Portrait of a Citizen Journalist

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” That question grew from a thought experiment conducted by George Berkeley in 1710. Berkeley argued that if no one was around to perceive the trees, then the trees didn’t exist. Citizen journalism seems to affirm Berkeley’s conclusion that…

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Birth of Vlogging

On April 23, 2005,  YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim published the first YouTube video. Although Karim likely didn’t know it, his 18-second video is the first vlog. As in all subsequent vlogs, it consists of the subject talking directly into the camera, reaching out to viewers. To date, more than 48 million people have watched this video. Coincidentally, April 23 is…

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“Make Sure You’re Missed” Wins Top Prize at MIFF

“Make Sure You’re Missed” has taken the top prize at the 2018 Moment Invitational Film Festival. Shot using an iPhone 7+ and an iPhone 7, the intense drama earned the producers Rachel and Daniel $5,000. Their company Mango Street Lab is a content creation studio located in Los Angeles. FacebookTwitter

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CTPro App Makes Possible On-the-Go Smartphone Video Production

The new CTPro Mobile Video Suite app offers a complete on-the-go video production software program especially suited to mojo journalists and video creators working out of studio. The product features camera tools, such as face recognition that automatically holds focus on a moving subject. Post production tools cover all the usual challenges such as adding text , importing  music,…

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Joby GorillaPod MobileRig Holds Lights and a Mic

Under optimal circumstances, you can get good video production values using just your naked smartphone. But what happens when you’re shooting under noisy conditions and/or with inadequate light? Unless you have more than two hands, the solution will be a camera rig—a device to which you can attach lights and an external microphone. A recent entry in the…

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FiLMiC Adds a Behind-the-Scenes Category in Its One World Film Contest

This may be a first: If you enter a video in FiLMiC’s One World Film Contest,  you can submit behind-the-scenes photos or videos capturing the production. The prize for the best behind-the-scenes material is  a DJI Mavic Air drone! If you’re in the contest, simply email the behind-the-scenes footage to Contest@FilmicPro.com. Categories in the $25,000 One World…

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