California Collection

Todays Blog is going to focus on a trip to California I recently took. I have a lot of photographs that display certain techniques and I have some tips and tricks when shooting stills.  I’m also going to discuss what lenses I used for what. Don’t worry one of them is the standard lens that comes with most Canon Rebels.  However, I also own a very inexpensive 50mm, F1.8 Prime lens.  My favorite lens by far, but I will go into that after the break along with the showcase of the pictures.

America's Got Talent Review: San Francisco

From left to right, Nick Cannon, Sharon Osbourne,
Howard Stern, and Howie Mandel

After getting to work for 5 of the audition cities, one being San Fran, I was ecstatic when I got to see some old friends. Granny G, Funk Beyond control, David and his CMYKs, Mars, and others all brought their “A” game to the stage in San Francisco. America's Got Talent airs Monday and Tuesdays at 9/8c!

Granny G got put through and her act is rapping about traditional values. When she first got to the audition city and I got to register her she was above and beyond nice. She was cool and I was blown away that she was a rapper. If you missed the whole song there is a YouTube music video she made of it. I’m not sure if Granny G is going to win but this is great PR for her new career and if she were to release an album, I’d buy it. Check out her video below!

The Avengers

     

As everyone has heard the Avengers has become a hit in the theaters. I was fortunate enough to go to the Avenger’s Movie Marathon at Downtown Disney. It was an all day event, 6 movies in one day. First was Iron Man, then the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, and then the final midnight release of The Avengers. The Avengers was amazing, not only were the scenes packed with action there was drama and surprisingly a good amount of comedy, With the help of Tony Stark a.k.a. Iron Man, The Avengers set a new standard for action films. While reading my Google Reader I found a ton of articles about The Avengers. My main highlight will be a video with the sound recorder and mixer of The Avengers talking about certain scenes and what is was like working with on The Avengers. The video is posted below and is worth the watch. There is also some other links that take you to behind the scenes photos and more. If there is anything to say to recommend The Avengers is that one, this movie not only battles good vs evil, it shows you what each super hero is capable of, highlights each one of their strengths and weaknesses, and best of all you get to see them battle each other. After they realize that they are important and needed the come together to fight the evil that is afoot. I will gladly be seeing the movie again in theaters.Click the link and Enjoy the video. 

Will the Online Streaming Service HBOGo keep Cable TV alive?

Online Streaming Services HBOGo

 Being the world 11^th most innovative company by FastCompnay HBO is setting up and new type of streaming that you have to have cable to get it. For a while after Netflix and Hulu took off there was talk about cable getting replaced but not anymore, HBO has started a service called HBOGo. It is a streaming service that is offered to HBO Paying members (so people who pay for HBO with their cable provider) streaming of movies and show from an apple tv, xbox, and many more, and its EXCLUSIVE. They do not share their content with any other provider, so if you want to watch it you have to get cable and HBO. HBOGo is becoming a huge talking point to people who are interested in the shows. People want to see their content on Netflix and Hulu but in a recent article HBO made it clear that there was not going to be any content of theirs on Netflix or Hulu anytime soon. With 30 million subscribers to HBO they aren’t hurting for more sales. What they are doing is keeping people plugged into cable TV and it is very interesting. If HBO were to offer its content to Netflix and Hulu what is stopping the current subscribers from canceling their service and going to streaming, It would be cheaper. I’ve seen HBOGo and interacted with it and it’s amazing. A five start streaming content app that lets you watch great movies and great shows. It also has an interesting category called Collections and it offers a wide variety of different genre specific films. All in All this is something that is keeping people plugged into cable and with its success I wonder if other companies like Showtime, Cinamax, and others will use this type of model for their content. 

Troika Seminar

Negotiating and Producing

An Interview with President of Detour Entertainment, Producer Chris Green

Chris Green, President, DetourEntertainment

After reading Getting to yes, I realized that compromising wasn’t the only way to go, and that people can actually come to mutual agreements through joint brainstorming (another term used in Beyond Reason.) I have been finding real life examples through media and the Internet but I got a one on one talk with a local producer who reassured me of some of the key points in both books I mentioned. Chris Green is a local producer who is the founder of the Entertainment group, Detour Entertainment.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

For the past few months I’ve been seeing this title for a movie coming out and I finally got to watch the trailer, it looks awesome. If the chemistry is there this movie might be extremely moving. It is about a boy who looses his farther to the tragedy on September 11, 2001. But after finds a key that he must find the lock it goes to. Searching for anything that could bring him closer to his dad.  I think this film will be something like Little Miss Sunshine or Sunshine Cleaning. A movie that when you leave the theater you leave happy for what you have and who you are.This movie also seems like a comeback movie for two falling stars.