12 May 2008
“Cut, take two and…. Action”
It was a freezing February morning when I filmed Jennifer Mactaggart presenting her first ever video-tutorial. Just two weeks previously we’d decided to pool her talents as a tutor and mine as a film-maker to create educational videos for GCSE students. So here we now were on Bristol’s floating harbour, filming [...]
24 January 2008
As someone relatively new to the media industry, I am excited by the latest trends on the internet. Social networks, wikis, blogs and podcasts are now all the rage, but have a long way to go before they form part of day to day life for the man on the street. I see massive opportunities [...]
21 January 2008
Blogger and podcaster Dan Benjamin has posted a guide to the equipment he uses for podcasting. His ‘entry level’ setup is a bit pricey — he recommends spending around £90 on a microphone — but there may be some useful tips here for those who are serious about producing really high quality recordings.
14 December 2007
Radio Lingua offers a series of free language learning podcasts in different languages, including Coffee Break Spanish, One Minute Polish and My Daily Phrase: Italian. The focus is very much on short, easily digestible chunks (arguably too short in the case of the One Minute series). The range of languages seems to be growing steadily [...]