Breaking news – coke submarine busted off Mexico.

Dateline July 19 2008.
US intelligence aided the Mexican government to track down a small submarine carrying 5.8 tonnes of cocaine. This is proof that the drug cartels will stop at nothing to import charly into the states. The above video tells the official story of the lengths that the barons will go to in order to spread their deadly cargo.

Unofficially it has been revealed that the cartel came up with the idea whilst watching an old Beatles classic film based on LSD – it was called – The yellow submarine!
Reports of over 4000 killed in the recent coke wars may result in crisis for cola shares.

Sales in Budweiser are expected to increase.

Video marketing – taboo humor part 2.

Imagine this – you discover an unusual product and contact the manufacturer to join their affiliate program.   Then you find an amusing video on the subject and embed it onto your site, permission granted from the video owner, of course (copyright).

It could be a complete website, centering around the product, or a single page which spices up your other content.    Write articles and blogs about the amazing product, all linking to your site.     Search engines love articles, blogs and videos – people love humor – it is a winning formula and a powerful addition to your armory.

Video marketing- taboo humor part 1.

Every day life and the difference between man and woman, is a subject that is often talked about, yet rarely written about. Videos on the subject are even rarer – note – we are not talking of pornography here.

In relation to video marketing and web site construction, it is becoming more essential to embed videos as an attraction for your visitor. If the videos are humorous without being too far over the top, and changed regularly, your visitor may bookmark your site and return.

The video I have chosen to accompany this article is an excellent production, however it does include a few naughty words, so is therefore not suited for family viewing. It also leads up to a video selected for part two of this article.

Here is a quick joke on the subject (posted on Samantha Burn’s blog).

A man in a bar starts trying to impress a lovely young thing, who quickly tires of his advances. “Look,” she says, “I’ll bet you $100 you can’t pee higher up the alley wall than I can. If I win, you pay up and leave the bar. If you win, I’ll pay you, and then blow you right there in the alley.”

Thinking he has a sure win, he agrees, downs the rest of his beer for the extra pressure, then follows the girl and the rest of the bar’s patrons into the alley. The girl demurely drops her panties, then does a handstand, spreads her legs, and shoots a stream of steaming liquid ten feet up the wall. The crowd applauds. The man, realizing he has a tougher challenge than he thought, slowly drops his trousers then pulls his pitiful thing out of this boxers.

The girl, wagging a finger, seals his doom with the gentle statement, “Hey, buddy, no hands!”

How to edit a video-part 6- (timing).

Revisiting the online video editing site (Jumpcut), prompted me to re-edit and re-vamp some old footage using an internal visual surround method.

I rearranged the footage on Jumcut’s timeline and added a techno sound mix, adjusting the audio to match the visuals by sliding, until it was near perfect. When satisfied, I captured the play with Camtasia in a small pixel area (rectangle).

The first capture was rendered as ’space1′. I then loaded 22 stock photos of space pics, resized to fit the display area of ‘Flash slideshow maker’ and created the slideshow as a moving background. With the slideshow activated in the background, I played the video ’space1′ in ‘Winamp’ media player, classic version, as the top layer.

Back on Camtasia, I set the capture size and timed both the layers to activate and made the recording. Having to pause the winamp player twice to coincide with the slideshow, meant that the resulting capture required further editing on the Camtasia timeline.

Being on a personal timer, I quickly spliced out the unwanted footage and as a result, the completed video was produced in under the hour. More time would have created a near 100% production, but as this was only a demo, it was sufficient.

How to edit a video-part 5 – montages

Further points on creating montages.

This video was created using both moving footage and ‘Myspace’ comment images to create the montage part of the production.    This actually shows that you can make montages from any image, as long as the images have been captured as jpegs.

The soundtrack is once again by Nathan Walters – (Romance you).    Chosen for obvious reasons.    A wonderful song deserves decent visuals.    I hope everyone agrees.

How to edit a video-part4-(timelines).

Video editing – Camtasia timeline.

All good video editing suites incorporate time lines within  the software.    There are many suites to chose from, I personally use Camtasia  4.5, but  even free suites  are  available and easy to use.

Please bear with me if you are already proficient with video editing.    This article is intended, not just for complete beginners,  but also to improve  your own skills.

Time lines are an excellent tool for cutting out the um’s and ah’s in visual presentations, that is a subject on its own.    What I would like to discuss here is using time lines in stock footage.

