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• Welcome Christop Waltz at the Jay Leno Show – "I will be back " #oscar #academyaward http://bit.ly/dn1kUH #
• "Food at the Oscars are lousy " Chrisoph Waltz at the Jay Leno Tonight Show #oscar #tarantino #madona http://bit.ly/cRzOJn #
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• Funny Austrian -Videos http://bit.ly/dkLCKg #

These is a very funny tutorial how to build your own smal cinema a wounderfull project you can made with your kids and friends during a weekend .As many of my friends are filmmaker and even more owen a iphone or other mobiles with bigger screens .
Iam sure on your next pitch or friends invite you can show even a family video with the old style felling of a real cinema Theatre. In times of DVD LCD and Plasma screens its the beauty for the small and heart-full handmade things that impress mostly .These is definitely on my too due list one one of the next weekends.

What you would need a Iphone with media player a show cartoon some free pics from the Internet .
youtube

Watch the Making of to get a feeling how to build these Movie Theater

The Tutroial Credits goes to Katz

• sorry realy get too seldom time for twitter to much admin work on facebook .#Austria #viral #
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• Dont miss the Oscar Night tonight here on Facebook LIVE ,check the live Tab #AcademyAward #filmmaker http://bit.ly/cZUi7Z #
• Film Producer congrats Austrian actor Christoph Waltz for his Glorious Oscar http://bit.ly/cQoxcW #
• Österreich gratuliert Christoph Waltz zum glorreichen Oscar ,BINGO ,#Austria Congrats Waltz for his Oscar… http://bit.ly/a80TYd #
• Check out this years winners of the 82. Oscar Awards. First female director honored with best picture and best… http://bit.ly/bayGu7 #

I love Austria

The bet Austria can ..

Last weekend we  start a new Project Facebook Page with the Title
“I bet AUSTRIA can reach 1 million fans before GERMANY” as a experimental edutainment Project to support our social Film project .

What is the goal

The site was designed as an Social art experiment and for entertainment and to engage the Facebook user into the movie project (Phase3) done by the community . The film professionals stay in the background and give only advisees and hints.The Page members will choose who is the cast and how to tell the story.

translatet from german expose
The Projects target will be Conflict solution thou Social Netwokrs and edutainment – Social Movie Project “is the production of an interactive media program,Distributed and shared through Facebook and its users to get discussed. The Facebook users are active creators in this movie. Conflicts in its various dimensions to recognize, analyze and interpret. Concurrent tolerance and mutual understanding across cultural, historical and religious differences should be encouraged.
The Members produce the content while we only give small inspirations and advices .

Behind the whole idea is the Olympian Idea thats why it starts during the Olympic Winter games .The fan page symbolises the close ties and friendship with all countries to Austria and Germany.At the Oscar night the Fans reach 100.000 Fans in time when Christph Waltz get honoured as actor .

Why Austria versus Germany ?
Every move need a plot and some conflict that get solved during the plot .As it should be in german we choose these 2 countries as the main topic and actor .
Germany have about 10 times more population about 80 million and 4 million Facebook user but the Austrian and the strong grow of the Facebook Fans in Austria drive it forward  . About 1,7 Million Facebook user are online in Austria and the community is very alive .In relation to Germany with just 4 million members on the Facebook platform .
Many bets running on Facebook ,there is a historic misunderstanding between Germany and Austria .The huge big Brother goliath and the “small” Austrian david ,even in media and German TV Shows  some jokes about Austrian are very common like nick names for Austrian like “Ösi”  ,the meaning of the word ÖSI is something very different in Austrian dialect thats why they hate to get called that way .

The Page reach very fast a huge Fan base
But it helps the user to spread and share there Love to Austria farther than just with truistic or political topics .The Page is not against any country it should give a active platform for discussion and connect Austrians with Austria friends from all religious and cultural places to give a virtual weider horizon .

