Tuesday, February 28, 11:00 p.m., Ward 1 Come join SPC Films and RHA for a free screening of The Muppets. Starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams, the Muppets attempt to save their old theater.Sponsor: RHA, SG Events, Student Activities, SUB, University Center, and Women’s InitiativeContact: sm2272a@student.american.edu Excerpted from Today@AU The Muppets Trailer
Continue readingSOC’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents: Documenting the Unseeable: Spielberg, Ground Zero, and Feeling the Rebuilding
Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler Theater Mark Breeze, the producer of the “Memorial and Museum” episodes of the recent landmark six-part Discovery Channel/ Spielberg documentary on the rebuilding of Ground Zero, discusses the challenges and process of making a documentary about the rebuilding of a site that everybody knows but nobody […]
Continue readingThe Oscars: Will you be tweeting tonight?
The Oscars are on tonight at 7pm. Will you be watching? If so, will you be tweeting about it too? Word on the street is that tonight there may be some record numbers in social media usage involving tonight’s award ceremony. Many celebrities are expected to be tweeting, some from behind the scenes at the […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week:
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 30 to 60 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
Continue readingFootage from SD card to Hard Drive – IMPORTANT!
Downloading files from a SD card into final cut or onto your computer? There’s a few REALLY IMPORTANT steps to remember! First, your card acts like a hard drive, so its important to first create a back up. The first step is to make a disc image of your ENTIRE card. Open up disk utility […]
Continue readingWhat Do I Use For My Project?
Video+Audio VIXIA: Higher level shooting, on a camcorder, gives you the most manual abilities to work with. Requires you to log and capture, or transcode in FCP X. KODAK Zi8: Easy to use and handle, shoots on HD, and requires some transcoding for editing in FCP 7. FLIP CAM: Easy to use, least manual control […]
Continue readingSelected New Documentary Titles in Media Services
Check out these documentaries that were recently added to the Media Services collection. Minik: The Lost Eskimo – DVD 117On the Ropes – DVD 154Pimps Up, Ho’s Down – DVD 160Bomb It – DVD 968Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America – DVD 980Thomas Berry: The Great Story – DVD 981How to be a man […]
Continue readingBarney Rosset, First Amendment crusader, dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: February 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM ET (New York Times) NEW YORK (AP) — Barney Rosset was a publisher, not an author, and struggled for decades to write the story of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way […]
Continue readingCreate a cool animated photo montage in After Effects
This 14 step online tutorial from Layers Magazine teaches you how to create a really cool animated photo montage. It’s structured in a way that easily enables you to switch out the photos in the animation for new ones as well. Your final result will be a short animated Quicktime movie. Check it out! How […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection. Hero/Ying Xiong – HU DVD 596Elephant – HU DVD 790Longest Day – HU DVD 1263Office: Season 6 – HU DVD 4029-4033Office: Season 7 – HU DVD 4034-4038Looney Tunes Super Stars: Pepe le Pew – HU DVD 4255She’s the Man – […]
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