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5 Video Contests We’d Enter If We Had Time
Video contests are not only good for the winners. They are a great opportunity to exercise your creativity, gain valuable experience working under a deadline, and most of all, boost your reel if you’re an aspiring filmmaker. Check out these cool contests going on right now:
1. The first-ever Vimeo Festival and Awards is coming up [...]
Ad Hustle #1: Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards (and Conference)
New Orleans = off the hook
Partially inspired by, Jerry Solomon, a producer and production/agency honcho I admire, I’m going to be writing a series of blog posts from the perspective of the “boutique” agency founder. Hopefully my ruminations on the state of the industry, of which, I am essentially a n00b in, and the trials [...]
VidCon was real
We have been frighteningly busy with real work, but I’d be be remiss if I didn’t share this video about our experience at VidCon, which is a dual track conference, for both fans of famous YouTubers and for industry folks. I can safely say that myself, @the_bg and @faketv were astonished by how vibrant [...]
video of the day: coalition of the willing
‘Coalition of the Willing’ is a collaborative animated film and web-based event about an online war against global warming in a ‘post Copenhagen’ world.
‘Coalition of the Willing’ has been Directed and produced by Knife Party, written by Tim Rayner and crafted by a network of 24 artists from around the world using varied and eclectic [...]
Josh Soskin on SLR Craze and “Love Stinks”
Ewwwwwww. Well worth watching this cut down of a short by our man Josh Soskin.
We shot with the hvx200 with letus adapter package and nikon still lenses. edited myself in final cut pro and did all color correction with FCP and magic bullet.
Sound mixed at Todd AO West. Got a great sound [...]
@BBGUNfilm is my favorite music video director right now
The new J. Cole video absolutely sold me on dude and I’m mad curious what his rig looks like/what he shoots on. Check out the steadicam shots on both the J. Cole video and the Asher Roth video (i know, dude sucks, but the way they flip that old Lootpack LP is nice). And [...]
Video of the Day: Orbit branded video with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett
In the future there will be no commercials. Only branded 4-minute web videos starring comedians you already like. I will stop posting these kinds of branded videos when they stop making funny ones. On the industry-side, this piece was developed out of a partnership between Bateman and Arnett and Electus, the new, somewhat stealthy IAC-backed [...]
video of the day: Diddy/Aziz Ansari smooth off
This branded spot for Siroc pretty much speaks for itself.
@tvcarnage’s Let’s Work It Out is amazing, disturbing
Derek Beckles might be the greatest videoartist of our time. His pilot for Adult Swim was deemed too weird/offensive. For Adult Swim. his Frankenstein amalgams of 80s/90s vhs pretty much created an entire scene of weirdos scouting flea markets and garages sales for hard to find VHS gems. And his latest opus, “Let’s Work It [...]
YouTube introspective
Remember LonelyGirl15? YouTube’s 5th birthday was last week and I’ve finally gotten around to watching the “YouTube Stories” series they produced– 2 minute interviews with select creators about their successes with the medium. The stories, and this interview with the director, contain interesting little insights about creating for YouTube that are worth checking out–
What kinds [...]
@shivsingh drops knowledge on crowdsourcing
Shiv Singh, the dude who literally wrote the book on social media, (that joke never gets old) just blogged his best practices for crowdsourcing on his Going Social Now blog. The note I found most insightful within his post was the idea that you should:
“Build momentum by making the initiative part crowdsourcing, part education and [...]
GE crowdsources online marketing ideas
GE has just announced that they will be tapping the minds of creatives and want-to-be creatives everywhere to help them “avoid the lame”.
What I like about this is the fact that it’s not a Poptent(or Tongal, or Mofilm, or Filmmaka, et. al)- powered “make-us-a-viral-video campaign. It’s just an open call, from the social media department, [...]
Link: MediaFail – Digg, for mediawatchers who want to get depressed
I wont spend that much time on MediaFail, despite realizing that it’s intentions of calling out bad reporting, lack of reporting and just plain, old journalistic incompetence are very much needed. But yeah, while a lot of their shots at the inconsistencies and conservative bias’ of Fox News are fun to read, the more academic [...]
video of the day: write the future
Nike always understood how to connect their brand with the larger narratives of sports. This new, astonishing 3-minute commercial is the latest edition to the book of classic Nike, big-budget ads. Say what you want about Nike’s branded carpet-bombing of western culture, but game recognizes game and I defy anyone to watch this spot and [...]
Vice Launches The Creators Project (powered by Intel)
A multi-year project profiling various creative thought leaders from around the world. It’s a cool idea, but I wish I could have been in the room when Vice pitched this to Intel, cos it looks like it’s gonna cost some serious scratch and getting a brand like Intel on-board, with no real payoff is a [...]
Critique Our (potential) Kit
We’re deep in the process of researching for purchase a new production kit and I’m seriously leaning towards going in the Canon 7D direction. I have a wish list of different possibilities up at B&H here, and I’d love to get some feedback from our community. Alright, then. Holler, then.
How To @$#!ing Bleep A Word Out
The other day someone asked me to post an old student film online. Easy enough, right?
Problem is, this innocent little film contains an inordinate amount of F-bombs, as well as an entire monologue centered around tits.
Being the classy, considerate person that I am, I decided I would need to bleep some fucking words out.
I immediately [...]
Vitamin Water Cameo in Dope YouTube Video a coincidence?