Archive for the Design Category
Challenges in Video News Production
Print is toast. Television is learning to play well with the megalithic Internet, while the film industry fights pirate sites offering fresh footage from post houses and studio leaks. But even websites are starting to feel the pinch from mobile media news needs – now now now. How can you deliver nimbly and quickly to [...]
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Vidly Test #vidly
Check out the above test from Vidly.com – a twitter enabled site that allows users to tweet HD quality video!
Peace,
Melissa
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Updates!
Just finished a bunch of backed up work:
- Stephanie Courtney EPK
- Chocolatina iSi Webisode (oohYum.tv)
- bio reel for Emily of the Lifeline
- more shoots & edits on All The Ladies Say
- fun shoot with Chris in the cemetary
This summer has been hectic, with moving, paring my life down, prepping for the trip, editing and shooting. [...]
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XMAS 2008
So another year is over and what have you done? The wild, magic, lovely and insane year I’ve had in the city I love more than any man has put me through the crucible again, and I’m come through diamond bright and petal soft.
I’ve built and lost a studio. I’ve interviewed some of the most [...]
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Eh? :)
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Terrence and Phillip are not amused…hee hee…eh…
Peace,
Melissa
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Seth Gold Photo on Flyer
Check out the flyer above for DJ Seth Gold’s Birthday Bash. The image was from our photo shoot last August. Right click and “view image” to see the flyer full size.
Peace,
Melissa
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The Vintage DJ Film
Multo.com is currently editing a short dance film featuring The Vintage DJ and his dancers. There are a series of great stills up on the Multo.com photo page up now!
Stay tuned for the edit!
Peace,
Melissa
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Dannyboome.tv Launches!
dannyboome.tv launched today with great success! I developed the branding and whipped up this site in under a week, with all the bells and whistles – full video player, complex blog with a variety of features, complete social networking accounts set up and linked back to the main site, and lots of user interactivity for [...]
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Broadway.tv Up!
Broadway.tv is up and running! Please check out the features and reviews. The video production was done by Multo.com.
Peace,
Melissa
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Alma – The Soul of Brazil in NYC
Alma – the Soul of Brazil in NYC
Great news! The above CD design is for a great compilation of Brazilian Soul recently released by Wave Music…hot and bouncy!
Joanne Jimenez and I designed the cover, worked it for a couple of weeks, and finalized this lovely visual treat. Our combined creativity made the design [...]
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BMI.tv Clips
I recently finished a group of clips for the new site BMI.tv (Body Mass Index). Check out the sample below and the site here!
Peace,
Melissa
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Gravel Spot Update
Featured Video on Gravel Site
The spots I directed and edited are getting great feedback online. From the reviews of viewers, to the amount of views on YouTube.com, the spots seem to have hit a nerve. They are also currently being broadcast in New Hampshire on WMUR and MCAM. And one of the [...]
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G Love’ing
G Love
I uploaded all my recent event pix – the tour with The Sounds & The Bravery, Tristan Prettyman with G Love & Special Sauce, and of course, the holiday party at XS in York, PA.
Enjoy and happy new year!
Peace,
Melissa
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Happy Holidays!
My 2007 Xmas Tree
Happy holidays! Xmas…Channukah…Kwanza…Solstice…whatevah…
Life is good – love my apartment, my art, my filmmaking, my joy of living! It’s wonderful to realize happiness is a choice, and the easy part is choosing it. (It’s getting rid of the things that don’t support my happiness that has been a long chore, near completion).
2008 – [...]
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Mike Gravel Spots
I recently did several spots about Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel. Check out more of them on YouTube.com!
Peace,
Melissa
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Broadway.tv
I’m working hard on the first pieces of video for the new site Broadway.tv. Its going to be a fantastic resource, full of reviews, interviews and entertaining pieces on the people who make Broadway tick.
I’ll have a link up when the site launches, later this month.
Peace,
Melissa
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Gratitude & Perspective
Gratitude 12 2 2007 – M. Ulto
Grateful…
I am grateful
Grated, crushed, reborn
Full of light, love, purpose
Struggle has polished me
Not diamond hard but
Soft like old jeans
Sweet smelling and lovely
Deep as down
Lightly substantial
Loosely connected
To all things, I’m understood
I am peaceful
Though storms tore me
Lies rend me still
Hate has been bile
Expelled by the Universe’s hand
Thumping my back
Each whack a lesson
Each [...]
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Tour Video
Check out this short sample of animated backdrops for an upcoming tour. Can’t say who its for yet…but check back to see who I’m on tour with this December!
Peace,
Melissa
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The Art of Love & Struggle Trailer Redux
Here is the updated trailer for “The Art of Love & Struggle”.
Enjoy!
Melissa
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Hip Hop For President
Check out this trailer I edited for a fledgling project. Not sure if the project itself is still happening, but the trailer I directed, animated and edited still stands up!
Peace,
Melissa
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Armory Installation
Finished up the post production on an installation of four concurrently running DVDs for the Armory. A complex project, involving archival stills, video and a tiny design font, it took a little extra elbow grease to get it all working right.
The installation will be up for the next 6 months, so drop into the [...]
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Compressor 3 – Same Ol’ Issues & New Puzzles
I burn DVDs regularly from projects built in FCP, and have been doing this since the first version of FCP. DVD Studio Pro has its issues, but they are workable – the DVDs I build for clients – art installations, documentary rough cut reviews, screeners and video wallpaper – require the best out of [...]
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UrbNews.tv Launches Blog
I finished the design and blog setup for URBnews.tv, a new urban reporting site I am running with Vince Lee. We will strive to entertain, uplift and educate.
Check out the site here!
Peace,
Melissa
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Dickies Model
I modeled some Dickies wear for the Workstylz.com site I’m working on currently. (I mostly shot though – being in front of the camera gives me a frustrating lack of control and I don’t like it as much as taking the images). Surprisingly comfortable, I now live in my Dickies jacket and pants.
The [...]
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Tabla Animated Installation
This is a piece I did a few years ago – Tabla Animated – for an installation at the Chelsea Market Gallery.
Enjoy,
Melissa
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Nielsen Online Summit Video
Screen shot from Nielsen CGM Summit Video
Today, I completed a video for the opening of the CGM Summit, to be shown later this week in NYC. Check out the “Filmmaker” section of my site to see the completed cut. It’s hot and flashy.
Peace,
Melissa
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Workstylz.com Design
This has been a very busy week, juggling an installation at the Armory and design clients. Above is my design for Workstylz.com, so I am excited to build it out!
Other news – a couple of documentaries coming my way – more details soon!
Peace,
Melissa
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Reconfiguration Of Modern Life – Plan2Evolve.tv
We are reconfiguring our view of modern life, and that means re-framing how we look at ourselves and our impact on our environment – both the physical and metaphysical. Part of that re-framing is looking at the underlying conflicts in our lifestyles and how we are triggered on them, to the point of mass [...]
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Miixxy Digital Art
Click to view the whole image
More digital design – actually, this was on my hard drive for a few months and I just happened across it. Its rather good.
Peace,
Melissa
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Grown Ass Men Site Design
Grown Ass Men Front Page
The GAM site is now complete! From design to technology, it’s a functional and fun site. The comedy troupe needed a way to show off their talents, in writing, photography and video. The site has a blog, a flash image gallery, and an extensive video player. With [...]
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