Monthly Archives: November 2011

U.S. comScore reports online video watching set a new record in October. But that’s no surprise because there’s nothing that can stop the eventual domination of the Internet by visual arts and tools except a complete exhaustion of broadband space … Continue reading →

Television has become an industry totally dependent on certain industries and events for survival. In the 1970s-1980s, it was the car companies and politics. In 1990s-2000s, it was the drug companies and politics. Now, it’s pretty much just politics. Having … Continue reading →

The world of video production is so incredibly different from what I got into nearly forty years ago that it’s hard to find any historical references that are still relevant. A major one is story-telling. Like “brand management” and other … Continue reading →

Philosopher Jonathan Lear has what promises to be a fascinating (I’m not being sarcastic) book about irony. “A Case for Irony” (which perhaps should’ve been titled “A Case OF Irony” to connect with the humor audience) is an analysis of, … Continue reading →

There are lots of upsides to Christmas besides to the economy, having the day off, and pre-occupying the children for at least 24 hours. TV specials used to be one of them. The classics, “Charlie Brown Christmas”, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed … Continue reading →

The German auto maker BMW has been doing video for the Internet almost as long as compression algorithms have existed. Full disclosure: It’s more than coincidental that I own a BMW. Knowing that, I even produced one for them (which … Continue reading →

Fort Wayne, Indiana was spiraling downward two years ago when I went to shoot a video for Delcam, a global company that makes CADCAM software for just about every segment of the manufacturing industry. Precise Manufacturing, where I was shooting, … Continue reading →

One of the more entertaining and memorable Christmas shopping campaigns of the past few years is Target’s with the manic woman who appears to be either on cocaine or recovering from it. One of the reasons it is so effective … Continue reading →

Since Commando Cody buzzed morning kids’ shows in the 1950s, everybody- no, sorry, make that a crazy few- have coveted the jet pack. It seemed viable if not affordable. Several renditions have come and gone for fifty years but, like … Continue reading →

The “gotcha” interview Sarah Palin popularized (if not imagined) is pretty much dead. Every appearance a politician makes is a potential “gotcha” because virtually everyone owns a video camera, carries it everywhere, and puts what they capture on YouTube. More … Continue reading →