La Cie Rugged Hard Drives

Here are the external hard drives I recommend:

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11030

I always get the biggest one I can afford, as you can never have too much storage space, especially for video. This one has both USB and firewire, but you can get USB only versions as well (firewire is faster, but is Mac-only unless you install a firewire card on your PC).

www.newegg.com is a great place to shop for hard drives, but you can also check www.amazon.com, www.buy.com or www.bhphotovideo.com.

I would be happy to check the specs for you on any hard drive before you buy. :-)

Canon camera manuals (for Video students)

Here are the links to the manual pages for our Canon HD cameras. PDFs are available there for download and viewing.

Vixia HF S21 (SD Card)

Vixia HV30 (Mini DV)

Another Video Contest

http://www.viralvideofilmcontest.com/


This one offers a $10,000 scholarship to the first place winner. That's not a bad day's work for a 2 minute video on safe driving. Serioously. Do it. Now. Is it done yet?


Go to the site and click on New York on the map to get the specifications for our region. READ and FOLLOW the specs CAREFULLY, or your video may not qualify because you didn't follow diections.


Deadline is December 31, 2010 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. 


This one would have to either be extra credit, or students who had me last year could choose to do this plus another project in place of the Documentary, if desired.

C-SPAN's StudentCam Contest

Attention Video Students: 

You may choose to do this contest as your documentary project, or on your own for extra credit if you wish, or students who had me last year could also do it in place of the short narrative project. First place is $5000! Do it. Read the requirements carefully, as you must include C-SPAN footage in the project.

http://www.studentcam.org/

Deadline: January 20, 2010

Career Safety Video Contest

Attn Video Students: We WILL be doing this contest as a project after Christmas break. Nice scholarship prizes... so start thinking of your winning idea now. :-)

http://www.careersafeonline.com/index.k2?did=551601

Animation Class - For You - John K's Blog

The Creator of Ren and Stimpy, John Kricfalusi, has a some fantastic online resources.

His blog: http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/

His online "animation school": http://johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com/. This one is a collection of posts from his regular blog, but specifically discussing tips and techniques. Great stuff if you are serious about a career as an animator.