John Carney stopped by our studio recently to talk about his work with Fresh Start Surgical Gifts and its CEO, Shari Brasher. Formerly with the San Diego Chargers, John founded “Kick Start for Kids”, benefiting children in need of reconstructive surgery. Shari Brasher was recently awarded the Charlie Jones “Spirit” Award, and John Carney, along with Football greats Marcus Allen and Drew Brees.
John Carney gives a testimonial for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
Prepping John Carney for the interview
John Carney during his interview at Ferrari Productions
After more than $100K spent in rebuilding the studio complex and offices, we are back in business! The construction crew did an incredible job in refurbishing the studio after the flood. We now have new paint, new carpet, and a rebuilt studio. The studio is better than ever and fully functional. Come by and visit us!
The rains came big on Jan 21st — after 4 days of rain in San Diego, Sorrento Valley was in bad shape. The drainage ditch adjacent to the studio that was choked full of weeds, dirt and garbage overflowed its banks and flooded the studio. Yes it was a torrential rainfall, and yes the ground was soaked, but the city needs to do its part and clear the dirt, plants and garbage and fulfill its obligations and take care of its property. Here are the photos of the flood – we are digging out and drying out and hope to back shooting soon!
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts has realized a dream of its founder, Dr. Dennis Nigro and opened a new clinic at Rady’s Childrens Hospital. Fresh Start provides reconstructive plastic surgery and related services to children and young adults with physical deformities. All services are provided free. The services, including surgery, dental, and speech clinic are provided in San Diego, California. Watch the video here:
The opening Installment of What’s Here TV San Diego, the what to do and where to go guide to the attractions of San Diego. Whats Here! TV is an in-room TV show for hotels, showcasing the city, its neighborhoods, and its attractions, co-hosted by Kenna Hurd and Ed Blackman. Guests who watch Whats Here! TV learn about options for their visit while being directed to their hotel staff to make a purchase or get a reservation.
Need to know what to do and see in San Diego? Watch the new TV show What’s Here! San Diego. Produced in conjunction with What’s Here (http://whatshere.info/). Our hosts Kenna and Ed take us on a tour of San Diego and show us some of the best attractions, restaurants and places in San Diego. Now airing in select hotels all over town! View the video on Blip.TV at http://www.blip.tv/file/2468113, or watch below.
We recently had a little fun in the water with Bailey the diving dog. Bailey is amazing – he loves the water and will dive down 12 feet or more to retreive on cue – see him here retrieving a soda can and cell phone! Tom Stewart, who performs the music for the video is the owner. (See his website @ http://backwaterbluesband.com/) We made the video to show off Baiey’s unique talents for possible TV and Film work. Good luck Bailey!
Digital Photo Academy taps Ferrari Productions to produce a video for a recent seminar for Nik Software and the ease of integration with Adobe Photoshop. The Seminar was held at Studio J – http://www.jstreetstudio.com/, led by William Morton – http://www.mortonvisuals.com/. The video will be shown on http://www.digitalphotoacademy.com/default.aspx
Things have been busy here at Ferrari Productions. Production is almost done on Episode 1 of What’s Here TV, with our hosts Kenna and Ed (see photo). In this episode, we explore many neighborhoods of San Diego, including downtown, La Jolla, Mission Beach, Old Town, and more! For more details, see www.WhatsHere.Info. We hope to have the video done very soon!
I just posted a compilation video of some of my latest broadcast video spots on Youtube.
According to the website MediaPost (http://www.mediapost.com), Having gone from zero to mass market globally in three short years, online video is the fastest-growing media platform in history, according to a new report from social media research consultancy Trendstream and research firm Lightspeed.
In one week in January, 97 million Americans viewed a streaming clip online — as many as are tuning into any major broadcast network — according to a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. active Web users ages 16-65.
What’s more, with 72% of U.S. Web users watching clips online, Web video outstrips both blogging and social networking, and is now the leading “social-media platform.”
With users from across the age spectrum watching, creating and distributing video content online, the so-called “digital divide” is not as wide as might be expected, according to Trendstream. It is also clear that the online video audience is far more sophisticated and influential than was previously supposed with the heaviest viewers in the 25 to 34 age bracket.
With 49 million active Web users — 32% — uploading content in January 2009, users of all ages now generate far more content than traditional broadcasters and collectively contribute the majority of video content to the Web.
According to Trendstream, broadcasters who wish to engage with this highly influential and affluent group need to develop highly compelling, multi-platform content that can be accessed through multiple gateways including email, music sites, news sites, film sites, blogs and social networks.
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