It’s really easy to find royalty-free music (if you don’t mind paying $600 for a cheesy collection). And it’s quite easy to find free music (but use it at your legal peril). But free and royalty-free rarely meet. Kevin MacLeod, creator of Incomeptech, has solved the problem. He has dozens and dozens of excellent instrumentals…
Kids today. “A bump in pay may not be the best way to retain young talent,” says the Tuscon Citizen. “A shiny trophy and a glowing memo might do the trick for the men and women who are coming up behind ‘Generation X.’” Buns and Chou Chou from RabbitBites were kind enough to have me…
“Viral videos are on their way out. You’re the Chia Pet of 2007.” That’s from an e-mail sent last night from my sister, who produces for a major television network on the west coast. There seems to be a great skepticism about amateur video’s endurance when the competitive Huns from Hollywood and Madison-Avenue Mongolians are…
As long-time readers of WillVideoForFood.com may recall, I’ve been procrastinating a book about online video for longer than a pregnancy. I’ve been trying to find a co-author that can keep the piece on track, but obviously can’t afford a spiffy ghost writer. In the meantime, it seems someone has beat me to the punch. CinemaTech…
Landlord Pearl now plays Lieutenant Pearl in the latest FunnyorDie video featuring Will Ferrell. It’s called “Good Cop, Baby Copy,” but it’s unfortunately her last video. FunnyorDie is a collaboration between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (who directed Ferrell in “Anchorman,” and “Talladega Nights” and wrote for him for “Saturday Night Live”). Michael Kvamme, a partner at…
The Church of Dave is back with another contest entry. He’s the guy that taught Dove to develop thick skin before playing in the consumer-generated advertising space. And now here’s his entry to the “Heinz Top This” Challenge.
Here’s a new Q&A I did for iMedia Connection that addresses some of the issues surrounding consumer-generated advertising. Interview by Neil Perry of Xlntads.com (and former executive from McDonalds).
Sorry, Microsoft Windows Vista. You’ve created roadkill. So horrible we have to stare. I hereby nominate your ProductsofChampions.com into the WillVideoforFood Viral Video Hall of Shame. This “viral video” site — which features an annoying George-Bush style football coach — is wrong for so, so many reasons. I would pay money to hear the agency…
(Click to see video about this post) Each day someone asks me what digital camera to buy. Each day, I promise myself I’ll write a blog entry that reviews my favorites. For most of my 300 plus online videos I’ve used a Panasonic PV-GS120. I now use a Canon HV20. I researched them both vigorously….
Poor Google and YouTube. PC Magazine, which we closet-nerds hide better than teenagers with Playboy, is now saying the two sites have lost their cool. They’ve “sold out.” Says this article about YouTube: “It was much more fun watching stupid videos online when A) it was counterculture and possibly even illegal (see “Lazy Sunday”); B)…