We just bought a Blue ray HD DVD player for our HDTV. After we got it hooked up, which took a while... I, for some reason or another just realized that I did not have any HD movies for me to watch on it. Well I already knew which one I wanted to see first and that was Planet Earth. So I got on the internet and purchased it from an online store.
The bad thing though is that I had to wait three days; however I did save myself around twenty dollars, so it was worth the wait. So it came with multiple disks with around three to four episodes of Planet Earth on each of the disks. If you did not know already each episode of Planet Earth is one hour long. So once I put in Planet Earth to view on our HDTV I went to the menu of the first disk for the first episode. As you can imagine it was quite amazing how well the picture looked.
All of the landscapes were full as can be in color and the animals looked as if they were flowing across the screen as they moved. I was impressed also on how well Planet Earth was filmed with a HDTV camera. Some of the animals they film in the movie looks as if they are right there next to them and the animals are not even being disturbed by them being around. It is truly the most amazing documentary of its type. One episode that really impressed me is the freshwater one.
In the beginning of it, it shows Angel falls... the highest water fall in the world. Then it starts to break off from there and shows the extraordinary animals that live in the freshwater environment. Another thing Planet Earth does is how well it shows the over view of the land. Some shots are taken in high Earth altitudes while others are from space showing the landscape and everything around it. The space shots are also one of my favorite things to look at.
Of course on our HDTV it looks as good as it possibly can but it gives you a feeling of how small the Earth really is but at the same time when it talks about some of the environments it feels that the world is very large. When you are watching Planet Earth you may get to an environment that they begin to talk about that just looks alien to you. Some of the things that are in the environment look as if it was not real and you can not even imagine about being in some of these places in real life.
One that really shows what I am talking about is the caves episode. Basically what it shows you is the underground world of Earth. How things form under the surface and the weird little creatures that inhabit the caves. It is truly something that will be hard for most people living on the planet Earth to believe once they have seen some of the amazing animals that live on it. This documentary is truly amazing especially if viewed on a HDTV!
My Review Of "Planet Earth" On My HDTV
Latest Bollywood DVDs: Get life beyond the traditional cinemas!
Are you a movie freak who just cannot think anything else other than movies? Does watching movies make you feel that it resembles your life? If you think so, then welcome to the world of movies.
Some of us think at times that the story depicted in the movies is a true replica of our lives while many of us stand for hours waiting for a ticket to the just released movie. India is definitely a land of movie buffs and Bollywood has not spared even a single life untouched. If you cannot take some time to watch a movie, then you may be left with curiosity about it. But what if this curiosity can easily be given a dose of high quality DVD of that movie? Sounds great.
Many movie rental companies have started to put their foot in the previously unexplored land of India and have promoted Bollywood like nothing else. Indian movies such as Sholay, Do Beegah Zameen and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge which were earlier confined to the Indian movie audience alone are now enjoyed throughout the world. This is clearly the promotion of the Indian cinema and particularly Bollywood.
The Bollywood movies DVDs are enjoying an unprecedented success with the changing (positive) preferences of the movie watchers as well as a significant fall in the prices of DVDs. The rise in the level of competition and emergence of new market players such as Seventy MM have revolutionised the Indian movie market. These market players offer latest DVDs to the customers for a very nominal payment and the rental companies do this for a paltry rental fee. This is a must win situation for the customers as they can enjoy high class video quality at unbelievably low prices.
The present day Internet world is full of latest Bollywood DVD providers and you can easily look out for any movie of your choice; you can either purchase it or take it on rent. You can easily get genuine DVDs of all titles and themes such as action, romance, melodrama and thriller to name a few.
With the favourable government policies and an expected reduction in the prices of DVDs due to continuing innovations and modern day technology, the future of Bollywood is secured in the hands of the latest Bollywood DVDs and the movie lovers.
Three Funny Big Brother Moments
Why is Big Brother, in all its forms and in all the places in the world where it is shown, so popular among television viewers? Why are the printed gossip rags and the blogosphere teeming with nearly every little tidbit on what is going on inside the Big Brother house, including its funny moments? What is Big Brother?
