I just went to see the movie “Stranger Than Fiction” Now typically I am opposed to product placement in movies. But I was amused by the twist DenTek has put on produt placement, by actually putting their product on the side of the movie popcorn bag. It is actually product placement with a purpose. And to answer their question; YES I hate it when popcorn gets stuck to my teeth which it always does. But I didn’t want to take the pick out of the wrapper since I wanted to take a picture of the bag and pick all intact. Hey this beats placing them in the local dentist office.

Here is another commercial spot that I recently completed for Bracken Paving This video is hosted by VidRokker Media a new video hosting service based here in the Tri Cities. This is the first video that I have hosted on their site. So far I have been impressed with the quality of the videos. Even after the compression the videos look far better than hosting them on Youtube or Google.

Last night I got to shoot an awesome project called MyMarqueeLive with Marquee Magazine. Every year they select successful single in the Southeast for their winter issue. This year they are adding a behind the scenes video that will launch on the new videoblog at www.mymarqueelive.com.

Thanks to David Pennington at the Urban Redevelopment Alliance in downtown Johnson City for providing an awesome place to shoot as well as his work in revitalizing downtown.

This past weekend I had the opportnity to go to the Asheville Film Festival with my friend Steven James. We saw the buzz films which were the films that created the most buzz of conversation throughout the first 2 days of the festival. So we didn’t know what we were going to see until we walked into the theater. It was kind of like walking into a store with your eyes closed and hoping you like what is inside. We saw “Hiding Victoria” a story about forgiveness, a documentary about a man’s quest for simple life called “Wander Down” and “On Oak Island” which was shot in a total of 6 days.

One thing that I that I appreciate in all films is the attempt to tell a story. These independent low budget films had to rely on the story for the appeal. They didn’t have the 9.9 gazillion dollars for special effects and superstars. All they had to start with was a story!