Sunday 13 April 2008

Radiohead push the technology

Having upset the apple cart by releasing their last album (Rainbows) for as much as you want to pay - or not. Radiohead have set up a competition for anyone to storyboard a video for them. Hosted on anibom.com . You can upload an animated storyboard (or just a storyboard) to the site. The 10 "semi-finalists" will be selected by audience ranking. Each semi-finalist
will be given $1,000 to create a one minute video clip based on their storyboard. The winning video selected by Radiohead will receive $10,000 provided by aniBoom to create the full music video within a time period to be determined by aniBoom. The final video will receive web-wide distribution with marketing support by aniBoom. Great idea. Take a look at the entries.

Tuesday 1 April 2008

Useful FREE Apple seminars

Apple offers a range of seminars with are delivered online. Here are some that might appeal to you:

The Podcast Recipe: Producing a successful show. Find out what it takes to perform a great-sounding podcast, produce a professional show, and promote a podcast to reach as many people as possible.

Enhancing Video Podcasts with Final Cut Studio. Add chapter markers, titles, images, and URLs to your podcast and produce video and sound with Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, QuickTime Pro and Compressor.

Making Music on the Mac with GarageBand
. Tune in to this free online seminar and learn how to transform your Mac into a musical instrument and record new and inspiring masterpieces.

Creating a Rich Media Podcast with Final Cut Pro . Brian Storm shows news professionals how to use Final Cut Pro to take digital storytelling to a whole new level with rich media podcasting.