{"id":656,"date":"2009-05-26T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.flyingninja.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2009-10-02T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T15:47:15","slug":"if-you-have-nothing-good-to-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingninja.com\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"If You Have Nothing Good To Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6860384&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6860384&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/6860384\">Driving  Music<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2380105\">Chris Carroll<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t show it at all.  This is on the idea of the quality vs. quantity rule.  Everyone hits a point where they have to balance the two, whether you&#8217;re buying supplies for your office, or those $1 burritos you find in the frozen food section at Shaws.  (No Brainer &#8211; A MUST BUY!)  Like I said, this concept can really apply to anything.  Especially video creation.  Seth Goden had a <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2009\/04\/exceeding-expectations-or-dont-bother.html\">similar post<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p>You may have heard of a video I was working on late last year called Knock Knock.  I filmed it, edited it, and released some B-roll from the takes.  After chopping it all together I watched it a few times through and realized it just wasn&#8217;t funny or good at all.  Then I had a decision to make, either I can release it to grow the library of flicks I&#8217;ve been in or trash it.  I decided to scrap the project.  I&#8217;d rather be able to say I was an extra in The Matrix, then say I was a lead in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0100814\/\">Tremors<\/a> 5-7.  Bacon was smart when he ditched on the second one.  <\/p>\n<p>Above is one of the scenes where I&#8217;m supposed to be driving around listening to some music when something embarrassing comes up on my iPod.  I think they did this in Tommy Boy too&#8230;..no wait, I know they did this.<br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='swfobject.js'><\/script><\/p>\n<div id='mediaspace'>This text will be replaced<\/div>\n<p> <script type='text\/javascript'>\n  var so = new SWFObject('http:\/\/www.apostrothieve.com\/mediaplayer\/player.swf','mpl','500','300','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('author','Driving Music');\n  so.addVariable('file','http:\/\/ne.edgecastcdn.net\/000889\/assets\/1118131\/0dc7c340-0c2d-4622-8bb3-0ecc40fac22f.mov');\n  so.addVariable('image','http:\/\/ne.edgecastcdn.net\/000889\/assets\/1118131\/61b91523-e329-4e3a-b3de-ded991f3581e.png');\n  so.addVariable('backcolor','000000');\n  so.addVariable('frontcolor','888888');\n  so.addVariable('lightcolor','666666');\n  so.addVariable('screencolor','000000');\n  so.write('mediaspace');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0114694\/\">Tommy Boy, Paramount 1995<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving Music from Chris Carroll on Vimeo. Don&#8217;t show it at all. This is on the idea of the quality vs. quantity rule. Everyone hits a point where they have to balance the two, whether you&#8217;re buying supplies for your office, or those $1 burritos you find in the frozen food section at Shaws. 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