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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
8:27AM

Ridley Scott Crowdsources Documentary

Date8:27 AM

Ridley Scott has joined forces with Scottish director Kevin Macdonald for another Hollywood-led kick at the user generated can. 

Backed by the audience of YouTube & the deep pockets of LG's "Life's Good" campaign, the "Life in a Day" project wants you to upload raw footage of one particular day in your life. July 24, 2010 to be exact. The project creators will then boil the best bits down into a documentary.

Users who participate & upload clips to the project's YouTube channel have a chance to be featured and credited in the final film, which will debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Twenty of the lucky folks featured will be flown to Utah in January 2011 for the premiere.

I love the concept of established directors & producers getting all experimental with the web. And I think it's great that because of projects like this unknown talent has the opportunity to shine.

That said, for the editor's sake, I hope it's not just a bunch of people eating cereal.

 Further reading: "Ridley Scott to crowdsource documentary via YouTube" ~ The Guardian, July 7, 2010

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
12:04PM

Bye Bye Flip, Helloooo iPhone 4

Date12:04 PM

Well thank God that's over. 

I can't tell you how many Flip Video cameras I've burned through in the past two years. I'm so happy to see the iPhone 4 giving Pure Digital (& now guilty-by-association parent company, Cisco) a well deserved ass kicking.

Below: a music video directed by "On the Lot" alum Marty Martin, shot entirely on the iPhone 4, further proving my point that technology will ALWAYS take a backseat to creativity. :)

Indie producers rejoice!

First Official iPhone 4 Music Video - flakjakt "Cascades" from Marty Martin. themartymartin.com on Vimeo.

Further reading: TechCrunch ~ June 2009 ~ "Flip Has Little Chance in an iPhone World"

 

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Thursday, July 1, 2010
1:59PM

A Postcard From Bruce Cockburn

Date1:59 PM

Aaah, it's Canada Day. Time to pull something Canuck-inspired from the Roz vault.

Story goes like this. I was producing a no-budget comedy show in Vancouver back in 2006. The crew & I had an idea for a Jack Handey rip-off called "A Postcard From Bruce Cockburn."

Never expecting the Canuck icon to go for it... (but secretly hoping he would!) I tripped over to the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues festival, and under the guise of doing an interview asked Bruce if he would voice these funny little pieces, helping to raise political and social awareness to a new, younger generation of Canucks.

Activist Bruce, of course, said yes.

I shot the intro on his tour bus that same day and Bruce hand-scripted & voiced the pieces in a Montreal studio. I have three of these little gems total.

After the G20 madness, it's nice to remember that activism doesn't always have to mean smashing windows.

Happy Canada Day. :)

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
12:50PM

CTVOlympics.ca Sizzle Reel

Date12:50 PM

Behold! Finally uploaded this reel to my Vimeo channel. It's a wonderful compliation showcasing our Digital Team's antics during the Vancouver 2010 games. Enjoy!

CTVOlympics.ca Sizzle Reel from Roz Allen on Vimeo.

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