Posts from — May 2007

Joan Collins celebrates her 74th birthday today. I can’t believe she’s that old, maybe actually I can. But she looks damn good for her age. I saw her guest stint on “Footballer’s Wives”. She still oozed crazy sex appeal as she bossed around her Brazilian footballer boyfriend. The lady has some serious screen presence.

Maybe she only allows pro camcorders and cameras to take pictures of her. Then, she’s always caught with the best lighting and equipment possible. I hope I can have the same luxury if I become old and famous. I wouldn’t want people shooting me with an amatuerish canon elura 100, I would demand the best.

Many music videos can be made on a cheap/almost zero budget. A Sony Dcr Dvd505 can do the trick for most music videos. You just shoot your idea and then for sound, overlay the song. And now you’ve got a snazzy shoestring budget music video.

The fresh faced, Ace Norton has made a nice career outta music video direction. He’s made videos for Bloc Party, Willowz, Death Cab for Cutie, Teddybears and now even Mandy Moore! I just can’t believe it. And he’s only 25. See the new video for yourself.

The video seems really high tech, but in reality it was just her in a bunch of outfits shot from the same upward pan camera angle. Obviously, there were a lot of after effects animation. He just has an idea and runs with it. And it really seems to be working for him.

My friend Mike was just talking my ear off about Joost, this new television on demand service. You can watch tons of shows online for free (at least with the beta version). This sounds awesome. It’s like a TiVo fused with youtube or something. They already have shows from MTV, Comedy Central, WB shows and tons more.

I would really be interested in learning how they pitch the service to television networks. They could feature a behind-the-scenes look of how Joost was created. I think it would be fun to follow them around with a mini dv or dvd video camera.

I don’t know how much it’s gonna cost in the future. But right now it’s free with an invite. Now if they have “The State” or other hard to find cancelled television shows that I loved, I’m am so there no matter the cost.

Do you know who Seth Rogen is? He stars in the upcoming film, Knocked Up. He was also on “Freaks and Geeks” and played one of the supporting character in 40 year old Virgin. My friend saw his new movie at a sneak preview and highly recommends it. The trailer does make it look pretty funny.

I wonder how the story of the film would play out in real life. The premise is they had a one night stand and she got pregnant. They attempt to make it work, despite the fact they barely know each other. I was reading more camcorder reviews, & digital camcorders can make really good documentary films.

I could follow a real couple who are having a baby under the same circumstance. I could call it Knocked Up: For Reals. All you’d have to do is interview the couple a bunch. Really play up the boy vs. girl perspective. Maybe get some background on the couple from peers and family. It could pretty entertaining. I’m sure not as funny though as Judd Apatow’s movie. Might get a little sad, unless it just so happens they turn out to love each other.

Needless to say, I’ll need to research this forthcoming doc by seeing Knocked up on June 1st.

I watched the 40 year old Virgin with my pal LNDSML. That movie is just so hilarious. Last night, it reminded me how much I love Paul Rudd. I love his portrayal of the depressed, yet angry, crazy guy who can’t get over his ex-girlfriend (played so well by Mindy Kaling).

The scene where he holds a dcr Sr80 to his face is so great! And the video camera is hooked up to display across all the big screen televisions. So you get to see him acting like a drunk idiot across ten screens! It’s so funny, especially when he’s like flashing his butt to the camera. He sorta takes it one step too far, but it works. Then, it’s a hard cut to them changing it promptly to Michael McDonald getting all busy.

Speaking of Mr. McDonald, I love me some Michael McDonald, and so do Yacht Rock. They make you really appreciate that Hall & Oates-y smooth rock era so much more. If you like Steve Carell, you’re gonna love these guys. Check out episode one, which tells the story behind “What a Fool Believes”.