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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I’m a big fan of stop motion animation, especially when it involves toys. I love the work from Penny Mix films and XOW! Studios. So I was pretty excited to see this trailer for the GI Joe film Festival: So far, it only seems to be making limited stops in Denver and Los Angeles, but they’re still taking submissions! Get the camera out and put your old Joes to work. -Kent, Yahoo! video Team

Fringe Fridays: Have a GOOD Super_Bowl
So, maybe the the Super Bowl is all about the ads. Well, the awesome folks at GOOD Magazine have brought us another one of their amazingly great transparencies, this time taking on Sunday’s ad extravaganza. Check out what they have to say about the business of the ‘Bowl. Then tune in to Yahoo! video beginning Sunday afternoon, for a giant-sized dose of instant commercial replays. GOOD Magazine: 2008 Super Bowl XLII -Kent, Yahoo! video Team

Politics Remixed
This video from Australian creator Hugh Atkins is burning up the viral charts, and with good reason: It put me in mind of another master of the genre, RX2049, whose It’s the End of the World video recently made the rounds on the blogs: Remixing media has proven popular with creators seeking to lampoon politics, to essentially unspin the spin. And with no shortage of video available on the Internets, chances are that this is just the beginning. -Kent, Yahoo! video Team

Photo: City Buildings 11
Keywords: city sky scrappers sky buildings

Fringiest Friday
Hello Readers, Here we are, another Friday, another fringe-y film. When I look for content for Fringe Fridays, I dream of finding something as weird, funny, and well-animated as what I found today. Be warned, my friends, this one is weird. If you’re at all squeamish about bugs, blood, or marital melodrama, you shouldn’t watch it. Anyone still there? Good! The Ballad of Mary Slade I wish I knew more about the animator, Robin Fuller. But the film did win the prestigious Slamdance film Festival’s prize for animation. And it’s the perfect video for the day before Edgar Allen Poe’s birthday. -Kent, Yahoo! video Tea

Photo: City Buildings 3
Keywords: city landscape building water

Viral video 101
James Murray, the genius behind the popular Cooties PSA, teaches a class in New York City about the theory and production of viral videos. I thought this was pretty cool, so I asked him to describe the program: The class is a combination of theory and production. The first four weeks, I teach the students what makes a video go viral, how to write and produce professional content with the best chances of hitting online, how to turn online viral success into real world cash and opportunities, how to license videos, etc. The students bring new sketches in every week, and I choose 4 with the best chances of going viral. Then we produce the sketches, and launch them online. Cooties is just one of the videos that came out of the class. Murray is also behind the sketch comedy group The Tenderloins, whose work has graced the pages of Yahoo! video.-Kent, Yahoo! video Team

Photo: City Building 2
Keywords: building city sky scrapper business

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