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(just south of Venice Fishing Pier)
310.823.9378
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In an effort to promote more #ConsciousProgramming those with social media accounts will be encouraged with spa promotions @creativechakraspa throughout the week to commend the conscious programming they screen with the eponymous hashtag #ConsciousProgramming to help create a “buzz” for sustainability.
In the Twenty Minute Q & A video following the documentary, Russel Brand, congratulates producer, Bobby Roth, saying, “You’ve managed to make a David Lynch film that I could actually understand!” While David Lynch did not direct this film, and there are none of the stunning visuals we have come to expect from Lynch’s films, music, OR paintings… there are some stunning epiphanies coming “Straight From The Horse’s Mouth” if you will, and Lynch himself notes that at the beginning of the lecture tour, most of the questions presented by the filmmaking students were about filmmaking and towards the end of the tour, most of the questions were about the process of Transcendental Meditation itself, or his interesting concept of #InvincibleUniversity.
If you are an aspiring artist or filmmaker (and why on earth shouldn’t or wouldn’t you be?) then there are some interesting ideas to try on for size here about creativity and the understanding of suffering versus the actual splashing around in the fountain of it… and hey, what a great excuse to bring back eating unhealthy #Right2GMOProducts including processed sugar as long as they are properly labeled!
#WeLoveYouDavidLynch.
It is because of David Lynch that I incorporate a dwarf or actor with some kind of attribute that had once been considered a “handicap” in every film that I direct. It is because of my own artistic mother’s various experimentations with meditation for maximum benefits with minimal efforts since I was in her womb, that I first learned of TM, and because of this documentary, that I am able to remember as always having been true: #IfAtFirstYouDontSucceedTryTryAgain! Because #PracticeMakesPermanent.
For our own quick version of focused meditation in 2-minutes or less, downloadable for FREE to your iphone, Sony PSP, or other hi-tech handheld device, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/BalinYoga
For more information about Transcendental Meditation, please visit: http://www.tm.org and For more information about how you can be a part of the important work that The David Lynch Foundation is doing all around the globe, please visit: http://www.DavidLynchFoundation.org
Rest In Peace to a beautiful angel amongst the devils of Hollywood… casting director and dear family friend, Fran Bascom. Fran helped to discover and nurture so much bright talent in this town and her own bright light will be missed by the many lives she touched. Please honor her memory by offering an opportunity to someone to share a talent.
We will all live more joyous lives if we share our talents with each other while we journey this earth. 6.3.2013
In it’s 17th year, CineGear Expo remains the ultimate integration of Sound, Picture, Post Production, and Sustainable Technologies displayed on one backlot!
Filmmaking siblings Brandon & Melissa Balin want you to say #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA 3 times fast Live From @CineGearExpo!
On our way into the 2012 show I met Martin of HD Sound and Picture. He aspires to be the “Crazy Gideon” of scanning and archiving your independent film library “IN 4k FOR 5k” per feature- almost 12k LESS than industry standard?!?! Ask about his even crazier breaks at $12k for 3 features or more and $15k if you bring in 5 features or more!
At the Cine Gear VIP Reception I ran into my Sundance buddy from the East Coast, Jendra Jarnagin, a talented cinematographer, who had shown F65 footage from one of her latest projects earlier in the day. I was both proud and disappointed to find out that she and Nancy Schreiber were among the only women to speak that day and cannot help but Soapbox briefly- Where are the Women at? It is not only a challenge to get hired for the gig in the first place but then it is also a challenge to be selected to speak about the work publicly. Someday in my lifetime, I hope to see more women working as professional technicians than as pretty models to drive booth traffic.
Vilmos awarded CineGear Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinematography
The Cine Gear Expo 2012 Cinematography Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, in recognition of the significant contributions he has made to advancing the art of Cinematography; and Bob Nettman was honored with the Cine Gear Expo Technical Lifetime Achievement Award for developing some of the world’s most advanced camera support equipment. I feel so lucky to have worked with some of the greatest minds in our business already and my career will forever be changed in the moment that my friend and mentor, Laszlo Kovacs, ASC agreed to come out of retirement while battling cancer, to support my vision as a young director. Thanks to the generosity of his lifelong friend, Vilmos, and the industry support of Technicolor, Deluxe, Kodak and countless craftsmen, we will be able to show Laszlo’s last work on both film & DCP to cinephiles around the globe.
While his memory lives on in every sunset and lens flare I see, I am glad to further honor his legacy with a Public Service Announcement that continues to give inspiration to millions worldwide annually and hope that the industry will see fit to honor Laszlo Kovacs, ASC with a posthumous CLIO for the piece.
