IDTV Video Production

REJECT/PROTEST SSTF (“Student Success Task Force”) – it’s bad for students, colleges and communities

mishavideo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:31:11 +0000

The Oak Leaf
CCSF info page on SSTF
Here’s a link with more extensive info on an issue that’s been simmering on the back burner of CA community colleges for a while – but which is now becoming crucial as recommendations from a group called the “student success task force” goes before the CA Assembly.
Here are some thoughts I’ve gathered on the recommendations thus far:
- would reduce local control of community colleges
- would hold students to a initial educational plan
- would strongly discourage students from taking classes outside that plan by denying financial aid to anything but the planned course – in a set time
- would reduce that financial aid to re-entering or older students
- would shift resources from other programs to core skills such as math, sciences, english
- would reduce funding for classes that benefit the community such as free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes

More to come here: here is the link to the November 16th Debate at City College on this topic. Very objective information layout and thorough. Several students groups debated the issue at Diego Riviera Theater and the consensus I took away was that the SSTF recommendations were roundly rejected as a bad solution for San Francisco community and its community college.
Educate yourself – these are your options. I’ll soon add more with steps to take.
Cheers.Misha

2nd Annual 2nd Annual Film Festival – partners with IDTV (March 1-7)

mishavideo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:25:37 +0000

Take a look at the SFGFF page.
Read up on the films and listings. I encourage you to find a topic, film or event that you are interested in as that increases the chance of covering something meaningful to you.
Last year we shot the full festival with 1-3 daily IDTV teams. We’ll be more selective with our field shoots this year, but I look forward to covering this event as a good way to find out about new, largely independent movies and their creators, the workings of a film festival (how many have you visited) and a great venue for shooting an event video story.

SF Green Film Festival
March 1 – 7, 2012
SF Film Society Cinema

3-point lighting concepts in 3D creation

mishavideo — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:31:43 +0000

Learning about lighting at the triangle lighting concepts will help you conceptualize and visualize media creation even when you’re not turning on and adjusting lights per se. Check out this basic demonstration of the triangle lighting technique (Key – Fill – Back (which calls it “Rim”) which the author wrote with CG (Character Generation – Computer 3D Modeling) in mind. Link: Andrew Whitehurst

Great Microphone/Audio information website

mishavideo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:58:34 +0000

Here’s a good link that George shared with me that I want to get out to the class. This site is chock full of info on mics and the correct usage thereof. Test youself!

http://www.recording-microphone.com/

Which lav mic to use…?

mishavideo — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:37:53 +0000

Over at kenstone.net (a prime if not the #1 online resource for Final Cut Editors) there’s a detailed review and comparison (including sound samples of the different mics!) of different professional lav mics. Very thorough and informative review. Link

DVCafé – A great videography resource

mishavideo — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:28:29 +0000

Here’s a link and a heads-up to DVCafé. Check them out, their straight-forward information-sharing covers shooting, audio, camera, lighting, pre/pro/post-production – in short – everything you need to know about Field Video Production (aka NOT studio production).
m

KRON4…News…local shows

mishavideo — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:04:04 +0000

HEY!
Monday (3/17) and Wednesday (3/19) 2008! we head to visit KRON4 meeting at 1001 Van Ness Ave. at 9:10 AM sharp (!).
You probably all know and have watched KRON’s channel before, but were maybe not really aware of it during a channel-surfing fit. Here’s a number of links to help you find out more about them.

Main KRON site: http://www.kron.com/
KRON4 info:
KRON4 Anchors
KRON4 Crews/Video Journalists
Local Shows
“Body Beautiful” [ we'll see some of this on 3/17]
“Latin Eyes”
“Bay Area Backroads”
KRON4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
See you there!
m