And be sure to check out Patrick Boivin’s “Making Of” clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KO4UHOyk4
Cleveland (don’t cry too much if you’re a fan)
So there’s a great video that’s made the rounds at work.
We actually stumbled upon Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt before finding the original video, so that’s how they’re presented here: second one first, first one second.
“Buy a house for the price of a VCR”
“Our main export is crippling depression”
Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt
HASTILY MADE CLEVELAND TOURISM VIDEO
Some random stuff from the Interweb
My new favorite website
Bars & Tones
From André at Vimeo
Blasting local TV weather coverage
Hilarious and true…
Some things I found hidden in my bookmarks
I was digging through old bookmarks and *.txt files and came across these four things. I thought they’d be worth a second look for me, and a good time-killer for you.
Movie Showtimes Map
http://hurwi.net/map/
The Movie Showtimes Map is extremely helpful if you know what movie you want to see, but have no idea where it’s playing near you. Just type in the ZIP code or address where you are, then select a movie from the list on the left.
Here’s a link to the Indianapolis map.
Shopping Cart Fail
Pretty self-explanatory. If you’re a fan of Fail Blog you’ve no doubt already seen this. If not, enjoy.
ABC Bohemian Rhapsody Music Video
This is really old, well September-old, but very good. It’s basically a clip reel of the then-upcoming 2008 season on ABC, set to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
The Promotions Office
If you’ve ever worked in the News or Promotions/Creative Services department at a television station you’ll see this is reality, not just comedy. This is really how my job goes some days…
A quick laugh
A co-worker forwarded this my way the other day, and I’ve found myself giggling about the “Boston Market” line quite frequently.
Ooh Girl – An Honest R&B Song
“Cause I just had a big dinner”
Boston Market
“And I’m struggling with some negative body issues.”
Not fair!
Fair use is an interesting topic within copyright law. During media law classes in college, it was always a conversation starter.
Copyright law protects our property and creations. Movies, books, poems, blog posts, music, blueprints, videos and everything else you can think of are covered.
But there’s a great loophole that lets others use part of your work (and not technically as a derivative work). Fair use. It lets news programs and people poking fun of your work use your work. Keep in mind that satire and parody are two very different things, and I can’t remember which one is protected speech when I’m this many beers deep already.
Anywho, here’s a very helpful (and fun) explanation of fair use using fair use.
Genius. Simply genius.
What the f*$% are *you* doing?
This could be my biggest fear as someone who works in broadcast television.
Now, they claim this was supposed to be a recorded segment, and the wrong tease was cued up. Last time I checked, a station like WNBC (which is facing major cutbacks) would be on some sort of automation system. Which means a Media Manager-type would have to ingest the spot, and I’m hoping would catch “what the fuck are you doing?”
It definitely makes for a more exciting newscast, though.
Anyone in television have an opinion on that?
Other people’s misfortunes -or- I’m glad it wasn’t me
It doesn’t matter how many times I see it, everything I watch this clip I laugh my ass off.
