Video-sharing website Vimeo is always looking to develop new ideas for production professionals, and they recently launched into the world of music syncing. The Vimeo Music Store aims to make it simple to find and license music for online video projects, in part hoping help save a few hours and gray hairs of filmmakers / producers / music supervisors by helping them find both free and inexpensive soundtracks. The process of licensing can become complicated and time consuming also, and by having feeds from select music curating partnerships and having all musicians tied into those standard agreements makes it clear and simple for all involved. (more…)
Online video website Vimeo has just announced that they are to hold their first ever video festival and awards event. In contrast to other online video sites, Vimeo focuses on original content, quality production and editing, and allowing users to share their work with groups of their peers.
Having just celebrated their fifth anniversary, Vimeo will launch the Festival + Awards in New York City on October 8-9, 2010 at IAC Headquarters and the SVA Theater. The Festival promises to “bring the world of online video to life like never before”, with two days of screenings, education, panels, installations, parties, and more. Line up, activities, speakers and of course, parties, will be announced shortly. Submissions for the awards are now open, and categories include….
The Vimeo Award: The Best Video Award will be selected by a group of judges from multiple categories and the Vimeo Awards staff. Winner will receive a $25,000 grant to produce new work. Narrative: Live-action narrative fiction told through the medium of film/video. Remix: A film/video that is comprised of elements such as sound and picture of other works which then combines them to become a metamorphic work. Original Series: A periodically released collection of episodic content. Documentary: Short films/videos that seek to document compelling actuality or reality. Music Video: Short films/videos that accompany a complete piece of music or song. Animation: A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures or frames. Motion Graphics: The use of the principles of graphic design to create a film/video using animation or filmic techniques. Experimental: Short films/videos that experiment with new ideas, forms, techniques, and expressions that are often characterized by the absence of a linear narrative. Captured: Videos that capture an artistic expression or performance.
Honorary Awards:
Digital Maverick: Honorary award for pioneering spirt in the world of online video. The Feature Presentation: Honoring the vanguard and innovative release of unique feature film online.
The Vimeo Awards will accept submissions from June 3, 2010 – July 31, 2010 for a $20 (U.S.) fee per-video ($5 for Vimeo Plus members) at www.vimeoawards.com. Entrants can submit any original work as long as it has premiered online between June 3, 2008 and July 30, 2010 or has never been premiered anywhere.
I recently discovered a company called Urbanscreen, a group of free media artists and architects based in Germany, who deal in research and development of experimental media installations with the aim to stage urban areas. I thought that these are amazing pieces of video production that some of our Media Match members may enjoy.
The project “Jump” is focusing on mapped video projection with a strict reference to architectural structure. The house front has been rebuilt in a studio setting with a proportion of 1:1,4. The setup becomes a stage for artists and performers. Later the captured video content is projected on the building.
Music by Jan Jelinek
The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture – the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart”. Resultant permeabilty of the solid facade uncovers different interpretations of conception, geometry and aesthetics expressed through graphics and movement. A situation of reflexivity evolves – describing the constitution and spacious perception of this location by means of the building itself.
