Rupert, that's a very handy trick that I intend to use in the future, thanks! &fmt=18 at the end of a youtube url will make it go to the hd version!
Bre --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > Brilliant! > Great idea, great trailer - I wish I had a TV to watch it. I'll > support you in other ways. > > Your YouTube URL was borked because it had a period at the end of it. > > Here's the link to the High Quality version (you just add &fmt=18 to > the end of the URL to link to a HQ version of a YouTube video) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlY&fmt=18 > Go watch, people > > Good luck with this. It made me think of the post Bill Cammack > linked to here last week - a discussion of Quality & professionalism > in online video versus regular TV & film. > > Good work, Bre > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 21-Sep-08, at 10:00 PM, pettisb wrote: > > Hey Videoblogging Peeps, > > I'm not on here a lot, but I check in from time to time as a lurker. > I've had a videoblog for a while. I started off being a life blogger > with a few other folks back in the day and then I went pro and did > video for Make: Magazine and now Etsy. > > Now I've got a pilot that might make it into a tv show. It's a little > weird for me since I feel like the internet is way more my home than 1 > way broadcasting. > > So I've got a few things planned to integrate the show with the > internet that I explain in this post, I'll be checking in a few times > over the next week and I'll do what I can to answer them. > > What follows is what I'm sending out to folks I know and I wanted to > send it out to you all too! > > My TV show pilot called "History Hacker" airs this Friday September > 26th at 8PM and Midnight on the History Channel. I'm the host of the > show and I check out inventors in history and take a hands-on look at > their inventions and then break it on down and hack the inventions > together. I need your help to make the show go from a pilot to a real > TV show. > > The pilot is all about Nikola Tesla and the war of the currents > between Tesla and Edison. In the show I learn how to blow a neon > tube, explore wireless electricity and build an AC generator from a > bike. I also go to Boston to visit an MIT space lab to see how the > principles that Tesla pioneered are being applied to space propulsion. > > The look of the show is awesome. The folks at History gave the > producer, director, and director of photography permission to take my > DIY style of making videos with lots of jump cuts and direct talking > to the camera and push it forward into a longer format. It doesn't > look like anything else on TV. > > There are four things you can do to help make the pilot a TV show. > > 1. Tell people. > > 2. Please tune in on a Tivo if you've got one to help boost Nielsen > ratings. On Tivos it's actually labeled as "Hacking History" > http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=365730 > > 3. Once you've seen the show, send a feedback email telling the folks > at History what you think. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 4. Also after the show has aired, please drop a note with what you > think of the show in the History Forums at > http://boards.historychannel.com/topic/History-Now/New-Pilot-This/ > 520012982 > > You can also participate on Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and stay tuned > to my Blog > > Facebook: If you enjoy the show and want to participate more I've set > up a facebook group that anyone can join at > http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25165214526. > > Flickr: I'm also really curious about the people watching my show so i > set up a flickr group. Please take a picture of yourself watching the > show and upload it to the group at > http://www.flickr.com/groups/historyhacker/. It will be really cool > to see who's watching the show! > > Youtube: I've posted a teaser on youtube that gives you a feel for > what the show will look like. Go check it out at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5DWyVrvlY. I'll have at least one > more teaser coming out soon on my youtube channel. You can click the > yellow subscribe button to see them before anyone else. > http://youtube.com/brepettis. > > Blip: I've also got these on Blip.tv which is what plays on my main > page at http://brepettis.com and bre.blip.tv > > My Blog: I'm writing about the experience of starting up History > Hacker and posting behind the scenes material at > http://brepettis.com/blog. I'm actually going to put the content of > this email on my blog too at > http://brepettis.com/blog/2008/09/21/help-turn-the-history-hacker- > pilot-into-a-tv-show/. > > Thanks for your support! I can't wait to see it on Television and I > hope you get a chance to tune in and help me make this pilot into a TV > show! > > Bre Pettis > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
