Author Archives: Henry Goldman

Link: MediaFail – Digg, for mediawatchers who want to get depressed

Written by . Posted on May 25, 2010. No comments.
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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

Written by . Posted on May 24, 2010. No comments.
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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)

Written by . Posted on May 21, 2010. No comments.
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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

Written by . Posted on May 20, 2010. 2 Comments.
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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.

@greenpeace crowdsources new logo for @BP_America

Written by . Posted on May 18, 2010. 1 Comment.
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To all you bored graph designers who are enraged about the biggest ecological disaster in American history, Greenpeace has a fun way for you to creatively vent your anger: rebrand BP.  They’re holding a contest to look for a more appropriate logo for the brand. Now, I don’t usually get down with Adbusters-ish concepts like [...]

@Radarmusicvideo Online Music Video Marketplace

Written by . Posted on May 12, 2010. 1 Comment.
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THIS is a good idea. Radar is an online marketplace where up-and-coming music video directors can connect with bands and labels looking to source creative for theit songs. I’m curious to hear if anyone out there has gotten work through this, because it doesn’t seem like they have a ton of successful videos so far. [...]

video of the day: @conanobrien @google

Written by . Posted on May 10, 2010. No comments.
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Kill the Pandora station this while you work this afternoon and listen to Conan’s Q & A at Google last week. Add to the list why of why he will be remembered as a media icon for our generation.

@48hrmag: Innovation in Print!

Written by . Posted on May 2, 2010. No comments.
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I’m don’t subscribe to themediaisdying, anymore, because it isn’t. It’s changing. But the innovation needed to buoy it isn’t coming from print. For the most part. However, an exception to that sweeping generalization, I offer for your consideration 48 HR Magazine, a sort of collaborative, 48-hour-film festival for a print magazine. Each issue is conceived, [...]

who is the @ebertchicago of video games?

Written by . Posted on May 2, 2010. 1 Comment.
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For those of you missed the ridiculoso internet hissy fit over Roger Ebert’s blog post last week about video games never meeting the criteria for art, allow me to paraphrase it for you: Roger Ebert made a sober, slightly disconnected argument about interactive games not fitting into the most basic criteria for art (in response [...]

@chrisbosh crowdsources his future

Written by . Posted on May 1, 2010. No comments.
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Chris Bosh is one of the most promising young stars in the NBA. Trouble is, he has been toiling away in semi-obscurity in the NBA’s equivalent of the witness protection program, the Toronto Raptors. This summer, however, he is becoming an restricted free agent and will be able to sign wherever he wants, for an [...]

free documentary idea: Internet Addiction Rehab

Written by . Posted on April 27, 2010. No comments.
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Caught this story via PSFK about how a study where researchers took away students access to all forms of internet media a reported that “after 24 hours, several students showed signs of withdrawal, craving and anxiety, and were unable to function well without their media.” They also cite this rehab clinic, which is so obviously [...]

video of the day: Creativity is Derivative

Written by . Posted on April 27, 2010. No comments.
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Cool video by Nina Paley, who, if you don’t recognize the name, was the creative force behind (and main character of)  the animated film Sita Sings the Blues, which got into trouble when it was unable to use 30s-era jazz songs which made up the majority of the score. Nina was able to find self-distribution [...]

Tech Crunch TV to drop soon

Written by . Posted on April 27, 2010. No comments.
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Whether or not it will be interesting remains to be seen. Though, Arrington and co have always been ahead of the curve, as they’ve turned their blog into full-blown corporation, I’m personally curious whether a 24-hour tech network will have any traction. Back in 2005, I worked for a streaming online tv network that flopped [...]

Academic Project: Hollywood Oral History Project

Written by . Posted on April 25, 2010. No comments.
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Media Decoder has the details of this USC project, trying to capture as many stories of the old days while they still can: The new archive is designed to compile interviews with producers, agents, lawyers, executives and journalists who were involved with entertainment in an off-screen sort of way. I’m a little skeptical of the [...]

business card title of the day: Hacker-Journalist

Written by . Posted on April 22, 2010. No comments.
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Urgensia aficianados will recall Kasia’s dope post about the challenges of new media types in giving themselves definitive titles on their networking collateral (read: business cards and resumes). Well, I was reminded of that post today when I read NY Times Interactive-News-Technologies-Editor Aron Pilhofer’s blog post about getting business cards for one of his reporters [...]

Interactive, Location-Based iPhone “Film” entered into Boston International Film Fest

Written by . Posted on April 20, 2010. No comments.
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I don’t quite get how this qualifies as a Film and not some sort of game, but I will definitely grant that it is a complete first, especially for a festival entry. Murder on Beacon Hill, and application based around 43 minutes of video premiered at Boston’s International Film Festival. Viewers experience the film as [...]

VBS.tv open call for documentary submissions

Written by . Posted on April 19, 2010. No comments.
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Back in our days in the Viewer Created Content division at Current (R.I.P.), we used to have a serious production-crush on Vice’s VBS. They did the same kind of stories, with a similar aesthetic, but were generally more risky and sexy. They also broke stories that reverberated across the media landscape. The problem was, if [...]

Phillips’ ‘Parallel Lines’ series

Written by . Posted on April 7, 2010. No comments.
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To promote their new line of Cinema Screens, Phillips has contracted 5 directors from Ridley Scotts’ production company to produce 5 different shorts, all based on the same set of scripted lines. 2 of the spots have already debuted on their YouTube profile, with the other 3 expected to drop later this week. It’s a [...]

Everyone says Das Racist is the new Ninjasonik

Written by . Posted on April 7, 2010. No comments.
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But they’re wrong. They’re the new Beastie Boys. Fuck it, I said it. They make ultra-intelligent, meta-modern, post-colonial electro-rap, disguised as stupid party jams. The fact that Fake TV was talking up their new mixtape, Shut Up, Dude, which is available for free download here, says a lot, because she listens to, like, no rap. [...]

Producer Guild of America Creates A “Transmedia Producer” Credit

Written by . Posted on April 6, 2010. No comments.
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Meaning for the first time, interactive producers involved in transmedia projects, which include interactive games, websites and other mediums, will be individually recognized by the union. The news was broken by Nikki Finke, yesterday. Below is how the Guild defines a transmedia producer. Definitely marks an interesting moment in new media. “A Transmedia Narrative project [...]