The MediaStorm approach to multimedia storytelling

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MediaStorm is a storytelling company based in Brooklyn, NY. We have a talented staff and prolific alumni that have received numerous accolades including fifteen Emmy nominations with four wins, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. We run several lines of business including: A publication where we publish films in partnership with some of the worlds top storytellers Content syndication and software licensing Original reporting, interactive application development and film production for clients Online training and workshops At MediaStorm, our mission is to convey the essence of the human experience in deeply personal, intimate and emotional ways. We believe that quality storytelling is the killer app. We focus on stories with universal truths — those that bind us regardless of race, religion or border. Stories about common people who move through history unseen, with experiences often not noted in the history books. We approach the process of…

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I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work, released today by Jonathan Harris, is an interactive documentary about the private lives of nine women who make lesbian porn. It consists of 2,202 10-second video clips, taken at five-minute intervals over 10 consecutive days. The full interactive website is limited to just 10 viewers per day, and tickets cost $10 each for 24-hour access. There's also a premium package available for $300, which includes one 13x19" limited-edition archival print of I Love Your Work signed by Jonathan Harris and three 24-hour instant-access tickets to the full interactive website (for yourself or as gifts). Ten percent of ticket sales is donated to the Sex Workers Project, providing social and legal services to sex workers. Tickets available at iloveyourwork.net/. About Jonathan Harris Jonathan Harris makes projects that reimagine how humans relate to technology and to each other. Combining elements of computer science, anthropology, visual art and storytelling, his projects…

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Welcomes Summer Intern Cortney Cleveland

MediaStorm Welcomes Summer Intern Cortney Cleveland

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MediaStorm is excited to welcome Cortney Cleveland to our team as the summer 2013 operations and social media intern. Cortney Cleveland is a freelance writer helping professionals and brands tell stories on the web. Her coverage of professional development, cultural, and entrepreneurial topics appears in online outlets like Madame Noire and Black Enterprise. Prior to starting her freelance career, she worked in public relations, supporting a variety of communications campaigns and managing high-profile client accounts for public relations agencies in Washington, DC (GMMB) and New York City (Peppercom). As an honor student at Howard University, where she studied Journalism and Psychology, she completed a legislative internship with U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes and community relations internships with Washington DC's top hip-hop radio station and advocacy organizations. Her goal is to tell good stories, creating engaging content and experimenting with platforms to help her readers live life on their own terms. She shares…

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Read more about the article Standard Three-Camera Interview Setup

Standard Three-Camera Interview Setup

MediaStorm’s standard interview setup is meant to provide a clean, focused environment for the viewer. It can be used both in a studio or in the field. We typically use at least two cameras, usually three, both for visual variety and for editing on-camera sequences. This is by no means the only way to conduct an interview and you should consider the role and look of the interview before beginning a project. The example below is for an interview with the subject sitting screen-right. If you want the subject to be sitting screen-left, camera and lighting placement should be reversed. Visual Look Background - We often use a black background behind our subjects to focus attention on what the subject says and how he or she says it. A large felt cloth works nicely. Cameras - We currently use the Canon 5D Mark III for our interviews. Camera Settings - It’s important…

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Read more about the article Six-Week Documentary Fundamentals Series at UnionDocs

Six-Week Documentary Fundamentals Series at UnionDocs

Documentary Fundamentals @ UnionDocs This nuts-and-bolts professional development series is designed for the beginning or intermediate documentary filmmaker. Documentary Fundamentals @ UnionDocs is a six-week course culminating in a certificate of completion. Registrants can also attend individual sessions. Sundays, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, April 21 - June 2 (excluding May 26 in observance of Memorial Day weekend) Schedule 4/21 Planning Your Documentary 4/28 Financing Your Documentary 5/5 Directing and Shooting Your Documentary 5/12 Editing Your Documentary 5/19 Your Transmedia Campaign 6/2 Releasing Your Documentary $20 per session or $100 for series and certificate (general public) $15 per session or $75 for series and certificate (bodega passholder & partners) Click here to purchase a Series Pass. Enter the code “SeriesPartner” to receive a 25% discount, allowing you to attend all 6 sessions for only $75. For individual sessions, please visit www.uniondocs.org and enter the code “Collaborator” for a 20% discount, or $15 for each…

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