Easy guide to production
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) In that brief, ungainly time between DVRs and Streaming media boxes, like the Apple TV and the Roku, the only way that people could stream movies and TV was directly from a website, or via download. PlayOn was created to create a kind of media hub with software that … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Filmmakers looking to raise funds to complete their movies may want to look at BitTorrent. The file sharing software company and streaming network has created a special fund which will award content creators for releasing their projects online. … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) 4K and above requires a tremendous amount of bandwidth, even when you're moving edit files from one work station to another. Proxies help, but when you're reading the mastering phase, or recording at super high frame rates, you'll be moving a huge amount of data. … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) While our technology obsession continues, such as missing out on flash sales over 8K RED Helium cameras, most shooters are still contemplating simply moving to 4K. What's taking so long? Well, could it be that most broadcasters aren't even showing their programming … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) There are a few things that tend to be considered an afterthought when making a film or video, and one of them tends to be music. It's a shame, because music tends to give the biggest emotional punch in any given film scene or video project. Even if you're keen … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) While most people are caught up in the hype of movie panels in Hall H and TV panels in and around Ballroom 20, many may just forget that Comic-Con's roots are in the ever popular comic book. But Google hasn't, and it's created a new reader for mobile devices that … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Loads of stuff came out of the Marvel Television panel at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con! We not only got a new teaser trailer for Luke Cage, but also a few other teasers that are just as fantastic! Along with the Luke Cage teaser we received our first look at … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Last December, Netflix unleashed one of the most talked about show around water coolers of 2015 with Making a Murderer. It was a true-crime story about the arrest of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The hook was that … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Looks like the NBA and Twitter have expanded content partnership that will bring exclusive original live programming and video to Twitter along with its adjacent products Vine and Periscope. This marks a two-year renewal with the NBA but it is also the first time … [Read more...]
Update: Red Giant Sale Over. By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Today only Red Giant is giving a whopping 25% off of their Magic Bullet Suite and all related individual tools in order to celebrate their fifth year anniversary. As part of their release of the Magic Bullet Suite back in the … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Remember mixtapes? I sure hope you do, otherwise I'm dating myself here. Basically, back in the 80s and 90s, instead of creating playlists, we created mixtapes on audio cassette tapes. Making a great tape was a far more laborious task since you needed to play … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The cord cutting trend is accelerating as U.S. households seek to cut monthly costs by choosing between pay TV subscriptions and streaming the programming they want online, and you can bet big cable is getting pretty nervous. Is it time for cable and satellite … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Remember in late 2014 when the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was leaked online and Marvel joked that it was the nefarious work of Hydra? It was great, and showed that even studios can have a sense of humor (although Google was subpoenaed to help find … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) While no bill was put forth in Congress to decree it as such, and only a day after the U.S. celebrated its liberty, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals made a decision that has profound impact on users of Netflix and other streaming media services. So if you … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) YouTube is once again flexing its draconian muscles by clamping down on creators who make brand sponsored videos outside of the Google's traditional brand-related initiative. Maybe instead of worrying about that, the streaming giant should focus on not scuttling … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When crowdfunding became popular, independent filmmakers had a tool by which to secure the hardest part of the filmmaking process, the money. One major portal, Seed&Spark, is completely dedicated to the filmmaking process. So it was only a matter of time before a … [Read more...]