It was impossible for me not to think of filming a movie at the Expo, with all that gorgeous equipment around, and the New York Street backlot all to ourselves and we discussed what better way to showcase the emerging technologies than to engage the “second screen” phenomenon Live from the show… The Brookturn Co. attaches a non-profit initiative to every project, and with much of our industry manufacturing based in Japan and the weekend kick-off to Hemp History Week, it was an easy fit to pick the cause for the impromptu transmedia mini-mini movie from CineGearExpo… #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA.
While manufacturers announce “Tape is Back” and Sony is “Rewarding Recording”, the crisis at Fukushima remains unresolved. Japanese Ambassadors describes the situation as “stable, but hanging from the ledge by our fingernails by the second.” A lot of people don’t know that Industrial Hemp (which has no psychotropic qualities) has been used for over 20 years successfully to phytoremediate the nuclear damage of Chernobyl. We shouldn’t have to wait for Kevin Costner to visit Congress with some Waterworld invention for this one, when the answer is right in front of us as clearly as the gulf shrimp with tumors being found for sale in supermarkets.
Day Two
was a flurry of excitement and we certainly couldn’t be everywhere at once! There were lots of great seminars and speakers to see! For those of us that missed Attorney Wendy Pizarro Campbell’s valuable seminar on the “Independent Filmmaker Legal Kit” including agreements on Confidentiality, Acquisitions, and Performance Releases; because we were jammed into the ASC panel happening next door- we can find out more at www.PizarroCampbell.com
In Celebration of Paramount’s 100th Birthday they filled the water tank!
Zipping across the lot, I met Dawn Hope Stevens of ClickersandFlickers.comwho said, “You looked like you knew where you were going so I decided to follow you”- oh, yeah, well, I do know my way around the Paramount lot since growing up- I would often visit my dad on set, my brother worked on the lot for three years on the Dr. Phil Show, and the premiere of my directorial debut, FreezerBurn The Movie was held in the Big Paramount Theatre… so it was pretty awesome to be at CineGear on the weekend celebrating Paramount’s 100th Anniversary! We talked about what I’m working on now, how important stills photography is to a fully encompassing Transmedia campaign, and my current fascination with Instagram. Dawn invited me to the July Clickers & Flickers Photography Networking Dinner with Greg Dyro, Director of the Warner Bros. Photo Lab, where they discussed the topic, “Camera Phone Photography: Shaking up the Photo World”.
The ASC panel to Share Experiences & Expertise, was led by Chairman of the ASC Education and Public Outreach Committee, George Spiro-Dibie, ASC and he provided many rollicking laughs to the packed house, with people sitting in the aisles along the steps and on the floor. An impressive group of cinematographers responsible for advancing the art of filmmaking included Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS; Stephen Burum, ASC; Patrick Cady, ASC; James L Carter, ASC; Michael Goi, ASC; Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC; Donald A. Morgan, ASC; Dave Perkal, ASC; Roberto Schaefer, ASC; Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC; and the inimitable Haskell Wexler, ASC. I was glad to hear them all agree that the new technologies are ultimately just added elements to the most important part of telling the story. George is “Bringing Sexxy Back” and he wants to be sure that everyone knows that for just $100 bucks anyone can become Friends of ASC and membership certainly has its privileges- including exclusive access to online content, a digital subscription to American Cinematographer, and an annual event at the actual ASC clubhouse, which is in itself worth $100! (All monies will facilitate the development of educational projects presented by the ASC.)
Richard Crudo, ASC & David Mahlmann, SOC want you to #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA @cinegearexpo!
I ran into the former ASC president, Richard Crudo, ASC on New York Street and while we caught up, I asked him if he would like to participate in the impromptu social action campaign to #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA. He was ready to jump right in, but David Mahlmann was concerned about being associated with a “Protest” – little did he know how much I have learned this year about what constitutes a “protest” versus an awareness campaign or making an artistic statement. Once I reminded him we were on private property and had permission to be there, and that this was not a protest, but an awareness campaign so that we could someday eat sushi again in this lifetime- he jumped in the pic. We in the entertainment industry are in a unique position of privilege to influence many people with our art. We must bear this in mind, when we make choices involving violence and stereotypes in our work, as well as when faced with the untold daily opportunities to shift the social paradigm towards justice, equality and positivity.
