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The video revolution is upon us as all forms of communications are quickly moving to video. It is no longer an option to not know how to use and make videos. From the way we digest news, to the way we share our memories, to the way we communicate at work, to the ways we sell our homes and cars… NYVS is the place where you can learn everything you need to know to become an expert producer of high-quality videos and films.

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In an effort to see your best practical work, Michael has offered $200 to the best car sales video to be uploaded to NYVS. These easy wnnings are only going on for a few more days, upload soon

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"Vasyl Fomytskyi, Street Musician" by NYVS member ealfredo is the NYVS Pick of the Week!

This is a video that has the community talking! Check it out if you already haven't!

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Social Video - The Next Big Thing Michael takes note of how new technologies alter society's methods of communication.  Next up on the agenda is social video...

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Michael points out how magazine publications are recognizing the pull of online videos.  In the future, if they keep developing as they are, online magazine sites will be their own TV channels, focusing on their particular niche. Look at this one example of Ryan van Duzer, a graduate from the Travel Channel Academy, who has pulled together a great video on cycling.  This is a video an online cyclist magazine could make excellent use of...

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Want to make your own trailer?  Check it out...

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NATPE and NYVS have partnered to bring you the "Quick Flicks Contest" on Facebook! Attention video content producers! Here is your chance to get your content in front of Hollywood insiders. Submit 2 minutes of your best video content for a chance to win great prizes and have the opportunity to pitch your concept at NATPE’s PitchCon e...vent. To enter the contest, submit a video that shows your best original short film content. The video should be a full piece of work and tell a great story. Go here for more details: http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/110560

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Live Stream: "How to Pitch Ideas and Sell Your Videos" Tues 4/5 4pm est  http://www.nyvs.com/livelectures

Whether you want to make short videos to sell to commercial clients or create a series for cable television the rules for pitching your ideas and making a sale are simple. In this live lecture Lisa Lambden addresses how to market yourself and your work and be successful in selling your video content. It's never been easier to make you own video demos and pitch reels but you have to make them compelling and at NYVS.com we'll show you how.

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George Eastman began a new age of photography. Now with YouTube and other online sharing sites, how will the future of video change?

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How to Manually Focus:  Learn here in 1 minute

Using his Hasselblad as an example, Michael breaks down for you exactly what the numbers and individual dials on your manual focus lens do.  Read this and emerge from an auto focus bubble.  Learn how to operate your lens in five minutes..

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Harry Potter and NYVS.com How did J.K. Rowling manage to create the world of Harry Potter, capturing the hearts of millions around the planet?  'Print literacy.'  How can you create videos that capture the hearts of millions of people?  First stop video literacy.  Read Michael's explanation of how Harry Potter can be compared to the trajectory of your video making success. Read more >>

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RIP Richard Leacock- Where Documentary Filmmaking Began Michael celebrates the memory of documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock, one of the six cinematographers who began the movement of Cinema Vérité...

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Tribeca Film Festival goes online The Tribeca Film Festival is putting up some festival films and interviews to give you a peek into behind the scenes of this New York celebration of film...

http://www.tribecafilm.com/tribecaonline/

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753,00 CNN iReporters - and counting About 3 years ago, Clay Shirky released a book called, Here Comes Everybody, that predicted crowd sourcing as a future replacement for services previously done by professionals.  Today, Michael shows us how CNN iReporters prove as an example that this change is well underway...

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Twitter Uses Video To Commemorate Its Fifth Anniversary Twitter has created a video to show how their service has influenced users.  More proof that video dominates modern communication...

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Check out this early video of the Beatles!

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Burning the Heretics at the Stake in 2011 Fast growing video literacy is building great opportunities for networks to utilize the public's videos.  So why is it that producers at media companies might not want to jump at this chance?   Find out here...

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AMC Independent Considering Film Submissions From Individuals AMC Independent is taking a look at feature length films made by independent filmmakers. Aside from going the indie route and submitting to festivals, find out how you can also distribute it to real theaters across the U.S.