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  • List of books on documentary

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTheorizing Documentary (Afi Film Reader) A New History of Documentary Film Television and the Public Interest: Vulnerable Values in Western European Broadcasting Documentary in the Digital Age A few of the books I need to get through over the next few days.

  • Six degrees of seperation

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I watched Six Degrees of Separation. I had heard about it a few years ago when one of the first networking sites began. The aim of the website was to prove that you were related to everyone through six degrees. What this meant that was that by knowing a…

  • Smokescreen

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen mentioning smokescreen I always have the impression that it’s there to hide something but that’s the name of the student tv channel at uni. We’ve already been working on a number of things. We’ve been finding volunteers, preparing the logo and such. Last night I was working on the content…

  • I’m so happy not to need to fly in the next few days

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s some great news and some bad news. The great news is that the English government says it managed to prevent a series of terrorist attacks within the last twenty four hours. What’s not so great is that many people end up stranded at various airports around the world. Apparently over…

  • Two weeks of recreation

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe next two weeks or so shall see me resting but not from media work. There’s a good chance I’ll be working on a project about a Prison in the Lebanon. It was shot a few weeks ago and the person in charge of the project needs help with the editing.…

  • Swimming competitions and your viewing future

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe media is in a time of convergence and that’s what some people find fascinating. i’m listening to a number of podcasts about technology, the media and computing in order to keep informed on developments. Today I will be working once again with footage that has been shot in another country.…

  • Two series of photographs of Concerts at paleo

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Pixies at Paleo and Wampas, a group I knew nothing of until I went under the chapiteau and saw them performing.

  • The future of the media

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the next two weeks, I am working in part of what will become part of the new media landscape. I receive footage via satellite and edit short summaries to become video clips on the official site of the organisation. At the moment it’s not visible to the normal public but it…

  • La fête des collabos

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some images from the party. I’m still in the process of uploading the images but the pages can be found at this location

  • The end of paleo and back to normal life

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the past week I was at Paleo going from concert to concert during the first few days and gradually moving towards other activites. It’s good fun as it’s the most sociable time aorund this part of Switzerland. I took quite a few images which I have yet to upload. This…