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Videos From One Day on Earth

Peter — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:38:06 +0000

No, this isn’t the Ridley Scott film that was hyped on YouTube. Planning for the project, known as One Day on Earth, began two years ago which included coordinating thousands of people around the world to film a day in their life on 10.10.10, and then creating a full-length film out of it. Beyond that, the project needed a place to visualize the experience, which was just released here. It’s actually a basic social network where participants upload their footage from that day, geo-tag the location and start a dialogue with other members. I’m not sure how much dialoguing we’ll see out of this, but the geo-tagging feature is fun to navigate through whether you look at all the videos or not. Any company that pools together large amounts of user-submitted content should definitely check out what One Day on Earth created to support submissions and, as a bonus, allow people to visualize the scale of the project.

I’m curious to see how the film turns out – and Ridley Scott’s version. It’s pretty risky to rely on the random people with different kinds of cameras to create all your content for you without interfering somehow. I wonder what percentage of the footage they used and what kind of story it tells, if any. Not to mention the big question: Will these videos really show us what our world looks?

Check out some submissions:

@Audiodraft crowdsources original music

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:37:23 +0000

AudioDraft is hopping on the crowdsourcing bandwagon, leveraging a contest-model as a platform for helping musicians collaborate online. Hailing from Finland, the founders of the company have developed a platform that allows businesses or individuals holding a composition-contest on their site. They use open source technology as a way to help musicians collaborate online easily; the licensing system is handled by the site, making the process super simple for people looking to bid on a music project. What sets this company apart from others who have also applied the idea of crowd-sourcing to music is the implementation of what they call “social audio sketching,” an interface that allows music makers to record individual tracks on a single piece. A network of independent, unsigned artists make the experience of music selection unique for companies that are looking for a diverse collection of music to choose from. Audiodraft’s founders were cool enough to stop by Urgent for a bit yesterday and we are definitely thinking of using them in the future. In the meantime, check out their site.

votd: Crowdsourced choir

Henry Goldman — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:52:15 +0000

Sometimes you see stuff that is perfect for this blog, it’s just a gimme. Which is why I share this awesome video of a conductor, who pulled a whole an ensemble of singers together entirely over YouTube and then put it together in an 80s looking motion-graphics way.

"The agony of war, victory, defeat"

Brandon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:22:14 +0000

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 brief chat a few months ago… he could not have been more cordial, motivational, and helpful, as we explained to a knowledgeable vet our plan to take over the ad world. We hope we get to work with him in the future. Thanks to Brandon B. of MDC for making that connection.

Here’s the NYT article on V&S and John’s blog post