The Digital Nativity Story

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA
What if the Christmas nativity story happened in modern times? How would it be represented in social media? Here’s one group’s rendition.
Excerpt of article:
A popular new video takes the Immaculate Conception into the 21st century. Designed by Excentric, a Lisbon, Portugal-based digital marketing company, “The Digital Story of the Nativity” tells the familiar biblical story through Google searches, e-mails, tweets, Facebook “Likes” and Foursquare “check-ins.”
Story about the video is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/17/nativity.story.video/index.html?hpt=C2

Composer’s Interview From Hell

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lg4sc_Iuk

I found this on YouTube and thought it was just so great. And yes, I’ve heard some of these same questions and comments before. Here’s the description from the video:

A collection of some of my strangest conversations with the press, all boiled down to one interview. Yes, I was really asked all of these questions by various arts journalists and audience members. The names and situations have been changed to protect the innocent (me).

Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron form 3D partnership

MONTREAL — A group of entertainment heavyweights including Cirque du Soleil and Canadian director James Cameron have formed a partnership to produce theatrical 3D projects.

Reel FX and Cirque du Soleil Images are the production partners.

“Shooting with the Cirque du Soleil team has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of my professional life,” Cameron said in the release.

“It’s a unique opportunity for me, and my 3D partner Vince Pace, to bring the Cirque du Soleil experience to a worldwide audience through the magic of 3D cinema.”

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101209/james-cameron-cirque-du-soleil-101209/

Email Q&A: Please Give Me a Christmas Tree

Originating from one of my old blog posts about giving Donations as Christmas Presents:
https://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2008/11/making-donations-as-christmas-presents/

I received this email:

i am member of a Shaloom Church in Pakitan. i am founding a Christmas Tree But i have no meet a Christamas Tree. Sir Plz Send me a Christmas Tree. Before a 25 December . My Pastor is a very upset. For a Christmass Tree. My all Planing is panding. i am waiting your’s to gift.

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Jingle Bells – My Christmas Fart CD

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKf5o2reC1I

Hey kids, it’s Christmas time again. You know what that means. Time to dig out your favorite Christmas Fart CD. May I recommend a Farting Christmas by Santa’s Farting Elves. Yes, I produced this. Yes, I think it’s funny. No, I do not think it is offensive to the Christmas spirit. Ok, that should pre-empt most of the hate mail.

Available on Itunes, and also on Amazon.com for Mp3 download or physical CD at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BY897G

Karl and Conrad 2010 Vacation Thailand and Cambodia

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYe7oX7_FYM

November 2010 my cousin Karl and I took a two week vacation through Thailand and Cambodia. This is the second video I’ve ever made and did it on Imovie with a Mac. It was very fun to work on. After doing a few more on Imovie I plan on jumping into Final Cut and learning how to edit video in that. I have Final Cut Express to start. If you have any video tips or websites with tutorials that would be much appreciated.

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