Read more about the article There’s Still Time: Apply For the October One Day MediaStorm Workshop

There’s Still Time: Apply For the October One Day MediaStorm Workshop

Spend the day with MediaStorm at our One Day Workshop on Saturday, October 25th, 2014. This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in multimedia storytelling, no experience is necessary. Participants spend the day with executive producer Brian Storm learning multimedia storytelling approaches and engaging in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. When the day is done, you will leave with tips and techniques to help you improve the reporting, editing and distribution of your multimedia project. Workshop Details Tuition: $500 per person Location: MediaStorm's office in DUMBO, Brooklyn Workshops start at 11 a.m. and end at 7 p.m. with an hour for lunch For more information and testimonials from past participants visit the One Day MediaStorm Workshop page

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Read more about the article Talkin’ Rough Cut Blues

Talkin’ Rough Cut Blues

Currently, I’m smack in the middle of a long and complex rough cut. And that fills me with unease. I struggle to embrace the uncertainty of it all, even though I’ve been here before, literally a hundred times. This is what I tell myself: A rough cut is a sketch. It’s an early attempt to conceive the future. As such, it's clunky, inelegant and mechanical. The weakness of a rough cut is perhaps most evident in scene transitions: how you connect one section to the next. If you’re like me, you feel a great urge to immediately fix these problems. One could spend hours trying to make them seamless. God knows, I want to. Intellectually, I know that there’s no need to finesse these details when soon I'll be rearranging whole sections. Or even deleting them altogether. It’s more important at this stage to just keep moving. Emotionally, it’s much harder to…

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Welcomes Editor and Producer Ligaiya Romero

MediaStorm Welcomes Editor and Producer Ligaiya Romero

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MediaStorm is excited to announce that summer intern Ligaiya Romero will permanently join our staff as an editor and producer. G. Ligaiya Romero is a visual journalist and documentary storyteller. Originally from New York, she graduated from UCLA with dual degrees in Film Production and International Development. She studied documentary photography and multimedia production at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Recently, she received her Master’s degree in Visual Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Roy H. Park fellow. Ligaiya’s work has been recognized by the SXSW Interactive Awards, College Photographer of the Year, Photo District News, the National Press Photographers Association and the New York Photo Awards among others. Her portfolio can be viewed at ligaiya.com.

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Read more about the article Inside Tracks Exhibit Opens at Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios

Inside Tracks Exhibit Opens at Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios

The Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios presents Inside Tracks: Behind the Lens on the Assignment of a Lifetime, an immersive display of the story of Rick Smolan, a photographer assigned by National Geographic in 1977 to document Robyn Davidson, a 27-year-old Australian woman who undertook a 1700-mile journey across the Outback by camelback. The exhibit weaves together elements from Rick's work for National Geographic and his own groundbreaking book/CD-ROM From Alice to Ocean as well as Davidson's best-selling memoir Tracks and the recently released feature film based on the book. MediaStorm's documentary Inside Tracks will also be screened. Event Details When: October 3rd, 2014 - February 1st, 2015 Where: Skylight Studios in Los Angeles, California. Features a documentary film, a high-definition slideshow of photographs, an audio tour narrated by Smolan and an augmented reality presentation allowing visitors to experience the journey through Smolan's lens

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Read more about the article WE DID IT! Hungry Horse Kickstarter is Fully Funded

WE DID IT! Hungry Horse Kickstarter is Fully Funded

Thank you to everyone who pledged their support to Hungry Horse on Kickstarter. We made our $10,000 goal in just 10 days, further proof that the MediaStorm community's commitment to compassionate storytelling is unmatched. Pieter ten Hoopen’s Hungry Horse will launch on MediaStorm this fall. Subscribe to the MediaStorm newsletter to be the first to know when it goes live. There’s still time to take advantage of rewards offered exclusively to Kickstarter backers. Here are a few of our favorites: Pledge $25 to access all the films in MediaStorm's Publication, including Hungry Horse and any new films MediaStorm releases during that time Pledge $50 to receive a 16x20 poster inspired by the film (plus a one year Publication subscription) Pledge $100 to receive a signed copy of the book Hungry Horse, which includes a DVD of the film (plus a one year Publication subscription) Pledge $500 to receive a spot in MediaStorm’s One Day Workshop (plus a…

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