Model release document updated
Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 27 May 2011
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If a video or stills shoot includes recognisable subjects and the final use of the material is unknown or used to promote a product or service it is essential that model release forms are signed. We have just updated our model release FAQ with links to external sites where sample release forms can be downloaded.
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Google releases new image file format
Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 27 May 2011
Tags: file formats |Google has just released a new image file format called WebP.
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7 top tips for successful video production planning
Posted by Tim O'Riordan on Thursday 26 May 2011
Tags: tips | video | workflow |The normal course of video production separates into a three distinct phases: pre-production (planning), production (filming) and post production (editing). Because production and post production normally employ most of the physical resources used in a project (travel, recording media, equipment, personnel) it is important to manage these resources and the risks involved as efficiently as possible - and to do that you need to plan carefully.
Here are our 7 top tips for successful video production planning:
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Responses to The Hargreaves Review
Posted by Tim O'Riordan on Wednesday 18 May 2011
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Right On - A summary of the Ian Hargreaves Report on Intellectual Property and Growth
Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 18 May 2011
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After all the online speculation the independent review of Intellectual Property and Growth by Ian Hargreaves has finally been published. In November 2010 the Prime Minister David Cameron announced a review of how the Intellectual Property framework supports growth and innovation, and educational and cultural institutions have waited with baited breath to find out if recommendations would be made regarding hot topics including digital reformatting, orphan works and exceptions.
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In response to Student owned devices
Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 10 May 2011
Tags: mobile |On Monday Steve Wheeler wrote a blog post on mobile and student owned devices which I thought I'd respond to here. Please read the post and comments and then come back.
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An antidote to the digital zoom
Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 06 May 2011
Tags: cameras | equipment | lenses | photography |The cameras built into most portable devices use fixed focal length lenses, to alter the framing the user normally has to move closer or further away from the subject or use the dreaded digital zoom. The digital zoom simply crops into the original frame to give a closer look. The zoomed image has no more image detail than the un-zoomed shot and so digital zoom should be avoided whenever possible.
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New Additions to VADS Collections
Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 06 May 2011
Tags: digital collections | licensing | photographs | photography |The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) has made two new additons to its collections which contain images from artists working from the middle of the 20th century until the present day. A statement from VADS contines:
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RIP Teachers TV 2005-2011
Posted by Steve Hull on Thursday 05 May 2011
Tags: news | repositories | training |Teachers TV is no more. Although broadcasting ceased last August, Teachers TV continued to exist as a web-based resource up until last Friday, but now that has gone as well.
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Videogames: the impossible archive
Posted by Stephen Gray on Tuesday 03 May 2011
Tags: digital preservation |Film academic Federico Giordano (Università di Udine) has written an enlightening (if slightly wistful) paper on the impossibility of preserving videogames.
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‘Baby I got your money’, and other songs you can’t find on Spotify
Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 03 May 2011
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