Category Archives: Technology

House the Latest Foot Soldier in DSLR Revolution

Written by Nina. Posted on April 22, 2010. Filed under Production, Technology. No comments.
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I took this opportunity to write a digital haiku: House’s Greg Yaitanes confirms via his Twitter: A 5d finale. That’s right!  In case you didn’t “read between the lines,” director Greg Yaitanes has disclosed that the season finale of House was shot on the Canon Mark II 5d. As the latest development in the DSLR revolution we’ve been covering, Yaitanes [...]

Interactive, Location-Based iPhone “Film” entered into Boston International Film Fest

Written by Henry Goldman. Posted on April 20, 2010. Filed under Technology, film festivals. No comments.
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I don’t quite get how this qualifies as a Film and not some sort of game, but I will definitely grant that it is a complete first, especially for a festival entry. Murder on Beacon Hill, and application based around 43 minutes of video premiered at Boston’s International Film Festival. Viewers experience the film as [...]

Appearance releases via iPhone in the field!

Written by Brandon. Posted on April 6, 2010. Filed under DIY Everything, DIY Filmmaking, Technology, documentary, filmmakers, things we're not feeling. No comments.
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Whoa… admitedly, I’ve been holding out on the iphone related stuff, I’m a BBerry guy, but recently I was able to trade my little sister (14 years old) an Urban Outfitters gift card to have her ipod touch on loan.  I’m getting into it, and Urgent Content is developing a mobile ap, so figured I [...]

VOTD: nailing every tech entrepreneur cliché

Written by Kasia. Posted on March 9, 2010. Filed under Technology, Videos, the internet. No comments.
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“You should follow me cuz I’m friends with Ashton” raps the New Dork, waving a copy of Fast Company with Ashton Kutcher on the cover (the same issue that floated around our old office for months). This viral Empire State of Mind parody nails pretty much every San Francisco tech entrepreneur cliché– it’s like bingo [...]

Pasta, a brew, and some Chat Roulette

Written by Brandon. Posted on February 27, 2010. Filed under Technology, Videos, the internet, things we're feeling. No comments.
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Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m obsessed with CR.  Before we started Urgent Content, the Bonrz crew (@faketv, @henrygoldman, @bjstein, and yours truly @the_bg) were contemplating a potential dating site idea… We went so far as to review the thesis of and meet with the author of a major paper on online dating and then subject [...]

And the Award goes to… everybody with a camera and access

Written by Brandon. Posted on February 22, 2010. Filed under New Journalism, Technology, crowdsourcing. No comments.
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Interesting piece here about the prestigious journalism Polk Award going to an anonymous person who captured a startling video of a student’s death in Iran.  I remember how Time magazine’s person of the year last year or year before was “You” with a mirror like effect on the cover, (clever.).. and now awarding boards are [...]

You are not alone

Written by Brandon. Posted on February 11, 2010. Filed under New Journalism, Technology, Urgent Fam, freelancing. No comments.
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This MOS video from Urgensia fam, Siddharth, on Indians’ pov on piracy is interesting from the standpoint that it confirms that consumers have a very universal view on media piracy.  There’s a nice accompanying article/interview as well.  What’s also of note, is how piracy helped fuel an IT economy and development in Banglore.  I just [...]

DSLR footage – don’t kill yourself in post

Written by Kasia. Posted on February 2, 2010. Filed under DIY Filmmaking, Technology, digital storytelling, pro tips. No comments.
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I was online window shopping for my dream DSLR only to end up reading about the unexpected nightmare that DSLR footage can become in post. The .MOV or .AVI files that most cameras shoot can be super glitchy in a Final Cut time line, and can’t really handle effects or text at all. Luckily a nice [...]

Video of the Day: Put On Your Augment Reality Glasses!

Written by Henry Goldman. Posted on January 20, 2010. Filed under Technology, Videos. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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Futurists, tech-bloggers and assholes are always harping on about what’s next in technology. One year, it’s virtual world social networks. Remember in 2007 how we were all going to be on Second Life within 6 months? Didn’t happen. It was a good story, but it didn’t happen. The year before that, we were going to [...]