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MediaStorm Welcomes Fall Intern Alessandra Villaamil

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 5, 2013

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Alessandra Villaamil to our team as our Fall 2013 development intern. Alessandra Villaamil is an interaction designer and journalist. She holds a Master's degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Visual Journalism and French Literature from the University of Miami. Alessandra uses emerging technology to leverage multimedia and create new platforms to engage with content. As a journalist, she has documented green technology and sustainability in the Czech Republic, the plight of undocumented Haitian migrant women in the Dominican Republic and intellectually disabled athletes at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Greece and the Special Olympics Global Congress in Morocco. Her work has brought her to the SXSW Interactive Awards (2013), Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition (2013), the NYC Resistor Interactive Show (2012), the United Nations Association Film Festival (2010) and the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival (2010).

AI-AP Motion Art Awards Opens Call for Entries

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 5, 2013

American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP), the leading juried annuals in North America, presents the second International Motion Art Awards (IMAA) celebrating photographers, illustrators and designers who make their work move in all media.

Entries of the year’s best photography, illustration, animation and design in motion can be submitted for award consideration through August 30, 2013.

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Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 2, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! The best free fonts, from vintage-inspired typefaces to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs. [Creative Bloq] Every semester on the first day of class, Spike Lee, accomplished director and NYU professor, distributes a list of essential movies he considers "the greatest films ever made. " [Gawker] Here are my 20 things 20-Year-Olds don’t get. [Forbes] A short film in paper by Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas. [Vimeo] December marks the centennial of the first flight, but don't expect a celebration here, or anywhere else in Brazil, for that matter. [New York Times] Watching online video once meant staring passively at a screen, but now that audience engagement is the goal, interactive video is gaining popularity and newsrooms are responding. [IJNet] Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. Now, Grandpa spends…

Worth Watching #124: What is neorealism?

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 2, 2013

Two visions of the same movie. One by the director of The Bicycle Thieves. One by the producer of Gone With the Wind. - Eric Maierson What is neorealism? from kogonada on Vimeo. Also see the accompanying essays: Video essay: What is neorealism? Indiscretion of an American Wife & Terminal Station "Every cut is a form of judgment, whether it takes place on the set or in the editing room. A cut reveals what matters and what doesn’t. It delineates the essential from the non-essential. To examine the cuts of a filmmaker is to uncover an approach to cinema." See what else we think is Worth Watching.

Support “Frame by Frame” on Kickstarter

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 1, 2013

For filmmaker and multimedia journalist Mo Scarpelli, Frame by Frame is an opportunity to give a voice to those relegated to silence. Developed with filmmaker Alexandria Bombach, the character-driven feature-length documentary follows the story of four Afghan photographers to explore the country's recent revolution in local photojournalism. You can help complete their project on Kickstarter. Background In 1996, the Taliban banned photography in Afghanistan. Since the regime was removed from Kabul in 2001, photography has become an outlet for Afghans determined to show the hidden stories of their country. "The need for local journalism in Afghanistan couldn't be more important than it is right now," says Scarpelli. "To build democracy and independence, to hold those in power accountable, to drive social and political change. This is going to be an incredible story of what that means." The Film The film chronicles Afghan photojournalists seizing a unique opportunity to build democracy in a…