Even when you know the world is going to watch this. And this is why news people should refer to police officers instead of cops. Oh! Do watch the whole thing!
We’ll look for you on Youtube there Janie!
Category: Video
Movies
Star Wars in one minute fifteen seconds
Some videos must be seen – Jerome Murat
This excellent entertainer is worth the 8:19 of viewing time. So well presented! I can’t describe it without ruining the magic of the video.
Not rap, not video games; Daddy made me make this video
Oh I love the Internet! Warning! This video contains adult language. Frankly as I watched the video I was a bit shocked but as it sank in I had to laugh outloud. The Youtube title for this video is "The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O’Reilly"
Amanda, re-boomed
I was an Amanda Congdon fan since Sept 27, 2005 (See?). Upon her departure, Rocketboom lost its appeal and I switch ed to watching Ze Frank’s The Show. It appears that Amanda is returning to video blogging! The twist is that she’s gone mainstream media and is on ABC’s online news channel with a 5 minute format.
Congdon, 25, will regularly appear on ABC’s online news channel, ABC News Now, and will host a weekly five-minute video blog appearing on ABC.com. Congdon, who will primarily provide news analysis and commentary through the network’s online channels, says she also expects to occasionally pop up on Good Morning America, Nightline, and other ABC news television programs.
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She’s working to develop a show for HBO’s on-air and on-demand channels.
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This should be an interesting development in the video blogging world. I need iMovie!
Walkin on water – this I gotta try!
I think the scouts would have a blast with this but it is probably more appropriate for a frat party.
Thanks goes to Make for pointing out this great video on non-newtonian fluid.
Human speed limit signs in Denmark
I bet this would work in Knoxville! Denmark now has topless women holding speed limit signs in areas where speeding is bad.
There is a video as part of a viral campaign by the Danish Road Safety Council.
This movie was made by the Danish Road Safety Council and aims to draw attention to speed signs and speed limits in Denmark. Despite a decrease in speed violations, 7 out of 10 Danes still exceed the speed limit on a regular basis. Respecting the speed limits is the simplest way to save lives. [Source]
“Office Space” Thriller
Anyone in the tech world has Office Space
Comedy Central Returning to Youtube!
Some intern at Viacom’s legal department probably got scolded harshly after Viacom released how popularity of Youtube clips of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have helped their shows.
Comedy Central clips aren’t leaving YouTube for good. Viacom, Comedy Central’s corporate parent, has confirmed that it wants to find some way to keep the clips available, and has apparently given the green light for YouTube to put the material back up. No deal between the two firms has yet been done, but it sounds like one is imminent. [Source]
I understand the various business models that could be used to make money from these clips. ABC is doing very well with its popular shows being freely available online. I’ve watched more commercials rewatching Lost online than I would on television. Revver shows a great revenue model by appending an add to the end of every user uploaded video. There are many other ways. But one way to make money is to simply let the video clips air on Youtube and keep the popularity of the shows very high. Thank you Viacom for returning the clips to Youtube!
Videoblogging for money
Here is a little hint of what is to come. Google has announced that it will pay videographers $5 for every 1000 times their video is viewed on Google Video. This is not YouTube! This is Google’s answer to Revver which appends an advertisement to the end of user’s videos then pays the video maker 50% of the ad revenue every time it is clicked. Popular shows like Ze Frank’s The Show use Revver for revenue. He also sells candy. The Mentos guys made a bundle on Revver.
Grobe and Voltz, for instance, pocketed $35,000, their share of the ad revenue paid to them by Revver, for their first Coke-and-Mentos video back in July. Now, the pair could earn big bucks from Google if the latest video is a hit. The two are also hosting a video-making contest sponsored by Coca-Cola, which paid them an undisclosed amount. [Source]
I have been dying to try video publishing but I don’t feel I have the time (Ze Frank spends 6 hours creating his show of roughly 3 minutes; Rocketboom uses a staff and an entire day to produce a 3 to 8 minute show) or the tools (I really think a Mac makes video editing easier) to do it right. Maybe I should do it for the money instead of fun!
See also a similar articlea similar article now located on Tech Consumer (thanks Bob Caswell) and C|Net discussing Revver.
The Next Number One Video
GoldenAppleCorp of AtomicTumor has identified what is undeniably, a piece of video art! At first I was wondering why I was watching; in the end, I wanted to watch it over and over! I think perhaps a bored Monty Python animator had some influence on this video.
Star Trek’s 5 no 3 no 5 year mission
If you are a Star Trek fan, you’ll know that the original 5 year mission only lasted 3 years. What you may not know, is that production on the original series has begun again. At roughly $70,000 per episode, 4 of a planned 22 episodes, including guest appearances from original cast members, have been completed and are available as a free download on the Internet as Star Trek:New Voyages. One script was written 30 years ago. Learn more at the Star Trek New Voyages website.
C|Net lists many other Star Trek stories including:
Jesus Offroader
We all know the Jesus walking on water story. What happens when you give Jesus a Jeep?
I haven’t chimed in on Foley yet
I am not certain that I have made a strong enough effort to introduce many of you to Ze Frank. After losing, Amanda (ie. the Rocketboom fiasco), I more or less turned my daily 3 minutes of "I’ll watch anything" to Ze Frank’s The Show. My standard disclaimer is that Ze Frank is very bright but uses some language that might not be appropriate in certain settings – maybe not quite Red Fox but definitely not Bill Cosby.
All that aside, I think today Ze Frank pretty much summed up the Foley stuff. Push play and see for yourself.
No man left behind
Well, except for these three because they are only citizen contractors for Halliburton. Truck convoy ambush caught on tape. Military leaves unarmed civilians to die.
