November 2009 (5)

Roger and Zapp Band Talk Box

Here’s an excerpt from a documentary about Roger Troutman and Zapp.  This specific clip explores the band’s pioneering use of the ‘talk box’ while the film uses interviews with Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Zapp and others.  My friend and Columbia J school classmate Frank Williams produced the doc. Here’s a description from the web site.  […]

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Acciona

Here’s a wild promotional video for a Wild Spanish Site www.re.acciona.com which bills itself as a diversified ‘sustainable energy company.’  It’s quite a video, there’s even a making of the commercial video.  Click around on the web site.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson’s Quirky Take on a Roald Dahl Classic

The Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson’s new animated take on the classic Roald Dahl tale.  Fun to watch for parents and kids.  Using stop animation and delivered in an offbeat, edgy style, this is not your average Disney style animated tale.  Quirky characters and voices bring the kind of take you would expect Wes […]

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Doc Ellis No Hitter: Some WILD animation

Here’s a great story about pitching great Doc Ellis.  It was animated by James Blagden, who complements Ellis’s unforgetable with some kooky and amusing animation that helps tell the story in a one of a kind way.

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Is Social Media Here to Stay?

Here’s a little presentation from YouTube that should convince you that Social Media is here for good…. it’s callled Social Media Revolution.  Nothing fancy about the animation – the facts in a nice clean graphic presentation are the real gotcha info in this piece.  Well worth the watch.

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Between the Folds: An Origami Film

This movie is about far more than it seems at first blush.  It’s about potential and art within science.  Look for the doc airing Dec 8 on the show PBS’s Independent Lens. The doc tells the story of 10 artists and scientists who are practitioners of origami – the fine art of paper-folding.  It shows […]

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NURU: Ending World Hunger, One Village at a Time

NURU’s ambitious goal is to end poverty one village at a time.  This organization has a compelling story in its mission and in its founder, Jake Harriman, a one time soldier who has devoted his energies to saving the poor.  

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Summer McCartney Show @ Yankees Stadium, Big Stage Fireworks

Here’s a sampling from Paul McCartney’s summer opening performance Yankees stadium.  Live and Let Die, one of my favorite non-Beatles songs of his!

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Heavy Commercial

This Italian PSA featuring a set of twins seems light and carefee until you get the sense that it’s really about something much more serious…  The light music track threw me.  It’s a bit abstract as the one boy struggles to care for the other.  The film leaves you with a menacing, empty feeling when […]

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Nuns – Rubber Cement

Here’s a beaut.  It’s a French rubber cement commercial.  Not a word is spoken… nor does it need to be spoken.  It’s masterfully lit, elegantly produced, and FUNNY.  What a combo!

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