Day: June 3, 2010

This has got to be one of the most TORTUROUS afternoons of my entire LIFE! Here I am, trying to be a good friend, staying after school to burn my friends’ wedding video onto a DVD while encountering many, many, many errors along the way, when I should be packing for my weekend trip, for which I depart in about twenty minutes. Jared and Ashley, if either of you are reading this, YOU BETTER LIKE THE VIDEO!
While I started waiting for this cursed DVD to burn, a light bulb switched on in my head and told me, “You could be doing your videomaker article right now, young man.” So I said, “Thank you, Mr. Lightbulb!” So here I am.
This article discussed four major aspects of being a pro video editor.

1. EDITING SUITE. A good editing suite can be found in any regular spare room in your house. One important aspect of your suite should be good air conditioning. It may not seem like a big deal, but it keeps you comfortable and keeps your equipment from overheating. Invest in a good universal power outlet, and make sure you research everything you’re going to put in the room, including a good desk and a comfy chair. There shouldn’t be any light coming in, so it would be good to paint your walls black too, so that you have a better sense of the colors, which is very important.
2. BUSINESS NETWORKING. While you may enjoy being cooped up in your office, you won’t have much to do in there unless you make yourself known. Join a local business networking group so you can get your ideas and expertise out in the world so you can not only build relationships but also get new business by word of mouth as well.
3. MOTIVATION. One good way to stay inspired is to find a good mentor or adviser, possibly a director or producer. Shaw, your computers are so stinkin’ dusty and it’s driving me crazy. Watching good movies regularly will also help you come up with new ideas and keep things fresh.
4. INSTRUCTION. You may think you’re an expert, but there’s always more to learn. Go to instructional seminars, festivals, and training events. Put aside money to buy new equipment and materials. It’s very important to keep up to speed with the new technology, while you may think that the old methods are the best.

I enjoyed this article for the most part and I think all of us can find some sort of application in the points it presented. What I enjoyed the most, however, was that this is the last videomaker OF THE YEAR! Peace out, video peeps!

Samstar

Mark Levy has written an article named “Who Owns Your Website? Unpleasant Surprise on the Internet“. In his writings, he describes many situations people find themselves in today. From copyrighted materials to the page creation, not all is as it seems. Even after paying or buying a domain/site, we may not necessarily own it.

In the case of music or media, the general rule of thumb is post, but do not share. This coincides with what Mark has to say. One may pay an author of a music piece or a banner of artwork, to post it and integrate it into our sites. However with the copyright acts, even though we have paid for the use, use is all we receive. Legally one cannot distribute (for download) to another group through their websites.

Although we have ownership over allowing other to hear the music or see the art, they cannot download it, but one still has slight ownership rights to that product. The real kicker is, who actually owns your site? This is where domain and contracts come into play.

When creating a site, a hassle is always present, which is why many private companies and business people provide their services to take what music, art and information you have and quickly convert it into a professional working website. Many times this “work” will cost a somewhat large amount of money and kick you in the rear.

Since you provided the money and resources (i.e. music and art), but they actually make the website… By law they are the legal owners of that website, of course different domain and service companyies may also put limitations on ones actual ownership of a site.

All in all, if you want to make your site your own, make sure to either create it yourself or add a clause into the contract bringing full ownership to yourself after completion of the job when possible. Remember that if you buy for the use of song or art, you are not given rights to distribute that medium for download. Lastly however if you are worried about it, just talk openly to those you are contracting out to create your new site.

I am doing this article, which gives tips as how to become a better editor. The article gives a few ways that will help any editor become better. The first thing that the article tells is to have a comfortable editing room. If you are in a room that is 90 degrees and has no air circulation, then it will make the editing process that much harder. As long as you have some sort of cool air in the room then you and your equipment will not over heat. Chairs, tables, desks and mouses are also important to have in a good editing room, if you have that then you will have no problem staying in the room for long times. The article also tells you to have the room look like a editing room, so paint the walls black and cover the windows, it will make it more professional. The next important part to becoming a good editor is to network yourself. People know who you are and what you are editing is very important to getting your name know. The article suggest that you join a business networking group. The article’s next point is keeping motivated and getting into a routine that will help you get as much editing done. Mentors will help with motivation and might even give you jobs. Watching movies is also a good way to get a grasp on editing. The last point the article talks about is get as much training as you can from the pros. The more training you get the better you will be.
This was a good article and I think that if the students in this class are able to do most of the things this article suggested then Winthrop will have good editors able of doing a wide variety of projects.