Author Archives: Will Carleton
Conference: Battles Of The Archives – a thing of the Past! – London October
*** THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED ***
UNESCO World Audiovisual Archive Day is always held on 27th October and the theme for 2013 is ‘Saving Our Heritage for the Next Generation’. On this occasion FOCAL International will celebrate the event on Monday 28th October at BAFTA with an all day conference and evening screening under the banner – Battles of the Archives – A thing of the Past!
The conference is designed to inspire a new generation of film makers, to build bridges between the new and the old, the suppliers and users, the financiers and the spenders active in the use of archive content. The idea follows on from Richard Melman’s highly entertaining and informative panel discussion held at FOCAL International’s recent copyright conference where commissioners and producers talked on the significance of copyright on business decisions when making archive productions.
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One To Watch: Twitter delivers video feed – directly from #NYFW
This is a good example of the ‘New Media’ delivering photo news – directly missing out editors, production staff +++ and it’s what people want from a niche news subject which is becoming more and more available on their social networks …for free!
Followers of fashion will now be able to get a full dose of everything happening at New York Fashion Week directly from the front row of the catwalks via Vine – the short burst instant video platform available on Twitter ….
Twitter say: ‘New York is abuzz with top designers, models, stylists and behind-the-scenes fashionistas from around the world for Fashion Week.’
If you have #NYFW #FOMO, fear not: Twitter and Vine are your front-row ticket to the hottest shows in town. With timely Tweets, photos and six-second Vine videos, all the glitz and glamour of Made (@madefw) and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (@MBfashionweek) is delivered directly to you, wherever you are.
Here are some of the ways you can follow along:
#BehindTheFashion
Designers will use this hashtag to capture moments that tell the stories behind their shows. Whether it’s the last-minute tailoring or a much-needed moment of Zen, these Vine videos will show what happens beyond the scrim.
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New Collection: Re-enactment stock footage at NHNZ
A great stock footage release here by NHNZ Moving Images – a collection of stunning sequences that recreate events from the Neolithic to the Dark Ages; retell the stories of the Bible; follows the pilgrimages of the great Pacific navigators; relives the battles of the Saracens and Crusaders, and the Napoleonic and Great Wars; and traces history to the modern age. Footage is drawn from international productions including The Secrets of the Bible, Britain’s Greatest Machines, Lost Continents of the Pacific, Warrior Graveyard, Banged Up Abroad, and Treasure Hoard.
View & license the footage here
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TIME launches documentary filmmaking unit
TIME has launched Red Border Films, a new documentary filmmaking unit and interactive digital platform on Time.com, featuring deeply reported films by TIME journalists and photojournalists.
Red Border Films will draw on TIME’s extensive network of photojournalists, filmmakers and other contributors to produce both short documentaries and expanded films, presented along with interactive features at time.com/redborder, where users will be able to watch films, explore in-depth information about the filmmakers and their subjects and view photo galleries and other multimedia elements around each project. Red Border Films kicks off with a look back, 50 years later, at the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech in a production called One Dream
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Sky News Cameraman Killed in Cairo clashes
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Sky News cameraman Mick Deane has been killed covering the current clashes in Cairo, Egypt.
In a statement Sky News say: ‘It is with the greatest regret that Sky News announces the death of Mick Deane, an experienced camera operator, while working on assignment in Cairo this morning.
Mick was part of a Sky News team reporting on the disturbances in the city with Middle East Correspondent Sam Kiley when he was shot and wounded. Despite receiving medical treatment for his injuries, he died shortly afterwards.
None of the other members of the Sky News team were injured in the incident.’
Mick, aged 61, was a hugely experienced broadcast journalist. He had worked with Sky News as a camera operator for 15 years, most recently across the Middle East and previously in the United States. He was married with two sons.
The Head of Sky News John Ryley described Mick as the very best of cameramen, a brilliant journalist and an inspiring mentor to many at Sky. “Mick Deane was a really lovely, lovely guy,” he said. “He was great fun to work with, he was an astonishingly good cameraman who took some brilliant pictures.
“But he also had a first class editorial brain. He had brilliant ideas.
Read that report at Sky News
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App update: AP Mobile (news & photos) Version 6.1 is ready
Version 6.1 of the Associated Press news, photo & video App, AP Mobile for iOS is now ready for download.
Whats new:
• The light background is back! Tap the Gear and go to settings to select your background colour.
• Numerous bug fixes
• Improved share functionality and support for multiple Twitter accounts.
Available free on the iTunes store
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Launched: Int conference – ‘Archiving Tomorrow’ 20-22 Nov 2013 – UK
Archiving Tomorrow (AT-13) is a new international conference covering aspects of media archiving and restoration organised by KES International a knowledge transfer organisation providing high-quality conference events and publishing opportunities for researchers.
They say: ‘Chaired and supported by leading figures in the film and broadcast community, Archiving Tomorrow will become the premier annual media event for archivists, film makers, creatives, academics and those wishing to find out about this exciting area.’
AT-13 will be an outstanding opportunity for all those interested in the fast-moving area of media creation and preservation to mix with experts in the field, exchange experiences and learn about the latest techniques and developments. Participants can also achieve a publication in a professionally produced volume of proceedings.
Archiving Tomorrow seeks to welcome academics, archivists, creatives, film makers, industry practioners and manufacturers to come together and submit abstracts for consideration on a wide range of topics.
Full details and how to get involved
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WAG Screen reaches first phase funding for WW1 anniversary film
WAG Screen, the not-for-profit community filmakers dedicated to Lincolnshire’s heritage, have reached first phase funding – ‘almost a third towards our goal’ – of making ‘Tell Them of Us’, a film to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. More on this here
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Event: “Capturing Reality” and the art of documentary – Aug 17 Washington, DC
Monday, August 19, 2013 – Washington, DC
A new roundtable event from WIFV [Women in Film & Video] and Docs In Progress Documentary here – ‘This month we will have a discussion on documentaries, featuring a screening of the film CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY, by Pepita Ferrari. This film features interviews with many excellent documentary filmmakers, including Werner Herzog, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Jessica Yu, Jennifer Baichwal, and Laura Poitras. These filmmakers and many more share their insights into meeting the challenge of making documentary films.’
We will discuss the existential questions of what is (and is not) a documentary, and where ideas come from. We will also hear from these accomplished filmmakers on the relationship of the director and the film subject, and on the art of the interview. Lastly, we will discuss some of the ethical issues of documentary film, including getting access and developing trust.
Full details and to book (it’s free) your place here
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Read: Cisco VNI video industry forecast 2012 – 2017
Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI), an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications have released a new forecast document. Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2012–2017.
Some highlights from the paper relating to Video delivery:
• Globally, consumer Internet video traffic will be 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2017, up from 57 percent in 2012. This percentage does not include video exchanged through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. The sum of all forms of video (TV, video on demand [VoD], Internet, and P2P) will be in the range of 80 to 90 percent of global consumer traffic by 2017.
• Video-on-demand traffic will nearly triple by 2017. The amount of VoD traffic in 2017 will be equivalent to 6 billion DVDs per month.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) traffic will deliver almost two-thirds of all video traffic by 2017. By 2017, 65 percent of all Internet video traffic will cross content delivery networks in 2017, up from 53 percent in 2012.
Full details from Cisco here
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