Archive for the Vodcast Magic Category
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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Reel & Fundraising Updates
I’ve been reaching out to find work and to help fundraise for the different documentary projects I’m invovled in – please check out first contact email below:
I’m a filmmaker, who mostly focuses on editing. I have a strong webisode, narrative and documentary editing background and would be very interested in any freelance or full time [...]
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Fundraising Through Crowdsourcing
I am raising funds for my documentary, From 0 to 90, through a couple of crowdsourcing sites:
Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multo/from-0-to-90-obamas-first-90-days-documentary
IndieGoGo:
http://www.indiegogo.com/From-0-To-90-Obama%27s-First-90-Days
This will be an interesting test of both sites and their ability to push donors to my project. I’d love to be able to pay my editor and pay for my time directing/writing. There’s the composing, the sound mix, [...]
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From 0 to 90 – A Barack Obama Joint
From 0 to 90 is the working title of an interactive documentary, produced by Melissa Ulto. With interviews in person and online, Ms. Ulto seeks to cover the first 90 days of Barack Obama’s presidency, both nationally and internationally.
From bail outs to Iraq, Obama has a hard road ahead as president. Will the problems he’s [...]
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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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The Killing of Georgie
The TOTP performance circa 1977
A discussion of the song, decades later
I remember my sister and I begging my brother to play “The Killing of Georgie” over and over. Little girls with big hearts, we would sing this at the top of our lungs and cry over the last lines – “Oh Georgie’s dead – don’t [...]
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Obama Piece
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be – that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand. And so beyond the vision of battling races and an impoverished earth, I catch a dreaming glimpse [...]
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And So It Is…
Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
É Isso Ai – Ana Carolina E Seu Jorge
I love this song – so achingly loving, full of gorgeous longing. And yet in Portuguese, (such a lovely language), it sounds strong and passionate. Both version stir something in my soul – one sad and reaching, one alive and [...]
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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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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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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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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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Andrea Grant – Rings I Have Worn
Check another great piece from the DVD of videos I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant. Her spoken word hits you and flattens you, in a very efficient fashion. Check out more of her work at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa
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Sister Clip
I edited this piece when my niece was born two years today! Happy birthday, Jackie!
Love,
Auntie M
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Andrea Grant – Messiah Complex
Check out this swell video I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant, a couple of years back. Check her out at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa
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Alan Vega
I shot this a few years ago at the Ramones Beat on Cancer Benefit. Just listen to the scream!
Rock and Roll,
Melissa
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Tolerance Park Project
Here is a piece created for the Tolerance Park Project, which seeks to create a park on Governor’s Island.
Peace,
Melissa
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Oh Death Music Video
I directed a music video for Plastiq Passion a couple of weeks ago and we’ve finally finished up on post. My editor Raul did an amazing job. Much thanks to Jonathan for his cheeky performance as Death. And thanks to Nate and Natalie for their help on the shoot!
Check it out!!!
Peace,
Melissa
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Industry as Pygmalion
The beauty industry sees all photography subjects as raw clay to be molded. Even beautiful young women who are already amazing to look at.
So don’t be discouraged, ladies, when the image on the magazine makes you feel just not quite so. That feeling comes from recognizing you are not looking a human, but an [...]
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Dancing Inmates in Phillipines
A friend sent me this yesterday. HILARIOUS! I personally love the balding ingénue and the lead “Zombie”. Synchronized rehabilitation.
Peace,
Melissa
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New Reel Page!
Me in the sunshine…
I’ve got a new reel page up, so check out updated samples of my work in documentaries, shorts, trailers and promos.
Peace,
Melissa
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Rainbow Choices
Rainbow Mandala FULL [0:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (690) Rainbow Mandala P/Y/W [0:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (526)I created two versions of a Mandala video art experiment. One is the entire color spectrum, the other is created of hues of love – pink, gold and white. Still wondering which version is more interesting.
Let me know what YOU think. Bonus points if you can identify the song used to animate the Mandalas by.
Peace,
Melissa
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