Day: March 8, 2010

Welcome to the newly redesigned RAMBLER PRODUCTIONS blog. It may not look all that different but there are a few features you should all note. First off we have changed the link bar on the top of the page to include links to the BLOG RULES (which you should know by heart) and BUY OUR STUFF. And you should, by which I mean, buy our stuff. You can find available DVD’s on that page and how much they cost along with announcements of upcoming DVD’s.

The links that were not directly tied to Rambler Productions have been moved to the left sidebar under “links.” Here you’ll find some helpful resources including FreePlay Music which has thousands of tracks you can download for free for use in your projects. You will also find a link to the Videomaker Articles which you can use for your weekly assignments along with a link to instructional videos made by Videomaker that cover some important tips for filming. If you’re a bit more effects-oriented there is a link to Video Copilot, our favorite place for awesome FX. You can find tutorials and more there. We have most of the Video Copilot products. If you’d like to mess with some, talk to Pat Flynn.

We have a new poll up! Be sure to vote! The last poll annointed George Lucas as the replacement name for the Quentin Tarantino computer. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. TARANTINO WAS PWNED.

*cough cough* sorry about that…

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We are still looking for ways to improve the blog. If you think of something that would be neat, let us know!

Stumbling upon the internet I found an article that talked about photography. Yes yes I know this a video blog but I also found the article very interesting as well as it connects to video. The topic is taking pictures in public places. Which connects to video taping in public. The article talks about how in the past we were able to take pictures of children and people without having to deal with asking parents permission, and having the rights to taking pictures of people without protest. Today we have to deal with asking the person for permission, and if the person is underage then we have to ask the parent or guardian for permission to photograph of video tape their child. And I haven’t even started to talk about how the article states that public places are starting to ban people from taking pictures. Even though a person can be in a “public” park photographers have been approached by law officials and asked to delete the picture that they just took. Photographers do not have to do this, but it can cause more conflict and law officials can confiscate the camera that the photographer is using. Which as a photographer myself I find it completely appaling that we can not take pictures of common life in public places. Are they going to start to tell tourists that they can’t take pictures of them in front of monuments because there are other people in the pictures as well?
There was not a problem in the past, so why is it a big problem now? Do people really care that much if there is a photograph like this ==========>
Because we don’t have the permission of all the people in the photograph to take their picture.
How do you feel about this? I honestly feel like it is appalling.

– Grace