Peace and Love …
Visit the Austria bet for 1 Million Fans … on Facebook

Bored about the youtube videos ? After a while you get too the point that you would liek to watch real movies on your iphone and not only the short youtube videos .Since google buy youtube it gets calm about Goolge video but there you find the nice and longer stuff like full lengh Documentays from great filmmakers how whant to show there amtion movies to a wider audiance .
As The Iphone dont support Flash player you can use the Ipode PSP link to watch them .For some reason the Savfary Browser dont show the google result liek it should .The google search returns more youtube links and other Videos than results from video.google.com
There are 3 options
First use the Advanced serach from video Google
http://video.google.com/videoadvancedsearch
Enter in the felds
return videos within the duration “>20 min”
return videos from the site or domain “video.google.com”

or more easy use the Google APP for the iphone with following
search String
” Documentary site:video.google.com”

You can wary of course the first word but most Documentary you will find that way and ther are mostly over a hour leng

The App is far from perfect but a fast search rutine there i miss a serch of only Videos ,even on the Browser video selection is not visible from the iphone user.

Dont wounder when you get a empty white site the video google site is not Iphone ready
Scroll down you will see after a some seconds only a huge Play button .
Thats it quite easy but also very hiden for the fast user .

What iam still missing is a download option from the iphone to wach the movie offline .
As this blog is Iphone compatible i will add some intersting Documentary from Google video .

My Documentary selection for the Iphone
Some Move embed with the Iphone Download Link (Safary Iphone dont show it on the Google Video )

The Road To Guantanamo

| 92 minutes German
Michael Moore’s

SiCKO

| 124 minutes Iphone Download

Bowling for Columbine

| 116 minutes Iphone Download Movie

Century of Self:

Episode 1 | 58 minutes Part 1 Iphone Download PART 1

Iraq for Sale

| 76 minutes Iphone Download

The Road To Guantanamo

| 92 minutes Iphone Download Movie

Iphone Download

The Origins of AIDS

Iphone Download

The Oil Factor

IPhone Download

Money As Debt

Iphone Download

The Israeli Lobby

Iphone Download

American Blackout

Iphone dowload
Why Documentary film makers allow their films to be streamed for free ?
“Many documentary film makers realize that having their films streamed on the internet for free will also encourage people to purchase the DVD.”

Would you as a filmmaker share your movies for education on the internet for free too ?
There are many many more just tray the search string with some variations .
Take care that you are on a free Wifi Net when Downloading as the video data can hurt your Phone bill !
I wish google or some App developer going to make a Google video Player for the IPhone for the real Movie lover.

More Iphone stream Movie blogs
Iphoneblog

Apfelnews Movie Stream

Benm Blog /austria

These post is a remark how to get all the contacts you have synced in a proper way without any extra cost or service . The only part its  not that easy and not sure if it will stay for free for ever so the early bird pics the nice corn . I write this as most as a smal path to remmber for the hours traying to sync and claer up all my contacts .Pleas read carefully to the end before you start .

1.) BAKUP ALL Contacts from Google contacts , Adressbook and Iphone separate on a save place
so if something goes wrong you can get back to previous status

2.) Sync Google Iphone Adressbook
Google to iPhone via ActiveSync = My Contacts
Google to Address Book via iSync = All Contacts

The mention was to get my contacts synced over multiple computer and Iphone everywhere with any device in this case Ipone was new in the chain and the change from Outlook to MAC Adressbook . The tools here noted are used ALL together to make the best mix as there is not one tool how due all the jobs .Just a little inspiration for the Developer . 

What sources and Social networks i would like to hold in sync .The Idea give me the Tweetdeck witch manage all social platform with one interface like Twitter LinkedIN ,Facebook and Myspace. As Filmmaker needs fast access to a huge list of connects during there production it is a must to have your filmmaker and crew contacts up to-date and in your pocket all time .

Google Contact as a central Email and Contact Storage .Email used for many years now as they have the best spam and virus protektion as it wash and there is no need for me to run a virus or spam software on my Computer .Google will filter tht for me .

Iphone Contacts Sync with Exchange

For the one that dont have a exchange server in there compny and a Admin who setup all for them this is rocking nice as you can setup your Iphone with google to work as a Exchange server .

What that mean is you add a Contact or Calendar entry in Google Contact Calendar  on your desktop favourite Browser and it will be in your iphone in minutes .

