Am I a dork if the first thing this reminded me of was the tram from Stormwind to Ironforge?
Las Vegas airport, January 2007.
Epilogue, video and pictures from CES coming soon.
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Well, CES is over. I am the only DivXer still at the convention center tonight, as I have a plane to catch in a few hours and this is closer to the airport than Treasure Island, where everyone went to. Contractors are literally ripping carpet out all around me, so “we haven’t much time” as Obi-Wan once said.
VIDEO: Pure Pwnage plays Wii Live at CES DivX booth
First things first: I just edited/uploaded an HD-quality video of “Jeremy”, “Kyle” and Gej (creator of DivX) playing Wii Tennis against/with audience volunteers at our CES Stage6 booth. I was technical director/director. That means I literally “call the shots” during recording. Additional credits are at the end of the video.
Watch the Pwnerer and the Gej pwn n00bs!
I used the new Black Magic On-Air to record “Kyle” and “Jeremy”
in 1080i HD. Unfortunately for me, it still has alot of bugs.
“Kyle” (cutie!) ran back to our other computer to pull up
some episodes during the show. Being a responsible director,
I turned away from my virtual switcher to snap a photo…
The actual special show Pure Pwnage put on is still in the editing process. I have to wait for my computer to ship back to San Diego, so it will be a few more days. Unfortunately, I will have to edit out the Pure Pwnage DVD Sneak Preview they screened. You’ll just have to buy the DVD to see it. The bloopers were hilairous.
When I am back to work, I will also have our special CES Stage6 episodes of Jet Set Show, Tikibar and more for you. That will be over the course of next week when I’m back at the DivX office!
It has been such a pleasure meeting and having the honor to work with all these terrific, creative people. I was thrilled by how friendly, down-to-earth and collaborative most of them were. I ran into a few snobs here and there, but for the most part, this community of video podcasters and filmmakers has thoroughly impressed me.
Marley, David and I have discussed creating a podcast all about filmmaking. My experience at CES has encouraged me to really consider it. Hmm, well we’ll see.
DivX Works Hard and Plays Hard
Pics from our party last night.
Yours truly, the lovely “Lala” (Tikibar) and”Jeremy”
(Pure Pwnage) at club Tao in the Venetian.
“When it’s time to party, we will always party hard!”
Tomorrow, I have the day off (thankfully). I plan to enjoy the San Diego sun at my home sweet home and put together another photo comic blog of pictures from Monday-Thursday of my DivX booth adventure.
Your friend in filmmaking,
Michelle “Kenobi” Osorio
So… very………. tired.
No time for comic photo blogs or even single pictures. Today was an awesome day where I finally got to meet “Jeremy” and “Kyle” from Pure Pwnage and had the honor of directing their special show for Stage6 at our DivX booth at CES 2007… but I am so tired right now. The pictures will have to wait. There’s a special treat for you patient ones. I plan to also put up on Stage6 a video of the Pure Pwnage guys playing Wii with DivX founder, Gej. They played with/against volunteers from the crowd. Very amusing (especially with Mattzog’s special brand of commentary).
It was very refreshing and fulfilling to get to do live directing/switching again. I forgot how much I like the live television format. It was also great to shoot episodes for all these cool web shows.
See y’all tomorrow!
P.S. - The HD files of Monday’s shows are still encoding, but the HT (Home Theater, aka Standard Definition) DivX movie file for the special Geekscape episode we shot is now up on Stage6. Check it out!
Today was a fun, productive day at CES. I directed two live tapings on the Stage6 stage. One was an episode for Geekscape, starring GS host Jonathan London and special guest-starring DivX’s own Ben Cote and Mattzog Bellucci. A fellow named Kevin from the audience was also invited, mid-taping, to come up and co-host with the gang.
Later in the day, we taped a live interview with the creators of GETV (Geek Entertainment TV). They covered some good topics in terms of the future of video blogging and distribution for podcasters. You’ll be able to watch these episodes tomorrow on Stage6.
Jonathan London from Geekscape attempts
to bite the head off of yours truly (me).
Michelle Osorio, your narrator, directing a run-
through just before a live taping of Geekscape.
Don’t forget to check out my photo Comic Blog of the weekend before CES where we setup the sweet DivX booth and prepared the stage. I plan to make Episode 2 of the comic blog when I can find the time and energy. I may shoot for tomorrow, but I may wait until Thursday night. Speaking of tomorrow, I am looking forward to taping a special performance by some members of Pure Pwnage! That will be so cool. I met “Jeremy” and “Kyle” today. You have to watch Episode 12 of their show to discover their true names. They seem like pretty standup guys and I look forward to the taping. I will be sure to take lots of pictures tomorrow.
Actually, I should point out that “taping” is sort of an archaic term right about now. We’re shooting the show with two different cameras, the Panasonic HVX-200 and a Sony HDV camera. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to get them to look the same, but the sweet thing is that I am using the brand spanking new Black Magic On-Air software that allows me to do live technical directing via a virtual switcher (this is how shows like Letterman and the local news are shot and edited). The software is great because it takes two seperate HDMI feeds from each camera at full HD quality! The problem is the software is so new, we’re running into some problems. We have to fiddle with each box for a few minutes each day we setup, or else the feed comes in with green picture. Also, it is dropping frames so I am having to go in and manually resync the audio. ALSO, it’s pushing the frame off to the right slightly, so I will have to crop it when I encode it to DivX to put online at Stage6.
