Youtube to Vimeo

I have posted some new videos to the site. I have been looking around for the best site to host videos.

Good for hosting high quality video

I signed up for an account at Vimeo.com and uploaded something a friend and I had made because it was a larger file and that is Vimeo’s specialty, hosting larger files, therefore higher quality videos. They also have an option for a premium account where you can upload HD content and will give you sole permission and access to where your videos are placed.

I found the best compression method, so I am beginning to transfer everything from my youtube page since the quality can’t even compare. I know Youtube does have a new “HQ” feature but I think I will just go with vimeo for hosting and sharing.

Panasonic DVX-100b

I recently connected a few old hard drives to convert older projects with the new compression settings and I found some projects that I forgot about. There is one that my brother, Leigh, and I made in 2006 when we both lived in DC and I just got my first camera, the Panasonic DVX 100b. It was an idea he had for a video for The Microphones‘ song “Bass Drum Dream“.

Microphones-bass drum dream

I also posted a commercial that I recently produced for the Groovin’ in the Garden, local concert series in Richmond. Hopefully soon I will have most of the other videos converted and posted on the videos page. You can also check out some of my other video work at VCURamNation.com.

Dos Equis & Mirrorball make a toast

As someone who produces cable spots for TV, I pay attention to the things that you have taught yourself to tune out. But I’m betting that you have seen at least a few of the new spots for the Dos Equis campaign by the Mirrorball Agency out of New York. They essentially took the “Chuck Norris” theory and mixed it with the Bruce Campbell Old Spice man and created a fictional hispanic character called “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”

Mirrorball brings you The Most Interesting Man in the World

I’ve embedded a few of them at the bottom of this post but there are many more than I’ve yet to see on TV. Mirrorball did a really great job at rebranding the beer by the Heineken Brewing Company. Almost makes me want to grab a Dos Equis, almost.

…on pick up lines:

…on tight pants:

…on rollerblading:

minute version:

Mutombo retires: NBA loses an ambassador

The NBA has a newest oldest player. I am not sure exactly who that is but I know who it was. It was Dikembe Mutombo…until last night. Mutombo was playing with the Rockets last night in Portland for game 2 against the Trailblazers when he tangled his left knee with Portland center, Greg Oden, and fell to the ground and had to be helped off on a stretcher.

Mutombo, Friend to all

Mutombo is a Congolese American who, at the age of 42, spent 18 years in the NBA. He was selected 4th over all by the Denver Nuggets in 1991 out of Georgetown. As you can imagine, he holds a few records in the NBA. In the grand scheme of things, Mutombo was a great basketball player but he was an even better human being.

The larger than life athlete spent his college summers interning for the Congress of United States and for the World Bank. He is also the founder of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve living conditions in his native Democratic Republic of Congo.

4-Time NBA Defensive Player of the Year

The humanitarian also paid for uniforms and expenses for the Zaire women’s basketball team for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. He is also a spokesman for the international relief agency, CARE and is the first Youth Emissary for the United Nations Development Program.

It was unfortunate for a big guy who managed to escape serious injuries, have his career end in the playoffs by such a severe injury. “I cried so much about it when I was laying on the floor,” Mutombo told KRIV- TV. “But when I got in the locker room, (Rockets athletic trainer) Keith Jones and I talked that I needed to be positive and thank God for the wonderful 18 years I have.”