Category Archives: documentary

YouTube introspective

Written by Kasia. Posted on May 29, 2010. Filed under DIY Filmmaking, Uncategorized, branded content, collaborative content, crowdsourcing, digital storytelling, documentary, filmmakers, interview, new media, online video, social media, the internet. No comments.
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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 [...]

free documentary idea: Internet Addiction Rehab

Written by Henry Goldman. Posted on April 27, 2010. Filed under documentary. 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 [...]

Pop Up Film Festival “Special Offer” in NY

Written by Brandon. Posted on April 20, 2010. Filed under digital storytelling, documentary, events, film festivals. No comments.
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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 [...]

Appearance releases via iPhone in the field!

Written by Brandon. Posted on April 6, 2010. Filed under DIY Everything, DIY Filmmaking, Technology, documentary, filmmakers, things we're not feeling. No comments.
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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 [...]

surveillance, GPS and free stuff

Written by Kasia. Posted on April 5, 2010. Filed under Videos, advertising, branded content, documentary, things we're feeling. No comments.
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There are so many cool elements to this campaign for Blu Dot’s high end “Real Good” chairs, it’s hard to know where to start. The basic premise is simple, Blu Dot and ad agency Mono planted 25 “Real Good” chairs ($129 each) around NY, covered by video surveillance and GPS/Twitter tracking. The chairs [...]

A Convo w/ Sundance Nominated Max Joseph

Written by Brandon. Posted on March 1, 2010. Filed under DIY Filmmaking, Sundance, Urgent Fam, advertising, branded content, digital storytelling, documentary, film festivals, filmmakers, interview, pro tips. No comments.
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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 [...]

kicking down the fourth wall: interview with cullen hoback

Written by Kasia. Posted on February 23, 2010. Filed under documentary, fiction, filmmakers, interview. No comments.
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We met Cullen Hoback in 2007 at the Cucalorus Festival, a quirky little indie film fest in North Carolina. We drank more than a few toasts to independent filmmaking, and saw his documentary feature, Monster Camp, the next morning. A window into the humble souls of a handful of devoted LARPers (Google it, or better [...]