“Call Her Mama”. It’s A Wrap!
If you are one of the people that read my blog, then you probably know I went to South Africa back in September to work on a short documentary about AIDS orphans. Well the film is in the final stages,...
View ArticleHow Cool Is This? Way Cool. South African Cement Laptop Bag
I’m digging this Etsy find by Wren. Partly because I was in South Africa earlier this year, and I would have used this bag to help haul camera gear for sure. But, beyond my South Africa experience,...
View ArticleThis Ain’t No Hallmark Sentiment.
Sometimes it takes a bit of in your face, tongue and cheek humor to make a point with your advertising. This clever little print ad comes to us from Johannesburg South Africa. With a fairly direct...
View ArticleCharis Tsevis Amazing 2010 World Cup Posters.
In just eight short weeks, the World Cup kicks off in South Africa. This marks the first time that the worlds greatest and most watched sporting event is being held on the African continent. The World...
View Article2010 World Cup Poster Helps You Keep Score.
World Cup fever has hit, and its all about the football, or as we say here in America, “Soccer”. I’m not a huge football fan, but I have to admit this World Cup thing has kind of gotten to me …...
View Article30,000: An African surfing odyssey
Thirty Thousand is a film about two Australian surfers on a thirty kilometer journey along the West Coast of Africa in search of the perfect wave. Their travels take them through Angola, Liberia,...
View ArticleRadio does Mad Men.
Lately I have been watching Mad Men seasons 1 through 4 on Netflix. With Season 5 delayed until January 2012 I’ve been jonesing for the show just a bit, and I decided to watch the first for seasons...
View ArticleCNN Ecosphere for the COP17 Conference.
CNN has come up with a really amazing data visualization for tweets being generated at the COP17 Conference on Global warming. The concept is really pretty simple, tweet and add the hash tag #COP17....
View ArticleThe CNN ECOSPHERE Project Case Study
Back in November I posted about the COP 17 conference in Durban, South Africa. Specifically I posted about the real-time holographic model that was being built via Twitter about the conference. The...
View ArticleBEV The Sampling Robot and Beverage Dispenser.
Here is a nice little marketing tool that utilizes Twitter. BOS Tea has developed a vending machine that allows customers to tweet for a free drink. Simply tweet the unique hashtag #BOSTWEET4T when...
View ArticleI Want to Amarok Your World.
I want to hand it to Ogilvey’s Cape Town South Africa offices for turning out a smart and engaging spot for the VW Amarok (sadly a vehicle that will never make it to the USA). The production quality of...
View ArticlePonte Tower, by Philip Bloom
Philip Bloom has released a new short documentary on Vimeo. The film focuses on Ponte Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa, and captures the feeling of the haunting structure, with beautiful...
View ArticleStorytelling in 60 Seconds.
The art of editing film takes time to learn and perfect. The subtleties and finesse required to help finish the story through editing is truly a craft that must be mastered through years of trial and...
View ArticleSummer Rosé,
The first day of summer is tomorrow, so keeping up with this weeks build up to summer theme I have created a poster of 10 rosés that you can drink now. None of them will break the bank and all of …...
View Article“In Saturn’s Rings” Stephen van Vuuren’s 4K Journey Into Space.
South African filmmaker Stephen van Vuuren is working on an IMAX film titled In Saturn’s Rings. The film is being created by stitching, processing, and animating over one million images. The result is...
View Article“The Reader” Give That Man A Bell’s.
Over the weekend I came across a long format commercial for South African whiskey distiller “Bells”. The two videos below show the full length commercial and the behind the scenes documentary that was...
View ArticlePonte Tower, by Philip Bloom
Philip Bloom has released a new short documentary on Vimeo. The film focuses on Ponte Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa, and captures the feeling of the haunting structure, with beautiful...
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