In protest to the deplorable layoffs, the Roy Romer Middle School community has banded together to produce this lip dub video. Spread the word… show this video to everyone!!! Saving the teachers should be our number one priority!!!
Category Archives: Education
Save Our Schools: “RIF Now, Pay Later”
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The Egyptian Revolution on Twitter
An incredible video from panisson Data collected with Gephi Graph Streaming. This is a preliminary result of the network of retweets with the hashtag #jan25 at February 11 2011, at the time of the announcement of Mubarak’s resignation. If you retweeted someone, or has been retweeted, it is possible that your username is in this [...]
An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
Presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result. more info: http://mediatedcultures.net | Video sourced from http://bit.ly/nxBaSW
YouTube 180 Degree Rule (Film Language Glossary)
The 180° rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle. Reversing the [...]
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Linotype: The Film
Written by Doug Wilson As some of you may know, I am the director of a feature-length documentary film about the Linotype type casting machine. About a year ago, I partnered up with two good friends on a journey to document the Linotype and the people who love these crazy machines. After 45 interviews and [...]
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Black Wave: Multimedia Photoessay About Japanese Tsunami
Produced by Cam Wrigley a freelance photographer living in Nanaimo, Canada. Cam Wrigley’s Words: ‘I travelled to Japan in May of 2011 to witness the aftermath of the tsunami that devestated the Tohoku region on March 11th, and to hear the personal stories of those who were affected by it. By the time I left [...]
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Short Filmed Interview with Jeff Wall
Jeff Wall was one of the first photographers to really inspire me. In 2006 I visited the Tate Modern in London to see a retrospective of his photographic work. To this day I remeber the moment I felt that I had discovered photography for the the first time, his work gave me a new respect for [...]
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FREE Youth Music Production Program. Los Angeles 90004
Workshops will begin on July 26th and continue on until Sept 2nd. The students will meet three times a week for lecture and lab at the Bresee Community Center. High school students only please. The application can easily be found on www.knockstudy.org. Applications can be submitted to applications@knockstudy.org.
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Youth Workshops at Self Help Graphics (Summer 2011)
Photography • Stencil Making Teatro & Poetry • Linocut Screen-Printing • Indie Publishing 6 Workshops designed for you empowerment through art. S.O.Y. Artista Program (Summer of Youth Artist Program) is a six-week summer free of charge art-training workshop for local youths ages 14 to 18. S.O.Y. Artista serves high school students with a critical [...]
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“GASLAND” by Josh Fox: Environmental Impacts of Gas Well Drilling
It is happening all across America and now in Europe and Africa as well – rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from a multinational energy conglomerate wanting to lease their property. The Reason? In America, the company hopes to tap into a huge natural gas reservoir dubbed the Saudi Arabia [...]
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