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  • Trash the Dress and Destruction Videos - You Get One Chance

    Jackson Wong - March 19th, 2013

    bricks airborne in gray smoke and dust
    Trash the dress, explosions, demolition ... product testing. These are just a few of the descriptors for a special genre of video that event videographers understand so well. Destruction video - the kind of video that is designed to make audiences cringe or watch in awe, and if the work is especially effective, will be so strong a visual that viewers simply can't stop watching. There are many genres for which destruction video may fit, including music video, documentary, even educational. To make destruction video we'll look at some examples and help you get prepared.
    Blog Tags:  trash the dress product testing demolition video destruction video MythBusters

  • Video of the Day: "Four Wheel Motion"

    Jordan Claverie - March 18th, 2013

    If you ask any given extreme sports athlete how they got their start, the usual story is that they started filming with friends and wanted to land some cool tricks on camera. Like we've said before, action fuels film and film fuels action.

    60fps, light leaks, and a hot track will take you a long way. Those attributes definitely make for an excellent extreme sports video. We're stoked to see kids getting their hands on a camera and trying new things.

     

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  • Video of the Day: "Plastic Apocalypse"

    Jordan Claverie - March 15th, 2013

    We figured we'd post our longest Video of the Day yet on a Friday, so you have some time over the weekend to watch it a few times.

    What we have here is an extremely well done stop motion video about army men. Everything from the green blood splatter to the sound effects is phenomenal. It's every boy's dream.

     

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  • Star Wars Spin-off: May the Force be with... Whom?

    Jennifer O'Rourke - March 15th, 2013

    Image of Yoda with a green light saber from Star Wars
    Once the Star Wars franchise was sold to Disney, the spin-off genie was destined to be let out of the bottle. The popular Star Wars saga is going to have two familiar characters developed into their own movie spin-offs - is there a possible second and third franchise in the future?

  • Video of the Day: "White Trash Christmas"

    Jordan Claverie - March 13th, 2013

    Babies, mullets, cut off flannels, and presents wrapped in KFC buckets. Classic.

    You don't have to make the same boring video of people opening presents year after year. This video was chosen because most just film holiday events for the sake of filming. This on the other hand, Has the creative expression your friends and family deserve. Creating a video that shows love, humor, and comradery for your friends and family to share is a gift in itself. 

     

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  • Kessler's Pocket Jib Traveler

    Luis Maymi - March 13th, 2013

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    The Pocket Jib Traveler is Kessler’s newest and most compact pocket jib designed for shooters that require a portable jib solution. The Pocket Jib Traveler is only 27 inches in length when collapsed making it completely self contained and, unlike other similar sized jibs, it does not need to be taken apart for travel. When fully extended it has a circular travel of 72 inches (6 feet), good enough to get that slick camera shot you been dreaming.

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  • Film Production and YouTube Video - Future Partners?

    Jackson Wong - March 12th, 2013

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    Directors in Hollywood film production, are rarely young. Directors of a given YouTube video are less likely to be older than 35. These two generalizations are quite incorrect, now, more than ever. Those that are immersed in media - meaning TV stations, newspapers, radio stations, film studios, music studios, book publishers, magazine publishers, and an Internet version of each have been talking at length about how entertainment is shifting. So often we'll read that a movie blockbuster or a hit TV show is only reaching a small percentage of potential viewers. This idea is best compared to the media that was available decades ago, such as I Love Lucy or M*A*S*H. Everyone watched them. That's 72 percent of homes with a television tuned to Lucille Ball or 106 million viewers out of 200 million possible U.S. citizens. Today's nearest competitor in terms of viewership are the big games at the end of the NFL season. Those football games reach about 110 million, but the U.S. is has grown to more than 300 million. OK, so now you should be in agreement that audiences are getting stretched thin.
    Blog Tags:  film production YouTube video Ridley Scott I Love Lucy M*A*S*H Machinima NFL Sci-Fi

  • Video of the Day: "Jedidiah Clothing"

    Jordan Claverie - March 11th, 2013

    Here's a new way of creating brand awareness, shoot an indie video. This short does a great job of showcasing the clothing in a natural environment with practical usage, without all the being "in your face" like your typical advertisement. More and more small clothing companies are doing in-house photo/video spotlights that more accurately represent who they are and what they offer, and we like it.

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    Colin Cabalka

    Jedidiah Clothing

     

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  • Video of the Day: "First Board"

    Jordan Claverie - March 11th, 2013

    The satisfaction you get from seeing your project go from an idea in your head to a final physical product is completely unique. There is no greater accomplishment than seeing something through to the end.  A moment like that is worthy of being documented. If not for some friends and family to see, then for you to have forever.

    There over 15 exabytes on YouTube, and not all of them are cat videos. Keep making memiors people.

    Thanks Matt Rose for the vid. 

     

     

     

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