Read more about the article MediaStorm Online Training launches <i>The Making Of: A Thousand More</i>

MediaStorm Online Training launches The Making Of: A Thousand More

During the week of July 23, MediaStorm and three Advanced Multimedia Workshop participants shot and edited the short documentary A Thousand More. This new Online Training Module, The Making Of: A Thousand More, takes you behind the scenes of that process. This educational module invites you to learn about the decisions, both in the field, and within the editing suite that went into the making of A Thousand More. Join a conversation between Producer Eric Maierson, Director of Photography Rick Gershon, and MediaStorm Executive Producer Brian Storm, as they discuss the development of this story through a scene-by-scene break down of the piece. The Making Of provides over an hour and a half of discussion and exposition on the thousands of decisions that went into the editing and shooting of A Thousand More. Topics covered include: How the story was found What subject to focus on Working in teams Scene by scene…

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Read more about the article Help support Seamus Murphy’s ‘A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan’ on Kickstarter

Help support Seamus Murphy’s ‘A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan’ on Kickstarter

MediaStorm has been collaborating with photojournalist Seamus Murphy to complete a documentary film based on his work A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan. We have started a fundraising campaign on KickStarter to finish this film and get it launched. In Seamus' words: Afghanistan’s recent history is a roller-coaster of foreign involvement and abandonment, resulting in a global crisis the world continues to struggles with today. The country was granted hero-status by the West when it resisted the Soviet invasion. But the vicious civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal, the rise of the Taliban and the al Qaeda attacks launched from its soil on 9/11 made it into a pariah state. Afghanistan has been invaded, used and mythologized, but rarely understood. This project is the result of over 15 years traveling and photographing in Afghanistan, recording unexpected stories of struggle, survival and hope. My mission is to promote an understanding of this mysterious, complex…

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Now Hiring: Operations & Social Media Manager at MediaStorm

MediaStorm is looking for an organized and motivated Operations & Social Media Manager to oversee communications, outreach, and keep everything running smoothly. The ideal candidate will have some experience with multimedia, and be eager and interested in taking ownership of projects and supporting a growing multimedia production studio. Description The Operations & Social Media Manager will: Manage the blog, oversee website content and other written communications Organize and maintain digital archives Coordinate and process job and intern applications Enter contests and film festivals Participate and contribute to strategic planning meetings Coordinate outreach and publicity Other miscellaneous office tasks (answering phones, ordering supplies, etc) Qualifications A successful applicant will have: Strong writing and editing skills Ability to manage and organize human and digital resources Ability to multi-task and pay attention to detail Application deadline for this position is Monday, August 22, 2011. All applications must be submitted online. For more information, please see…

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Interview with MediaStorm Producer Rick Gershon

Rick Gershon joined MediaStorm as a producer in 2010. He served as a multimedia photojournalist and staff photographer at Getty Images from 2007 to 2010. Some of his clients include the Discovery Channel, History Channel, A&E, The Travel Channel, AOL.com and MSNBC. His images of various news and political events have run in newspapers and news magazines around the world and he is a featured photographer with Reportage by Getty Images. Can you give us a general overview of your kit and the gear you’re using? As you can see I have a ton of gear. You certainly don't have to have all this gear to do it, but I use every single piece of it. A lot of this gear is honestly used to make the Canon 5D Mark II function like a professional video camera. It's a still camera. It's not built to be a video camera. To shoot rock…

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MediaStorm Welcomes Fall Interns Caitlyn Greene and Tucker Walsh

We are excited to welcome Caitlyn Greene and Tucker Walsh as our Fall 2011 Interns. Caitlyn is a recent graduate of UNC Chapel Hill where she studied visual communication, Spanish and Business Administration. She was most recently a videographer and lead video editor for Coal: A Love Story, an interactive film produced as part of News21. She is currently in post-production on her honors thesis project called Immortal, a non-traditional documentary about our obsession with not dying. During her time at UNC, Caitlyn worked on award-winning team projects in Mexico, India, Bangladesh and Argentina as a photographer, videographer and video editor. Her work has been recognized by the Hearst Foundation, College Photographer of the Year, National Press Photographer's Association and North Carolina Press Photographer’s Association. She is especially excited about the intersection of art, journalism, cinema and technology in storytelling. Tucker is a visual storyteller working in multiple mediums to tell visceral,…

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