Anyhoo, better go take a shower. I have another long day tomorrow with Pure Pwnage and Jet Set Show, live at the DivX Stage6 stage at CES! See you there!
Hi all. I am writing from my hotel room at Treasure Island (or t.i., as their marketing people have renamed it). I just finished a long weekend helping set up for DivX’s booth at this very big consumer electronics expo, CES. I must say, our booth is very impressive. I will be directing the live shows we are shooting on behalf of groups like Jet Set Show and Pure Pwnage. It should prove fun, as those guys and girls seem entertaining. I haven’t directed live shows since I worked at Sea World, directing the camera operators and running the switcher for the Shamu Show.
Read the comic I made about the first two days setting up. I am exhausted so I am going to bed now. Good night!
A good time was had by all here in San Diego. I shot a couple of short video clips with my Pentax. You can view it below. It’s slightly distorted, as the music was really loud. I had to bring down the volume just to keep it from destroying your ears.
David’s Slash costume was very popular. You’ll see some pics when I put together a little comic blog about it. Below you can see myself and J9 having a grand old time.
Stay tuned! Hopefully I will have a comic blog to show you by tomorrow morning. 
I’m lazy, so to get the story across, here’s an excerpt from David’s Blog
Michelle, Mattzog, J9 and I are all headed to an 80’s costume ball for new years. The group who puts it on is called The Brotherhood. This is the same group that hosts the Sanguin ball every year during the Comic-con.
Naturally, I’m dressing up as Slash from G&R (The first G&R, not the new one). It’s going to be a blast
Expect a follow up (and possibly hung-over) post with pictures.
I am looking forward to going with David, Zog and J9 (Jeannine, Zog’s girlfriend). I bought pieces of my costume today. I already have a black crinoline skirt (basically a tutu but a bit longer). I am wearing it with black stretch leggings that cut off at the calf. I’m basically going for the Madonna look.
I also have this big metallic belt with a bunch of little holes in it. I will be wearing a black tank top with a netting shirt over it and black lace gloves. I wanted to do a side pony tail, but it may not work with my new haircut. The bright red highlights should go over well though.
It will be a crazy day, as I am meeting my cousins at Sea World at 10am on the day of New Year’s Eve (technically today). Today the last of my Sea World tickets expires so I thought I’d take them and put the passes to good use. It will have to be a short trip though and end at 4pm. I will need time to rest, eat and prepare. We will then proceed to Mattzog’s to have a few drinkiepoos before the cab ride to the Abbey.
I plan to post pictures of the Sea World trip and the 80s New Year’s party here on your favorite blog. The best part is, I am going to attempt to present the photos in comic book form using Plasq’s Comic Life software. Tune in, dear readers!
More videos are being uploaded by the hour at DivX.com [update: Now on Stage6.com] (where I work as Creative Producer). If you want to see all the costumed fans (babes included), comic artist interviews and more, take a look. We’ll also have a Veronica Mars studio tour up in a few days.
DivX Comic-Con Video Blog [update: Now on Stage6.com]
Seperately, I got to take most of the day off today (last day of Comic-Con) so I went to the Edgar Wright/Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) panel on their new feature, Hot Fuzz. I also got an exclusive Comic-Con Hot Fuzz tee shirt. Also bought the first Trade of Red Star. All in all, a good Con, though too hot and crowded.
Hey guys,
This is Michelle reporting to you from Comic Con 2006 in my hometown, San Diego, CA. I will be shooting all weekend for the DivX Community Site [update: Now on Stage6.com] with Publisher’s Weekly blogger extraordinaire, Heidi McDonald. Also hosting is Victor Van Scoit, of Lunar Comics fame.
I followed our great hosts around the Con interviewing artists like Bob Burden (Gumby), Scott Benefiel, Andy Lee, Tommy Lee Edwards, Trevor Goring, James Kocmalka and Kyle Baker to name a few . I also ran around with Mattzog recording some of his hijinks. Expect a video of him screwing around with the Ugly Dolls later today or tomorrow.
Till then, WATCH THE VIDEOS!
Only some are uploaded so far. Of those, I shot the videos of Heidi McDonald’s intro as well as her interviewing Geoff Darrow and the people at VIZ Media. I also shot the videos of Victor Van Scoit interviewing aspiring DC Comics artists showing off their artwork, and a group of cooky Anime fans. I also edited the video of the DC submission and am retiring from shooting early today so I can help out with more of the editing (we got a team of hardworking individuals back at HQ).
Also, here is Heidi’s blog. This is the page where the back of my head makes a guest star appearance.
So the screening was great! I received plenty of praise, not only for my music video, but also for my cinematography work on Insecto. It was really motivating to hear that people like my work so much.
I saw some really great films tonight. My favorites were the animated projects from some Pt. Loma high school kids.