This is a commercial I shot and directed for Zico Coconut Water. Graham Simon from Ignited was the writer and Drew English made the original music score.
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I was the editor and motion graphics artist on this show working directly with EMI. The show premiered in December of 2010 on Fuse and Vevo and has already reached over 1,000,000 views on youtube and counting. Check it out here.
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Went to Bowlive at the Brooklyn Bowl last friday night. It was such a good time. Shot some video/stills and made this little promo piece.
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This is a new video that I created for Snowbird Ski Resort. I created this campaign called “so many reasons” to help with their social media marketing strategy. Hope you enjoy watching it as I had making it!
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The Egyptian government has taken an unprecedented action, shutting down nearly all Internet and cellular access into an out of the country. Egypt did not just put up a firewall for its 80 million citizens. It has forced networks completely offline. The only Internet activity remaining is that of the Egyptian stock exchange and some government departments.
Learn more.
Watch live coverage:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar
Excellent background information:
Mother Jones: What’s Happening in Egypt
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/01/whats-happening-egypt-explained
More details about the communications shutdown:
Egypt Leaves the Internet
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml
WSJ: Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services
http://on.wsj.com/eMeukH
More about democracy and freedom in Egypt:
Egypt Global Integrity Report
http://report.globalintegrity.org/Egypt/2008
Forbes: Opposition Claims Massive Fraud in Egypt Electoral Poll
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2005/09/08/afx2212162.html
Huffington Post: Egypt Targeting Reporters: Press Freedom Group
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/egypt-targeting-reporters_n_814521.html
Updates from Cairo:
The Arabist
http://twitter.com/arabist
CNN’s Ben Wedeman
http://twitter.com/bencnn
Other helpful sources for making this video:
Bloomberg: Egypt Internet Down, Police Counterterror Unit Up
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-27/egypt-s-protests-pose-threat-for-regime.html
Reuters: Egypt Unrest Rages on, Biggest Protests Planned
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70O3UW20110128?pageNumber=2
CNN: Egypt’s Mubarak Faces Toughest Challenge Yet
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/27/egypt.mubarak/
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