Archive for the Helpful Info Category
Need Support for the Holidays – Shop MULTO!
Purchasing a new computer, gaming system or cell phone? Have some complex electronics you need hooked up and configured? Haven’t got a clue where your HDMI cord goes? Have a website that needs a makeover or tech support?
Well hire Melissa! She’s available for those pesky technical issues people can’t bear to face around the holidays. [...]
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Challenges in Video News Production
Print is toast. Television is learning to play well with the megalithic Internet, while the film industry fights pirate sites offering fresh footage from post houses and studio leaks. But even websites are starting to feel the pinch from mobile media news needs – now now now. How can you deliver nimbly and quickly to [...]
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Blog Action Day 2009
Today is Blog Action Day 2009 for Climate Change. With so much to do and so much to change, I’d like to make my post about sustainability, the Lifeline and positive action. I’ve been a part of the Lifeline project since May 2009 and its been lifeline changing, in many ways. I’ve always been an [...]
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Licking The Flu
This year, the flu was hardcore. I was out for a full 7 days, and still a little wobbly. I happen to get the flu on the tail end of my yearly bronchitis, so my struggling immune system was wiped out.
Lying in bed, there was nothing I wanted to do more than sleep. And stop [...]
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Gratitude & Perspective
Gratitude 12 2 2007 – M. Ulto
Grateful…
I am grateful
Grated, crushed, reborn
Full of light, love, purpose
Struggle has polished me
Not diamond hard but
Soft like old jeans
Sweet smelling and lovely
Deep as down
Lightly substantial
Loosely connected
To all things, I’m understood
I am peaceful
Though storms tore me
Lies rend me still
Hate has been bile
Expelled by the Universe’s hand
Thumping my back
Each whack a lesson
Each [...]
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LOVE MY MACS
I love my Macs – seriously – no other tool besides my camera gear has allowed me to express my art so fully. And now, proof again that Macs are truly badass.
Have you ever had an officemate that borders on, oh, I dunno, psycho? Lucky for me I was saddled with one this [...]
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Compressor 3 – Same Ol’ Issues & New Puzzles
I burn DVDs regularly from projects built in FCP, and have been doing this since the first version of FCP. DVD Studio Pro has its issues, but they are workable – the DVDs I build for clients – art installations, documentary rough cut reviews, screeners and video wallpaper – require the best out of [...]
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Binary Does Analog aka Online Dating
By Fotofrog on Flickr
I’ve started dating again. My last relationship fizzled in and out, off and on, for a few years. Whether it was convenience or fear, I kept going back to the Well. He was a mighty fine Well, but our hearts are pointing in different directions. So recently, we [...]
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Panel Notes from H20
Check out the notes from last week’s H20 panel on Filmmaking Methods. (Thanks to Alex Golliner for posting these!)
Peace,
Melissa
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Filmmaking Methods & Practices – Licensing Images/Footage/Music
The biggest pitfall of any filmmaker I’ve ever worked with is hubris – the arrogance to believe your production is untouchable, not that important to be bothered with or invisible in regards to licensing content.
A friend of mine has a cat, Pepe. When he’s feeling particularly playful or frisky, he climbs into an open top [...]
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Filmmaking Methods & Practices – B-Roll
B-roll is secondary footage, used to help illustrate the story in a visual manner. B-roll consists of scenic footage, extreme close-ups of objects or faces, action pans and still images animated in post. We all, in production, love b-roll.
However, there is an issue with excessive b-roll, especially shot on location. If you have a production [...]
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Filmmaking Methods & Practices – Editing 101
I love what I do – writing, directing, editing, producing, design, shooting video and photography. All of it is related to how I approach filmmaking, and the methods and practices of my craft that I’ve picked up along the way. I’ve been doing this for years now, so I’ve learned, by observation or experience, what [...]
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Multo Stock Images on Dreamstime
Multo.com now has a photography and image portfolio on Dreamstime.com. Stock photography and computer generated images available for as low as $1 per image.
Check out the portfolio here.
Peace,
Melissa
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