4.23.14 - Media Techniques

• Media Techniques Workshop: 
• Class example will be a multimedia tribute to Nelson Mandela
• Freedom Fighter
• "Gandhi remained committed to nonviolence; I followed the Gandhian strategy for as long as I could, but then there came a point in our struggle when the brute force of the oppressor could no longer be countered through passive resistance alone."
• Political Prisoner
• "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
• First President of a Free and Equal South Africa
• "It took a man like Nelson Mandela to not only free the prisoner but to free the jailer." - Barack Obama
• Using media to enhance v. using media as a crutch
• Voice-over media - limited to 30 sec or less
• Reappropriation and the remix culture
• We create our own media narratives
• Remix culture - reappropriating the creative voices of the past
• "Now we use culture to say something new and relevant to our lives" - Lawrence Lessig
• Getting Media
• CreativeCommons http://creativecommons.org/
• Licenses
• Music http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
• Videos http://creativecommons.org/videos
• SoundCloud
• Advanced search for license to modify, but still can’t filter for those who allow downloads
• https://soundcloud.com/ubuntu-power-movement/kwa-mashu-here-comes-freedom
• Vimeo Music Store
• https://vimeo.com/musicstore
• Advanced Search Filter - can search for free CC licensed music
• Certain Tracks can be customized (look at purchase history)
• Vimeo videos
• Advanced Search Filters
• CC licenses
• Downloadability
• Minimum Stats, etc.
• FreeSound http://freesound.org/
• Search
• Sort by relevance, duration, rating
• Advanced search options
• Browse Tags
• YouTube Downloading
• Firefox → Tools → Add Ons → Search All Add Ons for “YouTube Download”
• A “download” button will appear underneath YouTube videos - choose what format you prefer
• Open Source Media Software
• The Open Source Movement: Open source software is made available for anybody to use or modify, as its source code is made available.
• Open source software promotes learning and understanding through the dissemination of understanding.
• More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_movement
• Source Forge: http://sourceforge.net/
• Find, create and public open-source software
• Advanced search to filter operating system, license, status (the closer to production/stable, the more established the program is)
• Open Source Video Editing: 
• Avidemux http://avidemux.en.softonic.com/mac/download#downloading
• Screen Capture
• Camtasia: Free 30 day trial http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html#
• Cam Studio for Windows: http://camstudio.org/
• Audio Editing - start with source file: http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-04-07/lullabies-are-not-only-children-theyre-adults-too
• Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Windows, Mac and Linux
• Manual http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation
• Visual Image Manipulation
• 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Photoshop: http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/10-excellent-open-source-and-free-alternatives-to-photoshop/ 
• Media Presentation
• Prezi: Cloud-Based Media Presentation http://prezi.com
• Like Google Docs, always available in the cloud/co-editable with partner/team
• Automatically embed YouTube Videos with just a link
• Can also embed videos that you download (note: this does not work with .mov so always export to .mp4)
• Add Background Music