Yo IS AN OPEN CALL TO ALL IMC VIDEOGRAPHERS: 'INN Reports Worldview,' started by NYC IMC'er Lenny Charles with the help of activist programmer Tom Kiely are looking for videographers & stringers who are interested in having their international news footage and stories included in our new show. Free Speech TV transmitted on DBS Satellite and also rebroadcast to public access channels, with live real broadcast available on the Internet will broadcast the show domestically. We hope to be able to set up an infrastructure in order for footage to be sourced out to other progressive news networks. The show is scheduled to launch early this summer. We are producing this show from our studio in New York City near Ground Zero in the same location that hosted the IMC's 'head quarters' during the World Economic Forum last February. Our mission is to bring attention to pressing daily and current international news stories that are not being covered by US mainstream media in order to create greater public awareness. The aim is to broaden the perspective and discourse of the average American citizen in a format that is relevant and accessible to viewers regardless of their background or political persuasion. 'INN Reports Worldview' is an alternative/activist news show with a surprisingly 'straight' look to it! The show, produced five days a week, features our newscaster reading news gathered from original foreign sources via a non-US newswire that links many of the world's best media outlets, as well as contributing activist reports. Stepping outside the US media bias, it's encouraging and surprising how many other voices there are around the world that echo our concerns about runaway globalization and militarization. The first half of our show has a traditional newsroom feeling, using available video footage, stills, maps and graphics to support the stories. The second half is presented in a roundtable format, with international guests and activists discussing and debating current events. The most difficult part of this project is bringing credibility to our stories, most of which are never told here in the US, or if they are, are re-spun to support government objectives. This is where those of you who are interested in participating come into the picture, literally! In order to make this a successful outlet for international news, capturing an audience that watches on a regular basis, we believe the live, local, supporting video footage to be one of the most important elements of the show. Sixty percent of Americans still get most of their news from mainstream sources even though an unlimited amount and variety is available through alternative sources including the Internet and don't we know it! INN's objective is to offer a different reality in a familiar way, only a few clicks down from the big networks on your TV. We plan to post the stories we will be covering on a regular basis throughout the week in a listserve fashion that will be easy for everyone to check in on. Once we have established a relationship and the terms we mutually agree to work with we can remain in touch by email. You'll let us know if you have footage to support any stories that week. Details on listserve come. Following is our tried and true, proven to work, protocol for sending footage and stills. Follow the steps and send us a test clip. All necessary instructions are in the protocol, the only thing you will need to contact us for is to get our FTP information. Include any questions or concerns. Please contact me Dynamic Visual Coordinator/Stringers/Video/Stills please contact ->PAZ innnews@freethemedia.org We look forward to hearing from you! _____________________________________________________________________________ PROTOCOL FOR SENDING VIDEO VIA INTERNET TO INN _____________________________________________________________________________ Following are the instructions for videographers FTPing video footage to INN's server. This footage is being collected by 'International News Network' and will be made available to other progressive shows/collectives & all IMC's in accordance with a prearranged agreement with the videoraphers and INN. *This works best with a high speed connection 56k or better. _____________________________________________________________________________ There are basically three steps that are involved to send us footage, its' as simple as A B C! A -Capture B -Compress C -FTP to us What is so special about this protocol is that once it's expanded into Media 100, Avid or FCP and played back it's close toTV broadcast quality. _____________________________________________________________________________ PREPARATION -what you'll need to do first before you can send footage 1- Download your software ~ MAC &/or Windows - Go to 'on2.com' get the free vp3 codec (not vp 4) for either platform, MAC or Windows and install it. http://www.vp3.com/getvp3/index.shtml - If your Mac didn't come with iMovie, go to this link and download version 2.0.3, tips and requirements listed http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120020 - If you don't have the latest version of QuickTime (5 is preferable) on your PC, you will need to download & install it http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ - For Windows go this link for Premiere. Check system requirements and download http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/main.html - For an FTP client application we recommend is Fetch, or use your favorite http://fetchsoftworks.com - FAQ for Fetch and FTPing, if you need it http://fetchsoftworks.com/Support/faq.html 2- Please contact us by email for FTP server, username and password. at innnews@freethemedia.org Please include in your subject heading: FTP ADDRESS 3- Test: start by sending us a one-minute clip to make sure the conversion is working for you _____________________________________________________________________________ A- CAPTURE -For MAC capture in iMovie or Final Cut Pro (FCP) preferably from a deck, or your camcorder. For WINDOWS - capture in Premier or any editing program that lets you export in QuickTime (QT). *For MAC users, exporting in iMovie is much faster (3 min to every 1 min of video) than FCP (about 14min to every 1 min), however any editing program that you're using will work if compatible with QT _____________________________________________________________________________ B- COMPRESS -Editing techniques vary depending on your software. When you've captured your one-minute clip, to test, go to the export feature andŠ. -choose QuicktTIme -choose expert (if you're using iMovie) -choose on2 vp3 codec -choose 29.97 fps (with no broadband connection select 15-20 fps) -choose 320/240 size -choose 44.100 audio, IMA 4-1 compression mono -choose key frame every 18 -choose limit data rate, set to 100 Then export file and save to disk. A one minute long compressed file should be anywhere from 3-12 megs. Play the clip back on your desktop in movie player. _____________________________________________________________________________ C- FTP FTP us a one minute test clip or any preview footage you would like us to review and we will respond within 48 hours. Accompany this with an email listing any pertinent information you would like to send including: specs on the footage, the name of file, the size, your name, present location, your contact info-phone, snail mail address etc, whatever you deem important. Subject: TEST CLIP Email to: innnews@freethemedia.org Once the test has been reviewed we will contact you and send along our contractual agreement, which will need to be signed and sent back. Any adjustments made to suit your specific needs are fine as long as we're in mutual agreement. From this point forward we will put you on our current stories outreach list for your region and you can then send us material at anytime which will be stored on our server. You will be notified if and when the material is used with all related specifics to that usage. You will be fully credited for you're work and compensated in whatever fashion we have agreed upon, outlined in the terms of the agreement. Please contact us with any proposals you may have. We will be interested in short completed segments to show on their own, should time and space permit this on any show. _____________________________________________________________________________ FEEDBACK Please feel free to send comments, questions and point out any improvements or errors related to the protocol. Our goal is to make these instructions as clear, simple, transparent and universally accessible as possible Thanks- PAZ