Archive for the 'Editors Choice' Category
The grand prize winners in the Avid 30-Second Spot contest have been announced and the winner in the Professional’s Choice category was In the Halls of Avid, One is Many by Aaron Osborne. This spot was shot in HD with the HVX200 and put together using Avid Xpress Pro and Adobe After Effects. The winner in the People’s Choice category was CaveMan by Bob Chambers. It was shot with the Sony WS790 and created with Avid Media Composer Adrenaline and Digidesign Pro Tools. See all the entries Here.
Via: DV Guru
This documentary film on Lenny Bruce, the godfather of stand-up shock comedy, is available in full via YouTube! While potentially not safe for the conservative types it’s a detailed look - with narration by Robert DeNiro - at the legendary rise and fall of fame and fortune of a true pioneer.
Adbrite has created an embeddable video player similar to YouTube, Photobucket, etc. If you choose to show a video, you can use their embedded flash player, and at your option it will include Adbrite ads and your logo as a watermark. Anyone who takes the content and embeds it on their own site will show the same video, with the same ads and watermark, and revenue goes to you — the original video creator.
Adbrite is not hosting video, so you’ll have to upload it to YouTube, Photobucket, or wherever, in .flv format and then point Adbrite to the URL for the video. InVideo is in private beta testing - users can sign up for an invitation on their about page.
Via: TechCrunch.
On December 31st, you can welcome the New Year in unique style – by connecting with millions of music lovers from around the world as they count down the final minutes of 2006. Nokia New Year’s Eve, a global music event stretching across four continents, will feature a number of international artists including The Black Eyed Peas and Scissor Sisters to entertain audiences at New Year’s celebrations from Hong Kong to Rio de Janeiro. Those unable to attend in person can experience the party via television or the internet.
To orchestrate this unique global celebration, Nokia has enlisted the services of Harvey Goldsmith CBE, the producer of Live Aid and Live8. Nokia New Year’s Eve will travel from east to west, starting in Hong Kong’s Harbour City Ocean Terminal, followed by Mumbai’s Andheri Stadium, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro and rounding off the night in New York.
This movie was made by the Danish Road Safety Council and aims to draw attention to speed signs and speed limits in Denmark. Despite a decrease in speed violations, 7 out of 10 Danes still exceed the speed limit on a regular basis. Respecting speed limits is the best way to save lives.
Potentially NSFW if you’re non-European.. 
Can’t decide which place is best to upload your video..?!? Chris Pirillo has a few suggestions that should help make the decision easier..
Via: Off On A Tangent
On 28 November, T-Online and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced they will produce the first-ever space web video chat with astronaut Thomas Reiter responding to questions via the Internet live from the International Space Station. In a unique media tie-up, Germany’s leading Internet service provider and ESA will conduct a live space video chat via the Internet on 28 November 2006, starting at 21:15 (CET).
The event will enable German-speaking space enthusiasts to communicate with ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter - from Germany - via the web direct from the ISS, 400 km above the Earth where Reiter is now in the closing stages of the historic Astrolab Mission.
Since America ‘votes’ today we thought this was a timely post..
via Google video. (Run-time 1hr 21mins)
It’s not easy to figure out whether you’re getting a good deal for bandwidth commit and storage. Here are some tips (and real-world numbers) to help make sure you’re not paying too much. If you are new to delivering content online and you have no traffic data, it’s a bit of a guessing game. Service providers typically won’t cut you any discount upfront, since they have no idea if you’ll be a $500 a month customer or a $5,000 a month customer who should get discounted pricing. To a new customer, I suggest not committing to anything. Sign a three-month deal, test the waters, see what type of traffic you do, and then decide if you should sign a long-term deal that gives you a break on pricing. This also offers an opportunity to test the service provider and rate their customer service and products such as reporting. Read the full article Here.
Nokia is running a nifty little “wannabe viral” video campaign to promote their E61-series smartphone. You can craft a custom message - from a wacky range of choices - for them to hack together and send along to your friends as a memo from the Big Cheese. A little birdie (ok it was James) at teamrubber.com passed this our way, have a go if you like. It would be a fair guess that we’ll be seeing alot more of these interactive video e-cards in the future.. like Valentines Day for example!
