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Ranked #2522 in Entertainment, #66059 overall

Rated G. (Control what you see)

If it's not Fresh it stinks!

 

No that picture is not me. I'm prettier. That's an image off of my website. Periodically I will replace my image just for kicks and giggles, but mostly for kicks.

I'm a huge fan of creativity or Fresh media. That's why I run a stock footage company, stockshotsnow.com, that specializes in fresh footage of people, places and things. I also love user generated video ie. youtube. Therefore, I've started this lens to share with you different videos I find on the web that I think will either make you laugh, educate or inspire creativity. My lens should be especially interesting to creative people like myself.

The videos that you will find on my lens are on here for at least one of three reasons. First, the video is a visual and creative masterpiece. Second, the video is neither a visual nor a creative masterpiece nor a masterpiece of any kind, but the creator sure is trying hard. When people try hard they often make me laugh. And third, if something I find is just flat out funny then I want to share it with you.

I hope you enjoy and I hope you share this with all of your friends.

Curt C.
StockShotsNow.com

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Michael Bay FiOS Commercial 

Internet speeds are catching up.

Fiber optic internet is something I've experienced and it is great. The technology is "Awesome." It helps me be able to run a stock footage company, stockshotsnow.com, where I have to upload over 100 gigs of content per month sometimes. For that reason I thought this was a cool commercial. My experience has been that the technology of Fiber optic Internet and television is great, but until now it has been offered by small startups that are new to the industry and thus the service has been poor. Now, Verizon is offering it on a large scale and has just launched a big marketing campaign. You can see their first in a series of commercials that they will be doing below. You can check out their press release on the campaign at www.thefreshfishblog.com.

Michael Bay with Verizon FiOS

Bay hanging out with Transformers and it's awesome...

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HD DVD vs. Blue-ray 

Blue-ray is fast becoming the industry standard format for the delivery of HD movies. Netflix announced today that they will be stocking only Blue-ray disces from here on out.

For the whole story go to the following link:

http://stockshotsnow.com/SSN%20Blog/wordpress/

After Effects in Action 

This is kind of fun. Check it out

After Effects Montage

NEWER/BETTER VERSION HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWPgWhSaD48 A montage of our first week working with Adobe After Effects at school.

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My top 10 Stock Footage Sites 

There are actually only 7

  1. Thought Equity Motion, thoughtequity.com. This is a great stock footage site. They know the industry very well and have good quality content. If you go here do a search by owner and check out my content. You can find my content by typing (owner: "stockshotsnow.com") in the search box. Don't type the ().
  2. AlwaysHD.com - This is a great site for ONLY HD footage. They give out a fair number of free clips and it is all royalty free and downloadable stock footage. This means you can use the footage more than once.
  3. StockShotsNow.com - This is my site. I put it at number three so that I sound unbiased and because it is smaller than the other ones I've listed. My site is all royalty free at this point. Since it is not as big as the others searching can be nice and selling your own footage is great because you don't have as many clips to compete with. StockShotsNow.com also has many talent released hi-def clips. You can also get FREE stock footage research done here.
  4. Creatas.com - This is a good market place to find various libraries. My content will soon be here as well and you can purchase some of the Creatas content on my site, StockShotsNow.com.
  5. Fotosearch.com - This is a good market place to find various libraries. My content will soon be here as well.
  6. Artbeats.com - This is the place where we usually go to for stock footage when we don't have what we need in our own library. We will have our content available here in March.
  7. GettyImages.com - I'm hesitant to put this here because they are not as friendly to work with as are the other sites I've associated with, but they have a great site. If you don't find what you need on my site, StockShotsNow.com let me know what stock footage you are looking for and I will find it for you somewhere.

I now watch channel 10! 

WCAU 10 Philadelphia TV News promo 1982

WCAU 10 Philadelphia TV News promo 1982. A funky way to promote the news in Philly.. sung by the Stylistics !! This early 80s clip to promote Channel 10s News. Join the Switch !!

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Creative Video 

Glitterbead #001

Glitterbead is more than just glitter, it's also beads. "Spider Hangout" by the lovely and talented Dominic Bisignano. If you are interested in starting your own local Glitterbead chapter, send an email to glitterbead@gmail.com

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New PR Newswire Business News & Video 

Live Performance FX 

This is Amazing!

