archive for july 2009

Vin Scully Friday

With the trade deadline minutes away, all Dodger fans are on pins and needles. In order to switch the nervousness to goose bumps here are a couple of great calls from Hall of Famer Vin Scully. We found out that Vin will most likely be calling the Dodger games for one more year before retirement. [...]

Ingenuity Observed: Levi’s and the New Frontier

Sometimes an advertising campaign nails the sensibility of NOW so well you wish it weren’t pitching a product but were simply the anthem of the times. The rally call for those ready for action. The fire lit under those wandering. The spark that brings the unfocused eye clarity and direction. The direction to the future.
The [...]

Technology and Baseball

In 2001 I moved away from Southern California to go to college. I made the move in July to increase my chances of finding a job before school started. It was a difficult transition. My main concern upon arrival was how to follow the Dodgers from out of state.
I was out of their TV market, [...]

Ingenuity Observed: The Case of Bill Simmons and the Timberwolves

Bill Simmons (ESPN’s The Sports Guy) is a sportswriter who has taken it upon himself to keep the owners, GMs and commissioners of the sports world honest. He’s always pounding home the fact that most people in charge are more interested in supporting the status quo than they are in finding and implementing innovative solutions; [...]

Three Songs You Should Hear (Again?): On the Road

Summertime is synonymous with vacation. Even for those of us who are no longer in school, the sun comes out and the road calls to us.
In that spirit, I present your three songs you should hear. To get you in the mood to make it happen: Get to the beach, the pool, the lake (any [...]

Four + One Makes A New Hire

When we heard this good news about the economy we went right out and created a new local job. Here is the official announcement:
Four + One Productions is excited to announce that we have hired Andrew Pugmire to take care of Accounts and Business Development. Here is a little bio information on Andrew, so you [...]

Ingenuity in Storytelling Part II: Friends and Foes

Click here to read Part I of the series Ingenuity in Storytelling.

If ingenuity improves whatever it is applied to, why don’t I use it on every project I take on?
Ingenuity isn’t obvious, otherwise it would simply be the standard. On top of that, just because I used ingenuity yesterday doesn’t guarantee I will today. [...]

Ingenuity in Storytelling Part I: An Attempt at a Definition

I’m boring. How do I know that? My first draft of this post included the dictionary definition of the word ingenuity. Oh yeah, and Seth Godin told me so.
Everyone wants to be exciting, on the cutting-edge, forward-thinking and all those other overused words. Mr. Godin suggests we “lean out on the edge and become interesting, [...]

Acting for Film Workshop Revisited

We held our first Acting for Film workshop of the summer on June 20. And I just pulled together a few clips to give everyone an idea of what we do with the workshops. Here it is:

Our next workshop will be held Saturday, July 18th in McMinnville, OR. Click here for more info and to [...]