Latest Posting
Compact SoloVJ Gear – Part Two: Shotgun Microphones
As a continuation from part one, next is the plain talk recommendations for a shotgun mic – the microphone that sits atop your camera while shooting. I”m not going to discuss the technical aspects of the different kinds of pickup patterns, the various jargon/lingo associated with audio. You can find that information here – instead [...]
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Video Journalism
From TV News Shooter to One-Man-Band VJ»
“Why I’m glad I made the transition from ABC News off-air producer to New York Times videojournalist.”
That’s the introductory statement NYTimes VJ Erik Olsen made in an article posted on Digital Journalist – and one I feel speaks loudly above the cacophony of the detractors of self contained shooter/producers.
VJ Training
How To Train Yourself in Video Journalism»
MultimediaShooter has an excellent posting entitled “Multimedia Rules To Live By and Seven Steps to Training Yourself”, which I find interesting in that I’ve been doing this for my professional life first as a photojournalist and later on crossing over into the realm of shooting as a solo video journalist.
Post Production
My move to Edius for editing video»
After being an advocate for SONY Vegas since version 7, the latest iteration has become too unreliable to rely upon in my video post production work.
The last project I shot and started initially editing in Vegas Pro 9 resulted in a mess in trying to edit content that had been transcoded to Cineform Neo Scene [...]
The Business of VJ
ABC News Goes VJ»
Michael Rosenblum, the ever present wave maker in the profession of shooting video, has once again proven his point around why the move to the solo video journalist paradigm is inevitable – even more so with this recent announcement from broadcast giant ABC.
Equipment
Compact SoloVJ Gear – Part one»
Among my interest in shooting video in the zen like Solo VJ paradigm, I also research quite a bit on the idea of paring down ones possessions as a means of reducing ones clutter, simplifying your life if you will.
One area that I’ve taken an interest in is in the realm of what solo video [...]
Content Distribution
Video Is No Longer The Future of the Internet. It’s the Present.»
Over at dvcreators, a blog posting has confirmed what I have been saying for the past two years – that the Internet will be the primary venue by which content will be viewed.
Creative Process
Pulitzer & Youtube offer $10,000 Prize for Citizen Journalism»
The ground swell of solo video journalism is building – and the announcement that Pulitzer and YouTube are sponsoring a contest for this style of video journalism only adds to the credibility of this newly emerging profession.
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Software
Grass Valley Extends Features of EDIUS 5.5 for AVCHD Market»
Paris, France/Nevada City, Calif., March 2, 2010 — Continuing to extend the reach of its EDIUS® PC-based nonlinear editing (NLE) software, at NAB 2010 Grass Valley™ will unveil the latest updated version, which now includes real time, full resolution AVCHD editing already released for the EDIUS Neo 2 Booster package. This new feature is ideally suited [...]