How to start setup

Add a new Service in Prefernces in Iphone ,dont add Google mail Add Exchange fill in your account details and passwords and don’t forget to allow PUSH . Take care about your Data plan with your Provider ,if you are in a City Area mostly you even dont need one .As there are many free Acces points on every corner in Vienna at least .[Freenet]

For the one need a more details description take a look at Stephen Fosket Blogs

Email Pop or IMAP for Iphone

It depends how you use your phone but the email idea is that you use the IMAP service what means when you delet a Email or move it to a other folder like Jobs it will move on the Google Server to. If you acitenly delted onee mail you still can find it in the Trash Folder there for a time you specify one week one month .

SyncMat

Is a tool to Sync Apple  Adressbook with your Gmail Contacts .Yes i know the standard Isync will due that to but not with the profil photos .Even the standard version works quite good and you can backup sync many more devices with that application .It can take a while if you have many contacts.

Facebook Sync

As Facebook dont allow you to export data from there Platfrom they still going to open up more and more .The Facebook Conect was just one of the first steps to make the platform more open mindet to other web developer and websites .Thats probably why they allow the Application Google Contact Sync to compare your Contacts in google with the one on Facebook if it finds a match it will sync the Photo to your google account ,And later on when you setup the steps before correctly on your Iphone too . I just wonder why he have only 150 Fans with these great App (i tray  all other too)

Google Contact Sync 1.3.3 Windows only for syncing Facebook Profil Photos and Gmail Contact Photos Facebook App

Social Networks
You ever asked yourself where are my Facebook Friends ? As its a husle to click thrue all your Friends on Facebook there is a fast way to see them all in one page. Several Apps over syncing the Photo with your Adressbook and Iphone.
For a short Name Birthday list of your Friends
Go to Event on the left APPLICATIONS  ->EVENTS ->Birthdays open all the months there are all friends on one page with birthdays and age ,the named links contain there Facebook ID if you ever lost one or dont remember them by name .

Xing Backup and Google Sync

The Doublets Problem

It could very fast happen that you get many doublets of contacts in your Adressbook and or Iphone too . The Adressbook from apple over a nice find doublets feature but not Google so it could be needed that you merge and sync several times to get all Contacts in Sync without the nasty doublets .

check the Facebook App for more inforamtion and link i can just highly recomend that as it adds all the missing profiel picutres from your contacts you have already .It can handle multiple tausend contacts and offer auto sugestion if the name of your friend is not written in the same way liek in Facebook.

Before you tray any of these tools don’t to forget to backup your Gmail Iphone and Adressbook contacts on a save place if something would go not as you like you can restore it easily

Additional Mac Sync Tools

Spanning Sync

Spanning Sync doesn’t support group-to-group contact syncing.
Whatever Address Book contacts you choose to sync, will all end up in
the ‘My Contacts’ list in Google.

Ther is also a tool from the Itunes Store called Friendsync that would due the job ,if you dont have to many contacts .Your MAC is much faster and needs some time ifyou have many tausend contacts over the year for some hunderd it should work

Googaby a  tool for Apple Mac user to push information to your google account its not a sync tool .It goes the way that your mac Adressbook holds much richer information than google Contacts . more Googaby FAQ

The MAC Adressbook Sync for Facebook
This new App allow Contact picture Sync from your Adressbook to Facebook Friends .
Facebook to Mac Adressbook Sync by Dan Auclair
http://danauclair.com/addressbooksync/ version 1.4

Iphone Sync Apps

Sync in a Blink
Sync Groups to the Ipone

Sync Problems
MERGE Contacts
Google and Adressbook offer the Merge dublet contacts .Thats fine but it could end in a disaster of multiple entrys in the Note field if you Merge multiple times .
At the moment i don’t know any Script that could fix this truncating a huge multiplied Note field information

GOOGLE Export -> Adressbook Mac CSV Cards
Some how googel dont export the groups information the contact is relatet to .
Adressbook dont offer import in to a Group
So all the hard manual work of sorting your contacts will get lost

This Post is in preperation or will grow some Screenshots in time as i get al the details in words ,just like a movie would slowly grow .

