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Edinburgh Enterprise 101

Hilary Singer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:31:04 +0000

Here’s another quick Flip video of an event we had earlier this month.

After an introduction to entrepreneurship support at Edinburgh, six teams of students each came up with a new business idea and pitched it to the audience.

The ideas all fit into one of the six categories for the Business Idea Competition we’re running. This year, students will be awarded specific prizes for arts and culture businesses, social enterprises, e-commerce sites, product design, science or technology-based businesses (including software), and new ideas in retail. I’ve put up a page on LAUNCH.ed with all the details about the competition.

Brendan Corkery and beer

Hilary Singer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:56:49 +0000

Brendan Corkery graduated from the University of Edinburgh last year. He’s an Irish mechanical engineer, who used his dissertation to explore a new idea for managing stock at bars and pubs. I met with him last week because our office has given him a £3000 grant to continue to develop his product.

His story is cool, so we made a movie.

(This video was also made on our new Flip HD, but edited in Final Cut Express. Final word on iMovie vs. Final Cut Express: if iMovie can do it, I’ll use it, and gladly. If my movie needs more substantial editing or effects, I’ll use Final Cut Express.)

Image credit: Mykl Roventine

Flip HD heads to Hollywood

Hilary Singer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:42:44 +0000

I have just finished our first promo video using our new Flip HD camera. The film below was done entirely on the Flip, and subsequently edited in iMovie.

(Caveat: the animations of the LAUNCH.ed logo were professionally produced by Dunedin Arts. They did not use a Flip.)

I think the quality of the sound and video compares very well to more expensive cameras. Any thoughts?

Image credit: Marcus Vegas