Big Brother is a reality television series that was born in The Netherlands. Getting its name from the George Orwell book 1984, the Big Brother reality TV show has total strangers coming together as housemates inside one house and getting cut off from outside contact for a certain period.
Aside from the daily interaction each housemate receives from the others, these housemates also get to perform challenges as assigned to them by the Big Brother. Periodically, housemates get evicted from the Big Brother house after getting voted out, though some housemates walk out of the house on their own decision. Some Big Brother housemates can get called back into the house after being evicted.
Perhaps the appeal of Big Brother is that other people get to see life in a proverbial fishbowl. The interactions among the housemates are supposed to be real and unscripted, and they can get really raw or funny. While Big Brother episodes are shown in summary on primetime TV, there are websites that offer video streams of what is going on inside the Big Brother house 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Big Brother episodes are more memorable when there are really funny or really emotional scenes. Here are three such funny moments that bloggers from all over considered their favorites in Big Brother.
1. Waamber’s crying. Amber from the US Big Brother Season 8 captured the annoyance of some viewers, the ire of some, but generally the amusement of most. Amber’s tears are like automatic fountains – in short, she is a crybaby, so much that the crying bouts she threw are hilarious.
2. Former daughter-in-law meets former mother-in-law. UK’s Celebrity Big Brother 2005 had a funny turn when actress Brigitte Nielson was suddenly confronted with the idea of sharing the same house with her former mother-in-law, the astrologer Jackie Stallone.
3. The Evil Dick. Dick was really out to win the grand prize in the US Big Brother’s Season 8. It seemed that his belief was if he cannot win the prize, then his daughter Danielle should. He went all out in antagonizing all his housemates, except Danielle, of course, even going so far as pouring iced tea on Jen’s head.
Big Brother Season 9 is currently showing in the United States right now. What moments of hilarity will make their mark in fans’ memories this season? Let us just watch the fishbowl and wait.
Movies on the Internet
You're watching TV 1 evening scanning through the reruns thinking it's pathetic how little there exists to watch anymore when a incredible movie trailer comes on. It's every single thing you love - the right actors, the wit, the action - and your heart beats a little faster in anticipation - if only you may watch it RIGHT Currently!
Well, the film industry has heard you. Along with the speed of the internet, consumers have at present come to a new stage of demand. It wore to be that we WANTED every single thing immediately - at present we EXPECT it.
This isn't the sort of thing that goes unnoticed by industries that cater to public reception. And at present it's been announced that we might not be far away from just walking above to our computer and downloading the newest releases.
When you took a meeting at the Cannes Film Festival, Culture Ministers from across Europe, film industry representatives and Internet Service Providers were among those who met to discuss the possible policies needed to distribute movies online.
BBC news reports European Union media commissioner Viviane Reding as stating: "In Europe, as in more continents, the opportunities for people to enjoy films online are set to increase tremendously above the next couple years".
Naturally there are however many issues to be resolved prior to movies are readily available to the public online. Piracy and broadband capabilities are however being questioned.
Piracy became the large issue when music files were being illegally shared across the internet. While the music industry fought against such services as Napster, it is however far away from recovering their market revenue and the film industry isn't anxious to join them.
What cannot be debated is that there exists a market, and no industry likes to bypass that because of possible problems.
Right currently European broadband could not be higher to the task of downloading such big files however has plans to proceed with distribution soon.
In Us there has already been movie distribution with the inevitable legal proceedings against individuals facilitating unauthorized downloads.
Even given that the fight against piracy is being taken incredibly seriously per industry, it's however parents who are at the forefront of setting the illustration and instructing kids on the ethics of downloading such material. Responsibility is learned.
In any event, the next time you see a neat movie advertised and you are convenient to the internet, perhaps you should stay in, avoid the lines and the traffic and check it out online!
The Ultimate Career Strategy
I can't believe it. I just pulled an all-nighter. Yup, I spent all night working on my next lecture. What really tripped me out was that about 3:00 a.m. I got a call from this college student whom I met last week.
