“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” – Peter Ustinov I love taking a famous scene and turning it upside down. Props to Dave Hoecker for brainstorming with me. Wait for it… Live long and prosper, @kamstocks
The Cutaway: Wait For It…
Author: Kam
The Cutaway: The Best Sendoff in Film History
“Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics.” – Charlie Chaplin Imagine this: You’re a living legend. You write, direct, produce, edit, cast, score, and star in all of your films. Hell, you even own the studio! While everyone else in Hollywood works hard to control production costs, you burn through celluloid LIKE A […]
The Cutaway: Diegetic vs. Non-Diegetic Sound
“If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I’m trying to do that.” – Roscoe Mitchell When working on my own projects, I always treat sound with the utmost respect as it is one of my favorite ways to drive a narrative. Think about it: every single sound you hear in […]
Emergency Communications and Social Media
We’ve all been there. After staring at the umpteenth Instagram post about how delicious the $45-dollar, artisan grilled cheese is at whatever hip restaurant is using the Apple Chancery font on their menus this week, you begin to wonder what social media is really all about. And then two inmates on work detail make a mad […]
OU Social Media in StudentAdvisor’s Top 100
StudentAdvisor.com, a subsidiary of The Washington Post, helps students compare colleges to determine which school is right for them. They’re also well-known for their Top 100 Social Media Colleges and we’re proud to say that OU is on the list! “OU is all over social media, so much so that they have their own page […]
Follow That Bird!
Thanks to a suggestion from Mashable, we just started playing with twtrland, a Twitter analytics tool that helps determine follow-worthiness. Twtrland converts your tweets, retweets, mentions, replies, links and media and top followers into a profile. This information is very helpful because it allows us to track our most popular tweets and gives us an […]
Using Key Frames in Final Cut Pro
A key frame is a frame used to signal the beginning or end of changes made between two points in a video. Here’s a simple way to create motion in Final Cut Pro using a technique known as keyframing. For this example, I’m using a still image with a duration of 4 seconds. I want […]
Quick Video Tip: Quality Counts
The availability of high definition video on the Web has changed user expectations for acceptable media quality. Here are some recommended export settings for YouTube to ensure you’re delivering the best possible viewer experience while keeping file sizes under control. Video Export Settings: Compression: H.264 (high)Data Rate: 8000 kbits/secSource Video: DeinterlaceDimensions: 640 x 480 (for SD), […]
