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Worth Clicking: NYC Documentaries, Interactive Highrises, and Janis Joplin

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:October 11, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Portraits of soldiers before, during, and after war [My Modern Met] The 10 best documentaries about New York City [NonFics] Janis Joplin on rejection: “You are what you settle for.” [YouTube] “When you do something guaranteed to succeed, you close the door to the possibility of discovery.” [LifeHacker] How should we judge the best multimedia? [News Shooter] American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. [ACE-filmeditors.org] You know your film is making a difference when…. Ellen Schneider fills in the blank. [ARTSblog] 105 vital sources for journalists in the new media landscape [Journalism Degrees and Programs] An amazing interactive history of the rise of highrises in New York [New York Times] And how could we resist....Bohemian Rhapsody arranged for a symphony orchestra [YouTube]

Worth Clicking: Nairobi, Spielberg, Primates and Why Your Audience Has an Audience

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:September 27, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Meet Epic. Extraordinary true stories. [Epic Magazine] Want to watch free movies online? Here are 575 quality films to get you started. [Open Culture] In Photographs: Islamist militants ambushed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday killing more than 50 people and terrorizing the city. [Boston Globe] Video: Steven Spielberg's techniques and themes. [YouTube] Primate glamour shots from Japan’s traditional monkey theaters. [Wired] New site alert: directly support your favorite filmmakers and comedians on Chill. [Chill] Samia’s blog debut. Find out how MediaStorm plans to measure the impact of our films. [MediaStorm blog] Kevin Slavin and Kenyatta Cheese argue that audiences have “a fundamental feeling of wanting to be in sync with each other.“ [Future of Storytelling] Photographer Marcus Bleasdale witnesses the human cost of our electronics. [Mashable] And just for fun… bubble football! [YouTube]

Worth Clicking: The Best First Films, Emerging Theaters, & Remembering 9/11

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:September 13, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! This girl ages into an old woman before your eyes without you noticing. [Vimeo] Addicted to BuzzFeed? Here’s a list for every second of the day. [ListiClock] On collaborating with a 4-year old. [the busy mockingbird] Amid the chaos of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, nearly 100 search and rescue dogs were deployed. See the poignant photos of these four-legged 9/11 heroes. [Global Animal] The 50 best first films ever made. [Film.com] A photographer’s take on the iPhone 5S camera. [TechCrunch] There is a teacher of photography that few speak of in today’s industry. She is shunned by many and with good reason. Nobody seems to like her. [PetaPixel] While the market is changing, it doesn’t mean the end of movie theaters. [Transmedia Coalition] Jonathan Klein, CEO and co-founder of Getty Images, discusses the future of the industry, the…

Worth Clicking: Gear Hoarding, Kubrick, Cartoons & Why Fact Dominates Fiction

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 30, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Happy Labor Day! Nick Lowe performs “Peace, Love and Understanding” in Studio Q. [YouTube] If you think that you are buying way too many cameras, you should feel better about yourself after seeing Mumbai-based photojournalist Dilish Parekh’s camera collection. [DesignTaxi.com] 14 photos of Stanley Kubrick’s New York City, circa the 1940’s. [Gothamist] The rise of documentary film - why are audiences increasingly choosing fact over fiction? [The Economist] PhotoShelter launches a new free guide for growing your portrait photography business. [PhotoShelter] Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, and eight other rules for writing fiction. [The Guardian] Butterick’s practical typography. [PracticalTypography.com] Freelance cartoonist Gavin Aung Than turns inspirational Bill Watterson speech into Watterson-style comic. [Gawker] The actress behind Skyler White of “Breaking Bad” has a character issue. [The New York Times] And just for fun… The ultimate dog…

Worth Clicking: Rooftop Films, Google Glass, “Breaking Bad” & a Puppy

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 23, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Our friend @koci talks about what Google Gass means for the future of street photography. [TIME - LightBox blog] Rooftop films and the spirit of Brooklyn summers. [POV blog] KickStarter weighs in on Spike Lee’s campaign. [nofilmschool] CNN, Time, Al Jazeera, and Netflix have announced new documentary units. Why? [POV blog] Apple is negotiating with production studios and networks to provide content for a television set that would emphasize apps over cable TV. [Quartz] Breaking Bad’s science advisor fact checks some of the show’s greatest chemistry moments. [GigaOm] For hunters of good type. [typehunting] I Forgot My Phone [YouTube] 10 life lessons from Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” interviews. [Brain Pickings] And just for fun… A puppy plays with a doorstop. [wimp.com] OK one more… The greatest Price Is Right “come on down” ever. [YouTube]