I don't know who pirated this clip and put it on youtube but I wish I could meet and interview the people who actually made this. This is amazing! As video production specialists we don't do a lot of live entertainment special effects and that is what these guys pulled off. It's awesome!

Enjoy!

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Green Screening 

Pretty good for amateur video.

I thought this was pretty cool and I'd like to know what you think about it. Email me at curt@stockshotsnow.com. Granted this isn't green screening done at the levell of "300" but for teenagers it's pretty impressive.

Enjoy!

Special Effects Demonstration

!! READ THIS !! For a non interlaced version, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlIO7CbTCJw I filmed a bunch of stuff with my friends in front of a greenscreen. This is the result after four days of editing.

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More Special Effects By Kids 

Not bad for kids. Check it out.

CBE films Special Effects Reel

After lots of tutorials and practice and personal tests I can now finally show off my stuff. Special Effects by Clinton Jones.

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Featured Lenses 

My Favorite Sites and Blogs 

Check out my website, www.stockshotsnow.com and some of my favorite blogs and lenses.
StockShotsNow.com
Find Royalty FREE stock footage, video production tips and network with production professionals and hobbiests.
TeachMomHow.com
This is a site that teaches moms how to use all of the digital technologies that enable you to share media. For example someone can learn how to email, blog, share pictures, share videos and more.
Family Safe Media
This is a blog dedicated to helping families safe from offensive material on the web. It includes family safe videos, technology tips to help with your internet experience and movie and TV show reviews and recommendations.

Fresh Comedy! 

A website that makes you laugh all the time.

Start out by becoming familiar with www.homestarrunner.com. You may have already seen this website. This is an inspiring site to me because it has created a culture. The producers have created a fan base that comes back at least weakly. After gaining a fan base they were able to start making lots of money without selling advertising. The dollar is made by selling shirts, CDs, etc. Best of all this site is hilarious.

Try this video out specifically. It's great. http://homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html

If that didn't make much sense check this video out first and then go back to the other one.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html

This is fresh. This I like.

Share your thoughts please.

Curt
StockShotsNow.com
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Geriatric 1927 

This guy is worth checking out.

I'm not sure what you'll think of this guy. I wasn't sure what to think at first. Youtube seems to love him so I decided to check him out. He just rambles about his thoughts on life and how he loves you tube, but he is very likable and funny. It's a subtle humor.

The man has posted 100 youtube videos all of himself talking. One of his videos has recieved nearly 3,000,000 views.

Here he is. Meet Geriatric1927

first try

My first attempt at video

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More from Geriatric1927 

Our boy Geriatric1927 was in a music video.

Out boy Geriatric1927 talks about the music video he was in. It's mildly entertaining, but what's quite entertaining is the actual video. Check it out below.

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD....THE SECRET IS OUT

http://www.myspace.com/thezimmersband

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The Music Video! 

Here's his music video.

This video that Geriatric1927 was in is funny. The old man flipping off the camera at the end was totally unnecessary if you ask me, but that's just my opinion. The rest of the video is great and worth seeing. Enjoy!

The Zimmers "My Generation" Released: 28/05/07

Please download the single now! Money goes to age concern! www.myspace.com/thezimmersband

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My Favorite Sites and Blogs 

Check out my official website and all of my favorite blogs and sites.
StockShotsNow.com
A sight dedicated to helping production companies and production and marketing professionals find the perfect shot to communicate effectively through visual communications.
TeachMomHow.com
The official site that teaches moms how to do everything technical.
Teach Mom How Lens
The lens that teaches moms how to do everything technical.
Family Safe Media
A site dedicated to entertaining families and to help them stay safe online.

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Hay! Do you love Fresh creative media? So do I. That's why I'm here. I have a Bachelor's degree in broadcasting, over three years experience in sales, marketing and business development and I have a huge passion for entertainment. That's why I started this lens I hope it entertains you and inspires your creativity.

PS. That is not my picture. It's one from my website. I like to mix it up once in a while.

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