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Videos Produced by the NMR Studio
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“Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video”

Julie Levin Russo (Stanford) and Alexis Lothian (USC) as well as Jonathan McIntosh, creator of Buffy vs Edward talk about the power of remix videos and challenging people's perception of sexuality and gender. The event was hosted by Anita Sarkeesian (FeministFrequency.com)

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Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture

USC’s Johanna Blakley does a TED Talk on why in the absence of copyright in the fashion industry, creativity and innovation have flourished.

How to find Creative Commons images on Flickr

Looking to find free images ? Check out Flickr for creative commons images. Here is a screencast on how to navigate Flickr to find CC images !

San Diego Educators speak about March For California's Future

Educators Lacey Dorman, Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew, their son Walt and students speak about why the continued budget cuts on the California University system is so destructive. This video was made in the NMR Studio that is free to use by the public.

Senior scams

John Mattes investigates the schemes that are scamming senior citizens in San Diego.

Investigating consumer problems with GE Money

Michael Shames recommends, that you need to be "remarkably diligent" when someone shows up at your door and offers you products and services.

Too Lazy puts unauthorized charges on Verizon cell phone bills

John investigates the website Too Lazy further.

NMR community journalism project investigates unauthorized charges on cell phone bills

NMR Community Journalism Project investigates: Consumers complain about unauthorized charges from TooLazy LLC on their cell phone bills.

NMR community journalism project investigates: Are insurance companies paying doctors ?

This is New Media Rights Community Journalism Project's follow-up video to UCAN investigates: Are insurance companies failing to pay doctors ?. In this video John Mattes interviews California Insurance Commissioner to learn about what sort of regulation is happening to create healthcare reform in California.

San Diego Filmmaker Martin Johnson creates two Creative Commons documentaries on education and parenting

San Diego filmmaker Martin Johnson has produced two short form documentaries featuring local teachers discussing

  • the importance of parent involvement, and
  • how creating a math honor society encouraged inner city students to achieve

Both documentaries are licensed under Creative Commons licenses and were made using New Media Rights Free Public Studio equipment.

Introduction to Storytelling Video

Pete Fuentes describes the basics of storytelling.

Video Editing and Shot Techniques: Study of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways

New Media Rights' Pete Fuentes teaches the basics of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways. The video is also an excellent example of fair use, quoting three scenes from famous films to illustrate practical examples. Original creativity, fair use, and creative commons = new creativity.

New Media Rights Studio

An introduction to New Media Rights Studio. Apply to use the studio and equipment today!

Notify.me

New Media Rights Resident Filmmaker Sal Provenzano recently helped local San Diego, California startup Notify.me make a video describing its unique Web 2.0 service.

UCAN Oil Hog 2008

AT&T Star Wars Parody TV Commercial

Gaszilla Attacks!