Let's talk about the good things we can use generative AI for. Hey there! I know it's been awhile, but you know how it goes. One project turns into another and you get hyper-focused and forget all about the blogging and the social media. I do miss the blog, though, and I would not be fulfilling my role as a communi
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Super Freaks Indiegogo is live! Most people that have I have collaborated with know that my. first inclination is toward the disruptive and anything that subverts status-quo in an ultimately constructive way. Like many of my colleagues, my first love in video production is independent film, so it is always exciting
Read more...In the beginning of the twilight days of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the poet Dan Hendrickson reached out to me about Nonsense is My Chicken, project he had been diligently working on during quarantine. He had made a film, piece by piece, during random moments over the last few years and saw the lockdown
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Camera on location in Stevens Point, WI. Shortly before the Olympics, I set another personal record for TWVS, so I thought it would be fun to compile a listicle of the top 3 records I've set so far during TWVS or TWVS-adjacent video productions. Of course, this is not a formal competition. This is mostly to recogni
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The crew sets up a dolly move for our PSA. (Photo: TWVS) Let's talk about making a non-profit PSA during a pandemic.Yes, it has been awhile since I've updated this part of my social media. Honestly, I've been busy enough supporting other folks social media that I've not given much due to my own. I know it's a bad.
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Give to the Max Day was yesterday in Minnesota, and many organizations I've collaborated with in the past were active in this vast fundraising event. On one hand I can count organizations I've worked with in the past who have raised over $25,000 in one day of individual generosity. For these organizations and groups
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There are many flavors of live events these days. Many of them are virtual in some capacity and many of them are tethered to a conferencing platform. Zoom-style events substitute talking heads for the sights and sounds of an actual event. A "non-event" as it were. There are ways to make the virtual feel a little less
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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWU4R-afvlI[/embedyt] The Urban Spectrum Theatre Company has been doing great work in the Minneapolis community for several decades and all with "nimble" budgets. They are a community institution and have had their work recognized by no less than Academy Award winner John S
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I have produced over 700 short web video "marketing documentaries" for all manner of clients throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois. These videos have been placed on websites such as Dex, Facebook, as well as many homesites for the businesses themselves. I have to say that less
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I prefer working with local non-profits for a few reasons, one of these is that I can use my skills and experiences to see a tangible result in the lives of my neighbors. Another is that the content is always dynamic and interesting. Usually these projects take the form of documentary storytelling, and that, by defini
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