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Podcasting Television

March 31st, 2008 by quirk

My session title for PodcampNYC this year is “Podcasting Television”: Why are the majority of video podcasters using television paradigms, self-censoring, and dumbing down their material? I’ll make a case for doing the opposite.

I’m going to make notes here on this post and try to arrange it into something coherent in the next couple weeks.

I’m speaking at podcamp nyc 2, feb 29 - mar 1, join me

  • What are the rules of television shows? Why is it different on the web?
    • Freedom of creativity in Broadcast vs Cable vs HBO vs Internet
    • Purpose of the Internet
  • What does self-censorship do to a video?
    • Why do producers censor their own work?
    • Youtube vs The Internet; walled gardens;
  • Who is your audience? Are they smart?
    • Why do producers resort to l.c.d. methods and fodder?
    • Mouth-breathers
  • Putting television lessons to good use.
    • True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
    • Story-telling; non-linear Vs linear

Wilson’s Meats

March 25th, 2008 by quirk

Every few months I find myself on Youtube looking at old Jim Henson videos…

Like this one, a satirical behind-the-scenes look at the process of creating advertisements for a client.

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The secret to longevity

March 23rd, 2008 by quirk

My parents took their parents out for Easter dinner and this short exchange ensued. When my parents got home my Dad said, “Your Mom is a bad influence on my Mom.”

Grandma Q: I’m drinking about 5 glasses of water a day since my doctor told me to.
Grandma P: Well, I really like Jack & water, have you ever tried that? It’s so smooth going down, not like some of those heavy drinks…it goes down real easy.
Grandma Q: Well do you take your pills with Jack & water?


San Francisco Guardian

March 19th, 2008 by quirk

Somebody won a contest!

Prizes include a big ego-boost and a membership to the San Francisco Film Society, which we gladly donated to our unofficial SF Bureau Chief, Schlomo Rabinowitz.

The SF Bay Guardian recently held our Inaugural “Un-Vusual Video Art” contest. These videos were the best entries submitted and will be shown at GILBERT & GEORGE: A NIGHT OF BENT ARTS & CULTURE at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park on Friday 3/28 from 5:00-8:45 P.M. Check them out for your viewing pleasure!!!

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Our winning entries were “Jesus Night Lights” and “Call and Response“.

Thanks San Francisco!


Vamonos

March 17th, 2008 by quirk

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A web video production company called Wreck & Salvage (Naufragio y Rescate, en Español) is featured on the front page of Yahoo! Video today.

This is the fourth or fifth time this year, so somebody over there must like us. Whomever is showing us the love out there in Frisco, muchas gracias!


Artvid.net

March 14th, 2008 by quirk

A website called Wreck & Salvage was selected to be featured at http://artvid.net/, a new web video exhibition by artist Austin Lee.


start larrying

March 14th, 2008 by quirk

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Do not take BLANCO if you are taking Orap (pimozide), Seldane (terfenadine), Hismanal (astemizole), or Propulsid (cisapride). Taking BLANCO with these medicines could cause serious or life-threatening problems. BLANCO may also affect some medicines, including chemotherapy, causing them to work differently in your body. Watch your heartrate after taking BLANCO. Patients taking Coumadin (warfarin) may need to have blood tests after taking BLANCO to check their blood clotting. Women who use birth control medicines during treatment with EMEND and for up to 1 month after using BLANCO should also use a backup method of contraception to avoid pregnancy.

Tell your doctor if you are taking or plan to take prescription or nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements, or if you have liver problems. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant because it is not known if BLANCO can harm your unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding because it is not known if BLANCO passes into your milk or if it can harm your baby.

BLANCO is available by prescription only. Please read the Patient Information for BLANCO and discuss it with your doctor. People should likely not take BLANCO with other drugs, with water, or in general.


Greetings From the Big Apple

March 11th, 2008 by quirk


Greetings From The Big Apple! from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.


Singing Woodchuck Variety Minute 22

March 11th, 2008 by quirk


Babytarian from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.


Brooklyn Glow

March 1st, 2008 by quirk

Watch the sky pass you by.

Sunset timelapse, tree shivers, HV20, After Effects, and Lullatone music.

Download the full Quicktime HD version (44mb) here. Or watch the fullscreen HD version online here (click the “FULL” button in the lower right corner).



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