Nintendo, that lovable game console that most of us were raised on, will soon be revealing the winners of their Nintendo Short Cuts contest. Nintendo Short Cuts was created to give away $10,000…I mean, to attract filmmakers and creative types around creating a three to five minute Nintendo-themed film for submission into the contest.
As you can imagine, there are some craptacular videos posted on YouTube, but I wouldn’t recommend you watch ‘em. Instead, check out this amazing entry from Team Awesome. Simply genius and it really makes me want to walk down to my local Goodwill and snatch up a regular Nintendo for three fifty.
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If the Ira Glass video shown during the last Social Media Workshop piqued your interest in Ira’s comments on storytelling, then check the video below. It’s from Current TV and Ira speaks on the building blocks of a great story.
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The Ads are coming, the Ads are coming! YouTube fans should beware that ads are coming to your favorite video sharing website. YouTube’s head of advertising dropped the A word at ad:tech in San Francisco Wednesday. “We’re looking at executions like a very quick little intro preceding a video, then the video, then a commercial execution on the backside of the content,” Ms. Reider said.
Most of us are annoyed with TV-duration pre-roll commercials on the videos we watch, even a mere 15 seconds of pre-roll can be very frustrating for someone watching on YouTube. With that said, I’m actually very impressed with the advertising included in Business Week’s video podcast - prior to a few days ago they had very short and informative Blackberry ads running just after the intro for the podcast. Now, they’ve secured Windows Mobile as a new advertiser and all you see is the Windows Mobile logo on the screen for a few seconds. In my opinion, these advertisements are intrusive and fit the podcasts audience.
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Hey, blame this video posting on Renny! 
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I just had to share this. My stomach hurts from laughing so much
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By Tim