radar multimedia

Radar Produces Media Content for Dark Knight Premiere

Wendy Creed, an industry leader in event & environmental design & production, recently tapped Radar Multimedia to produce media content for the New York City premiere of "The Dark Knight." Radar's Drew Lucas and Gorman Stanley created more than 30 minutes of original content for the 16-screen display in the middle of the room as well as projected content for the chandeliers around the room. The Radar team worked closely with Visions Lighting to make sure Wendy's vision could be technically executed flawlessly on-site.

Click here for the write up in BizBash.

Radar Produces Video for AFP

Americans for Prosperity, an organizations committed to educating citizens about economic policy and a return of the federal government to its Constitutional limits, recently tapped Radar Multimedia to help produce a video for its recent RightOnline (Defending the American Dream) Summit in Austin, Texas this month.

Click here to view the video on YouTube or watch it below:

Old Radar 24P Reel

I found this video today. It's from September 2004. It made me want to go back to Uganda. This is a 24P showreel that Radar cut together featuring footage from the Panasonic 100A, which Radar had just purchased at the time. It was intended to show how video holds up in harsh sunlight, silked environments, available interior light and long lens situations. I'm looking forward to seeing the new showreel once we shoot some footage on the HPX3000.

Matt Warren

Here's to Joey Harrington!!

New Photo Albums Added

2 new photo albums have been added to the Radar blog.
Click here to view the new events album.
Click here to view the new chaos album.

Radar in Peru

New pictures from our recent trip to Peru have been uploaded to the photo albums on the left. Out of 700 images, these were the best. Enjoy!

Rolanda Rodriguez

Drew and I were deeply saddened by the horrible news that our client and friend, Rolanda Rodriguez (Jafra Cosmetics) passed away this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rolanda's entire family and everyone at Jafra who is dealing with this sudden and tragic loss.

Our Ad in Event Solutions Magazine

Radar's latest ad in Event Solutions Magazine (June Issue).
Click here to download the PDF.

Event Design 2007

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 and Vivian Rosenthal (Tronic); James Frederick (Landor Associates); Sam Caban (Show Designers); Hillman Curtis (hillmancurtis); Jayme LaForest & Michelle (GO West); Irma Hardjakusumah & Tony Timms (Ethos Design); Margaret Aro; Davin Reich; Diane Murphy (Robert Boyett Theatricals); Steve Hand; Julie Johnston (Filmcore); some of the 53rd Street Girls.

Where You Could Find Us: kittichai, Thombar and rooftop bar (60 Thompson); Washington Square; SoHo; Midtown; The New School; Lucy's in the East Village; Wined Up; momofuku (the smaller one); Burger Joint (of course); Joe Jr's (6th & 12th); Pen-Top Bar and JFK Terminal 9 (Dear Tronic: check the monitors in the walkway, they're glitching again!).

Click here for highlights.

new york 04.07

The Lucas-Warren New York trip was a lot of fun.
I thought I'd post a few links for you here.

List of Restaurants we thoroughly enjoyed:

Nyonya
Lever House
Fleur de Sel
Le Zie

Click here for photos.
More info on the condo, click here.
More info on the new condos being built across the street, click here.

capture vs. create

The old way: "create a world in which..."
The new way: "capture a world in which..."
I've been thinking a lot lately about this concept of blending scripted episodic television with zero footprint production. Meeting with some people here in New York in May to figure out what it all means. Exciting stuff.

new york city

We're having an amazing time in New York. The kids (Hannah & Jax) were on Good Morning America this morning around 8:55 AM. We talked with Diane Sawyer after the show (see picture below).

videos removed by copyright owners

Videos removed at the request of copyright owners accounted for only nine percent of the total videos on YouTube while removed videos accounted for only six percent of total video views on the site, according to a study released by online tracking firm Vidmeter.com. The report studied clips and usage from December 2005 to March 2007, concentrating on the 6,725 most-viewed clips. Vidmeter tracks video downloads from Addicting Clips, Break, Brightcove, Daily Motion, Google, Grouper, iFilm, Metacafe, MySpace, Revver, Veoh, vSocial, Yahoo and YouTube.

online companion series

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 higher-concept than the TV version. Cross-pollinating at its best.

Some more examples:

Comedy Central.com is launching an interactive online comedy school Crash Course in which students create an avatar they use to polish their standup skills. Comedian Ted Alexandro has developed a ten-part curriculum covering writing, delivery, style, originality, stage mechanics and the business of comedy. Clips from the Comedy Central archive will be used to illustrate his points. Hyundai is sponsoring the program.

NBC announced the addition of several new interactive features around The Office, 30 Rock and Heroes on NBC.com, implemented from suggestions given by users. "The Office Quotes Game" was inspired by message board users who were challenging each other to identify who said specific lines. "Marry, Boff or Kill" is a game 30 Rock characters play on the show, naming three celebrities they'd like to do just that to. The Heroes tie in has former Mossad operative Hana enlisting fans to help her thwart Linderman's plot. Gameplay will pay off in the April 23rd episode when the on-air storyline converges with the one developed online.

isn't this crossing the line?

ABC 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.

I'm not sure I'm ready for this. What do you think?

paul mccartney and starbucks

Paul McCartney's next album will be released, not through a record label, but through Starbucks. Actually a joint venture between Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music. Click here for the full press release. What do you think about this? Weird? Way of the future? Typical?

radar blog update (new photo album)

To all you RSS subscribers, Radar has just updated the blog with a new photo album featuring highlights from the NLA event. Click here to access the new photo album and click here to read the updated blog entry (with new pics).