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Video Production and Content development Services

2013-02-13T11:03:00.000-05:00

If you are looking for video production or content creation services in New Jersey a good place to start is the Viva! La Hara Creative Collective. Years of online content development experience working with big Agency's like Ogilvy & Mather and Top Brands will really make your project shine. These days you don't need a overblown production budget however it's good to know you can reach out to folks who will be sensitive to your marketing dollars. Help you stretch them where it makes sense and bring you into reality. Quality work is not free but if spending it the right way to make that youtube video you think will make your boss look good at speaking engagement or the product shine might be worth the effort to talk to somebody who can give your unique piece of look good and feel.

These are the types of thing you'll need to consider to make things look good:
A writer to help you create a video for a script.
A good shooter that is not using a flip cam
The right sound capture makes the video really professional Good lighting to brighton up the scene (nothing worse than shadows)
Professional tripod set-up so nothing is shaky
A decent and smooth editorial eye and editing
Nice looking title cards that queue viewer

Every thing else about making good creative great is really about the idea and concept for your video. This is probably the best advice I can give you. Getting into this process is where professional creative services can make the difference for your small business content development goals. So get in touch. Your first consultation with Viva La Hara video production is free. :-)

Contact Vivalahara [at] Gmail dot com

Can't make SXSWi? Ogilvynotes.com has you covered

2011-03-10T10:04:00.006-05:00

So if your way too busy this year to attend SXSW Interactive don't worry man Ogilvynotes has you covered and will be posting some of the best notes on all the juiciest interactive panels. Honestly you can't be everywhere all at once but Ogilvy has hired professional note takers and will be posting screens using tumblr. If you are live on site you can go to a gallery and actually pick-up some large prints. I guess you could call this active art? What's cool though if you are there you can share your notes/etchings for the world to see.

Visual Note-Taking 101 from SXSW 2010

View more webinars from Austin Kleon.

Public Artist Pasqualina Azzarello & Bike Recycling

2011-02-18T10:46:00.005-05:00

Are you a biker, cycler, mountain biker? Here's Pasqualina Azzarello who has made connections from her being a public muralist/artist to figuring out how to give back again to her community. From making ugly construction site walls into art to saving old wayward bike and their parts from the streets and repurposing them for others to enjoy. This video was created as part of the Ogilvy Create or Else documentary inspiration series on youtube. Hope you like it! Here's a link to Recycleabicycle.org if you'd like to get involved in rides or stop by their shops.

Star Wars Begins - Best Documentary I've seen

2011-02-06T15:22:00.004-05:00

This Star Wars documentary called "Begins" is totally excellent and unbelievable that it this is fan made. Yup, jambedavdar took tons of by audio the actors and strung them together along side the whole "first" Star Wars and some great behind the scenes footage.

Shows tons of deleted scenes. Alternate actors. All of sorts of great stuff. Weird that the Studio never made anything like this.

The Brocial Social Network Parody Trailer review

2011-02-01T15:22:00.006-05:00

MOVIE TRAILER REVIEW: The Brocial Network - has the funniest use of the song "Creep" by Radiohead I've ever heard. Because your're such a big douchebag when I'm not around..." Epic (and I never use that word). Can't wait to see this in full Mr.@ben3308. This better roc when www.500MillionBros.com comes out. Good luck!

Your being accused of intentionally bing drinking, shaming sororities, listening to Dave Mathews.

4 thumbs up on the trailer.

Senator Bernie Sanders on the Thieves & Republicans

2010-12-08T12:21:00.005-05:00

We should all hail the thieves and false prophets this week. Not that anybody on my block cares. I think they are moderately retarded in their 100x50 plots. They buy into every Republican lobby as they smoke screen change wrapped in old values & Religion while the very very rich continue to put our country into dept. 1% of the wealthy have made 24% of the wealth in the US. You know that trillion dollar deficit is going to keep growing because there is no end to greed. The banks want us to take it easy and will be happy to get rid of the middle-class. Exxon-Mobile wants more tax breaks for their corporation to help make them soften their more than 19 billion in profits this past year. They want to rob retirees from their meager social security. They want to allow more cut backs on Healthcare, Education or unemployment compensation for the people who are struggling to afford this privilege. So seriously what do we get neighbors? Lets make sure we give tax breaks to billionaires and make sure we continue to move job to china. Keep supporting false prophets and you will get zero in return. Death is easier.

Follow Senator Sanders:
http://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/

Check out Bernie on the Ed Schultz Show:

More reading
Senator Bernie Sanders on the proposed Comcast and NBC merger that is being "reviewed" by the FCC.

