Gene Weingarten's article in the Washington Post on Joshua Bell's subway performance incited numerous conversations about the impact of context on the way we evaluate art. In a live discussion the next day, Weingarten starts by saying, "This story got the largest and most global response of anything I have ever written, for any publication. I think the enthusiastic classical-music blogosphere helped give it a viral life, as did the availability of quality video."
If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would look something like this...
Low Morale: Creep by Laith Bahrani Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. The animation is a cathartic opus that aims to express the despair caused by a soul-destroying job and the pain of a broken relationship. Warning: may cause depression. The Party by Eric Maierson In The Party, a middle-aged man tries to share his sadness with an adolescent woman - a colleague's daughter - that he's just met at a company party. A short, fictional film about honesty and everything that gets in the way, written and directed by Eric Maierson.
This video, Ira Glass on Storytelling #1, is the first part in a four-part series available on YouTube in which Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life, discusses the essential building blocks of a good broadcast story. The following are links to each part in the series: Ira Glass on Storytelling #1 Ira Glass on Storytelling #2 Ira Glass on Storytelling #3 Ira Glass on Storytelling #4
One of Final Cut's hidden gems is the Button List, which is found under the Tools menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Option+J. The Button List allows users to create a shortcut button for any of Final Cut's numerous commands. To find a specific function, either click the disclosure triangle adjacent to the appropriate grouping or enter a keyword in the Button List's search field. Next, simply drag your selected function to the top right corner of your Browser, Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline window. (If you currently have no buttons on your bar, you'll see what looks like a coffee bean.) Your shortcut button will now appear. You can easily rearrange buttons via dragging and dropping. To remove a button, simply drag it from the bar. Finally, by right-clicking on a button, you can add a spacer as well as color-code your shortcuts. My favorites include "Export QuickTime Movie...," "Linked Selection,"…