Web Broadcasting, Internet Video and Vlogging
Wednesdays, May 9, 16 and 23, 2007, 7:00–9:00 pm
The digital video revolution gave us the tools to make media. The online video revolution gives us the power to distribute without gatekeepers. In this workshop see how innovative mediamakers are sharing personal experiences, telling otherwise-underrepresented stories, and revolutionizing what film and television can be. Learn what tools are available to you to distribute your work around the globe via the Internet, and get started setting up your own videoblog using free resources.
Jen Simmons is a multimedia performance designer, website designer and filmmaker. She's been at the forefront of the video-on-the-internet movement for the last 3 years, including developing the first university course ever on Videoblogging. Her interactive projection design for Violet Fire: a Multimedia Opera about Nikola Tesla, premiered in Belgrade, Serbia for the royal celebration of Tesla's 150th birthday, and came to the U.S. for the 2006 BAM New Wave Festival in New York. Her short film Inclinations (2005) has shown at dozens of lesbian and gay film festivals around the globe and her Bush For Peace (2003) has been seen online by several hundred thousand people, as well as having screened at over 100 film festivals. She has authored rich digital environments for numerous performing artists and theaters over the last 15 years, and currently runs her own web design and development company, Milkweed Media Design.