Latest News from MediaStorm – Page 127 – Latest News from MediaStorm

Innovative Interactivity Offering Interactive Design Workshop

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:February 20, 2013

Innovative Interactivity has announced they will be putting on an Interactive Workshop to be held in May 2013. The workshop is designed for graphic designers and storytellers who want to learn how to build interactive graphics but have not had the time or training to do so. The intensive and hands-on bootcamp is project based and students learn HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript(jQuery) in five days. This intensive, five day, project-based learning environment, taught by top professionals and University of North Carolina professors will teach both technical skills and how to design for an interactive user experience. Be inspired by the special presentations from professionals from NBC, The Washington Post and Digital First Media. Participants will be immersed in the languages, tools and concepts of interactive design all while on the beautiful campus of UNC Chapel Hill. Each day students will produce publishable work that builds on each day’s concepts culminating in a…

Yilung Latsho Lake, at the foot of Chola (Trola Mountain range), is sacred to the Tibetans. Note the many prayer flags and mani stones. (Michael Yamashita/National Geographic)

Photographing Shangri-La with National Geographic Photographer Michael Yamashita

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:February 19, 2013

Photographing Shangri-La from Center on US-China Relations on Vimeo. National Geographic magazine photographer Michael Yamashita will share images and stories from his newest publication, Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa this Thursday Feb. 21 at the Asia Society in New York. Event Details Photographing Shangri-La with Michael Yamashita Feb. 21, 2013, 6:30pm - 8:00pm 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street New York, NY Members $7.00 | Seniors and students $9.00 | Non-members $11.00 Buy Tickets Asia Society will provide a free live webcast of the event at AsiaSociety.org/Live at 6:30 pm EST this Thursday. Online viewers are encouraged to submit questions to moderator@asiasociety.org. From the Organizer Join National Geographic magazine photographer Michael Yamashita as he shares images and stories from his newest publication, Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa. Yamashita, a 30-year professional documentary photographer and filmmaker, specializes in topics in Asia. Yamashita says that the inspiration for this latest…

Brian Storm Speaking at Montclair University Colloquium Series

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:February 18, 2013

Brian Storm, MediaStorm founder and executive producer, is speaking at Montclair University on February 22 as as part of the university's Colloquium Series. The School of Communication and Media's Colloquium Series provides a forum for students, faculty, and invited guests to share their work and address relevant current issues in news, public policy, government, and so on. Brian Storm is founder and executive producer of the award-winning multimedia production studio MediaStorm, based in Brooklyn, N.Y. MediaStorm publishes diverse narratives on the human condition, offers advanced multimedia training seminars and collaborates with a diverse group of clients ranging from international corporations to individual photojournalists and artists. MediaStorm’s stories and interactive applications have received numerous honors, including five Webby Awards, four Emmys, five Online Journalism Awards and the first-ever duPont Award for a Web-based production. Event Details MontClair University Colloquium Series w Brian Storm February 22nd 2013, 3:00pm - 4:30 pm Location: Richardson Hall,…

MediaStorm Guide to Cropping Stills in Adobe Premiere Pro

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:February 18, 2013

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Today's post was written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. Let’s start with a picture of my dog, Emmy. This is what it looks like at full frame. When I drag this image from Apple’s Aperture in to the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline, Premiere does not scale the image to fit the frame size of my project (1920x1080). Instead it leaves the image at its original 100 percent size, larger than the Program window. This is different than Final Cut’s behavior, which automatically scales the image vertically to fit the Canvas size. Note that in the Premiere Pro > Preferences > General menu there is an option to change…

Registration Open for 2013 NPPA Multimedia Immersion

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:February 15, 2013

Registration is now open for the National Press Photographers Association Seventh Annual Multimedia Immersion, set for May 14 – 18, 2013, in Syracuse, NY How to Enter Log on to www.nppa.org for more information and to register. The registration fee for NPPA members is just $1,095, and non-members may register for $1,205. From the Organizer Supercharge your career at the Seventh Annual Multimedia Immersion, set for May 14 – 18, 2013, in Syracuse, NY. This intense, five-day training workshop is for visual journalists looking to expand and grow their multimedia sets using the latest HDSLR camera and non-linear editing technology. Participants will focus on mixing photos, video, and audio content, and editing them into multimedia presentations using Final Cut X. In addition to a polished story to add to your portfolio, you'll receive a binder of training materials, extra information, and tutorials from the week, as well as a rich network of…