http://blog.dotlot.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Surround Sound industry leader DTS recently hired DotLot to develop, write, produce and edit four commercial spots intended to help promote DTS products and services to businesses and consumers. The first of these shoots required a vehicle. Our good friends at Land Rover hooked us up with a yet-to-be-released-and-oh-so-pretty 2009 ... http://blog.dotlot.com/dotlot-in-production-for-dts/ DotLot™ was recently rented by Visionlogic for a music video shoot they did for the Luminaries new single "Peace". The record is a catchy tune with a message of peace and love. Think Black Eyed Peas meets Bob Marley. It's really a fun song and the whole band (10 musicians, ... http://blog.dotlot.com/dotlot%e2%84%a2-hosts-luminaries-music-video-shoot/ Coming this fall … Adobe is going to release the next installment of its production suite, CS4. And after learning about some of the updated features, I have to tell you I’m quite excited. Here are some of the new or enhanced features I found most entertaining. After Effects (AE), added ... http://blog.dotlot.com/adobe-to-release-cs4/ Last month, DotLot™ teamed up with The Buddy Group and Deutsch to produce a series of rich media ads to help boost the launch of the Madden '09 game bundle that was released with a special edition PSP. The long list of involved clients included Sony, EA, Madden and the ... http://blog.dotlot.com/dotlot-produces-rich-media-ads-with-deutsch-for-madden-09/ This Friday DotLot is hosting a demo of the NewTek Tricaster with Keycode Media's Mark Sambrano. We're expecting a good turnout of some of our local friends and we're excited to see this live web switcher in action. I'll post a full review after the demo. http://blog.dotlot.com/dotlot-to-host-tricaster-demo-with-keycode-media/ Google has now entered into the browser world with its deployment of Chrome. At first it takes a little getting used to as the toolbars are now incorporated into the whole interface. But, what I think Google does best is how they use videos to walk you through how the ... http://blog.dotlot.com/google-gets-into-the-browser-market-with-chrome/ Sad news today from the VO world - Don LaFontaine died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai. If you have seen a movie trailer in the last 15 years then you have heard his voice, probably dozens or even hundreds of times. His passing is a great loss to the entertainment community. You ... http://blog.dotlot.com/in-a-world-where-trailers-will-never-sound-the-same/ There are already a lot of video sharing sites. Some are designed for general video uploading and sharing and others are tailored to more specific audiences. The big daddy of them all, of course, is YouTube, which is not only the most common video site, but has managed to become ... http://blog.dotlot.com/finding-a-new-you/ In my Space Invaders post I showed you a human performance video from YouTube's NOTsoNOISY. Well, it looks like video director Guillaume Reymond (translated) is at it again, this time moving cars around to create a real-world transformer for the Images '08 festival being held this year in Vevey, Switzerland from ... http://blog.dotlot.com/notsonoisy-starts-a-transformation/ In a move that would make Norman McLaren proud, a production crew got together with 67 extras and shot the following clip of a real-life Space Invaders game. Director Guillaume Reymond organized the shoot. Using the pixilation technique, where people (and sometimes inanimate objects) are used to create frame-by-frame animation, ... http://blog.dotlot.com/pixilation-and-classic-video-games/