Category: Daily Thoughts


Before your check out the interview on this NYC via Orlando alternative soul crooner, check out the teaser Drempt created for the interview with Peter Baldwin featured on CultureClimax.com.

Check out the teaser, then head over to Culture Climax for the interview! You won’t regret it!

Then be sure to check out more of Drempt’s productions here

Thanks!

~Arielle

Lead a Visual Life

Intel is brilliantly showcasing its top-notch technology through a series of documentaries, where

“through visual experience [they] define who [they] are. And a 2ndgeneration Intel® Core™ processor, with its combination of smart performance and stunning, seamless visuals, is the perfect engine for expressing and sharing your visual life.”

The series, called “Intel Visual Life,” features various artists, photographers, and musicians, on how their talents are impacting the world and how Intel technology is a part of that.

You definitely have to check them all out, but here are two of Drempt‘s fave docs of the series, in that each are beautifully shot and edited and aspirational to attain:

Musician Michael Franti
Photographer/blogger The Sartorialist

~Arielle

“For me, cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

Hitchcock certainly had a recipe for success when it came to filmmaking. In this animated short, see their interpretation of the Hitchcock Cookbook.

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This is the true story of 2 platforms picked to work together, and edit people who’s lives are taped, to find out what happens when Post people stop being polite, and start getting real…
The Real World – Edit Bay

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Creative Cow Member, and Senior Vice President of Post Production of Bunim/Murray Productions, Mark Raudonis, wrote this fascinating article from an insider’s perspective on switching between two editing platforms. As an industry leader, BMP went from Avid to FCP and back to Avid. Check out the article to find out why they made the switch! In the business of storytelling, you need the best tools to tell your tale. This is Mark’s story.

~Arielle

Where Do Your Dreams Lie?

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Live Your Life

Perhaps you’ve seen this poster before… It’s the Holstee Manifesto “This is your life” poster floating around the Internet.

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Holstee is a team that

“designs and curates with the hopes that each product and its inherent story inspires others to follow their dream.”

Products include 100% recycled material t-shirts and wallets.

Drempt just discovered this film by Holstee, putting their well-known manifesto to motion. The passion of the manifesto is translated in the film through biking, a passion the Holstee team possess. Prepare to be inspired!

~Arielle

Take Action!

Do what you can to stop Congress from censoring the World Wide Web! Take action! Google can help you do that! Drempt took a stand – now its your turn!

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~Arielle

What’s in a name?

This well-known documentarian is not the first to do this, but if you were to pan and zoom on a still photograph in your video production, you are performing a Ken Burns effect.

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This well-known director is not the first to do this either, but if you dolly out while zooming in at the same time, you are performing a Hitchcock zoom.

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And, to achieve this, it is very mathematic, 20120108-105731.jpg

or in my case, trial and error.

Drempt wants to know, what’s your signature move?

~Arielle

Now, this post isn’t to question the social position or condition of documentaries, but rather about the actual states they come from – the United States.
This list was found over at P.O.V, a blog and aspect of PBS that focuses on independent non-fiction films and is the longest running showcase of these films. P.O.V created a list of the 50 best docs that represent each state, based on story, subject, and connection to that state.

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What documentary would you add to represent your state?
~ Arielle

Early Bird or Night Owl?

“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.”

Aristotle was on to something quite brilliant when he uttered this statement. When it comes to your work and productivity habits, you can fall into one of two categories: early bird or night owl.

With the night owl, as WorkAwesome puts it,

Many people have had the day to allow ideas and strategies to percolate throughout the day and spend the wee hours making those ideas happen.  In essence, they’re getting a head start as well – just really late the night (or early morning) beforehand.

As for early birds, The 99% had an interesting article to back-up the “get the worm” method called “The 1-step Plan for Super Productivity“.

If you’re getting up early, you probably already have a good idea of what you want to accomplish that day – otherwise it would be hard to motivate to get up in the first place. Being an early riser also indicates a natural affinity for ritual and discipline – both key traits of especially productive people.

Which one are you?

If you’re a night owl looking to make a switch and get on a new rhythm, that same 99% article has some great tips, such as:

Get out of bed immediately! No snooze button! Expose yourself to sunlight and develop a routine.

Most creative professionals work during “normal” business hours, 9-5, with other productive members of society. Are you using the best of your productivity?

Drempt wants to know!

~Arielle

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