A Rock Climbing and writers tech life

2010-11-16T09:47:00.005-05:00

Chongo is free. We wish we were free. He wants technology to enable others to make a better place so we are not constrained. We are all overworked by our own doing. We are trapped by our favorite devices, politics and routines that are willingly captured on public forums mostly in our minds to be the most popular. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could live outside of some of these fucked-up norms and work trends in effort to be accepted by ourselves and others? To help everybody be free? If we could change our daily routines like so many featured folks in this Ogilvy documentary series. I wish to find this freeness and we should all want some. Even if it's just for a moment.

(Insert zen sunrise) and be in the now.

Directed and produced by Janice Ahn, produced by Brian Murphy and Ritesh Batra, shot by Daniel Patterson, edited by Keith Davis.

Craftsman and Storyteller Andrew Robinson

2010-10-22T00:01:00.002-04:00

Hey! Please meet Andrew Cornell Robinson. He's an artist and friend I first met in the 80's in the Town of Westfield. Again super privileged to be able to present a creative thinker and talent like Andrew. He riffs about character profiles and personas and how he applies them to his art and thoughtful creations. Check out more videos from the Create or Else artist series.

Enjoy!

UFO over China footage is really beautiful

2010-10-08T21:42:00.003-04:00

I've never seen anything like this. Footage seems like it's shot from a plane that is being passed by this lovely lit object that is leaving this after glow spraw. The video was originally posted youku.com the Chinese version of youtube.com. Pretty awesome.

I swear there are UFO's flying over New Jersey now. Not to sound paranoid but is 10.10.10 a day of reckoning when our Alien visitor friends will make entrance? Because there is a this really bright northern type star that has never been there before from what I recall (over Perth Amboy/Woodbridge area )and then north of me towards Newark Airport another more colorful object that seem to change colors as planes pass near by. The light has been hanging for awhile tonight pretending to be helicopter. The thing is helicopters don't fly so high and they ten to circle.

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UFO's flying in Easton PA Sept 23rd 2010

2010-09-27T16:50:00.004-04:00

This is probably some of the most intense footage I have ever seen. Subscribe to seeingUFOsPA youtube channel. These are regular folks capturing some amazing footage. Which it appears is happening all over in different countries;

Netherlands
Mexico

Here's another set of sightings in the same area.

UFO's render nuclear missiles useless

2010-09-27T15:20:00.004-04:00

Retired Air Force Captain Robert Salas discussing events surrounding aeriel objects that had flown above nuclear facilities and created guidance system malfunctions. The instruments indicated that the guidance systems had been disabled thus the weapons shut down. After the event he was asked to sign a non-disclosure which he followed up until about 1994 where he had requested information about Echo Flight Incident to have the information be declassified. More than 10 missiles were rendered useless . He collected lots of historical documentation to support this event. Also, Wayne Arneson a communications who was a top secret control officers reports on an event from in 1967. He confirms shut-down of the ufos in Montana from communications he was monitoring. Also, Robert Jameson another missile engineer, March 1967 who was in charge of restarting missiles. It was reported to him and he confirmed that the Oscar flight had gone down which was about 3 missiles. He talks about a UFO going into a canyon in Roy Montana and was debriefed about procedures on what to do when they encountered these objects.

For more info visit: www.disclosureproject.org

In other UFO news: Astrophysicist,Mazlan Othmanof has been named by UN as Alien Ambassador via United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) located in Vienna. See www.unoosa.org which promotes Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

Another article in the Sun from today about how UFO's tampered with Nukes in the UK | from AOLNews. It's going to be interesting.

Can't wait until the next episode of The Event tonight!

UFO's are disarming our nukes one depot at a time

2010-09-21T17:22:00.006-04:00

So I was watching that new show on the tv last night The Event and it delivered what looks like a honest to goodness UFO show about the government keeping secrets from the public. Please start-up the disinformation machine now. But if you believe your eyes check out this picture from apocalypse7thunders (which is invite only ufo watcher blog btw) clearly shows what looks to be a bunch of flying discs or flying objects in the sky. Come on Obama you have a look alike in the show and everything! This would be a good time to come clean with all this "top secret" stuff. I think it would be good for the economy or at the very least some extremely crafty marketing ply in collusion with Hollywood. (Wouldn't be the first time except usually goes the other way in the denial mode.)

Check out this article on Reuters: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects. Start dusting off your tinfoil hats. The press junket is going to be Monday, September 27, 2010 at the National Press Club in Holeman lounge, Washington DC. This "event" [ Witness Testimony-UFO's at Nuclear Weapons Bases ] is only open to credentialed media and Congressional staff only but feel free to see to contact rasalas@roadrunner.com. Present will be researcher Robert Hastings and will moderate a panel of officers involved in UFO incidents involved nukes being disarmed by aerial objects. Yikes! How do I get a invite?

