Here’s a cool tutorial about how to create the Dark Knight Logo shatter using After Effects.The techniques utilized could be adapted to student film projects to make stunning title scene credits. Watch the tutorial here.As seen on MotionWorks.
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Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
Are you finding that there is unwanted noise in a portion of your Final Cut Pro video project? This is a problem that’s been popping in the New Media Center during this busy time when final project deadlines are approaching. Depending on the depth of your noise problem, here’s one method that may work well […]
Continue readingNeed that certain shot to improve your video project? Try Stockfootageforfree.com
Stock Footage for Free is a decent site that delivers exactly what it sounds like. Everything is royalty free and monetarily free (you do have to register, however). They have some stuff in HD, as well as a lot in SD. While the selection isn’t perfect, hey, it’s free. It’s great for certain cityscape or […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Corporations in the Classroom now available in Media Services
“As cash-strapped schools struggle to pay for books and other materials, corporate sponsors are offering promotions, sponsorships, and even free curriculum. The line between corporate social responsibility and back-door marketing opportunities is blurring … This tough documentary asks: Should our schools be free of commercial messages? Or should they be a microcosm of the outside […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Coca Cola Case: A film about Coca-Cola and labor rights in Latin America now available in Media Services
In early 2000, two American lawyers in employment law, David Kovalik and Terry Collingsworth, embark on a crusade against the Coca-Cola empire. Indeed, in the offices of countries like Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey, it uses a paramilitary militia to remove or kill the workers trying to unionize. Denying their responsibility for these crimes, executives of […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Africa is a woman’s name now available in Media Services
This documentary follows three very different African women working to create change at all levels of society: Amai Rose, a Zimbabwean housewife and businesswoman; Phuti Ragophala, a school principal in one of South Africa’s poorest communities; and Njoki Ngund’u, a human rights attorney and member of Kenya’s parliament. DVD 9240 Women Make Movies description: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c809.shtml
Continue readingHot Docs: When China met Africa now available in Media Services
“A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr. Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm and business is booming. In northern […]
Continue readingHot Docs: The Learning now available in Media Services
“The learning chronicles an emotionally charged year in the lives of four Filipino women as they leave their homeland to teach in Baltimore’s inner-city schools. With their increased salaries, they hope to transform their families’ impoverished lives back home. But the women also bring idealistic visions of the teacher’s craft and of life in America, […]
Continue readingFilmography – Jewish Studies
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Rachel now available in Media Services
“A startlingly rigorous, fascinating and deeply moving investigatory documentary that examines the death of peace activist and International Solidarity Movement member Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003”–Container. DVD 9237 Distributor description: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c787.shtml
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