I met up with guys wearing intriguing contraptions who turned out to be Steve Schuneman of Rabbit Audio Video, Inc. and Dino Zaffina of Production Sound Services who were getting impressive GoPro footage on-the-go at the show. Together we rounded the bend upon one of the most magnificent displays of technology in use at the back of the lot where AirKraftProds, & HoverKraft were giving live demos of their multiple camera remote-controlled flying systems!!! Because filmmakers are some of the most gung-ho creative people on the planet, they literally zoomed in from above on the #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA sign during one of the demos and I can’t wait to see THAT footage!
Super 8mm RhondaCam demonstrated at Cinegear!
The RhondaCam made its debut breathing new life into Super8mm, as a creative expression!
And so goes the Transmedia Tweet heard round the world:
It is our obligation and responsibility to use our privilege and technology for social action. #PhytoremediateFUKUSHIMA for @hemphistoryweek @stayoccupied @cinegearexpo
The Medium IS The Message. We hope that you too will feel inspired to integrate technologies and social media into your work for both marketing purposes and effective social action striving towards a more sustainable future!
Cinegear Expo 2013 is May 31 & June 1 at the Paramount Backlot!
BREAKING NEWS: Thanks to a strategic partnership with ANONYMOUS to #EndWorldHunger; FreezerBurn The Movie is Now Viewable FOR FREE on YouTube: http://youtu.be/5v7fBbIC0LU
Happy New Year to You & Yours! For Kwanzaa 2012 and in celebration of Cooperative Economics (#Ujamaa)- we gift you this 100 minutes of Rated R (Parental Discretion Is Advised) fingerlicking good cult classic (written by Rogan Russell Marshall) entertainment.
If you enjoy the ride, please “Pay It Forward” by sharing with friends & family who could use 100 minutes of good old fashioned entertainment where (SPOILER ALERT) aliens come and take everybody away at the end (unlike real life LOL) and please consider making a donation of $1 or more to the Team Balin4MayorNoKidHungry.org fundraising page here: http://join.strength.org/site/TR/Events/DD-IndieRaiser?pg=team&fr_id=1220&team_id=124051
FreezerBurn The Movie is a contemporary Hamlet that takes place on the set of a TV reunion with a quadruple homicide and an alien-worshipping cult. The dark comedy stars internationally recognizable faces such as Rachel Hunter (supermodel), Edoardo Ballerini (Romeo Must Die), David Faustino (“Married With Children”), Rochelle Balin (The Golden Answer), Robert Hays (Airplane!), Hal Linden (“Barney Miller”), Dick Van Patten (“Eight is Enough”), Ted Raimi (“Xena Warrior Princess”), Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors), Joel Michaely (Rules of Attraction) and Melody Thomas Scott (The Young & The Restless). It is also the feature debut of rockstar Bobby Alt and includes a fun voice cameo of radio DJ Jim Ladd.
All Digital, FreezerBurn The Movie has been the catalyst for many entertainment, philanthropic and technology firsts, all for a shocking $450,000 (US); the first to use NASA‘s HD zooms, the first to workflow Viper FilmStream footage with HD, donating 100% of the proceeds of the Indie Soundtrack to restoring the hurricane stricken City of New Orleans and in following their Cannes eBay model, when offering the movie’s International rights online, buyers were encouraged to bid generously, as 10% of each territory sale was being donated to Washington D.C. based organization, Wider Opportunities For Women. FreezerBurn The Movie held its premiere at the legendary Paramount Studios Theatre in December 2005 and had a brief theatrical release courtesy of the Laemmle Theatres to qualify for Academy Award Consideration for Best Original Song, “Closer Every Day” written by Richard Balin & Dick Behrke. The iconic artist Shepard Fairey designed the logo for the alien-worshipping cult, “Children Of Earth” and donated the original artwork for a Limited Edition fundraising line of t-shirts and stickers.
Thanks for your continued support! Please follow our adventures in Independent Filmmaking into 2013 via twitter @WannaBuyMyMovie and https://wannabuymymovie.wordpress.com Together we can cry & laugh through the challenges ahead and End World Hunger (#WFD2013) while we’re at it! Stay Tuned for CHILDREN OF EARTH: In 2-D! coming soon to Theatres Near YOU!
That’s right, the Times They Are A Changing… and you can’t mention “Booze & Breakfast” without encouraging people to please walk across the street responsibly, Please LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THAT BUSY STREET, and Please, as tempting as it may be… DO NOT Jay-Walk from Chez Jay’s!
