the top of this page will take you directly to the different sections of the toolkit. PDF documents are available for the entire toolkit and each unit. Access these documents in the Toolkit Site Index.