More links to Iphone Gmail Contacts Sync
Google announce a Beta Iphone Sync

Artemis the Viewfinder

Realy lovely composition tool that can fully be a part of the pre production and as a real nice replacement for the heavy viewfinder to get your shoots shown befor moving the havy camera.There is even a gripp handheld support for your iphone in the Hollywood camera store .

As a a new memerb of the Iphone Community one of the first things i look for what is intersting for a cameraman or filmmaker on the Iphone store .

Big supprise was that there are a huge amount of realy great and cool apps for Film peopel here i whant to share the favorite i found . There are alos some hardware tools intersting for the Movie Director  or DoP like the Handheld mount for the Iphone .

Top Cinematographer Apps

Helios

Great done Sune calculator with nice Graphikal interface and GPS support .As the sun is needed on most outdoor shooting a precise planing is needed when traveling from one lokation to the next in a foreign cauntry its a great tool to plan you shooting day .Preseted at CineGear 2009

Hitchock Mobile Storyboard

THE Storyboard Tool ,When ever you need to explain a shoot idea this is the most handy tool i have seen .Pan dolly zoom and many more features. Storyboard Composer is  a mobile story boarding application. No need to know how to draw. You can have your first story board up in minutes . Storyboard Composer allows professionals and students to portray their vision to others in an easily controllable and transportable format . Storyboard Tutorials

SLATE

Timecode Slate with audio clap or beep what i miss is the wide mode but lovly done when ever you need it in the Studio or just as a gag to mark your tapes at the beginning .Even when you whant to mach mutliple video cameras on sync it helps .The only pat i missing is that the slate only run in real time so the clock is displayed on the slat some Timecode setup posibility would be great .As this app is quite on budget i can recommend this Will use it definitly and the sound guy will love you for it

Timelaps

As the name it takes Timelaps Photos of what ever you like interesting for any making of setup the set or camera-gear  could be as nice for your social share on Facebook or youtube as the resolution of the iphone camera is not that high i would see it mostly as a fun gadget nice and handy in relation to a huge photo Camera with that function .

Photo Tools for Filmproducers and Location hunter

Camera HD Widescreen Photos

Photo Tools for every one that needs to take care on there aspect ration .Gives a wide fariety to make fotos on your iphone with many Formats

For $0.99 USD. There’s also a free, lite version that watermarks your images.

IMAX , 35mm 3:2 TV Commercial 1.56:1 Widescreen 16:9 American Theater 1,85:1 Super scope 2:1 70mm 2,20:1 Cinerama 2,59:1

Ultra Panavision 70 2,75:1 and even more Formats

Photo FX Tiffen Company

This is a absolut must too to give a imagination to directors and other film-production departments these Photo tool enhance the Photo with the Filter effects from TIffen .61 Filters from 8 Groups with many grain and collor shemes to give you the Lab post process like flashing ect . Subset of the award winning Tiffen DFX Filter Suite.  50 different looks that can be applied to the filters Visual selection On Screen Controls AvailableReceived the Black Diamond Award 2009

Some Photo Tools are gorgeous for Location hunter too most Set Photo and Location Photos are done with basic snap shot cameras .Why not just use a Iphone Stitch App to show more of the given location in one picture . With others you get the exact aspect ratio 16:9 or any other already a good feeling how the location could get covered in that format

pCam for Iphone

This great tool is a clasical one known from the Palm time (long ago ) it was the first and best App for Camera peopel .Most formats from 35mm TV Aspect ratio to standard Video aspect and even Super 8 is coved. FoV Dimensions Focal length calculation what you would need and how the Framing on person would look like .The best Part is that you can intuitiv change the Framing with 2 Iphone fingers and the calculation will show you instant what for a lens you need .there is a single shot and 2-person shoot and Car shoot  as a reference. There is a lot more like Exposure calculation ect but that would need more than one post .This is not Free App and its definily a Professional Filmmaker Tool the one how know the basiks and work with Lenses .For the Camera Crew a huge help as you dont have to cary the books with the Conversation Tables with you .

