Archive for February, 2010

And Now … Australian TB patient Christiaan Van Vuuren (AKA Fully Sick Rapper) marks his days in quarantine by creating a fun music video of his plight.

We were shooting a promo video for the fabulous group “Random Events NY” at the Hollywood Stunt’s Training Facility and one of the participants was Jake Ray, producer and DJ for New York’s 92.3 NOW FM. Jake asked us to post his jump into the airbag. Jake, here ya go.

80 celebrities donate their time and voices to raise money for Haiti’s recovery

In anticipation of the Vancouver Olympic Game, a creative Google-ite rigged the street view capture apparatus on a snow mobile in order to capture the off road Canadian terrain. Check it out!

ComScore just released it’s annual U.S. Digital Year in Review which examines “the prevailing digital trends of the past year and their implications for the future.”

Most interesting: the majority of online video views do not occur on first release, rather over the long haul. It’s all about a long tail plan and solid context and keywords, rather than timeliness. Bad news for current event videos, good news for general help and advice videos … and entertainment.

The report looks at consumer trends, e-commerce, the digital advertising market and the popularity of Hulu. Plus 3G penetration and smartphone adoption

Check it out at:
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Presentations_Whitepapers/2010/The_2009_U.S._Digital_Year_in_Review

Wanna become a viral sensation? YouTube success “Nalts” (Kevin Nalty) has just released version two of his eBook “How to become popular on You Tube without any talent” and is offering it free here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26360848/How-To-Become-Popular-on-YouTube-Without-Any-Talent-v2-by-Kevin-Nalty-Nalts.

Happy viraling.

A compilation of cliche’ mirror scares from films over the decades