BP oil leak solution by Douglas Trumbull

2010-09-12T10:54:00.003-04:00

From the creative film making mind of Douglas Trumbull who brought to life the fantasy worlds of Blade Runner and 2001 Space Odyssey. Here's real solution to a problem some of world dumbest engineers could not figure out. Check out some more deep underwater details of the oil cap prototype that could save more headaches in the future. Gotta love tinkerers.

Your new computer screen technology

2010-09-09T14:22:00.003-04:00

The future of screen technology may be making you actually take your time to brush your teeth because you are reading a article in a mirror. How cool is that? or could there be more shaving accidents and face dinks? I can barely have a convo when the tv is on. I find myself either turning of the boob tube or at least placing something on mute if somebody is talking to me. I like to try and pay attention and the benefits of literally doing something that is passive vs active verses two things that are active is not really a talent i have honed. Sure I can walk and chew gum and talk on the phone but is this safe? Ha! ok so we can have content played everywhere just like Minority Report. Check out the innovators project for stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays via www.tat.se.

Roderick Angle Fashion Photographer Featured on Create or Else

2010-07-14T15:14:00.005-04:00

Man can't say how super fun it has been working on the Create or Else mini documentary project so far. Here are a few stills from the project.

Roderick Geting make-up

David Zellerford and Rod

Model almost ready for big debut for casting scene we shot.

Machete Mexicans vs Lindsay Lohan

2010-07-14T15:06:00.003-04:00

So I am not sure how Lindsay Lohan is going to tweet from Jail come July 20th but one thing is for sure she is going to miss the Premier of Machete. She has people and commerce will continue. I wonder what the third act is going to look like? I hope it ends well.

Create or Else mini artist documentary series

2010-06-22T11:29:00.005-04:00

DEAR CREATIVES: Ok finally I am able to shout it out loud but I'll let Lars Bastholm, Ogilvy's CCO invite you and give you the skinny on the project that has been consuming me for the past couple months. About every week we will feature a mini documentary on Artists and folks who do cool things. Go ahead and subscribe to Create Or Else on youtube Ogilvy's channel where you might find things inspirational.

First couple of Featured Artist's are Suran Song(a Multi-media performance Artist) and Nathan Sawaya (who makes sculptures out of Legos. Both go into the challenges of making art from within.

I hope you enjoy and tune into the series every week. Oh and the good news you too have the opportunity to be featured on Create or Else. For more info on how to contact, what to do to get in touch with the curators and editors from the video content channel go here. Looking forward in seeing what you got or if you want to suggest something somebody does that is interesting and motivational.

If only BP had a huge paper towl for this mess

2010-06-10T10:20:00.002-04:00

So much crazyness going on with this big BP mess in what was once the Gulf of Mexico. It's more of a pool of death. We've been warned that there would be environmental disaster like this and um' here it is. Even the aliens have warned us that our destinies are in our own hands. But lets blame greed shall we? Bp says they will cut a check to the wildlife. really?

Best Twitterers or tweetards?

2010-06-01T13:24:00.004-04:00

Ok in no particular order here are some of my favorite twitterers on twitter. Might not be your cup of mescal but I think there is good entertainment value here.

Mama_Cougar* Stuck in suburbia and funny as all shit. I can't always relate but fun to follow.

whitegrlproblem* - similar to above in case you are wondering what to avoid in a girlfriend

FatJesus3* Zach Galifianakis really known recently as the Tard on the Hangover is the funniest fuck.

hipsterrunoff* - Ok if you are feeling old but hip and there are gray pubes popping in up in places you never thought possible this one you might want to ignore.

Nick_Nolte* If drunk had smart phone and tweeted a lot at bars and reported incidents with roosters his posts would be like this. (for the most part but maybe worse)

shitmydadsays* This guy got some sort of deal for making up funny shit from the perspective of cranky old man. Totally infamous but had to include.

What else you go? Make me reco and follow my ass on twitter*. I am my own tweetard brand with small opinions and taste.

Disclaimer: none of these people can be confirmed or denied as actually being real people trying to secure a movie deal but g*d bless them for your entertainment and mine.

A.I. Can now detect Sarcasm? No Really?

2010-05-20T14:24:00.004-04:00

Direct from POPCSI.COM: The Future is now reports that some Israeli research team analyzed data using a method what they call SASI which is a Semi-supervised Algorithm for Sarcasm Identification(WHAT?) Which claims it can recognize sarcastic sentences in online product reviews with an astounding 77% accuracy rate. I for one love sarcastic product reviews it helps me decide on making important purchasing decisions because people tend to be pretty honest when they are writing them. Imagine if literal filters were put in place the web would be a really dry, uncomfortable and boring place.

