If there’s one word that’s been most widely used by audience when discussing Chernobyl, it’s “stressful.” The mini-series excels at turning the screw on the ever-worsening events behind the real-life disaster depicted on screen.
Jamie Field is the managing director of TopLine Film, a video production and animation company based in London. Jamie is passionate about creating beautiful films that have a measurable impact.
In 2019, Netflix’s Ozark earned nine Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, thereby elevating it to one of the top shows in an age of exceptional television.
There are a ton of tutorial videos out there on the World Wide Web, but the number of videos that are truly great gets smaller and smaller when you start to account for things like brevity, entertainment value, video quality, and how clear and informative the how-to video actually is.
Using three- and four-point editing is one of the best ways to keep your work precise. The idea is that you use multiple edit points to add items to your timeline automatically.
This month we’re heading back to school to check out podcast themes, lo-fi hip-hop and classic disco.
Once you’ve completed your work, a unique code can be applied to each track – just add the code (provided in each brief) to your keyword tags when you upload. That way, we’ll know which genre you’ve been focusing on.
If you have any questions or comments about any of these briefs, please email Pond5’s Director of Audio Collections, Mike Pace, at mike@pond5.com.
With the explosion in podcasting we’re seeing more and more customers looking for short, direct intro music. Themes can vary but keep it to :15!
It’s that time of the year again! Stock up on pencils and paper, grab that brown bag lunch and wait on the corner for big yellow bus. Don’t be late (and please don’t call your track “Back to School”!)
A relentless four on the floor beat (potentially) augmented with rubbery bass, syrupy strings, butterfly collars and the sense of optimism that–for a brief moment in the mid to late 70s–we could leave our cares at the door and work it all out on the dance floor.
Plenty of Pond5 customers are looking for dirty beats, booming bass and scratchy samples. Bring the noise and keep it there!
Don’t Forget:
Take advantage of the 50-keyword limit and add both broad and specific keywords (but no recognizable band or artist names please)!
We also encourage you to submit separate :15 and :30 versions of these tracks for social-media use.
Top image: Portrait Of A Guitar Player by Melnyk
