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In professions built on trust, authority is rarely announced. It is sensed. Senior advisors are not hired because they are loud, flashy, or clever. They are hired because clients believe they see the situation clearly and can guide them through it without drama. That belief often forms before a single word is spoken. This is … Read more
Picture this: It’s 2 AM, and I’m lying in bed when suddenly—ping—an idea for a campaign hits me. Then another. And another. My brain feels like a radio with twenty stations playing simultaneously, each one broadcasting something potentially brilliant, while the DJ has apparently lost the remote. Welcome to life with ADHD in the creative … Read more
On October 25th, Radar will be hosting the first-ever FCPxFeatures Workshop, led by seasoned Assistant and Picture Editor Michael Matzdorff. The class will be from 2pm-7pm at 4111 W. Alameda Avenue, Suite 412 Burbank, CA 91505. Mike has been a pioneer of post production for years, starting with the initial transition from film to digital editorial … Read more
Third-party vendors made a great show at the Blackmagic Design Meet this year. Many vendors displayed existing technology, but there were a few newer and exciting products. LaCie exhibited their Thunderbolt 2 products. The new 5big Thunderbolt 2 runs at 1050 MB/s and includes a RAID 5 controller. This makes the 5big both safe and … Read more
Many new and exciting technologies were demoed at this year’s Blackmagic Design meet. While definitely not a mainstream product, my favorite item at the show was the Cintel Film Scanner. If you ask me, it could not have come at a better time. Film based production has decreased over the last few years. A lot … Read more
The Blackmagic Meet in Burbank, CA was much busier this year than last year. That’s probably because of the URSA. While Blackmagic has been making cameras for a few years now, the URSA is the first to have most of the bells and whistles required for day to day production. I had the chance to … Read more
Cinematographers, Colorists, and anyone else wanting to capture the elusive film look, take note. VisionColor has just released one of the most comprehensive suites of film emulation Lookup Tables (LUTs). At Radar, we were lucky enough to be part of the Beta process for ImpulZ. We pride ourselves on providing cinematic results for our clients … Read more
A new era of editing has begun! On May 6th, Philip Hodgetts and team introduced the Lumberjack System for Final Cut Pro X. Lumberjack is a real-time logging and pre-edit tool for Final Cut Pro X. So what does that mean? The first two steps in file-based editorial are ingest and organization. On a narrative … Read more
[This content was originally posted by Gary Vaynerchuk on Linkedin 4/9/13. Gary is a social media pioneer and the co-founder and CEO of Vaynermedia. You can follow him on Twitter at @Garyvee and find him on Facebook at facebook.com/gary] So, knowing that I have a lot of young fans, this may not resonate, but for … Read more
We were finally on-site. It was six months ago that we started working on this particular multi-million dollar event and we had already spent more than 100 hours with the event production company, client, venue and vendors answering every question from how we were going to tell the client’s story differently this year to load-in … Read more
We are always looking for ways to streamline and fine tune our workflows. When we are on-site for a project, data management is ALWAYS a concern. Drobo might have just killed it for us. Introducing the Drobo Mini. This is an awesome product that we think will greatly change the way we at Radar … Read more
Sometimes the best way to prep a showflow is to take the client’s storyboards or internal script and lay it all out in front of you, making sure you’re seeing the event from a 40,000 foot level as well as through the lens of the audience.