This App is from David Eubank

THE FILMMAKER PRO TOOLS

Wireless Camera Control iPhone

Wireless Camera Remote units for lenses are quite common specially for Steadicam use and Cran remote cameras .This Unit need a additional hardware but as you know most lens remote units working with RF and are quite expensive .If you are in a area with havy RF signals you could get in trouble there . As long you can use your litle iphone for more than just too Phone it looks quite usefull. On this video a Red One lens used .The best part you can control multiple cameras and up to 16 different lenses Steradicam Operators and Assistant will love that . Iphone gonna change how cinematographer and videographers work

by PLC Electronics

Free App for Cinematographers & Photographer

(in Perperatiion )

Strobox

Quite fresh Iphone App out and a lovly tool to plan and make your lighting plans on the go .Its Designed for Photographers manly but i think it can be used for Camera and lighting peoepl too to make a lighplan out of the pocket . The End result can be emailed right out of the Application . Backrounds Flash units Foto Cameras and many more tool you use in a Studio You find it on the Itunes store

ANIMOTO

Probably some know it as a Photo Animation tool from Facebook .This Website ovver a incredible nice feature to upload from nearly any source Flickr Facebook or direct from your Iphone Photos add free music and get a nice looking Video in minutes .The developer mentioned that they will add upload video features too. The Sevice is free of charge for a 30 seconds .As this Service and App is developed by filmmakers its highly visual and the used random effects are some you will like . You need a account at

www.animoto.com  they will brand the free videos with there logo and the musican get a auto credit at the end . simple Youtube upload over the platfrom and import from different Web sources .It is not a typical Cameraman tool but as you would have a lot of making of Photos and Set photos this is a nice peace of software to make a sweet movie out of it with no work .

Probably you need a Christmas present for one of your cinematic friends that could be one .the only problem Itunes store still dont have a Present certificate for Apps. If you know some more usefull App for the filmmaker just post it i will include it here to . This is also for myself a reminder Blogpost tray to stay tuned what is going on for cinematographer tools for the iphone addicted .

qiK

This is a Video live Stream App that i discover some time ago it have the feature to live stream directly to the internet no comperssion or conversion needed and there is a Facebook app to that works with it .The first Phone for livestream was the Nokia 95 but now you can run this app on Iphone and even Windows Mobile .Why not stream live from your Film set show your fans and friends what is going on behind the camera .The quality is some how stunning good its not HD but fine as a videopodcast some like behind the sceen story. Most Filmmaker realize the need of integration of social Networks in film promotion this is just a great additional tool to bust and promote your work long before your final edit is out .And did i mention its free …

Other great Iphone Photo Blogs

http://www.iphoneography.com/

Diesen Samstag vereint eines der schönsten Sachen der Welt .
Schmusen für den Weltfrieden ein Flashmob der unerwartet große Wave durch Facebook genommen hat.
Über 4000 zusagen und noch mal 5000 mögliche Flashmob Teilnehmer .
Die möglichen wahrscheinlich auch deshalb da einige noch nicht ganz sicher sind mit wem Sie schmusen wollen. Leider ist Facebook nich so gut geignet für Events dieser größe es unterbindet Ab 5000 personen die Versendung von benachrichtigungen
Was sich bei der Flut an event einladungen es schwierig macht daran zu errinnerm. Das dies keine Normales Event ist zeigt schon das jeder zum Flashmob koen will doch eher wenige auf die Party die dafür noch schnell ins leben gerufen wurde. Auch wenn nur 400 Leute kommen werden ist es ein erfolg bei Grand Central in New york waren gerade mal 300.

Unser Ziel ist es am 28.11.2009 15.00 alle Menschen, die für den Weltfrieden schmusen an einem geheimen öffentlichen Platz zu versammeln.

WO :Vor dem MQ ecke Mariahilfertrasse Museumsqartier

Wann : 15:00

Damit das ganze auch eine witztige errinmerung bleibt werden 5-8 Kameramäner das Event für euch auf youtube verewigen. Mehr Fotos und videos in kuerze hier.

With friendly support  of Austria ,Austria 2.0

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