Upcoming Media Workshops @ Scribe

Scribe Video Center has some great workshops planned for filmmakers and other media-making folks:

  • DIY Marketing for Filmmakers
  • Produce and Host Your Own Radio Show
  • Community News Reporting
  • Audio Recording for Live Performance
  • Fundraising for Filmmakers
  • Planning a Low-Budget Documentary

Get the details and register at http://www.scribe.org/workshop/currentsemester.

Scribe offers more than 50 professional-level workshops a year. Find out more at http://www.scribe.org/.

AIGA Philly Interview with “Designy Illustrator” Mikey Burton

This should be of interest to all you designers and illustrators out there.

In this video interview, Ohio-born Mikey Burton speaks with AIGA’s Craig Schlanser about finding creative inspiration in the Rust Belt, how he manages tight deadlines, and what his goals are for the future.

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Designing for Users: UX Best Practices

Hey web designers, this one’s for you. The Philadelphia New Media Association is bringing Jessica Ivins to town on April 26. Jessica is an expert on UX and user interface design

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Philly Film School Roundup

Know someone who’s looking to break into the production business?

The Greater Philadelphia region is home to more than 80 accredited colleges and universities. That is the highest concentration of institutions of higher learning in the country. This is a listing of colleges and universities with Media Arts, Film & Video Production Programs.

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Philly Advertising’s Movers & Shakers

The Philly Ad Club’s annual Movers & Shakers Pinnacle Award Program recognizes the biggest names in Philly advertising.

Join the Philly Ad Club regional community in honoring three “Movers and Shakers” on April 25th at Loews, Millennium Ballroom (12th and Market Streets). Registration will be at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon will end around 2 p.m.

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PPA Photography Workshops

If you’re a photographer, you’ll want to check out the Spring/Summer lineup of workshops at Philadelphia Photo Arts. There’s something for everyone.

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New Media Outlook 2012

Let’s start our whirlwind tour of the new media landscape with the elephant in the room, HTML5. Despite the hoopla, this standard is far from standard. The spec won’t be finalized until 2013 and browser support is uneven, to say the least. As Jan Ozer succinctly put it, Enough With HTML5 Already. Flash is still the most sensible platform for video delivery to the desktop today, though of course iOS devices do require HTML5. So for the foreseeable future, we’re living in a dual world where there is really no choice but to support both platforms.

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16th Annual Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival

On February 26, 2012, Temple University’s Film and Media Arts Department will host the Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival, which offers youth filmmakers, ages 12 to 18, an opportunity to screen their work in front of their peers and other film professionals.

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Creative Events for January 2012

Every month PhillyCreativeGuide.com brings you a full calendar of events in the Philadelphia region of interest to the creative community. Check out this month’s highlights…

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Interview With Neil Kleinman of the Corzo Center and UArts

Neil Kleinman, senior fellow at the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy and professor of media and communication – The University of the Arts.

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