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Google usually finds thoughtful ways of introducing their new products, even if those products are DOA. While the future of Circles and Google Plus remain to be seen, the product intro is another example of great storytelling. The universal themes of friendship and aging are used to talk about what makes this social networking platform different - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeMZP-oyOII&feature=share
Here are the trailers for the best documentary film nominees in my order
1. Gasland - While it might not be the best traditional documentary - that award goes to Inside Job - the issue of the health risks and environmental dangers posed by horizontal fracking is so important and underreported that an award for this film and the ensuing attention for the issue would be the best thing that could come out of the award show. When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND.
Tie for 2 - Restrepo - Perhaps the balls-iest film ever made. Junger and Hetherington deserve an award just for the courage that it took to show us what are soldiers in Afghanistan are up against. The movie is heart wrenching and heart pounding. It basically feels like a 90 minute panic attack. Make sure you see it, it is one of the best war films ever made. Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo," named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment. This is war, full stop. T
Inside Job - Master filmmaker Charles Furgeson tells another story that, much like Gasland, will make your blood boil. The financial crisis of 2007-now is the subject and the movie will be the definitive statement on the subject.
4. Waste Land - Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.
5. Exit From the Gift Shop - This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results. It's a great movie, but I don't think it should win the award. There are too many important things happening in the world to waste this award on self indulgent artists.
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Excellent piece from Finn Ryan and David Nevala on the people behind the epic protests in Wisconsin. The video portraits are great and the characters are interesting. I think it could be stronger with a few simple tweeks.
1. Structurally I'd like the piece as is to be about 30 seconds shorter and build to a 30 second protest sequence. This would give us a bit more of a pay off for the time we spent getting to know the people.
2. I'd really like lower thirds info on the people being interviewed. Name, town, age, job, whatever. Just something for me to connect with a bit more.
All in all its a cool, creative take on a really dynamic and important story.
Great work to all involved!
Chris
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Takes sometime to peruse through work of National Geographic Icon William Albert Allard. Or as Mike Davis calls him the master of the serendipitous moment.
Link Here -
http://www.stevenkasher.com/html/detail.asp?workinvnum=7514
Mike Davis Blog Post Here -
http://www.michaelddavis.com/blog/2010/10/11/serendipity-please.html
Hope all is well -
Chris
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Hi All -
Jock McDonald has traveled the world shoot portraits for years. Now those portraits have been assembled by master animator Paul Blain into a thought-provoking, ever-evolving portrait of humanity.
This one is not to be missed.
Hope all is well -
Chris
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An interesting interview with Mary Ellen Mark in the Oregonian can be read here - http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2010/08/interview_mary_ellen_mark_on_p.html
Mark's extremely antiquated website can be found here
Some hotshot college student should build her a new site.
Hope all is well -
Chris
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Hi All -
Here's a great behind-the-scenes looks at how MediaStorm rolled out their new site via the wonderful Innovative Interactivity blog.
Here's the direct link -
http://www.innovativeinteractivity.com/2010/07/13/unveiling-mediastorms-websi...
Hope all is well -
Chris
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Relevant Pictures, an outstanding San Francisco-based production compnay is cranking out some killer work.
You can see one of my favorites here - http://relevantpictures.com/?p=3
Hope all is well -
Chris
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Amazing vision and lyricism in this photography from Hiroyuki Ito.
Hope all is well -
Chris
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