With the help of many, many people and some great teamwork, we officially launched this site for Jody Sperling : Time Lapse Dance
The original redesign was put together by Paris Marashi, while the site design and content management system was executed by Sam Marx
Jody’s upcoming work, Ghosts, will feature a wearable costume assembled by ITP folk (Jenny Chowdhury & Alex Kowal)
The site features a full content management system (run on Drupal), a full media player managed through brightcove, and some nice graphic work provided by her colleagues.
During the process, we spent great care taking a look at the works page.
We wanted to make sure we could feature individual photos, videos, and text - all in one area - so the content management system had to be flexible enough to handle all those elements.
During the process, we also setup a facebook page, a blip.tv page, as well as a pro flickr account. The goal of setting up all these sites were simply to allow Jody to extend her reach beyond her site, while still providing a homebase for her work, and image.
In addition to visiting the new site, make sure you check out Ghosts, premiering in October!
Lately, I’ve been looking at solutions for broadcasting live events on the web. This past Summer, I helped the Martha Graham Dance Company produce a live web broadcast of their open rehearsals (see ClytemnestraProject.com).
The service provider we ended up choosing was UStream.tv.
Not only did they offer us a live broadcast, but we also featured a chat moderator, so online audience members could ask questions, ask us to zoom in and out, or simply give us feedback on the show as it was happening.
In addition to UStream.tv, there are many other live broadcasting options available, including creating your own using Quicktime Broadcaster
When considering what service to use for live web broadcasts, consider these issues:
1. Archiving - What kinds of archiving options are there? Can you choose to make it public or private? To only friends + family? Can the broadcaster/producer control these options? Can you download the archive? In what format? Can you control the time frame it’s public? i.e. only 30 days? Can you sell the archive as a download? Can you set the price point?
2. Embedding - Can you embed the live feed on another site? For example, UStream.tv allows you to embed their video player anywhere on the web, so you don’t have to go UStream.tv to watch the live feed. You can embed the player on your own site, or have other blogs feature your stream, so there’s more distribution.
3. Control - Can you monitor the audio + video quality while the stream is occuring.
4. Support - When there are issues, who do you call or email? Is there some kind of chat support service? Afterall, if it’s live broadcast, there should be live support .
There a quite a few other live web video solutions:
I also recently discovered Live Wedding Broadcast which allows you to broadcast your wedding for those who just couldn’t make it to the wedding.
In addition to the above services I mentioned above, I’d like to know - what live streaming services are you using. What have you seen that just rocks?
I was having a few issues downloading BrightCove’s Publishpod.
After contacting Brightcove’s support team, I received this great email, which clearly explained how to clear your browser’s cache.
From the support team:
Several Web browsers keep recently viewed pages in a cache so users can return to them quickly without suffering network delays. Often, the issue you are experiencing can be resolved by clearing your browser cache. This can be accomplished by following the steps below for the browser you are using:
Note: please make sure you follow all listed steps or the cache will not clear correctly.
Internet Explorer
1. Close all browser windows and tabs except one.
2. In this window, visit a different website such as google.com.
3. From the menu, choose Tools > Delete Browsing History
4. Under Temporary Internet Files, choose “Delete Files”.
5. Click Yes, then close the dialog box
6. Close Internet Explorer completely.
Firefox
1. Close all open Firefox windows and tabs except one
2. In this window, visit a different website such as google.com
3. From the menu, choose Tools > Clear Private Data
4. Check the boxes for “Cache” and “Authenticated Sessions”
5. Click “Clear Private Data Now”.
6. Click OK to close the Options dialog
7. Close Firefox completely
Safari
1. Close all open Safari windows and tabs except one
2. In this window, visit a different website such as google.com
3. From the menu, choose Safari > Empty Cache
4. Close Safari completely
Open your browser and try accessing the page again.
Legions of Kayakers from around the NYC area (including Yonkers) descended (or ascended) towards Governors Island, celebrating New York City’s rivers and waterways.
The event also featured teams of videographers, who joined the kayakers. I joined a total of 8 videographers who arrived at 8 separate locations throughout the New York area. We all documented the kayaks leaving their individual destinations, and all converged at Governor’s Island at mid-day.
The video collective was organized by Solarmitra and Habitats : solarmitra.com/
For those who need some help importing your mp3’s into your movie projects, here is a quick tutorial on how to do just that. Follow along on your own computer, and your movies will be singing in no time.
First, you’ll have to convert your mp3 file into an AIFF file using iTunes. Then we’ll import that AIFF file into Final Cut Pro.
To begin, first open up iTunes.
1. Click on iTunes -> Preferences
2. Now, click on the Advanced icon. Select AIFF Encoder from the drop-down menu on Importing Options.
You’ll need to make sure your file is Imported into iTunes (you can just drag the file onto the iTunes playlist). Once your file is imported into iTunes, select your file and convert it to an AIFF file.
Now that you’ve prepped your file, import the file into Final Cut Pro
Make sure you select your AIFF file to import into Final Cut.
Once the file is imported, you can just drag the file into the timeline and treat it like any other clip, or movie file. Fade in, fade out, or even cross-fade.