He was up all night too, editing his film. Well, turns out he is facing a deadline and he wanted to know whether he should create the credits himself or hire someone to do it. Since he still had a lot to do with sound mixing and all, I told him to just outsource the credits. He politely thanked me and was about to hang up when I stopped him. I said, rather emphatically, "And if you ever call me at three in the morning again I am going to kick your butt! Have a goodnight".
This brings me to what I want to talk with you about. I want to share a powerful secret to success with you; one that has eluded many people. In fact, once I let you in on this secret it is going to change your life. I know because when I discovered it and started applying this secret everything for me changed.
Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen people make it in this business with absolutely no talent? But somehow or another they made all the right moves and got fame and fortune. All the while others who work hard and are honest never seem to make it.
Well, that was me not too long ago. I was always a hard worker but success seemed to escape me. Unfortunately, I was focusing on the wrong things. Those right moves that others who were less talented making were what I called… ready for this big secret now? SCALE. Scale, or scalability, is a very simple concept that most people go their entire lives never understanding. Part of the reason is that it has been called by many other names, which further confuse the matter.
So what is Scale? It has actually been around for a number of years and is nothing new, but when mastered can lead to success in almost any area of your life. When I started out as an artist, I would often sends my resume to producers one at a time. Even when I was looking for freelance directing gigs I would search the job boards looking for the right opportunity and then submit my resume.
Well, let me tell you that the best and brightest in this industry NEVER use that approach! In short, Scale is any technique that multiplies your efforts with one move. See, most people starting out in this business focus on those things which take up 90% of their time and produce less than 10% of the desired result. And that estimate is being quite liberal. For example; is it best to search the film job boards and respond to 50 postings OR post your resume, reel, headshot or etc on 5 key boards and get seen by hundreds of agents and producers at once? Obviously the latter makes more sense. That is Scale.
Now, on another level, Scale can be referred to as viral marketing, butterfly marketing, affiliate programs and joint ventures. The reason why many people in this industry give up so soon is because they see so little results. And the reason why they see so little results is because they get caught up in managing small parts instead of increasing Scale. Pinpoint any technique that can increase your efforts without demanding a lot of time on your part and you have a winner! Such efforts can be: well-connected agents, postings on top sites, good social networks, and viral marketing. Any one of these can get you exposed to hundreds of people at a time!
Not too long ago, I was approached by a guy who wanted me to join his multilevel marketing business. I went to one of his meetings, which sadly consisted of me and another person. After the meeting he asked me if I wanted to join. I said well that depends on your plan. I told him up front that he was involved in a nickel and dime operation. I simply wasn't interested in doing presentations to one or two people at a time. It was not good Scale. However, if he had a plan and the right connections that entailed approaching churches, organizations, and unions I would be down. Of course, he had no such plan or contacts which is why I never joined. Get the point?
So, if you are looking to be a success in this industry, stop focusing on task management i.e, handling small details that yield small results. Instead, increase Scale by targeting those techniques that quickly and exponentially increase your efforts and subsequent exposure. That is how you make it and that is how you WILL succeed!
Now, I have greatly simplified Scale for you in this e-mail. There are many more complex components to it. For example, without a proper understanding of width vs. depth you could achieve the opposite affect. What I am saying is that it is important for you to understand the principle of Scale right now and NOT the actual techniques involved. It is a very popular trend and there are many companies, books and software programs that you can get that deal with it. A great resource for techniques on Scale is: http://www.kamiticartssystem.com
Once you understand Scale at its core you can apply it to almost any area of your life. So important and life changing is this subject that I hope to do an entire program on it one day as it relates to us in the entertainment industry. Until then, start looking at your current situation and find ways that eliminate the small individual tasks and focus on ones that greatly increase the impact of your efforts.
Now, going back to that filmmaker who called me for advice – he understood the importance of leveraging existing talent to accomplish the task he needed. Why spend more time on something when he could increase his efforts to complete the film against an aggressive deadline by hiring someone to help him. That's the beauty of Scale. Makes sense right?
