Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness Thursday, October 20, 20115:30-8:00 PM In 2008, Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero was murdered in Patchogue, New York. Marcelo’s death was the tragic culmination of a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the community. Light in the Darkness chronicles the journey of Marcelo’s family and community members as they […]
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Format Factory: Windows-only file conversion software
Want to rip a DVD to play on your iPad? Want to convert a video file to Flash? Want to extract audio from a video file? Want to convert your home videos to YouTube format? If so, check out what William Eberwein has to say about Format Factory, Windows-only file conversion software. As seen on […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week
The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 20 to 30 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of multimedia production experience. There are usually four or five workshops held each week. Check the NMC calendar for the latest schedule. For […]
Continue readingCheck out WeVideo, the collaborative online video editor in the cloud
WeVideoA free video editing and hosting site. Allows for social editing – a project can have content submitted by and be edited by multiple users. Simply shoot videos and photos with your mobile phone or camera. Then upload them to your personal or shared WeVideo media library. You can shape your story alone or together […]
Continue readingLive Action Test Footage from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland
Film archivist lostvocals4 has posted live action test footage for the mad tea party scene in Disney’s 1951 animated rendition of Alice in Wonderland. Upon comparing the live action test to the final film, the archivist discovered much of the test audio was used in the final film. lostvocals4 says: “Walt Disney often filmed actors […]
Continue readingFilm screening and Louise Rosskam exhibit tour with the curators at the Katzen Arts Center this Saturday at 3pm
Film screening and Louise Rosskam exhibit tour with the curators at the Katzen Arts Center this Saturday at 3pm In conjunction with the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center exhibit Re‐viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam Screening the documentary film Stryker’s America: Photographing the Great Depression A film by Laurence L. […]
Continue readingMTV’s Liquid Television archives available.
MTV has made it’s Liquid Television series available on-line. The show aired in the 1990’s and was comprised of animated shorts. Check it out here:http://liquidtelevision.com/
Continue readingNetflix’s new service Qwikster has already given up the ghost
For the moment, Netflix will NOT be spinning off it’s DVD delivery service.
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Trainings this week:
The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These one hour sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of multimedia experience. There are usually four or five workshops held each week. Check the NMC calendar for the latest schedule. For more information contact […]
Continue readingRight Place, Wrong Time: 9 Technologies Born Before Their Time
Check out these 9 technologies born before their time.
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