tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:47 +0000Learn, see, tricks of trade, in aggressive swift turn around one person videojournalism and integrated multimedia from an international award winner, ex BBC /Channel 4 News and academic, David Dunkley Gyimahhttp://viewmag.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (David of www.viewmagazine.tv)Blogger1166125for non commercial useviewmagazine,tv,david,dunkley,gyimah,video,journalismNews & Politicstv_producers@journalist.comdavid dunkley gyimahdavid dunkley gyimahnoviewmagazine,tv,david,dunkley,gyimah,video,journalismViewmagazine.tv podcastsVideo journalism - aggressive films - from viewmagazine.tvblogspot/hzslhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-7375636692976549514Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:00 +00002009-07-10T01:17:26.255+01:00shooting techniquesVideoojournalismUnengaged - photo taken at Art Gallery opening in Beirut. Why does this work? And how does the videojournalism need to be informed?Bit more space to the right.If videojournalism gave over itself to qualitative empiricism we might tap into something science has known for millenia.OMG! It is the phrase that proceeds the sight of wonderment.As an Organic Chemistry graduate, I'd mumble it almost http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/8gbJUitPwX8/videojournalism-wow-syndrome.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/8gbJUitPwX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/videojournalism-wow-syndrome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-6153318580594518798Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:47:00 +00002009-07-06T07:04:37.546+01:00Advance VideojournalismBBC future labBeen a busy couple of weeks and there's no let up. A number of things are planned which may have some currency.I was at the Beyond Broadcast conference and interviewed some of the key speakers. web TV launches are nothing special nowadays but Don Boyle's venture has the element of station launch about it, so what is Hibrow TV?Rob Chiu, one of the UK's most talented and young motion graphics http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/WxgWSvV2TeY/future.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/WxgWSvV2TeY" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/future.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-8733564444742727939Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:17:00 +00002009-07-01T07:48:37.696+01:00jude kellyleadershipAs a young girl Jude Kelly would stage plays and charge family and friends to attend. She wanted to be a director. She became one, a very successful one.But she says it was not about her per se, but about the act of giving something to others.Her beliefs have made her one of the most sought after directors and personnel in the arts, not to mention the works she's accomplished as the cultural http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/H5_ESRGK7p4/makings-of-good-leader.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/H5_ESRGK7p4" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/makings-of-good-leader.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-3201775007836028771Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:25:00 +00002009-06-28T09:19:11.832+01:00Advance VideojournalismVideo Journalism in BeirutViewmag’s David at one of Beirut’s thriving Art Bazaars, which comesalive at night. TRY HARDER - is the title of a short filmA personal poem Returning from Beirut, I'm reminded why I wanted to tell factual stories.But I should try harder.I recall in 92 how driven by idealism I made my way to South Africa, looking for the next generation.And knew then I should try harder.There as with Beirut, a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/sjwIDJ-NMTw/beirut-i-should-try-harder.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/sjwIDJ-NMTw" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/beirut-i-should-try-harder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-458282424402471629Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:28:00 +00002009-06-24T16:30:40.333+01:00Videojournalism in BeirutThere's lots I can say, but alas don't quite have the time at the mo, but please drop by over the weekend when I'll round up my visit to Beirut and to one of the top newspapers and there incredible team of Videojournalists- a real joy.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/mEucnuzsrLM/videojournalism-in-beirut.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/mEucnuzsrLM" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/videojournalism-in-beirut.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-8952683142780838591Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:32:00 +00002009-06-19T07:30:04.534+01:00videojournalismvideo jockeyingCTRL ALT SHIFT - from V.I. Artists on Vimeo.A tad long perhaps, but this interesting film frames the practice of Vjing. That's video jockeying.Interestingly, it's now a recurrent theme. "I'm a VJ", which then follows a period of acknowledgment, only for at some point someone to say:" Oh I thought you were a VJ".I am, but that's video journalist.So what came first in that entangled debate of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/rc_8GrdFhLQ/you-say-vj-i-say-videojournalism.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/rc_8GrdFhLQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/you-say-vj-i-say-videojournalism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-3159387624737019089Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:42:00 +00002009-06-17T07:44:44.491+01:00Fight Club VideojournalismVideojournalism Fight Club - Viewmagazine.tv from david dunkley gyimah on Vimeo.Just for the fun of it 100 stories in 40 seconds - pure mashup nonsenseRespect to Rob Chiu - Ronin for audiohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/OXUI1CUFaCo/video-journalism-fight-club.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/OXUI1CUFaCo" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/video-journalism-fight-club.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-6276569287935123067Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-06-16T17:42:46.746+01:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/17NgisUu5mA/videojournalism-fight-club.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)nodavid dunkley gyimahviewmagazine,tv,david,dunkley,gyimah,video,journalism<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/17NgisUu5mA" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/videojournalism-fight-club.