Sometimes there’s footage you need that you just can’t get. Suppose you’re making a PSA and need a shot of a woman rollerblading near the beach. Or maybe and airplane taking off. Or a horse and buggy riding by. Well, I have a solution for you: Stock Footage for Free. Stock Footage for Free is […]
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DMS Help: Free Music for your Video Projects
Need some music for a film project? Finding your production budget a bit short? No problem. Just visit musopen.com and solve your problem. Musopen is an online repository of free, royalty-free, public domain music. It’s mostly classical pieces performed by university orchestras, but by and large the quality is excellent. All you need to do […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips: External Hard Drive Suddenly Not-Writeable on a Mac?
This is a problem that comes up in the DMS from time to time. Patrons come in and say, “I’ve been using this external hard drive on a mac for a long time and suddenly it won’t work; I can’t put files on it.” My first question is always the same: “Did you use it […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips: Choosing an External Hard Drive
It seems like choosing an external hard drive would be little more than a question of price. But this is far from the case. There are a number of important considerations one needs to take into account when choosing an external hard drive. 1) Purpose – The answer to “why do I need an external […]
Continue readingInteractive Media: iPhone Development – Updates
Since my last post on this topic a few things have changed. Some good, some not so much… Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. The new iOS SDK is no longer free. That’s right, XCode 4 now costs $5.00 on the AppStore. Oh, and it only runs on Snow Leopard. There […]
Continue readingYoutube Copyright School
Check out this fun video from Youtube about copyright.
Continue readingHow much credit does Natalie Portman deserve for “Black Swan”
Depending on who you talk to, 5% or 80%, Director Darren Aronofskyand Ballerina Sarah Lane weigh in. http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/28/black-swan-controversy/
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