I decided to get the Flip Mino HD because it was very small and shoots in High Definition. It’s just so simple to use. There aren’t a lot of bells and whistles on it. In fact there are none! It barely even zooms in/out! So far I am really liking it and I’ve been shooting a lot of video with it. Which is my main reason for getting it. My other camera was just too bulky for me to carry around all the time. With the Flip I can just drop it in my pocket and take it with me anywhere. It’s the same reason I love point-and-shoot cameras. I’d love to have a really nice SLR camera, but if I’m not going to have it with me the majority of the time then what’s the point? I feel the same about video cameras.

If you’re looking for a cheap, easy to use, HD video camera then I definitely recommend the Flip Mino HD!

This is what I’ve been doing for the past 7-8 months or so at work. I Designed the game and Art Directed a team that grew to about 20 people, who all contributed to building it and making it what it is today. The game was made to promote the film Quarantine, which will be in a theater near you on October 10. Here is what the film is about.

Television reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.

(You can check out the latest trailer for the film at www.ContainTheTruth.com)

The game is intended to be very similar to the movie. We tried to mimic as much as we could the look and style of the film. Back in January we got the opportunity to visit the set and take photos and video footage for reference. We also ended up getting the blue prints that were used to build the sets. We used all that to get the detail and look of the game just right. We designed, modeled, animated, textured, lit, rendered and coded everything that you see in the game. Everything was done, from scratch, by us at Imageworks Interactive.

I’m really proud of all the hard work and dedication that everyone on the team put into the project and I think they all did an amazing job. Take a look for yourself. Play the game and pass it along to others. Let me know what you think.

Stay tuned for the launch of the site, which I also Art Directed and Designed, in early August.

The trailer for Quarantine just launched this week.

I’m Art Directing/Designing the website and an Online game for this movie. So far everything is going really smoothly and things are looking great! I can’t wait for you all to see the game, site, and of course the movie!

I’ll post more later on…for now, check out the trailer.

I had the day off today so I thought I’d go and see a movie. I decided to check out the new Coen brothers film “No Country For Old Men”, which is based on the book by Cormac McCarthy.

The movie was great! I’m not even sure what more to say about it. The whole thing was just done brilliantly. The acting was great, the writing was great, the cinematography was beautiful.

I highly recommend this film. It’s sure to be an Academy Award Nominee. Go see it.
I rate it: *****

Check it out.

I love how they are handling these new Batman movies and can’t wait to see the trailer for this new one.

(BEWARE!! It’s pretty damn freaky and may induce nightmares….seriously.)

The night was a lot of fun and we both had a really good time.

(In case you haven’t seen it, the trailer for Surf’s Up looks really great! You can check it out here. We can’t wait to see that movie now!)