Copyright lunch in the Adams Center

Apr 14, 2010 | Presentations

Thanks to Kenneth Pybus for presenting today on the relationship between copyright, fair use, and campus blogging. Walking through copyright myths, examples of typical teaching uses, with considerations of fair use both on campus and online.

Parody on Fair Use

One of Kenneth’s examples is a famous recent case where the film Downfall (2004) has regularly been used in mashup parodies of everything from Hitler’s feelings about Brett Favre to Windows Vista. This follow-up is a parody of a parody.

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ACU Profs on Fair Use

A couple other resources you may find useful. The first is a conversation Kenneth and Mike Wiggins recorded last year to clarify the implications of fair use on campus.

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Resources from the Media Lab

For more information on content use and creation for course podcasting and blogging, here are a few resources hosted by the Digital Media Center.

Digital Media Center, Copyright and Podcasting FAQ

Creative Commons, Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution.

Eric Faden, A Fair(y) Use Tale: A Disney Review of Copyright, 2007.

Larry Lessig, How Creativity is Being Strangled by the Law, TED Talks, 2007.

Mobile Moviemaking with the iPhone

Feb 5, 2010 | Gear, News & Events

A few days ago in the Media Lab we received a new piece of gear for aspiring mobile filmmakers: the OWLE Bubo. It’s a combination camera mount and lens adapter to enhance video recorded on an iPhone 3GS.  The oversize aluminum housing protects the phone and helps to stabilize your shots so everything doesn’t look like a Blair Witch remake. The mount includes tripod connections, a cold shoe notch and a front-facing mic that plugs into the headphone jack to help you pick up better audio.  Here is a review of the whole system from a Hollywood film producer:

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One more thing

reeldirectorAn essential companion for video editing on your iPhone 3GS is the ReelDirector app. Combine clips and photos from your library with smooth transitions, titles, and credits. Really an impressive editing interface for making short films quickly and then sharing them by email. (Given 3GS limits on video email, ReelDirector is also a work around for sharing longer student films.)

If you are interested in more ways to record and produce video, drop by and see us sometime Monday-Thursday from 1-7 pm in the DMC downstairs in the library.