The Wall Street Journal has published a decent look at the elements of viral videos. They identify three main elements: Great content – Many popular online videos are short – under three minutes – and have some elements of cognitive dissonance. Excluding celebrity videos, many popular videos are deliberately bizarre juxtapositions, such as HotForWords – […]

http://vimeo.com/3237836 If you liked the viral video hit Where The Hell Is Matt?, here’s another dance music video that looks like it could go viral, Boombox, by Ely Kim, a graduate student at Yale studying graphic design. “I LOVE to dance and I enjoy clouds, mangoes, smiling, and puppies,” explains Kim. Echolot, via Synthtopia

Grooveboxmusic.com has introduced a video tutorial course, Producing Voiceovers with Logic 8, that could be useful for podcasters. Here’s what they have to say about it: Presented by Logic master Eli Krantzberg, this collection of Logic 8 video tutorials will show you how to make professional voiceover productions for commercials, advertisements and more. Starting with […]

The Escape From City 17 short film series is based on the Half Life computer game saga by Valve Corporation. Originally envisioned as a project to test out numerous post production techniques, as well as a spec commercial, it ballooned into a multi-part series. Filmed guerilla style with no money, no time, no crew, no […]

CNet’s Ina Fried reports on Microsoft‘s quiet reorganization of their Zune team: The software and services portion of the Zune team–the bulk of its staff–will be added to the portfolio of Enrique Rodriguez, the vice president who currently runs Microsoft’s Mediaroom and Media Center TV businesses. The hardware team, meanwhile, will now report to Tom […]

The Pew Internet Project reports that, as of December 2008, 11% of online American adults have used a service like Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.

YouTube comedian and video guru Kevin Nalts has posted his take on the importance of topicality and timing for the success of Internet media: Want lots of views on your video? Timing and topicality is important. The reason sxephil and whatthebuck are two of the most-subscribed YouTube amateurs is partially because they vlog about what’s […]

Zoom has introduced the next generation in its handheld audio recorder line, the H4n. Zoom’s H4n features built-in X/Y stereo condenser mics that allow variable recording patterns at either 90° or 120°. Other new features include digitally controlled high-quality mic preamps and the ability to use internal and external mics simultaneously, for 4-channel recording. The […]

Apple has set up an online survey to find out how recent buyers of Apple TV make use of their box and what they do and don’t like about it in an effort to improve the system. The online survey asks for demographic information, then asks you about how frequently the use Apple TV for […]

When you think Jack Black, you probably think awesome sounding sound, right? So there’s nobody better qualified to teach you the secrets of getting awesome sound for your videos than Jack Black. Other than maybe a sound guy. Anyway, this video features Jack Black offering his tips on getting awesome sound for your videos. And […]