Daily Archives: June 25, 2010

Graduation Commercial – Google Search Story

Graduation Commercial - Google Search Story

Google’s got a new search ad running. It’s a cool and touching commercial about a mother from Vietnam, who moves to America to provide the best for her son. The Google search story captures the essence of the struggles of immigrant parents beautifully in 1 minute using nothing but search. Search On. (congrats to all the recent grads and all the immigrant parent who helped to get them where they are today.)

This reminds us of Lovely to Me (Immigrant Mother) by Taiyo Na.

Graduation – Google Search Stories

Funemployed – Episode 3

Funemployed - Episode 3

The Funemployed webseries with Wong Fu Productions and KevJumba continues with episode 3. Jason and Kyle begin their job search and land their first interview. This episode includes a guest appearance by Yao Ming (sort of!) and cougar action (see the director’s commentary about that scene). Also watch the deleted scene below. (It’s pretty funny.) Still hard to believe this was made with no budget and no crew.

Previous episodes:
Funemployed Episode 1 & 2

Look for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday

Funemployed – Episode 3

Deleted Scenes

Bloopers

Director’s commentary

Jeremy Lin joins Mavericks mini-camp

Although Jeremy Lin worked out with several NBA teams the past few weeks, he was not selected in yesterday’s NBA Draft. News just in out of Dallas says he’ll be “joining the Mavericks for mini-camp on Monday and Tuesday and, possibly, for their summer league team in Las Vegas.” His dream of becoming the first American-born Asian to make it in the NBA. Let’s see what happens next week and see if he’ll breaks down barriers like Ed Wang in the NFL.

Previous Mavericks workout with Jeremy Lin (see 1:53 mark)

Beat It by Fluxus Voices

Beat It by Fluxus Voices

Last year, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, passed away. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. Here’s some posts we did about Michael Jackson last year : Asian American tributes to Michael Jackson, Dancing Inmate’s Michael Jackson tribute, Jabbawockeez talk about Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson tribute on the 404, and Kollaboration NY tribute to Michael Jackson. During the Michael Jackson Memorial services, we also discovered new talent Judith Hill.

Out of Korea, Fluxus Music Artists combined together to commemorate the memory of the King of Pop “Michael Jackson”. They fuse their vocal harmony with a variety of smart phone music applications to create a unique rendition of Beat It. (Also check out Dance Like Michael Jackson by Far EAst Movement x Wong Fu Productions x Quest Crew.)

Beat It by Fluxus Voices

FM SATELLITES – Episode 27

FM Satellites - Episode 27

Far East movement hits the UK in the latest video for FM Satellites. These guys are going global. (a couple months back, they were in Japan.) They’re like Asian Beatles in London. Here’s more for FM about why they’re in Europe:

Far East Movement Hit London and Manchester on the NERD ARMY tour with N*E*R*D… and our first time in the UK was FREE WIRED. Worked hard, geekd out and party’d all night international secret agent style.

DJ Virman doing crazy stuff with wasabi in this video. (Remember DJ Virman vs the foot long sandwich?)

FM SATELLITES – Episode 27

Wong Fu Productions x Freddie Wong meeting

This could be a major collabo in the works. You know Wong Fu Productions for their shorts, webseries, and music videos. You probably know Freddie Wong for his Guitar Hero playing skills. Freddie has since transformed his channel to be more action and visual effects oriented. He’s doing some crazy and amazing stuff with his crew. Wong Fu Productions and Freddie met for 2 hours discussing the latest about youtube, new media, and content creation.

Here’s some examples of Freddie’s work YouTube Hackers and make your YouTube video HD.

Be sure to check out some of Wong Fu Productions latest work including Funemployed, Dance to this Song, When Five Fell, and Orient Express, and That Girl music video.

Wong Fu Productions x Freddie Wong meeting

Tips from Freddie Wong about film/movie productions