July 2010 (5)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Dark and Insightful…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Wonderful Movie… The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a film directed by Julian Shnabel, is perhaps the most challenging movie I have ever watched, yet it was lyrical and beautiful and enthralling.  I don’t know how to beging to expain the story, other than to say – be […]

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Discovery’s Shark Week – Instant TV Audience

Shark Week – Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water… It has become a hallmark commodity for the Discovery Channel, the documentary network’s highest rated programming gathering an average of 27.6 million viewers (Nielsen) over the seven days of programming.  Now in it’s 23rd year, Shark Week starts again […]

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Interesting Video – Powerful Emotions

Quite an interesting video, this short piece is a gem! Here’s a very interesting video that ostensibly turns a speech into a powerful emotional message. It plays with convention, and it does so in a way that doesn’t overburden the story. It’s a well-executed production, I’m curious to know more about the design behind it. […]

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School Communications Video – RCS Microfinance in India

This communications video that deweymedia produced for Riverdale Country School features a spring break trip that a group of students took to India.  The production is meant to highlight the school’s investment of time and resources in its students world and community service by encouraging a student run microfinance group’s exposure to a land where […]

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Funny Commercial – Honest Abe Lincoln For Geico

This funny commercial is a classic – extremely funny and extremely simple.  Harping on one of my favorite themes – simplicity – it is a tiny slice of life, of reality…. played to the max.  Abe speaks one word, but his acting says it all.  Silence is comedy in this scenario, very funny stuff.  Honest […]

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The Chase Family, Down on the Farm….

Farms are some of the most important businesses in America. Here’s a mini-doc about the Chase family.  Watching this makes me miss my days last summer of traveling the country to interview farmers for our documentary, Farmageddon. It was a lot of work, but really made me appreciate the people whose efforts keep America fed, […]

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Amnesty International Powerful Message, Works Everywhere

Amnesty International has worked to produce this clever and powerful ad. There’s a lot to like about this video. It’s short and it’s effective. It fully conveys its story and tugs at the heartstrings. The direction is seamless and the composure is clean, it really is a well-executed production. It works for a variety of […]

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