On the other hand a Sarcasm(or verbal irony) software like this could really be useful invention - just imagine the possibilities! You could essentially also have a tweet alert and filter comments by an intent category in case you were asleep at the wheel. Check out the paper (PDF)

Understanding Facebook's Open Graph security for first graders

2010-05-19T16:57:00.007-04:00

Here is the thing when considering sharing your stuff with your "friends" it's important to be able to distinguish between close ones and acquaintances. Once your mom joined facebook it became a very public forum. So you make changes or stick with it. I can see why the knee jerk reaction to the Open Graph but it seems to me facebook is making changes and listening while trying to grow their thing. Remember there was a time that your address and phone number were in a big thick book unless you paid not to be included or have your number listed. So what is the difference here? If you transmitted over a CB radio anybody could respond.

So what if you give a little more info? Don't you want custimized solutions for the things you like so they automatically display for you? A interesting example of the Open Graph change is if your boss is your friend on FB and you like a song on Pandora or article on CNN and they happen to be on the site with Open Graph enabled they will be able to see you like it or shared it if you choose to have the info made available. This is when knowing more about your settings is important. Again, it's important to know that if you read it and don't physically click the "LIKE" button then nobody will know.

Granted would be nice if you were allowed to editorialize why you liked something but alas that's what twitter and FB are for when you share with your friends in the first place. The NYT via scobleizer pointed out from public Q&A with a FB exec that the way Pandora is using the concept opens up even more discovery of music but I digress. What if you don't want your friends to know you like The Bare Naked Ladies(I don't btw)?

Well one option that is gathering momentum is to quit facebook all together on May 31st. but that would be just like quitting smoking or worse yet television no? What are you going to go to Amazon to a buy or download a book with all this new time on your hands and what do you ignore the reviews? How cool would it be if the people you trust helped you make a selection instead of a complete stranger.

So what if I still want to communicate with friends virtually but don't want to give marketers more access than I am comfortable with? Well there is diaspora.com for that issue which is open source project that is currently collecting funding to keep your private info in and advertisers out. We'll see how this goes. The world does run on advertising whether we like it or not it's a question are people willing to pay more?

But do watch what you say or a drunk Zuckerman may delete your FB account if he does not like what you say!

Frequently Asked Facebook Security Questions:
If you need help with your setting check out this graph on NYT
How is the Open Graph supposed to work with my favorite sites?
How do I delete my facebook account permanently?

Interesting Fact: The Facebook Privacy Policy is currently longer than the Constitution of the United States.
When is the official quit facebook day?

You decide.

Save Water and don't let it drip Water Aid Video competition

2010-05-17T14:46:00.007-04:00

I grew-up in California with the saying "If it's yellow let it mellow and if it's brown flush it down." Here is a video of some creatives at work having fun with 48hr video competition for Cannes Advertising Festival to bring attention to the water and sanitation crisis that is killing thousands of people every day. Check out the video above titled "Man Saves Mime" from peeing himself.

Do a search and Vote here on you tube: youtube.com/canneslions to help bring attention to this global issue with so many catastrophes happening all the time the least you can do is help these guys get to France. Although I don't think they would be able to hold it all the way there, the least we can do is check out the contest to do our part for water conservation. Cheers.

The Name Stamp (Japanese Style) Video Contest

2010-04-23T12:32:00.005-04:00

Here is another one of videos for the Search For the World's Greatest Salesperson video contest I'm working on right now. All you have to do is sell a red brick. This video cracks me up and really shows Matt Servitto's (FBI agent from the Sopranos) true talent. Follow the shenanigans on twitter.com/Sell_Or_Else. If you think you have sales skills you should enter to win.

Are you the best Salesperson in the World?

2010-04-01T14:55:00.004-04:00

I love my Job and proud to share this real life contest with you. Do you know or think you are the Worlds Greatest Salesperson? If you can sell cars or mattresses you should be able to sell a red brick right? This is the challenge and your opportunity to help create the sales guide of the future and win a three month paid fellowship at OgilvyOne Worldwide. Similar to being on a board but in this case you also could win a chance to go to the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France to prove you are best at what you do! This is a world wide search for the best of the best digital media thinkers.

For this real life campaign we created some tongue and cheek sales inspiration videos called The Moves -- perhaps you recognize them? Here is one of the videos called Envy Tranfer.

THE DETAILS:

Visit to enter the contest and see more of these spots: YouTube.com/Ogilvy and make sure to read the rules for your chance to win.

Download the full brief here for the Search for the Worlds Greatest Salesperson contest.

Press:

New York Times Article

The video submission deadline is May 16th, 2010.

Follow the action: Twitter.com/Sell_Or_else | facebook.com/ogilvy | LinkedIn Sell or Else Sales Group | youtube.com/ogilvy

I thought suicide machine was a band no?

2010-01-04T16:39:00.001-05:00

But no apparently it's beheading app that Facebook is taking swift action against on the IP DNS level by blockin users from killing your history and friends off. see http://ping.fm/1eu3W Which is dangerous territory that could in theory block real users.
via http://ping.fm/3QOPB