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Prepare to be mindeffed. My first time watching this video it took me at least 10 minutes to process everything. I find stop motion so amazing because it’s so tedious. It’s a lot easier to do now since there are cameras that have higher shutter speeds than in the past when stop motion was first used in the early days of film (we’re talking black and white, no sound, George Melies work here). In any case, the way this short uses it is not easy.
Director PES uses stop motion in creative and somewhat twisted ways. (Do not look up “Roof Sex.” Trust me.) He’s even set to direct the Garbage Pail Kids movie. In my opinion, not a movie that needs to be created. But hey, it does fit with his (or her) twisted creative outlook.
If you haven’t visited the soon-to-be-transferred Kasama Media office, it’s nestled in the neat little LA neighborhood of Venice/Marina Del Rey. On the way to the office, the now-dubbed office cat aggressively stalks anyone who gives it a second of attention.
Here you can see a (unnamed) BakitWhy staff member in its natural habitat: the local Panera Bread. This one in particular is named by some as the “BakitWhy Cerritos Field Office.” Look how the team member majestically views the Kasama Media website after he consumes his quantity of salad and chips.
Kasama Media’s going through a month-long rapid transformation from an online communities solutions provider to a diversified media outlet holding company. We’ll post interesting tidbits as we stumble and crash through the month of February 2012.
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I finally received my AnyBeat invitation today. Staring at my measly CRED score of 2, I’m already researching how to increase it. I posted a picture, answered two questions, changed my relationship status, and liked a random stranger’s forum post. I was able to increase my score to 5.
Taking focus of this figure, I realize that Dmitry Shapiro’s site is not much different from Facebook or Twitter. You first login to a newsfeed where people can share posts and links. You maintain a profile that has a feed, about, photo, and questions section. The networking schema uses a follower and people you follow system. How is AnyBeat going to draw users from these popular social mediums?
For AnyBeat to be successful, it is going to need to offer its users something different from what’s already provided. Its campaign for anonymity is a good start. Both Twitter and Facebook discourage users from using pseudo identities. Pairing anonymity with a CRED system, however, shows to be pointless. People already gauge credibility on these type of sites by the number of friends, followers, fans, and likes.
AnyBeat is going to really need to play out its strengths wisely before its official launch. Still in development, it is still too soon to predict whether it’s going to make the cut.