Radar’s team was in Washington D.C. with the SDPA for their 2011 Summer Conference. Radar’s team filmed interviews, recorded audio & video podcasts for Dermcast.tv and followed the PAs as they participated in the first ever Capitol Hill Day. You can watch highlights here. PAs and dermatologists met with senators and congressmen to discuss pertinent … Read more
Two years ago, Robert Higham and Radar came up with an idea. The idea was based on two beliefs: 1) the SDPA‘s industry partners needed a new and exciting platform to promote CME and products & services outside the confines of the dermPA.org website. And 2) the SDPA needed to start building up a media … Read more
Radar will be directing the California Gubernatorial Primary debate today at 5:30 PM Pacific time, live from the Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC). [image courtesy of Creative Commons: Dominican University of California]
Radar is honored to be involved with this year’s Beacon Lounge (aka: “the Lounge with a Conscience”) at the Convention Center where WhatGives.com is producing & streaming a half-hour webcast hosted by Mark Horvath from InvisiblePeople.tv (with special thanks to Portnoy Media Group). The multicam webcast will air on Saturday March 13th, Sunday March 14th … Read more
We’re helping out our friends at Project Kindle today by producing the live webcast of their Dance Marathon at UCLA. Dance Marathon at UCLA 2010 is the 9th annual event of its kind at the UCLA campus. Seeking to educate, fundraise, and spread awareness about the global pediatric AIDS pandemic, Dance Marathon unites over 3,000 … Read more
Dallas. April 21, 2009. More than 2,000 DIRECTV dealers experience a James Bond-themed casino night party complete with card tables, go go dancers, a unique raffle and dancing at the 2009 DIRECTV Revolution event. Eight 16×9-foot screens were strategically placed around the room and were controlled by an Encore system with multiple playback decks, graphics … Read more
The EnviroSolve Corporation has tapped Radar to produce a 30-minute safety training video for the former Anaconda Copper Mine site in Yerington, Nevada which is going through a multi-million dollar cleanup. The Yerington Site has more potential pitfalls than Raiders of the Lost Ark so it’s critical that all visitors to the mine go through some … Read more
Interthinx has done it again. This time with a quarterly newscast called “Fraud Bytes.” The newscast focuses on trending topics within the mortgage banking industry. Interthinx has made the newscast available via its website and on YouTube. Hosted by Interthinx’s Kristi Kennelly, the four minute newscast is another example of how companies & organizations are … Read more
Interthinx recently premiered “Attack of the FHA Loan Files,” the first in a series of webisodes addressing the riveting details of FHA requirements. The webisodes, written by Interthinx and produced by Radar, feature clips from old movies that have been dubbed over with voice over talent. Radar will produce a total of 12 webisodes for … Read more
A few months ago, When Derek Williams was making plans to produce the next album for Paul Stephens, we asked if we could stream the 3-day recording session live via a webcast. Weeks later, and with the help of Drew Lucas, our team was in the Firehouse Studios with Paul Stephens, Derek Williams, and the … Read more
The Human Resources department at Universal Studios Hollywood has tapped Radar to produce its 2009 Recruitment Video. The video will be featured on USH’s job recruiting website and will loop in the staffing lobby. Radar’s team is developing the script, filming in and around the theme park and CityWalk and editing the Hi-Def video which … Read more
For those of you who have told us you’re wanting to utilize “new media” in 2009, this is for you. Here are FIVE tips for using new media for your company or organization this year: 1. Start using social media sites like Facebook & Twitter New media means bringing your brand to where your users/customers hang … Read more
Beverly Hills-based RG Entertainment recently tapped Radar to produce the Blu-ray disc for the upcoming super hero movie “Super Capers.” Radar created several menus for the disc that matched the comic book style already present throughout the film and the website. Click here to visit the Super Capers website.
Dermcast.tv launched last week and is already receiving positive feedback from users who are calling it the “YouTube” for dermatology PA’s. The site, created by Radar, in association with the SDPA, is the only online media resource of its kind for physician assistants. As of today, the site features a few interviews with SDPA board … Read more
We just got back from Tennessee where I was filming reshoots for the Stop & Think DVD with David Nasser. Below are some screen shots from the shoot (uncorrected). The plan is to have the DVD ready for a Christmas release. Stay tuned.
The Radar team just got back from the Philippines yesterday. What a great trip! We were in Sitio Veterans filming some segments for the first Quad DVD [due out January of 2008]. Things went really well and we’re glad to be back. If you’d like to keep up with Quad, here’s a few links to … Read more
It’s been a long time coming, but someone has finally developed a fluorescent lighting array that isn’t completely hideous — just somewhat hideous. Shakespearian actor (see photo) Ross Lovegrove’s diabolically named System X (designed for Japanese manufacturer Yamagiwa) allows for all sorts of interesting and “artistic” combinations of the X-shaped bulbs, permitting large, linked arrangements, … Read more
Budding Claptons should keep their eyes on the eTar, a sort of Internet-based guitar that’s designed to be used with the upcoming eJamming music service. The eTar, which will make a real life apperance at a design fair in Britain in July, has all the features of a real guitar like strings and a volume … Read more
Radar’s latest ad in Event Solutions Magazine (June Issue). Click here to download the PDF.