That and customary DISCLAIMERS understood- If you have a BUYER or PRESS Badge from the 2012 American Film Market, Please Join Us at the recently declared Historic Landmark restaurant Chez Jay across from the Loews Hotel for some complimentary “Hair of the Halloween Dog” cocktails and breakfast from 8AM-10AM on the second morning of AFM!
AFM BUYERS & MEDIA ONLY
WHAT: Breakfast and cocktails while Second Screening To End World Hunger. Filmmaker & CEO of The Brookturn Co., Melissa Balin (best known for @WannaBuyMyMovie) and Producer/Actor at Mission Park Film, Douglas Spain, are debuting their newly formed strategic partnership. Working together to glorify ‘vegetables instead of violence’ on a global scale, Spain and Balin are participants in the second screen movement, which gives moviegoers a chance to social media it up while being entertained. Catering to the international crowd of BUYERS and MEDIA returning for the annual American Film Market, the informal discussion will be simultaneously reaching out to the International social media world via #ReportBack on @Twitter.
WHY: The Brookturn Co., well known for attaching non-profit initiatives to every project they take on, has decided to switch it up this time. Starting with a non-profit movement (Ending World Hunger) Balin and Spain have attached a commercial movie! In recent testimony to the California Senate Congressional Committee Hearing on Sustainable Food, Filmmaker Melissa Balin acknowledged Hollywood’s collective responsibility and obligation to glorify ‘vegetables instead of violence’ in an effort to shine a spotlight on the need to prioritize the End of World Hunger. So come join them in discussing this growing trend developed by Oxfam America and The United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization. Celebrities from all over are weighing in. Vivica Fox lent her voice, when she and her cast mates at Mission Park Film sent a message that was read at the hearing. Turns out she loves broccoli and potatoes! We meet today to continue to encourage members of Congress and the rest of our global entertainment community to TWEET and RT: “#EatMoreVegetables, #EndWorldHunger, #RightNow, #WFD2013, & @IAmVegetable”.
Balin and Spain will show clips from their upcoming slates while guests will be encouraged to Instagram and Tweet pictures from the event, holding and eating their favorite vegetables.
Been wondering WHAT IS THE SECOND SCREEN PHENOMENON??? but were afraid to ask- it’s basically if you send a TWEET or Instagram about something you notice while watching your favorite TV show or a movie – I know, you’ve been doing that since A.D.D. became fashionable, but now it has a #Trendy Name. Proceed, Governor…
SHOUT OUT to our Strategic Creative Vegetable Partners, for it truly is going to take all of us united in order to #EndWorldHunger#RightNow:
Dream Circus Theatre created the incredible Interactive Dance Party that inspired the inception of the social media campaign to accompany their last I Am Vegetable theatrical installation on October 8, 2011.
BirdsNest Foundation partnered with us to bring The #GroundUpCampaign to California, after impressive success installing 100 organic garden boxes and academic curriculum in New York City schools.
Meatless Monday is a fun program to remind us that there are 52 chances a year to start the week off healthy!
Vivica A. Fox supports @IAmVegetable
Vivica A. Fox wants you to know that broccoli on a fluffy baked potato is one of her favorite simple vegetable recipes and her castmates of the upcoming film Mission Park make celery, okra, carrots, beets, and even onions nothing to cry about! Reggae music legend, Pato Banton is a pescetarian (fish & vegetables only) and will be joining celebrity friends in re-tweeting recipes from #GROWMethod Chefs like Tanino Drago, Jeff Mahin, Francisco Machado, and USVI Culinary Ambassador (and Two-Time Iron Chef Winner!) Chef Theo Gumbs! Unlike the popular “Sally Struthers model” of giving up a cup of coffee per week to help end world hunger, we encourage the pleasure principle of ending world hunger through every bite you treat yourself to delicious vegetables!
We carpooled back down the 5 FWY to Santa Monica, just in time for the #GROW Dinner Discussion at Stella Rossa, where celebrity Pizza Chef Jeff Mahin made us one of his own favorite vegetable dishes: Oven Roasted Beets and Fresh Ricotta!
#GROW Dinner at Stella Rossa
Mmmmm… Ending World Hunger never tasted so good! Join Us and Make It “Trendy” to #EndWorldHunger#RightNow with #WFD2013 and @IAmVegetable!
We are utilizing the “second screen” buzz to #GlorifyVegetables! So tweet us @IAmVegetable or facebook us @IAmVegetable with your favorite vegetable references, recipes and vegetable inspired pics!
