February 28, 2007

Article19 Introduces The Film Room - First Video Sharing Site for Dance

Article19 launched this Monday The Film Room, a free video hosting service for dance videos submitted by professional dancers, dance companies and student dancers. (Read story on Article19 about this launch.)

The Film Room is the first video sharing site dedicated to dance, and all videos are processed and uploaded in high-quality QuickTime format.

You can send video clips up to six minutes in length of performances, rehearsals and of other dance-related content. You keep all ownership interests in your videos.

On The Film Room site, you can access a detailed section on how-to "Prepare your video" for submission. And you'll also find technical guides and tutorials on how to compress your video using Quicktime Pro and other software.

You can view an example of what the final video will look like.

Article19 will only reject videos on technical grounds, not editorial grounds. This approach surprises me given the high quality of the dance videos that Article19 produces and hosts on its website.

This service sounds like a great idea although it will get more and more expensive for Article19 to support as more videos are submitted.

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