NBC to Stream Super Bowl XLIX
The catch is, only for Verizon customers, but there are other options By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) If you’re going to be stuck at work on Sunday, missing the big game on NBC, don’t fret. If you’re a...
View ArticleConverting Video Files With MPEG Streamclip
By Kevin P. McAuliffe (doddleNEWS) One of my favorite applications to quickly and easily stream files with is MPEG Streamclip. Why, you might ask? Well, not only does it create great looking compressed...
View ArticleFilmmaking 101: Making A Windscreen for Your Microphone
$5 and a rubber band makes for an effective “dead cat.” By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The other day, as I was reviewing the PolarPro ProMic Kit for GoPro, I mentioned that it would be a good idea to add...
View ArticleMy RØDE Reel 2015 Competition Announced
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Were you one of the over 1100 filmmakers from 76 countries who participated in last year’s ’My RØDE Reel’ short film competition? Well it’s back, and this year, you have a...
View ArticleFilmmaking 101: Turn Hard Drive Parts Into A DIY Handheld Stabilizer
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When life throws you lemons, you make lemonade, so rather than throw away those crashed computer hard drives, think outside the box and look at what you can do with the...
View ArticleFAA Says No To Publishing Drones Videos On YouTube?
If your quad videos are ad supported, technically you’re under the new commercial rules By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) There’s an old political saying… “if something moves, freeze it.” That couldn’t be...
View ArticleFilm Riot To Showcase An Epic Summer Of Film
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Film Riot’s Ryan Connolly has been hinting for awhile now that he was up to something big, and it was wrapped around his latest short film. But this week he spilled the...
View ArticleYouTube Offers Masters Class In Screenwriting
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) It all starts with the written word, and if you need to punch up your screenwriting skills, you don’t need to pay for a weekend seminar, you can just head on over to...
View ArticleYouTube To Stop Working On Early Apple TVs
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) If you’re still using a generation one or two Apple TV, early Smart TVs, and a host of other devices, you’re about to lose the ability to stream YouTube. Citing new...
View ArticleRocketJump Film School Launches On YouTube
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Freddie Wong is a YouTube sensation, this we know. But what you probably didn’t know is that with his company RocketJump, he’s launched a film school on YouTube that his...
View ArticleFilmmakers Take Jetpacks & GoPros, and Buzzed Downtown Dubai
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) It’s Friday afternoon and time for a little fun distraction, and it comes in the guise of… well, where else? YOUTUBE. It’s a cool video about Dubai, shot in 4K on a GoPro...
View ArticleFilmmaking 101: DIY 1000w Handheld Light For $40
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) If you’re an indie filmmaker looking to capture a night scene, but you have a guerilla budget, a DIY 1000w portable LED light could give you tons of options for setting a...
View ArticleFilmmaking 101: Bungee Cam Turns Your Car Into A Defacto Gimbal Stabilizer
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Man, I wish I could afford a Freefly MōVI. Even the M5 is a bit out of my price range these days. Sadly, so is the lower cost cousin in the DJI Ronin-M. I could go with...
View ArticleAdult Wednesday Addams Web Series Taken Down, But Star Has TV Pilot Coming
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) There are a few guilty pleasures that I enjoy on YouTube, but one was recently taken down after its creator had raised over $15,000 to bring us season 2....
View ArticleFacebook Wants To Become The New YouTube
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Facebook has a plan to kill YouTube, and it involves a death by a thousand cuts. OK, maybe not kill it, per se. With over a billion YouTube members worldwide, they’d have...
View ArticleMy RØDE Reel Winners
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) RØDE didn’t waste any time announcing the winners of their annual My RØDE Reel competition. With finalists in seven different categories including drama, horror, sci-fi,...
View ArticleRØDE Microphones Honors Top Reel Winners
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) RØDE Microphones yesterday announced the top honors in this year’s My RØDE Reel competition. Last week, the Genre Winners were announced, and we showed some examples of...
View ArticleRED Teams Up With Surfer Magazine For REDirect Competition
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) RED has once again partnered with Surfer Magazine to give a dozen filmmaker surfers the opportunity to shoot a short film about the sport they love. All twelve received RED...
View ArticleDo You Really Need To Upgrade To A Better Camera?
Filmmaker explains why he’s still happy with his Canon T3i By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) I know I may be shooting myself in my collective foot here, but every once in awhile, we need to showcase a story...
View ArticleYouTuber Calls Facebook Out For Bad Behavior With Video
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) You may know John Green, the author of such hits as The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns, has a brother named Hank with whom he shares a few YouTube Channels with, as...
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