Since its launch in 2005, YouTube has been a hub for users to upload and share their most interesting, intimate, exciting, or embarrassing moments with viewers all over the world. But how does one take advantage of YouTube’s far-reaching resources and get a video seen? Here, Hollywood producer Frederick Levy addresses the interests and needs of the casual YouTube user as well as the serious web enthusiasts and video-makers who are looking to explore YouTube and its social and networking aspects in greater depth.
Loaded with advice from established Hollywood gurus who’ve “been there, done that,” this is the must-have guide for the wired and connected audiences of YouTube, MySpace, and Metacafe. Readers will learn how to:
• Upload videos from a mobile phone • Capture video directly to the site from a Webcam • Embed videos into personal web pages or blogs, and much, much more!
Frederick Levy is the owner of Management 101, a firm that guides the careers of actors, authors, screenwriters, and directors. Before founding Management 101, Levy was the vice president of development and production at Marty Katz Productions. Levy is also the author of four books about the entertainment industry and currently teaches film classes at UCLA Extension, the USC School of Cinema-Television, and the Los Angeles branch of Boston University. com.
Frederick Levy is the owner of Management 101, a firm that guides the careers of actors, authors, screenwriters, and music acts. In addition to his day-to-day management of clients, he also develops and produces feature films and television programs.
Frederick was the co-creator and executive producer of DANCE ON SUNSET (www.danceonsunset.com) that aired on Nickelodeon. Previously, he was the executive producer of Unknown starring Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Joey Pantoliano, and Jeremy Sisto, which was released by The Weinstein Company. Frederick was also a producer on FRAILTY, starring Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey, for Lions Gate Films. Levy also served as the US Casting Director on BIG In AMERICA, RTL Germany's version of the hit US TV show MAKING THE BAND.
Before founding Management 101, Levy was the Vice President of Development and Production at Marty Katz Productions. While there, the company produced THE GREAT RAID for Miramax Films, directed by John Dahl, and starring Benjamin Bratt, THE FOUR FEATHERS for Miramax Films and Paramount Pictures, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and starring Wes Bentley and Heath Ledger, IMPOSTOR for Dimension films, directed by Gary Fleder, and starring Gary Sinise and Madeline Stowe, REINDEER GAMES, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, James Cameron's TITANIC for Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox, MR. WRONG starring Ellen DeGeneres for Touchstone Pictures and MAN OF THE HOUSE starring Chevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas for Walt Disney Pictures. Before joining Marty Katz Productions, Frederick worked for InterMedia/FilmEquities, Inc. which financed and packaged films.
Aside from his producing chores, Levy is also the author of six books about the entertainment industry, including: SHORT FILMS 101: HOW TO MAKE A SHORT AND LAUNCH YOUR FILMMAKING CAREER (Perigee Books), THE HOLLYWOOD WAY: A YOUNG MOVIE MOGUL'S SAVVY BUSINESS TIPS FOR SUCCESS IN ANY CAREER (St. Martin's Press), THE ULTIMATE BOY BAND BOOK (Pocket Books), 15 MINUTES OF FAME: BECOMING A STAR IN THE YOUTUBE REVOLUTION (Alpha Books), HOLLYWOOD 101: THE FILM INDUSTRY (Renaissance), a two-time Los Angeles Times Best Seller, and ACTING IN YOUNG HOLLYWOOD: A CAREER GUIDE FOR KIDS, TEENS, AND ADULTS WHO PLAY YOUNG TOO (Backstage/Random House).
Frederick began his Hollywood career as a studio guide at Universal Studios Hollywood. He got his start in television working as a Guest Coordinator on more than a dozen shows including LOVE CONNECTION and STUDS. He also worked in professional radio as producer of THE MORNING MAGAZINE on KWNK, Los Angeles, and the syndicated THEN & NOW and THE CELEBRITY DJ PARTY, both of which he also created.
Levy is on the board of directors for the Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival (T-RIFF). He has served as the West Coast Director of the National Association of College Broadcasters. Frederick graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Business/Marketing. He currently teaches film classes at the School of Cinematic Arts at his alma mater. Consistently busy with a multitude of diverse media projects, Frederick is most proud of his work with the Starlight Foundation for which he produced two celebrity charity benefits that raised money to help seriously ill children.
Levy is an avid speaker on the lecture circuit having lectured at Harvard, Yale, NYU, USC, Rutgers, and Boston University, and numerous actor and writer seminars throughout the country. He has been a featured guest on many TV and radio talk shows including Entertainment Tonight, CNN, Fox News, MTV, VH-1, Starz!, and CBS News.
More information can be found on his website at www.fredericklevy.com.
This review is from: 15 Minutes of Fame: Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution (Paperback)
NINE pages of this book are about creating a great video. Those pages start on page 62, after a huge, boring and irrelevant section on the history of YouTube (including every lawsuit). The chapter on creating a great video doesn't actually tell you how to make your video good, just how to create & upload.
After p 71, the book is full of interviews of people you would only know if you were already very familiar with YouTube.
If you're a YouTube fan, you might like this book. If you want step-by-step advice on creating a great video and driving traffic to it, this is NOT a book on creating better videos and promoting them.
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