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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get my latest posts directly in your mailbox. Thanks for coming to the Foo!What life is like for a fresh director on his first job on an ad shoot: (strong language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrxg2N97ucA
And the truth about advertising (same concept).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_VtqtxCHY
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Posted in Camera & Eye, Film, Life on Apr 4th, 2008
I am having some crazy weeks, with just too much work. Which, of course, is a luxury problem. But no time for proper posts here. Today I did get to have a proper(ish) look at a Red One, and it is much bigger and heavier than it looks on the pictures. Very cool menu options. [...]
Here’s a funny – and well made – series of impersonations of the next big summer movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEoCPdoaGGY
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Posted in (Meta)Blogging, Film, Life, Technology on Feb 10th, 2008
Doug writes a very interesting post on how his company lost a bid by not using a video.
While I have to agree that video is a powerful tool, I would like to make some remarks:
For that video to be powerful, it has to be well made. A badly made video hurts more than a badly [...]
Posted in Advertising, Film, Fun, Life on Feb 6th, 2008
Lovely ad from PepsiCo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrq6cUoE5A
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The first documentary I worked on was about a deaf actress. On one shooting day we were invited to a birthday party. It was so beautiful seeing all these faces and movings hands full of expression.
As part of prepping for that project, I read about deafness, and learned many interesting things. [...]
With the new installment of 24 the series being delayed for probably one year, the producers decided to push ahead, and secretly made a feature film with some young actors and hungry writers, willing to break the strike. Tony is coming back! Here’s the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OchxWLfvyPA
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