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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Understand Demand

The Parliament Building in Ottawa

The Parliament Building in Ottawa

In June, Brainstorm’s Kerrie Penney and Barry Chugg found themselves in Ottawa making a presentation to the Roméo Dallaire Senate Committee against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. How did that happen?

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

This Book Will Make You Smarter: ‘The End of Energy Obesity’ by Peter Tertzakian

Our trailer we just finished producing for Peter Tertzakian's book 'The End of Energy Obesity' will only make you a little smart...for the real goods you have to read his book!

The brainstorm team had the amazing opportunity to work with Peter to create a “trailer” for his book The End of Energy Obesity. And if you think it is hard distilling the gist of the book into five paragraphs, try stuffing it into 3 minutes – which I am proud to report we did.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Video Formats: What the H is HD?

Youre not tripping: this is an example of the alternating fields of CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) broadcast technology

You're not tripping: this is an example of the alternating fields of CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) broadcast technology

The short answer is a long answer. Here is my short version, and it’s long. It’s also broad strokes, not a technical manual, so to all you editors out there “Yes, I know…sort of.”

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AltaLink

The AltaLink video shoot in action

The AltaLink video shoot in action

Many of us who are over 25 tend to think of places like YouTube and FaceBook as the equivalent of virtual pizza joints or pool halls where people go just to hang out and waste time. It turns out that’s only partly true. Today’s young people are using these and other sites to share ideas and gain information which they use to guide their life decisions.

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