If you are looking to dip your toe in the water without spending a ton of cash BarCamps are a great way to find out what new technologies, Internet new media tools are emerging from the cutting edge without running up your credit card dept.
You can also sign up for the Geek Dinner where you are sure to meet all kinds of techies willing to share new info.
Be forewarned these events are very open. You are bound to be welcomed with open arms and walk away with new knowledge and new friends.
I ran into actor David Loren star of Big Fantastic’s Prom Queen and Sorority Forever at a wrap party in Hollywood and he gave me some words of encouragement for actors wanting to act in online videos and come to Hollywood.
We were standing outside in the parking lot of The Twisted Spade card club in Hollywood – the first of its kind “Entertainment Only” card room. Twisted Spade Card Club is a members only establishment providing its members with a comfortable environment to play, learn, and enjoy the game of poker.
The grand opening day is November 1st by Invitation Only.
Last week I caught Co-Founder of GetBack.com Fitz Flynn off guard at Contentinople with my pocket sized Flip Digital Video Camera and I got him to explain how old content is still valuable and I even got him to cough up a few tips for independent video producers.
According to The Hollywood Reporter NBC Promo Wizard Vince Maze is leaving NBC after 18 years to start his own New Media Company.
That’s nice Tim. Why should I care about some old guy leaving NBC?
Cause this is a guy that understands short form and long form media better than anyone else on the planet and if Vince Manze is leaving the comfort of NBC in the middle of a recession to start a new media company you know he has something good and worst yet he’s going to stir the pot for everyone else.
I recently ragged on StrikeTV for having 40 Shows and no promo department. Vince Manze is a guy that can create 40 Internet Shows overnight and have the promos done and posted before Midnight.
Look out kids, there’s a new professional on the new media playing field who is going to raise the bar for all of us.
Video Blogging Pioneer Eddie Codel had a chance to sit down with Spike Lee yesterday with a handful of other bloggers & vloggers and got 20 minutes with Spike to ask him about the influence of the Internet, social networks, mobile devices and cheap tools on film making. They also got his view on UFOs!! This is part of the Nokia Productions film project.
It’s interesting to see how a ground breaking filmmaker like Spike Lee is so far behind when it comes to new technology and the digital revolution.
This political video is on it’s way to 1 Million views this week. It features a law suit by a Democratic attorney alleging that Barack Obama is not a Natural born US Citizen.
Have the Clintons figured a way to get Hillary in the White House?
In the Entertainment Industry there have been two types of marketing that marketers have used to sell entertainment properties. Industry Marketing and Consumer Marketing. Movies have both Industry Trailers and Consumer Trailers. One set of trailers to explain to theater and DVD store owners as well as foreign distributors what the new movies are coming down the pike and one set of trailers for the general public to see in movie theaters and at the beginning of DVDs to get them motivated to watch.
In Television and other entertainment arenas trailers are put together but they are called Presentations or Sizzle Reels. These highlight reels are less story driven and just give a high energy look at what entertainment a company currently has to offer.
Last night at Entertainment Networking Event I had the chance to speak on a panel moderated by NBC Host Shira Lazar with some of the folks from Deca. – The people who just invested in Smosh. This was one of the toughest panels I’ve ever been on. Not because the questions were hard hitting but because it was in a noisy bar. It was the first time I ever asked people in the audience to leave a panel I was on. I just told them, “If you want to talk leave. Go outside and network.” Boom. They did but it was still hard to hear as their noise drifted into the old swimming pool area of the Hollywood Athletic Club where Douglas Fairbanks used to swim.
On the panel we talked the basics of online video monetization to a crowd made up of film and TV people who had not yet posted videos on the Internet. This was a group of people who were looking for work and new ways to make money. A crowed that was thirsty for Online Video 101 information.
Some how we made it through the panel and my big take away was that what ever you are doing to promote yourself, your online video or video series you need to Sizzle. You need to give industry and consumers something exciting that engages them. I didn’t get up on that panel to tell talkers to leave but after the panel was over I had people thanking me for doing that and apologizing for other people’s behavior. What ever I did made an impression on people and it gave them an opportunity as an ice breaker to talk with me after the show. I sizzled.
I’ve posted Deca’s Sizzle reel here for you all to check out. If you are a media buyer or sponsor who contacts Deca because of my blog please let me know.
And if you have a Sizzle Reel or trailer that you would like me to feature send me an email or post a link to it in the comments.
Online Comedy Series Creator/Exec Producer/Actor Hayden Black will be giving the Key Note at this year’s OMMA Video where he will talk about his online video successes Goodnight Burbank and Abagail’s X-Rated Teen Diary.
Jamison Tilsner of Tilzy.TV talks to Hayden Black, creator of GoodnightBurbank.com and AbigailsXRatedTeenDiary.com.
SIDE NOTE: Last night one of the cast members of Goodnight Burbank, David Lawrence showed up in the NBC hit series HEROES.
