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- Since 2003, the WGBH Lab has offered a virtual and physical space for innovation and experimentation in the world of user-generated content. The Lab is both a resource and a community for media-makers of all kinds, where users interact as they watch, create, and collaborate on video work.
The Lab is made up of 3 programs:
Lab Open Call--
Do you have a fresh idea for a short film? Pitch it and if we like it, we may pay you to produce it.
Lab Sandbox--
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- Open: All content is public.
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Basic Info
- Name:
- WGBH Lab
- Category:
- Entertainment & Arts -
- Description:
- Since 2003, the WGBH Lab has offered a virtual and physical space for innovation and experimentation in the world of user-generated content. The Lab is both a resource and a community for media-makers of all kinds, where users interact as they watch, create, and collaborate on video work.
The Lab is made up of 3 programs:
Lab Open Call--
Do you have a fresh idea for a short film? Pitch it and if we like it, we may pay you to produce it.
Lab Sandbox--
Watch and download free video clips... (read more) - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
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- Website:
- http://lab.wgbh.org
- Location:
- Boston, MA
Recent News
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October 6 2009
What is "Community Review"?
After you submit a video, it will be posted to The WGBH Lab Community Review - an online community that will view, vote, rank and share thoughts on your story.
If you are not already a member of our online community, please register now so that you can participate, review and rate our current Lab Collection, and receive up to date information on all of our Open Calls.
Visit the site at: http://thewgbhlab.org/how-open-call-works for further information
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September 25 2009
How to submit your video to the Open Call
Submissions are currently being accepted on the site. To submit, you will need to register. It's free!
After registering, fill in the blanks, review our Eligibility and Guidelines, agree to the terms, and you're done! Your video will appear on the site immediately, so the sooner you post, the better!
Visit the site at: http://thewgbhlab.org/how-open-call-works for further information.
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September 24 2009
How is The WGBH Lab connected to NOVA?
All WGBH Lab Open Calls are inspired by public media content initiatives, topics or programs. This Open Call is inspired by a series of NOVA films on Darwin and evolution that will air this fall and winter on PBS, including:
DARWIN’S DARKEST HOUR: TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH, AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW IDEA
Premieres Tuesday, October 6 at 8 pm ET/PT on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darwin/
BECOMING HUMAN: UNEARTHING OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS Premieres Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17 at 8pm ET/PT on PBS www.pbs.org/nova/becominghuman
Visit NOVA at www.pbs.org/nova for more information on show listings.
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September 23 2009
What is an "Open Call"?
The WGBH Lab Open Call is an invitation for you to make a completed video short and share it with the world. To kick-start your process, we add a compelling theme and open content video clips for your use. Now we need YOUR fresh take and YOUR feedback.
Upload your short and follow it as our online community watches, reviews, and rates it. We call this Social Production, a crucial part of sharing your story with the world. Engage with other media makers, discuss your experience, and make your voice heard.
Naturally, we like educational. Be creative, be factual, be thoughtful—after all, in making and unleashing your short, you are engaging with the world.
Please review our Eligibility and Guidelines before submitting, and visit the site at: http://thewgbhlab.org/how-open-call-works for further information.
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September 21 2009:
Invitation to this fall’s Open Call: Life Stories
In collaboration with Nova and PBS Engage, the WGBH Lab continues its seventh year with a new Open Call: “Life Stories.” Inspired by Nova’s spotlight programming on Darwin and evolution, this Open Call is a marriage of science and creativity. The Lab challenges the general public, independent media makers, and emerging talent to consider their own compelling perspectives or “life stories” to craft unique videos, and share their vision with the world.
http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/nova/evolution
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August 18th 2008:
Are you making an election video? Need some sweet DC b-roll or historical footage? We're here to help -- we've just added 50 election clips to our Sandbox of free, open-rights video. Download and edit to your hearts content!
http://lab.wgbh.org/sandbox
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August 18th 2008:
Hey guys, check it out, one of our Election shorts got featured on PBS.org! Check this out and watch Voting Schmoting in glorious Flash:
http://wgbhlab.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/we-got-featured/
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August 7th 2008:
We've just posted 6 of our Election Stories shorts produced from YOUR pitches: there's a piece about students campaigning to save their ethnic studies program, a pop-up-video style meditation on whether your vote makes a difference, and a character study of a guy who has legally changed his name to Uncle Sam. And that's just the first three!
Watch the Open Call Election Stories:
http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/election2008/final
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June 10th 2008:
Our Election 2008 Open Call filmmakers have just finished up the rough cuts of their pieces for you to look at! There's everything from a look at Green Collar jobs to a mini biopic on a man who thinks he's Uncle Sam. Take a look and offer the filmmakers your input on how they could be improved -- no thought is too small to include!
http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/election2008/rough-cuts