October 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
Quand tu danses - Gilbert Bécaud
Accidental Chinese Hipsters →
Blogging awesomeness
April 2011
1 post
Production Company of the Year: Capital City Films... →
February 2011
3 posts
“It was weird. It wasn’t until I got to the second album that I really felt...”
– Mike Skinner (The Streets)
“I discovered that what’s really important for a creator isn’t what...”
– Federico Fellini
October 2010
2 posts
“What is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear.”
– Robert Bresson
The Top Ten
I’m always asking people to name their favourite movies to find something great that I haven’t seen yet. So I figured I should share mine. A list like this is so personal, it doesn’t attest to their greatness on any objective level, just a subjective response, which is all one can really hope for.
Anyway here is my list, I would love for you to send me yours.
1. Andrei...
September 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
Beat the Clock - Shevelles - 1960’s NZ
April 2010
5 posts
“Life is just a party and parties weren’t meant to last.”
– Prince
A rare track searching for a commercial.
“The trick to writing a compelling narrative is so simple it is often overlooked:...”
– David Mitchell
March 2010
4 posts
December 2009
1 post
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no...”
– Samuel Johnson (via theimpossiblecool)
November 2009
11 posts
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in...”
– Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool)
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Teleconference Bad, Skype Good! →
Teleconferencing often feels like you’ve been sitting in a well, while people stand round kicking things down at you. A large portion of the subtle communication of a good jam session is non-verbal, you need to see a face to see how people are “feeling it”. So get video skyping, it is now highly reliable, easy and works in most corporate settings. Download it now. If you need...
A beautiful track from “Night of the...
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Writing tips
Story is the cheapest way to make an ad watchable. This is David Mamet’s simple rules for writing a compelling narrative. By “Problem of the Play” he means what the Protagonist(s), need to solve, get or overcome.
1) The Problem of the play must be concise
2) The Progress toward it must be direct and all incidents essential either in advancement or disruption of that progress.
3)...
“The trick to writing a compelling narrative is so simple it is often overlooked:...”
– David Mitchell - Author of the Cloud Atlas