Red Giant software showed that, despite the horrific odds, a company can still produce great entertainment that also promotes a product… it helps that the product includes software effects for videos. Source: Mashable. It’s gotten 500K plus views on Vimeo, which I’d say represents about a 50% penetration to its target market (artistic video creators)….
There are too many and too few statistics about online video and YouTube. We’re quite tired of hearing some of them: like how many videos are uploaded in a given timeline. But thanks to Pew and the increasingly popular “infographics” for giving us more than we could ever remember. This one (image on right) is…
Yes. Video prerolls are both growing and declining. The good news for viewers is that we saw fewer prerolls. But we saw more “polite prerolls” (option to escape) in Q1 2011 as reported by AdoTube/eMarketer. Since this doesn’t include YouTube data and presumably a small sample of total online-video ad streams it does need to…
From the folks who brought you the Shaycarl love song, it’s the PEOPLE OF WALMART. Sam would be so proud. So proud.
Two women fight and pull each other’s hair (and potentially hair extensions) on a Brooklyn subway this week… And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free… Are you SERIOUS? For Real. Let ’em come. Meanwhile the baby’s stroller just rolls off the train in the midst of it… yey…
Eat your hearts out dollys, pushes, tracks and follows. Check out this beautiful footage taken from a Canon 7D attached to a remote-controlled helicopter. The footage is so still and majestic, and the song and subject bring this to life… thanks for CBS News’ Viral Video post for alerting us to this. See the full-sized clip by…
What would it sound like if Shakespeare quotes were delivered by such actors as Jack Nicholson, Barack Obama, Jack Nicholson, Paul Giamatti, Johnny Carton, Robert DeNero, Droopy Dog, Ricky Gervais and Ron Howard? All of this from the mouth of impressionist guru Jim Meskiman, the voice of JibJab. Check him on YouTube. As I’ve said, he…
So well done. Great reactions and the audio clinches it…. Hats (and scarf) off to Jason and other members of the Scary Snowman troupe, which seriously needs to collab with Improv Everywhere. I can see a fleet of them.
Do opt-ins have to be full of choices and hassle? Can we use a “default” approach to make it frictionless but meet legal requirements? Yes. “Sir, are you a member of our Sears/K-mart (whatever it’s called),” says the cashier at Sears. “No,” I replied, ensuring that the tone conveyed my absolute disinterest in signing up…
Can you tell the difference between a fake and a real smile? The short (3-5 minute) test asks you to report your “outlook” on life and “confidence” in spotting a fake versus real smile. Then it takes you through 20 tiny video snippets to determine a fake versus real smile. I haven’t been able to answer…