Author: Max Rosen

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5 Shorts That Became Feature Films

The best calling card that any filmmaker can present is actual work, which is why so often music video directors find themselves courted by Hollywood.  More often, short films tend to capture producers’ attention as they give an immediate impression of a director’s visual style and storytelling skills.  These directors

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The Music Videos of Mark Romanek

A passionate interest in filmmaking led Mark Romanek to work as 2nd assistant director for Brian De Palma on Home Movies, which eventually led to directing a feature and music video before settling on screenwriting. Ultimately, Romanek was lured back to directing music videos, where he is considered one of

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Most expensive music videos of all time

The Top 5 Most Expensive Music Videos of All Time

Since 1981, when The Buggles song “Video Killed The Radio Star” launched MTV in the United States, music videos have been a breeding ground for artists, directors and visionaries, all eager to make their creative mark. Although MTV rotation has given way to YouTube views and streaming, music videos are

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The Commercials of Wes Anderson

Without a doubt, director Wes Anderson is one of cinema’s most visually gifted stylists. It has been debated quite regularly that Anderson’s works are more style over substance. There is an argument among critics that his work is whimsical and self-indulgent, emotionally empty, and sticky.

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The 5 Best Star Wars Themed Commercials

With this week’s announcement of the Star Wars: Episode VII cast and this weekend’s annual Star Wars Day (“May The Fourth” Be With You), we’re taking a look back at our five favorite Star Wars themed commercials. Keep in mind, there have been a number of Star Wars advertisements over

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The Music Videos of David Fincher

By the time he made his feature film directorial debut in 1992 with Alien³, David Fincher had already secured a reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the music video industry. Starting with 1984’s “Bop ‘Til You Drop” by Rick Springfield, the 23-year-old director collaborated with several of

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Top 10 Sitcoms That Got Cancelled

The ’80s and ’90s gave us a lot—including long-running sitcoms that got cancelled before or right after Y2K.  Below are our 10 favorite old sitcoms: 1) Friends—a whopping 236 episodes over 10 seasons about a group of friends living in New York. 2) Sex and the City—94 episodes between 1998

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How to Use Video Structured Data from Schema.org?

The latest buzzword that took the Web by storm is Structured Data.  Everybody knows of it but not everybody knows how to use it—and why exactly?  Structured data is a group of markup tags that webmasters can use to embed into their website, so search engines can easily add rich

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How Can Web Videos Help My Marketing Efforts?

There are numerous ways in which web videos can enhance your marketing campaign. Those include but are not limited to: Increased Engagement – videos are more engaging than plain text or images, thus having the ability to capture and retain the viewer’s attention. Enhanced Reach – videos can be posted

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