Back to School with MediaStorm

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It is always a good time to learn, but nothing better to get you motivated than the going-back-to-school feeling at the end of the summer! Whether you are a student or a seasoned professional, MediaStorm has incredible, and extremely affordable, online training options for documentary filmmakers, editors, photographers and video journalists alike. Our MediaStorm Field Guide is a must have interactive companion for documentary filmmaking. Broken down into clear chapters, it offers useful checklists, a quick reference to fundamental concepts, and specific multimedia examples. Everything you need to create impactful stories!     MediaStorm’s Post-Production Workflow is an essential tool for any editor or independent filmmaker. It provides you with the full 200-step workflow MediaStorm uses everyday to edit its work, including self-developed tools and software suggestions to organize and select assets, transcribe audio, color correct your video, and archive your files effectively, among many other steps. A thorough process developed over…

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International Motion Arts Award Now Open

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The IMAA5 is now OPEN for SUBMISSIONS! Celebrating the best Photography, Illustration, Animation and Design IN MOTION. Enter your BEST work that moves and be part of this multi-cultural MOVEMENT MOMENTUM. Deadline: August 26, 2016. The winning collection and ONE GRAND PRIZE winner will be presented at BIG TALK in a screening at the SVA Theatre November 2nd in NYC. Winning artists will also be featured in MOTION ARTS PRO. The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive a Sony PMW200 HD Pro-Level Camera and a Miller 1511Carbon-Fiber Pro Tripod w/head from ABEL CINE. And a $250 credit from BORROWLENSES! To learn more, visit http://www.ai-ap.com/cfe/motion/  

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POV’s 2016 Digital Lab

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POV is now  accepting applications for media-hacking teams for  its 2016 Digital Labs in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The application deadline for all three labs is Friday, August 19, 2016 at midnight Eastern / 9pm Pacific. There is one form for teams proposing project ideas and a second form for applicants not proposing ideas but who would like to be added to a team. Note that anyone can propose an idea, whether you consider yourself a "media maker" or a "technologist" or both or something else! POV Digital Lab is a weekend media incubator with a track record of launching funded, highly viewed, and Webby- and Emmy-award nominated media. Learn more here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/hackathon/    

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Conflict Released on Netflix

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CONFLICT, a new redfitz original documentary miniseries, takes the audience behind the lens of some of the world’s best conflict photographers to witnesstheir personal and professional battles. The photographers featured in the first season of this miniseries are Pete Muller, Joao Silva, Donna Ferrato, Nicole Tung, Robin Hammond and Eros Hoagland – united by their hope to make the world a better place by bearing witness. The miniseries shows diverse, interwoven stories following the photographers’ attempts engage with,understand, capture and present different forms of conflict.   All 6 episodes of CONFLICT are now available to stream on Netflix,

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