Digital content creation in the Midwest.
by: Sean McMenemy
How is Chicago and the Midwest working towards these goals that Leo Leporte is taking about in his speech to Online News Association. Here are the three main points you should watch out for as a content creator. Here’s your chance to share and let us know what you are doing or things you know are happening. Don’t you think other people want to know this stuff too?
Mikayla Brown and Vinnie Lacey of Fringe Chicago talked with me about their upcoming event slated for the beginning of September. If you’re a performer get your application in there now! The deadline for submissions is February 15th 2010. If you like watching raw creativity well you better pencil in some time between Sept 1st - 5th.
It’s been a year since we last talked to Joe Avella. If you remember he’s one of the first people we talked to when we kicked off Midwest Media Now! He was making great stuff then but now he’s working on something even bigger, a feature length film. Yeah a feature!
If you’re a filmmaker and you need a crowd scene come shoot at one of our events If you’re a photographer and you have an idea for your next project that involves a crowd Why not use us as your subjects?
What’s “Let’s Create”? It’s different things too different people, for Midwest Media Now it’s a chance to meet other content creators, new media movers and shakers, just a bunch of fun people that believe in the power of social media. We networked, showcased peoples works and made a couple shows like the one you are getting ready to listen right now.
Listen to this episode to find out the secret clues about Epicdeer, Ed Pierce’s brainchild and see if you can solve the puzzle before the end of the show!
Turns out we only figured out one of the secrets… If you can figure out the others. SOMEBODY TELL US, PLEASE!
Occasional guest and subject of Midwest Media Now Scotty Iseri is this weeks contributing host. He talks with Tonya Johnson from Verizon Wireless about their V-Cast services.
Meet Dominizuelan! Catch their 2 woman show “People in the City” and watch them on the the Internet. Building on life experience and a keen observation of the characters that populate their life, they are finding ways to express what’s on their minds right here in the heart of Chicago.
Today I’m talking with Mutha Mae, well that’s her TV name but there’s much more to this Mutha from St. Louis than baby barf and play dates.
Meet Bill Fortune and Joe Klein. Sound engineers and Voice Over artists taking a bite out of the new media era. Their group New Media Creative is creating polished audio for all levels media creation. Check out why they are into new media, how the business is changing and we’ll pick up a few tips along the way about Voice Over techniques.
Find out what it’s like to juggle work and art, pitching your characters to your group, and just how many swear words can be spoke before 7am
In this episode, I’m chatting with Jim Olen, owner of Rhythm Cafe , a full service music production company in Chicago. If you can’t see the video, please click here . The music featured during the intro and credits of this episode is a song called “Me and My Joe” from local Chicago artist Ruby Yo !
Social media is a fast-growing advertising and marketing medium and it’s one that media companies, brands, producers and individuals want to better understand and leverage.
In this episode, I’m chatting with Sarah Evans of Sevans Strategy , a Chicago-based public relations and new media consultancy If you can’t see the video, please click here . The music featured during the intro and credits of this episode is a song called “Until We Dream” from local Chicago artist John Farrell .
International expansion is going to be vital to the growth of the cable and network TV business over the next several years, according to Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute report from the NATPE conference in Las Vegas.
During the episode, Steve Weiss, co-owner of Zacuto, mentions the web series Zacuto produces. The first show is called FilmFellas and is a roundtable discussion with film industry insiders about all things filmmaking. The other show is called Critics and features Steve with DP Philip Bloom browsing videos on Vimeo and critiquing them. Be sure to check out both of the shows, they’re great!
Google’s Android cell phones are quickly closing the gap on Apple’s iPhone, according to new research from eMarketer.
In this episode, I’m chatting with Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky from crowdSPRING, a Chicago based website dedicated to being a global marketplace for crowdsourced creative services. We chat about what crowdsourcing is and how the model applies to various industries.
Why rent an audience when you can buy your own? That’s the new philosophy of marketers who are spending money this year to build out a social networking presence through “earned” media rather than paid media, Daisy Whitney reports in the New Media Minute.
had the opportunity to chat with Mari (owner of Foiled Cupcakes) at the kitchen they bake at, so I had plenty of opportunities to use my Gorillapod on various sinks, rolling carts, storage doors, etc. Check out the pics below for some of the Gorillapod setups I created.
Now that the new decade has started, what new media trends should you be looking out for? In this first New Media Minute of the year, Daisy Whitney shares five trends and five companies that exemplify them.
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