Fernanda Romero of Mission Park droppin mad #Beets
OPERATION: operation?! is a documentary study of Pain Management solutions across a landscape of prescription medicines and dangerous surgeries that cannot guarantee relief. Through a shared community, we hope to raise awareness to the issues facing those struggling with acute and chronic pain, and their loved ones, in order to provide support, compassion, and genuine solutions for increased quality of living.
Documentary Study on Pain Management
The multimedia project was started in 2006, as a collaboration by filmmakers who were themselves struggling with acute and chronic pain, including screenwriter Rogan Russell Marshall, filmmaker Melissa Balin and world renowned cinematographer, Laszlo Kovacs, ASC.
On July 28, 2006, the Hollywood community gathered at Mole Richardson to film a Public Service Announcement to bring attention to Pain Awareness Month (every September) that would also serve as the trailer for the documetary study. Marines Veteran and actor, Scott Levy donated his time to star in the artistic PSA to show solidarity with fellow veterans struggling with very real issues of Pain Management on a daily basis. Rockstar Bobby Alt (formerly the drummer of S.T.U.N. and now lead singer of Street Drum Corps), composed the haunting score with a Moog theramin and sounds made by his body. Canon loaned us what was at the time the first “24-frame” pro-sumer camcorder, and Melissa’s brother and professional editor, Brandon Balin, donated his time to edit the unprecedented workflow as a LIVE demo at Melrose Mac. The siblings’ mother, Rochelle Balin, a professional actress and yoga instructor, provided the soothing voice-over. The iconic logo and website was designed and maintained by Stephanie Cameron of The Paradigm Design Group. The finished piece was shown at the International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam, and premiered at the 5th European Congress on Pain held in Istanbul.
With Laszlo Kovacs’ untimely passing, the project was put on hold, but the PSA continued to tour virtually around the globe to help raise awareness to these important issues. Each year, Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, is eligible for a posthumous CLIO for his work that continues to influence and inspire. Thanks to a generous resources collaboration between Technicolor, Deluxe, and Kodak Film, his best friend and colleague, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, was able to donate his time and energy to “time-out” a beautiful film print of the digital work to be shown in theatres and at Special Events every August and September.
You can view a fun video of the session thanks to filmmaker Sam Sabzehzar, with celebrity guest appearances by world famous cinematographers Janusz Kaminski, ASC and John Toll, ASC here: http://youtu.be/71wu5-ba1v4
Unfortunately, in the many years since the inception of this project, little advancements have been made in the medical field to provide meaningful solutions to those living with Pain on a daily basis, and their loved ones. In fact, in May of this year, The American Pain Foundation, which described itself as the nation’s largest organization for pain patients, announced it was closing its doors permanently and immediately, as a result of a December investigation by ProPublica in The Washington Post that detailed its close ties to drugmakers. The group received 90 percent of its $5 million in funding in 2010 from the drug and medical-device industry, ProPublica found, and its guides for patients, journalists and policymakers had played down the risks associated with opioid painkillers while exaggerating the benefits.
In light of this recent horrifying knowledge, and that the OPERATION: operation?! project was initially inspired by The American Pain Foundation’s Power Over Pain Campaign; and to address the glaring gap left by their absence; we have set up a Free OPERATION: operation?! Community Facebook FanPage at http://www.facebook.com/PainAwareness that we hope you will share and utilize.
The need for public outcry around the needs of Americans struggling with pain conditions is greater today than ever before in light of the multi-front assault occurring daily on our right to dignified care. Misguided state and federal policies are impeding access to appropriate and reasonable medical care for people struggling with pain, and deterring even the most compassionate medical providers from treating anyone with pain conditions.
We hope that this community resource project will provide relevant solutions and demand effective policies to provide increased compassion, care, and quality of life, to those suffering.
The #Art Is Not A Crime “hashtag” social media campaign was started by my venerable co-director of all things propaganda, Shepard Fairey, and his super talented buddy & world renowned graffiti artist, SABER, as a protest against the moratorium on public art murals in Los Angeles. I had viewed their “Art Is Not A Crime” Skywriting Protest on YouTube:
so I was overjoyed to see a SABER Original in my backyard when I moved in to Occupy LA City Hall! The large American flag installation was comprised of several individual Protest signs. Photographed and used as a video background by Occupiers & Media from around the world, I would frequently borrow a tile to drag off to a March; “Speak Up Obama or We Will!” at the Federal Building Protest against banning Medical Marijuana dispensaries; “LAPD We Come In Peace” at the Protest to End Police Brutality in front of LAPD headquarters; and “Bail Out My Mom” for a documentary interview.