Walt Mossberg conducts an interview with Steve Jobs at the All Things Digital conference. The following are important updates from the event’s website: – Walt to Jobs: When you changed your name to Apple Inc., people wondered if Apple was exiting the personal computer business. Is it? Jobs says no and stresses Apple’s commitment to … Read more
Google has will be announcing a new 360 streetside view for Google maps at Where 2.0 today, says O’Reily Radar. The 360 views are a better version of Amazon’s A9 static panoramas. Google’s views let users virtually stand in the middle of any street, able to look in a full circle around the location, giving … Read more
Even though this watch doesn’t have MSN or tell you when someone’s calling, we’re still in love. Why? Because we love minimalist watches. Instead of having two hands radiating from the center, this Issey Miyake OVO watch has two dials on the outside. The only way this could get any more minimalist is if the … Read more
The Second Annual Event Design Conference in New York was really great this year. If you’re thinking about going next year, we highly recommend it. Great weather, great location and an incredible lineup of speakers and sessions. People at Event Design/Friends of Radar: Dan Hanover (Event Design Magazine); Ryan Fellabaum (XL Video); Jesse Seppi … Read more
Here’s an odd story. Google just took a $3.9 million stake in a biotech company called 23andMe Inc. The company was co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who married Google co-founder Sergey Brin earlier this month. Brin had personally loaned the company $2.6 million prior to the round. This debt was repaid after the Google investment. The … Read more
We’ve been thinking about something simple, but profound. The old way: “create a world in which…” The new way: “capture a world in which…” We’ve been thinking a lot lately about this concept of blending scripted episodic television with zero footprint production. We’re meeting with some people here in New York in May to figure … Read more
As mentioned in Cynopsis Digital, here are the top sites adults used to view video content online in 2006, from Piper Jaffray. The numbers represent the percentage of respondents who said they viewed video on these sites: YouTube 43.5% TV Network Sites 41% Google Video 26.5% MSN Video 24.5% Yahoo! Video 22% MySpace 16.5% AOL … Read more
We’re seeing more and more of “online companion series” — webisodes that take over where their TV counterparts end. Ghost Whisperer is doing this on CBS’ Innertube (among others). Typically, the weekly webisodes are sponsored by a company and feature a storyline that’s similar to their TV counterpart but slightly different, probably a bit more … Read more
ABC recently told media buyers it is considering inserting commercials directly into its online programming. For instance, commercials would pop out of televisions, cell phones and print ads appearing within episodes of shows such as Ugly Betty and According to Jim, then expand to run in full-screen mode. We’re not sure we’re ready for this. … Read more
RG Entertainment has tapped Radar Creative to create a website, DVD and movie poster for Lucifer, a movie being produced & directed by Ray Griggs of RG Entertainment. Some of Hollywood’s top “A List” players collaborated on the movie trailer including cinematographer Russell Carpenter, a well-known film scoring orchestra, Cafe FX and ADI. Griggs plans … Read more
“Zoom-to-reveal” design (or ZTR as I’ll refer to it in this blog) is becoming more and more of a trend in the design world. A few years ago, websites like Mapquest and Google maps introduced us to an old concept: zooming in to reveal more. You might be familiar with the work of Charles Eams … Read more
We’re proud to announce that FSI has won four Telly Awards for training, writing (Mary Harris), editing (Corey Yaktus) and cinematography (Darren Rydstrom). More info to come.
