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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 [...]
Pop Up Film Festival “Special Offer” in NY
Stop… drop… open up a film festival. We haven’t heard enough about Damon aka Dame Dash’s Creative Control TV… how is that possible? Dame typically bangs his self-promo drum pretty loudly. CreativeControl.tv is his latest (as far as we know) spinoff post HOVA split. It’s difficult to figure out exactly what it is, but it [...]
LOOSWORLD Presents… Noseferocktu
It’s actually happening… believe it. Urgent Content famlay, Looseworld is putting on a pretty uniquely sick event in NYC. They asked filmmakers to submit their work, and paired them with musicians to score the films and perform live. Should be a fun event, with the Street Carnage dudes hosting, and apparently Das Racist performing? Hmmm. [...]
Appearance releases via iPhone in the field!
Whoa… admitedly, I’ve been holding out on the iphone related stuff, I’m a BBerry guy, but recently I was able to trade my little sister (14 years old) an Urban Outfitters gift card to have her ipod touch on loan. I’m getting into it, and Urgent Content is developing a mobile ap, so figured I [...]
A Convo w/ Sundance Nominated Max Joseph
Max is a great example of a creator who’s taken his skills and creativity and leveraged it in the web video space to gain serious recognition as a filmmaker. In a web video less world, Max’s vision would not have had the multimillion view exposure that it has, and he’s managed to take the [...]
Pasta, a brew, and some Chat Roulette
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m obsessed with CR. Before we started Urgent Content, the Bonrz crew (@faketv, @henrygoldman, @bjstein, and yours truly @the_bg) were contemplating a potential dating site idea… We went so far as to review the thesis of and meet with the author of a major paper on online dating and then subject [...]
And the Award goes to… everybody with a camera and access
Interesting piece here about the prestigious journalism Polk Award going to an anonymous person who captured a startling video of a student’s death in Iran. I remember how Time magazine’s person of the year last year or year before was “You” with a mirror like effect on the cover, (clever.).. and now awarding boards are [...]
You are not alone
This MOS video from Urgensia fam, Siddharth, on Indians’ pov on piracy is interesting from the standpoint that it confirms that consumers have a very universal view on media piracy. There’s a nice accompanying article/interview as well. What’s also of note, is how piracy helped fuel an IT economy and development in Banglore. I just [...]
The nosefeROCKtu
We don’t know how the fuck you pronounce it, but we do know that this event looks to be fresh. For all NYC based musicians and filmmakers, LooseWorld is producing what looks to be a very interesting event. As they describe it:
“nosfeROCKtu is a creative competition that challenges artist to collaborate across mediums [...]
Le Blogotheque in Africa
We like it… Le Blogotheque has consistently brought good vids to the forefront. Peep there new colab in Africa. Really fresh.
Hyper Local YouTube Stars
As I stepped out of my home on Saturday to a beautiful day, I smiled at the USPS delivery lady who was approaching me with mail in hand. My smile was topped by her shit eating grin, which was confounding, mail delivery people hadn’t been this nice since the 60’s.
“You’re laughing at me, aren’t you?” [...]
Grassroots Media Report from Haiti
We have to do our due diligence and get in touch with this org, Cine Institute, if/when things calm down there. Moving coverage, challenging images. Our hearts go out to Haiti. Thank you to basho for submitting this link.
Shooting in Dubai from guest blogger: Josh Soskin
Dubizzling in Dubai.
I recently went out to Dubai to visit a friend who runs dubizzle.com (basically the craigslist of the United Arab Emirates and a good resource for filmmakers if they are traveling in the region). We also made some good future connections out there for production work. Dubai is booming in every possible way [...]
2010's Rubick's Cube… New Journalism
We really like what Leonard (Len) Witt is doing in the space of “sustainable journalism” as the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University (phew!), he’s chief blogger at pjnet.org. His interviews with academics and influencers in the space are off the cuff and worth checking out if you’re interested in [...]
Niche spoofs garner half-a-mill in hits?!?
Ok, so this video gets you nostalgic for the film La Haine, or maybe that’s just my only exposure to the banlieu of France… beyond that the video is aight. The real interesting thing here is that a Justice (relatively niche franco-electro group) can make a video that spawns a spoof of it, which [...]
Bron Bron
Looks like plaid shirts haven’t missed any sort of hip enclave of culture… It’s ok, because the Clipse and Cam’ron could wear footie pj’s and still be the coolest dudes on the block. Nobody can really pull off the “we’re just on the block chillin’ and this video cost us only $7k” swagger like [...]
UPS brand loyalty
UPS Brand Loyalty from Urgent Content on Vimeo.
Biking to work this AM I couldn’t miss the tat on the UPS man unloading his truck.. It was so bold, and striking. There had to be a story behind it, but alas, it was what henry referred to as “old school blue collar” mentality. [...]
"The agony of war, victory, defeat"
It’s that U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan’s line that comes to mind when I read the name of Jon Winsor’s newly announced agency “Victors and Spoils”.
We’re very excited to see what this new venture will bring to the world of both advertising and crowdsourcing. We had the pleasure of connecting with John for a [...]
Treasure Island '09 – Sourcing the Crowd
Treasure Island (Girl Talk Show) from Urgent Content on Vimeo.
You know, we’ve been really busy. Like real real busy that we (or I) have not had much opportunity to go out and see shows, wil’ out, etc… I did make it out to the Treasure Island Music fest in SF this past Saturday. There were [...]
Ad Hustle #1: Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards (and Conference)