When Shepard found out I had moved into a tent on the South Lawn of City Hall he sent down a bunch of posters and stickers and introduced me to SABER over e-mail. I told SABER how much his work had inspired my work on the ground and how we were conducting weekly #Art Is Not A Crime Transmedia Protests.
I also jokingly complained about how heavy his Protest signs were if you were actually going to march for many blocks. We met in person on what became known as “Liberty Hill” on the Sovereign Nation of Freedom & Peace aka the South-East quadrant of the South Lawn of City Hall, and he told me that they were so heavy because they were designed to dual-function as a body shield against rubber bullets & tear gas canisters.
When my Sovereign friends built a TreeHouse as an Art Is Not A Crime Protest Against the Armenian Holocaust, SABER donated three pieces to them to use as Art in the installation, and as shields if necessary, in what became the Last Stand Of The LA International Tort of 2011… the LA Times ran an incredible shot of the LAPD pointing a “bean bag” shotgun at Sovereign citizen Chad Knutsen and his cute dog Lucky at beyond extremely close range with the “LAPD We Come In Peace” shield in the foreground. Unfortunately, there wasn’t time for Chad to defend himself more than to cover his face when they shot at him exerting most unnecessary force.
courtesy of the LA Times.
Much of the art from the Revolution is now at the bottom of the LA City Dump, an action that is considered to be a “grave breach” of the 3rd and 4th Geneva Conventions, thereby constituting an International War crime… but good luck trying to assemble the Dream Team to prosecute while the Mayor and Chief of Police are busy congratulating themselves for getting away with it. Meanwhile Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich continues his witch hunt of both Public Art and Protesters exercising their First Amendment rights; and in some States, beautiful collector pieces of hand-blown glass art that dual-function as water pipes are subject to penalties if accidentally referred to as a “B-O-N-G”?!?! Art Is Not A Crime. Glass Is Art. & Prohibition Is Over because it was based on lies to the people that we no longer hold to be self-evident.
When I met the charismatic Jason Harris of Jerome Baker who was unconstitutionally arrested along with 57 others including world-famous entertainer, Tommy Chong, in Operation Pipedream, in front of his installation at CHAMPS, we instantly knew that we wanted to work together on a Live Digital Art Installation for his upcoming Connoisseur Kulture Expo at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA.
For many years we have affectionately referred to our part of the media circus that is the Sundance Gifting Lounges as “Drive-Thru Social Action” (TM), getting celebrities to run a gamut of scripted and unscripted “drops” or “shout-outs” for various causes while they are in between trying on free sunglasses. So, when Jason explained that the Furthur Bus would be on display at the show, we decided it was a Winning concept to create social action vignettes surrounding the Furthur Bus, for celebs & tastemakers to generate tweets, instagrams, stills & livestream, culminating with a 3-D #ArtIsNotACrime video postcard filmed on and around the bus itself, where guests are given 60 seconds uncensored to express themselves.
How does this make money you ask? Aw, jeez, can’t you producers leave us alone we’re trying to make ART over here…
Yoga Awareness Month isn’t until September, but you can create a sense of wonderment & awareness about yoga & guided meditation every day, to a whole new generation through 3-D technology!
If you don’t have a pair of anaglyph 3-D glasses laying around, you can click the “Turn Off 3-D” option in the lower right where you can choose “Full Screen”, or if you want to incorporate these 2-minute guided meditations in large youth group settings, you can send a self-addressed pre-paid envelope to Rainbow Symphony at:
Rainbow Symphony, Inc. – 6860 Canby Avenue, Suite 120, Reseda, CA 91335
Please include $1 for every two pairs of promotional 3-D glasses. Give Thanks to Rainbow Symphony for making it possible for more eyeballs to see what can be done in 3-D these days playable right outta YouTube onto your phone or computer!
From being the first to offer FREE Downloadable Breathe Breaks to the iphone, PSP and other mobile media devices, to creating an infinite loop of guided sleep meditation for palliative care, pain management programs, and survivors with Post Traumatic Stress Disorders now being utilized around the globe; my mother, Rochelle Balin‘s yoga practice continually inspires me to encourage finding new uses of technology to improve our daily quality of living.
While some consider 3-D to be a novelty, we hope you will enjoy it as a valuable tool to engage in a deeper state of consciousness in a shorter amount of time. Look for more BalinYoga meditations in 3-D on the BalinYoga youtube channel!
Wanna Buy My Movie? 