social video
LumaFusion on iOS: such an easy way to create social videos
LumaFusion on iPad makes knocking up quick and easy social videos a doddle.
online video
A gimbal in my pocket
The DJI Osmo Pocket is a neat little gimbal-mounted camera that (literally) fits in your pocket.
video editing
First experiment with Adobe Premiere Rush for quick video editing
My first video in Adobe Premiere Rush CC - knocked up in 10 minutes.
X (Twitter)
Twitter is a video company now
Twitter is all about 280 characters right? Wrong. It's a video compnay now…
Journalism
Cannabis, social video and The Economist
Great to see social video techniques being used by more serious outlets to tell stories: (Full disclosure: the journalist who created this [https://twitter.com/eliserwjohnson1] is a former student.)
mic
About the video "pivot" in progress
Mic is yet another site laying off writers to hire video people [https://mic.com/articles/183893/mic-cuts-more-than-20-people-company-wide-in-move-to-become-a-leader-in-visual-journalism#.7qhRG6Zpo] : > Mic laid off 25 employees on Thursday as part of a restructuring that will see the company shift its focus to video and other forms of visual journalism, according to
business models
How realistic are these pivots to video?
The phrase “pivot to video” has become a common “strategic” explanation for newsroom layoffs over the last couple of years. It’s, on the surface, convincing, because the rise of video content, especially social video, real. It’s a booming area. But all too often the excuse doesn’t match
360 video
Nic Newman: the rapidly changing landscape for news video
The rapid adoption of social video - the so-called "pivot to video" has not been well supported by research - until now. Nic Newman presents his early findings.
jargon
The Guardian's social video efforts hit 200m views
The Guardian is part of the social video club, with 200m aggregate views [https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/the-guardian-is-reaching-new-audiences-on-facebook-with-video-series-for-people-who-dip-in-and-out-of-news/s2/a701870/] But there’s an awful lot of unnecessary buzzwords and jargon in describing the basic psychology of social video in there.
Apple announces social video app Clips
Apple dropped some new kit this morning – a red iPhone, a better iPad (non-Pro), and some watch bands. Oh, and a social video making app [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2017/03/21Apple-Introduces-Clips-The-Fun-New-Way-to-Create-Expressive-Videos-on-iOS.html] : > Apple today introduced Clips, a new app that makes it quick and fun for
social video
Less than two weeks to rescue your Vines
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Viner? In which case, you need to act sharpish, to rescue access to your content. Vine as we know it dies on January 17th, and you only have until then to download your content [https://medium.com/@vine/vine-update-59426a5adfab#.s226qsl2z]: >
social media celebs
Can the Vine celebs survive its demise?
Life after Vine [https://theringer.com/the-vine-stars-are-alright-9cb23b2c3f56#.p7oaypu96]: > The drumbeat of doom was such that most of the app’s biggest names, after attempting a remarkable shakedown, had long migrated to Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and such, mostly only using Vine now to advertise that exodus. Miel has followed suit,