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-4852107562132282908Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:00 +00002009-06-16T20:43:26.460+01:00video story tellingaccelerated video journalismAn Iranian woman struggles to exit a wagon in Tehran's Metro.Image by Yannis Kontos at YannisKontos.comThe world is turning on its axis and in reference to Bushism's legacy, axis needs to reclaim its more appropriate usage.Bluster-diplomacy is giving way to the more refined process of language nuances. Is there a cultural-socio shift really in the offing?Obama's Cairo speech, Netanyahu's responsehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/BSPVqmHusM8/cultural-shifts-emerging-video.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/BSPVqmHusM8" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/cultural-shifts-emerging-video.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-3745981572795027314Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:36:00 +00002009-06-11T23:44:53.351+01:00viewmagazineVideojournlism's legacyCreative archiversSome of them set the tone; early creatives undeterred about what you or I said, because frankly there was no standard.No wait, what standard did exist they made up. But these weren't whims or wild guesses. They were gudied by their own strong sense of design and creativityIn the last 15 years I have been charting their progress, from subscribing from the first editions of Computer Arts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/mt2jrrTMT1g/creative-archivers-videojournlisms.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/mt2jrrTMT1g" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/creative-archivers-videojournlisms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-7442711772535661707Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:08:00 +00002009-06-10T18:43:16.941+01:00Viewmagazine.tvvideo journalism trainingLearn video journalism - a trainer's tale from david dunkley gyimah on Vimeo.There is an iteration of videojournalism as a newsgathering unit which has yet to find a widely acceptable lease of life.I'm not referring to the individual. There are magnificent videojournalists around, but how it works as a unit and with a news agenda that delivers on a new approach to the audience.David Brewer a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/EdTxRyf0RkY/learning-video-journalism-trainers-tale.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/EdTxRyf0RkY" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/learning-video-journalism-trainers-tale.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-2375904517669226858Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:27:00 +00002009-06-11T22:03:37.208+01:00viewmagazinecreative spaceIt is a humbling experience to be sat at a table surrounded by people who excel in their own fields to be told "why don’t you show your work".This morning's meeting with some of the artists-in-residence at the south bank yielded such an occasion.Humility is a word that often loses respect; we tend to forget this at conferences and the like.There was Martin whose meme diagrams are works of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/qzQZDTDwoCc/breathing-creative-air-new-chapter.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/qzQZDTDwoCc" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/breathing-creative-air-new-chapter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-4386106321381768585Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:08:00 +00002009-06-05T17:10:15.238+01:00A gift from Cairo UniversityHanded to me after a talk with media staff at Cairo University, but what does it say?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/vo7g8gOUGK0/gift-from-cairo-university.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/vo7g8gOUGK0" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/gift-from-cairo-university.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-7091317703677853331Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:40:00 +00002009-06-04T14:08:37.651+01:00Mary Hockaday.freeframing. videojournalismBBCIt looks like something out of youtube, which in itself has its own aesthetic, but videojournalism film making is all about different forms and applying them.I'd probably have preferred going handheld peaking. See 8 days or Reuters for a good example. but freeframing, is the dogsville of filming, surfing blindly not so much as looking for a set, but feeling it.So this VJ shoot, most likely the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/Qx_PGfAf9hU/freeframing-inside-bbc-multimedia.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/Qx_PGfAf9hU" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/06/freeframing-inside-bbc-multimedia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-6849540530550016866Sun, 31 May 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-06-01T08:29:51.336+01:00susan boyleAnd so Britain's Got Talent is done, over Kapush!Well not quite. In my last post I mapped out the regime behind producing the sort of compelling VT with Susan Boyle story et al.Diversity won, a blow for the producers in their attempt to chart Boyle's breakthrough with a doc and indeed attach a talent coach from say, Simon Cowell's company.Diversity for all their brilliance will not be as easy to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/TsPQNO-vhQs/what-newish-media-could-learn-from-old.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/TsPQNO-vhQs" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-newish-media-could-learn-from-old.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-14437141421534784Sat, 30 May 2009 09:31:00 +00002009-05-31T17:14:46.998+01:00susan boyle breakdown videovideo story tellingScreen grab of Susan Boyle from Youtube video Freemantle/ ITVSoon after it's release it was The Matrix, then Big Brother followed, and soon academia using various phenomenological studies and psychoanalysis will no doubt turn its attention to Susan Boyle and the Susan Boyle moment. Just why did her video take off in the manner that it did ? 48 million views! Closer to 150 million views now at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/NiEyyRA64vk/48-million-views-because-its-multi.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/NiEyyRA64vk" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/48-million-views-because-its-multi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-4492191966001065072Fri, 29 May 2009 09:03:00 +00002009-05-29T16:00:29.870+01:00Fight Club VideojournalismBreaking the rulesBreaking the rules, because the truth, there are none. Guidelines, yes."Stop trying to control everything and just let go".Once you learn to ride the bike, then you might want to try the wheelie.Excerpt taken from forthcoming *thingy exploring The cool hunters.First talked about five years ago whilst presenting and chairing the day of digital paraphernalia for The UK Film Council - UKs govt film http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/zRoia0a46N0/fight-club-videojournalism-breaking.