FSI, Interthinx’s™ training DVD (produced by Radar) that has taken the mortgage banking industry by storm, is now an official selection at the World of Comedy Film Festival in Toronto. FSI was entered into the animation and mockumentary category along with 400 other entries. On Sunday, March 11th, FSI will screen in front of 200 … Read more
Westlake-based Jafra Cosmetics International has tapped Radar to produce its National Leadership Academy in February 2007. The 3-day weekend conference will consist of a gala awards banquet, two general sessions and several breakouts for more than 500 guests. Radar will handle all aspects of production including scenic, decor, lighting, audio, video, pre-produced multimedia elements and … Read more
Here’s the latest news on FSI (from a sales perspective) compiled by Kristi Kennely, Interthinx™ • 895 orders for the FSI DVD to date. • Aurora Loan Services is having their own “Premiere” of FSI for employees. • CTX is having their own “Texas Premiere” of FSI. • Saxon Mortgage is having multiple “Premieres” of … Read more
No one said it would be easy: Radar was tasked with capturing more than 60 interviews in less than four hours for Jafra Cosmetics International. Women from all over the world (Mexico, U.S., Switzerland, Italy, etc…) were asked the same question, “How has Jafra changed your life?” The answers (and stories) were nothing short of … Read more
More than 300 people showed up for the FSI world premiere on Wednesday, which took place at the MBA QA Conference in San Diego. FSI’s Mary Harris (writer), Corey Yaktus (editor), Drew Lucas (designer), Matt Warren (director), Melissa Reinhardt (co-producer) and Kristi Kennelly (producer) were on hand to greet people as they entered the historic … Read more
RADAR will run this full page black & white ad during an upcoming CAI event in October. More info to come but here’s a sneak peak.
RADAR Creative helped introduce the three Hall of Fame inductees at this year’s Spotlight Awards during the Event Solutions Expo in Denver, Colorado (August 23rd). The short 2-minute film follows the journey of a man searching for his place among legends and set up the prestiguous award by introducing John Daly and Andrea Michaels before … Read more
With a little less than nine weeks lead time, RADAR Creative produced an incredible 4-day incentive trip for Jafra Cosmetics International’s Hispanic market. The event, which brought 550 of Jafra’s top producing consultants and district directors to the Hilton Hawaiian Village on the island of Oahu, was a huge success with several Jafra executives calling … Read more
Jaxon Elio Lucas (pronounced “ee-lie-oh”). 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Born on July 23, 2006 at 12:30 pm. Drew & Dena are at home and doing well — they are surrounded by family members who are helping Dena with Jaxon while Drew recovers from his blood clot (detected by a doctor in the room on the … Read more
As I write this blog entry, dozens of talented people are busy working on putting together a huge event for one of our clients. A co-producer is 3,000 miles away meeting with vendors and finalizing the details of this event; four editors will be working all night, putting the final touches on the 18 videos … Read more
RADAR’s team will depart for Uganda today. They’ll join up with several people from Children’s Hunger Fund and Africa Renewal Ministries in order to upgrade a video editing system that was installed in 2004. New cameras and equipment as well as new software and tools will be made available to the eight person video team. … Read more
RADAR recently finished post production on the theatrical trailer for Rotimi Rainwater’s Spit, a documentary that takes viewers inside the world of slam poetry. The film is narrated by muMs da Schemer and Rosario Dawson (of Kids and Sin City fame). At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Alpine Pictures announced the launch of its domestic … Read more
The below email was sent to “Stop & Think” producer Johnny Karls from space! Jeff Williams (pictured below), one of the two astronauts currently on the International Space Station (the Station circles the planet approximately 16 times per day, traveling at 17,500 mph in an orbit varying 208 to 285 miles from Earth) watched “Stop … Read more
RADAR is producing a short “overview” DVD for Children’s Hunger Fund. The 5-minute video will highlight some of CHF’s current programs worldwide as well as outline why CHF is already the charitable organization of choice for many faith-based organizations and corporations nationwide. Johnny Karls (Stop & Think) is producing for CHF while RADAR’s Drew Lucas … Read more
RADAR turned 2 on April 16th. RADAR began with a vision of providing its clients with interactive experiences using storytelling techniques familiar to the motion picture & television industries — two years later, RADAR’s commitment to client retention and its focus on quality products & services and tangible results has paid off. The company has … Read more
The Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants (SDPA) has once again tapped RADAR for creative services on both internal & external communication pieces for 2006. The multi-phased account will encompass identity packages, direct mail, newsletters and pitch pieces for the San Antonio-based organization. For now, RADAR will deliver concepts for new letterhead, envelopes and business cards. … Read more
UniCare has tapped RADAR to produce its 2006 Agent Sales Forum in Ft. Lauderdale this May. The four day event will bring UniCare agents together for an opportunity to hear keynote speakers, learn more about new products & tools available to them and experience a gala awards dinner designed to recognize their achievements for the … Read more