It seems like not too long ago, I picked up my camera and started shooting video for The Eye. No plan, no direction. Technology was allowing me -and you- to be a part of a revolution. Internet media is evolving faster than any of us can fathom, but we are directing the wave. People are blogging, podcasting, vlogging, and doing great things that culture hasn’t even created names for. Everyday I discover someone or something new. The future is now.
Odd Noggin Land is a surreal musical web TV show following the adventures of three friends who just so happen to have… well… gigantic food items for heads. Odd Noggin Land was co-created by Ryan Plaisted. “If Jim Henson and David Lynch had ever collaborated on a primetime sitcom, it might have come out looking something like “Odd Noggin Land,” Welcome to Odd Noggin Land, Encore. “Inexplicably bizarre, yet somehow kind of irresistible… up-beat, catchy, and if you watch the show more than once you pretty much can’t help but singing along,” ‘Odd Noggin’ Launches as Delightfully Bizarre Foodie Musical, Tubefilter News.
The interactive series tells the story of an extraordinary day in the lives of ordinary people. The webisodic story and companion blog begins with the theft of a purse on a cold morning in New Hampshire. Written, produced, and directed by me. Awarded NH’s Best Locally Produced TV Show by NH Magazine. Covered in regional and national media.
The Energy Smackdown is an innovative community outreach program to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. The program challenges and supports participating individuals, households, and organizations to reduce their own energy consumption as well as the energy consumption of others in their community. In doing so, participants engage the public on the critical issue of climate change and what citizens can to do to reduce carbon emissions.
The Eye was my 47 episode weekly video podcast about the people, places, and events that I found interesting. Episodes have been featured on BoingBoing, Steve Garfield’s Vlog Soup, and Blip on Blip.