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/zRoia0a46N0" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/fight-club-videojournalism-breaking.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-4893742081996732526Thu, 28 May 2009 12:07:00 +00002009-05-28T13:42:04.485+01:00videojournalism paymentsvideojournalists paymentsBack in the day, 15 years ago, there was some disparity in VJ pay scale and fee. As I recall the discrepancy amounted to some 20,000 UKP that's some $31,182 odd with small change today.I doubt that's the case today. I have advised a few companies on what I think is a good rate for starters which tends to hover around the mid 20s sterling.The pay rates way back though were very significant in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/f0GvXd0D92w/videojournalists-how-much-do-you-get.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/f0GvXd0D92w" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/videojournalists-how-much-do-you-get.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-5927000652665884509Mon, 25 May 2009 00:26:00 +00002009-05-25T03:06:56.179+01:00italianvideojournalismspanishViewmagazine.tvmanadarinMore often than not I'm talking about video and visual journalism, but invariably the film is not enough - at least online.I have been lecturing in aspects of online design from 96. Truth, I've come to enjoy the project creative process, stemming from my last job as creative director with a Soho ad company re-active, more so than the nuts and bolts of sitting down designing.That said I found timehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/4m39_ABtnp8/videojournalism-film-not-enough.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/4m39_ABtnp8" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/videojournalism-film-not-enough.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-5942958758336825300Sat, 23 May 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-05-24T06:44:56.631+01:00SXSW 2009 podcastThe revolution not videojournalismRevolution is not videojournalism from david dunkley gyimah on Vimeo.The revolution is not videojournalism. The revolution is NOT videojournalismThe idea that multiskilling is a breakthrough must be treated with some disdain. More than 2000 years ago the Greeks were responsible for a word that showed we had the capacity to call on widely different skills.The dictionary indexes it as :"Polymath".http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/PrlpD0HT-vc/revolution-is-not-videojournalism.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/PrlpD0HT-vc" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/revolution-is-not-videojournalism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-84831265850730469Fri, 22 May 2009 06:01:00 +00002009-05-22T07:53:52.517+01:00Manic Media MondaysWhat a week it's been.Which is why shattered as I am, I can't bloody sleep again, so took to writing more about digital media advancing ideas that Apple Pro profiled of my work way back when - actually 2006.Sounds so dated now, that's the speed at which we're imploding. Any wonder when the cream of the UK's TV industry got together two days ago to discuss whether TV was in crisis, what they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/G7v45tlvHFU/manic-media-mondays-through-week.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/G7v45tlvHFU" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/manic-media-mondays-through-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-4508057141042954316Thu, 21 May 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-05-21T23:15:47.696+01:00This week, I'll post a story how one of our Masters students got into No. 1ohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/9elzq00klsU/how-to-blag-yourself-into-no-10.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/9elzq00klsU" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-blag-yourself-into-no-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-5278521168375102095Wed, 20 May 2009 15:14:00 +00002009-05-20T16:53:02.775+01:00LIVE POST.It's nearing the end of a 2 day conf on journalism in crisis, and to round off the sessions, comes the key note debate. BBC TV Director of News Helen BoadenTV has lost 1.9 percent= 460,00 adults in current affairs =1.1 percent13.7 percent fell amongst young peopleShe's asking of the resilience in tv and says its not nearly as bad. Says fmr BBC DG, brill as he was for forging net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/Zq_-XEwTmHg/crisis-in-television-four-british.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/Zq_-XEwTmHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/crisis-in-television-four-british.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-7090886563741654772Tue, 19 May 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-05-20T10:06:43.888+01:00alfieyoungest dadFish and chips, late night Friday booze binges, MPs on the expenses take, Buckingham Palace, the weather. Oh and Wimbledon.Take your pic, but the complexities of British culture, as with many other countries is wrapped up not by any one singularity.Occasionally, just occasionally, a new Britain emerges to fight its place.Months back it was the shocking ( Did I say shocking!) story of a 13 year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/Na0_KfR78BU/uks-youngest-dad-how-not-to-play-press.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/Na0_KfR78BU" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/uks-youngest-dad-how-not-to-play-press.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635537.post-1951185418256590128Tue, 19 May 2009 14:01:00 +00002009-05-19T15:02:19.054+01:00videojournalistVideo journalist, AFPTV This job is located in Europe - Paris and London (map)<!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5276900853299702"; google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.mediauk.com/content/ad_468_unsold.muk"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_kw_type = 'broad'; google_kw = 'jobs recruitment media newspapers Video http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~3/5-tTorUn-4s/video-journalist-afptv.htmltv_producers@journalist.com (david dunkley gyimah)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hzsl/~4/5-tTorUn-4s" height="1" width="1"/>http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2009/05/video-journalist-afptv.htmlen-usfor non commercial usedavid dunkley gyimahnonadultViewmagazine.tv podcasts