The Remarkable Mind of Stephen Wiltshire
Here’s a documentary short demonstrating the remarkable abilities of Stephen Wiltshire to recount the view of Rome from a short helicopter ride. Steven, who’s an autistic savant, has uncanny photographic recall, and his sketches numb the mind. The brain is an amazing organ, and individuals like Stephen demonstrate how much potential there is in humanity.
Read PostConvict Poker: Last Man Standing – Angola Prison Rodeo
Here’s a wild story about an event that chills the bones: the Angola Prison Rodeo. The convicts don’t practice, they just walk out and perform the unusual rodeo events cold turkey. Directed by Jeff Smith, the documentary focuses on the hard edged prisoners who play this dangerous game. Click below to return to the Deweymedia […]
Read PostPuma Blam Blam: The World’s Fastest Band
Here’s a fun commercial for Puma set in Jamaica, the home of Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man (Olympic sprinter). The spot is lighthearted and fun. Called ‘Blam, Blam’, this video was created by ad agency Droga5. It’s supposed to depict the ‘World’s Fastest Band.’
Read PostKobe Bryant is the Black Mamba: Nike Long Form Promotion
Nike underwrites a six minute film, the Black Mamba, starring Kobe Bryant, directed by Robert Rodriguez. Cameos by Bruce Willis, Danny Trejo and Kanye West. Not a bad cast. A fun film with LOTS of explosions. Interesting new media effort. The film premiered at the NBA all-star game earlier in February.
Read PostMTV Exit: Human Trafficking Awareness
Here’s a different Public Service Campaign created by MTV to raise awareness about human trafficking. Simple animation and ethereal music targeting the youth audience.
Read PostHow do you spell Gaddafi?
Muammar Gaddafi is not a name you expect to see alongside the adjectives “amusing”, “funny”, or “silly”, yet here we are. It’s an amusing little video, a sharp contrast to the horrors the current Libyan leader is committing against his people, that makes fun of how hard it is to spell the Libyan dictator’s name. […]
Read PostWord Lens video. Sometimes it’s just that easy. 1.4 Million hits in 72 hours.
This video for the iPhone Word Lens app is so simple. Why? Because the concept is simple. No spoken words are needed, which is good when you are talking about translating written words between languages. Here’s the word lens demo on iPhone. Incidentally it got 1.4 million hits in 72 hours and it now has […]
Read PostTC Bank: Dream Rangers. Commercials as great film.
Here’s a commercial done by Ogilvy Asia for TC Bank called Dream Rangers. While it has 180 seconds to flesh out a great tale, it’s probably enough information to create a 90 minute movie. This is great film making from the flash backs to the travel scenes, to the tragic opening, it has great story […]
Read PostSamurai Sword Dance
Called ‘Sword Dance and Shadowgraph’ and performed by Taichi Saotome more than ten years ago, this is a live performer battling animated characters projected on a screen behind him. A remarkable performance of physical brilliance and timing. It’s quite well choreographed and great fun to watch. Exciting stuff. It’s a unique piece of performance art, […]
Read PostMaking a Video About a Web Site. Amp up the Graphics
Well produced graphics can transform a video. Take this one, for example. Here’s a simple little approach used by Radian6, an online experience measurement company. It tells the story of how a web service can measure online customer experience. From a production POV this is a tough story to tell, but Radian6’s approach keeps you […]
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