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...open house complete with balloons and candy, Lamont Library celebrated yesterday the establishment of its new multimedia lab, providing undergraduates with a central location to edit music, video, audio, and general media projects...
...catch is that the movie must be related to academic research and teaching. The goal of the festival emphasizes the creative translation of scholarly content into an interactive multimedia presentation. Sponsored by the Office for the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Harvard Shorts is the brainchild of Shigehisa Kuriyama, a professor of East Asian studies who is a strong proponent of incorporating media projects into teaching and course assignments (like swapping podcasts for papers). Through this contest, Kuriyama hopes to demonstrate the powerful ways that a film can convey a message to its audience, and how the use of images...
...best part is that you don't have to be technologically savvy or an aspiring filmmaker to enter the contest. The whole idea behind Harvard Shorts is that nowadays, it's a lot easier to create multimedia presentations with software like Keynote and Movie Maker—you no longer need the expensive equipment that is traditionally used to produce movies...
...Many people don't appreciate how easy it is to use this medium without special training," Kuriyama said. "Basically anybody can express their idea in this form of multimedia presentation...
...that Greeks respond best when we're at the edge of the cliff. Well, we're definitely at the edge of the cliff." Some Greek business leaders hope that the medicine, though bitter, will produce a healthier economy. "The crisis was inevitable," says Ioannis Kamatakis, CEO of MLS Multimedia, a technology company that produces GPS systems and translation software. "It represents a unique opportunity for Greece to turn the page...