Providing you own or have the permission to use photos, a montage can be created by importing and placing them onto the story board in preferred order and transitioned to effect – more on this another time.

Moving footage – let us say – a series of movie trailers, can be imported and placed on the time line for editing.    Unwanted scenes can be cut out, and more desirable scenes, spliced into the  video construction, simply by  moving the  pointer  across the  time slot  and hitting the scissors.    Practice, practice, practice, is the key to mastering every art, and just like painting on a canvas, if you are unhappy with the cut, you can simply remove the section from the time line and re-import the footage.

As I am currently writing a book on the art, I cannot explain much further here, however, the video I have chosen to accompany this article, shows how a montage and moving footage can be spliced together.

Sometimes the words of a beautiful song can inspire you to create a nice video.    Nathan Walters, is a wonderful singer and the words in ‘Quiet of the night’, moved me to create scenes depicting the sacrifice, our lord, Jesus Christ, made for us.     The video begins with a photo montage, borrowed from a pre-made video.    On watching, the viewer, is satisfied that this is a montage, but at the point after the message -       I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  John 10:11, the video transitions into moving footage of the movie – The passion of Christ.    immediately,  the  song  and the visuals , transpire the video into  a notable presentation  that will always be remembered.

How to edit a video-part3-(vulgarity).

Violent, Painful & Controversial – please note – the above video should not be viewed by minors or anyone with  nervous disposition’s.

Continuing in the vein of most popular videos, we have noticed that on many video forum sites, such as vewgle, the most viewed category has been in the Violent, Painful & Controversial section.    Being music and movie buffs, we find it hard to understand – why?

Maybe there are enough music and movie vids on Youtube to satisfy most needs, then people turn to the forums to view the controversial vids, as an escape.

We created the above video as a test.    Disgusting  vomiting  scenes from Monty Python’s  -   Mr Creosote – the brain slicing scene from Silence of the lambs and Travis throwing food around a dinner table in their song – ‘Sing’, were spliced together and dished up for controversy.    It has been suggested that the video could be used as a dietary aid, as after viewing, no normal person would consider eating a meal.

If you wish to view this video, please consider it as an example of what is a popular viewing vehicle.    We do not condone this type of video ourselves – view it with a sense of humor, in the understanding of popular genre.

How to edit a video-Part 2- (viewing types).

Before we get into the nitty gritty of how to edit any video, we should look into viewing popularity. Unfortunately (being a proud father), I have to admit, that ‘SEX’ on the internet is highly viral – excuse the pun.

As we covered in ‘The definitive video jockeys guide’ available freely on the digitalblue2u profile on Youtube. Whilst not delving into pornography – sexy videos, allied to a little humor is very popular, even with the ladies, because it is harmless fun.

Major brewing manufacturers have realized this factor, which has resulted in the advertisements, collated in the video we compiled in December 2007. Complete adsence primed websites, dedicated to funny commercials are flourishing today.

This fact alone – just by adding one or two fun vids onto a website, can keep your visitor amused enough to remain and continue viewing your pages.

How to edit a video-Part1(Soundtracks).

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As Street Kings (the movie), has hit TV & satellite advertising, the boys in the smoke filled room, dug up a twisted teaser that I made a while back. Questions were asked on what music did I use for the soundtrack. This is an embarrassment to me as – quite simply, I cannot recall the tunes. I was off my head at the time of creating – cut the track from an open source DJ mix, loved it and used it on the Street Kings trailer and also on an interpretation of – The real American gangster.

First up, my apologies must go to Fox Searchlight for messing about with their original soundtrack on the photo section of the video. However, being a video jockey, the need to create something different from the original, is paramount to a VJ production.

Once you have mastered the basics of video editing, what separates you from the amateurs is the ability to VISUALIZE. Take any sequence of any movie or TV show – walk away from it, then in your subconscious mind, imagine what soundtrack would compliment the visuals. This is the process of visualization, and when you master that, you shall achieve.

Web 2.0 technology – Mefeedia?

The hastily made video above from Breakthroughmarketinggroup, highlights  internet marketing analysis methods.    In other words, how, by utilizing video presentation, within a campaign, can spiral search engine results.

Our own research has evolved from the actual presentation and delivery of  videos, and we shall continue to strive for further improvement.

Congratulations of the day, must go to Mefeedia though.     Through further funding, they have now made it possible to search 15.000 hosting sites for any particular footage you desire to find.     This is a sure fire indication that web 2.0 technology development  is expanding by leaps and bounds.