Showing posts with label high price of gas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high price of gas. Show all posts
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Free Speech and the Price of Gas
Free speech allows us to say what ever we want and online video is enabling more people than ever to reach millions with free speeches. But some free speech still comes at a price.
Depending on who you are you may think the guy in the above video is a kook. You may have trouble looking past his southern accent to believe any of the outlandish things he says about the US President and the US Vice President. You might not believe that a Baptist minister could say bad things about the President. You may think the video quality is too low to take anything he says as the truth. You may just not know what to think after watching this hour long video but it was number one on Google Video yesterday and it has some very thought provoking statements in it that will get you emotionally engaged if the price of gasoline is somehow affecting your life.
Even if you do believe what this man has to say what can you do about it? Your opinion has no power here. Or does it? What would the cost of your free speech be? If you said what you thought about why gas costs so much would people think you were a kook? Would you be able to change anything? What would other free speakers like Michael Moore have to say about this video? Could people like Obama say anything about this video without paying something in political costs for their speech? Would you risk your life to say something like this in an online video?
Sunday, May 4, 2008
How is the High Price of Gas Affecting Your Online Video Production?
Is the high price of gas affecting your video productions?
Are you shooting your online videos at home instead of going to an event or on location?
Are you finding that less actors are coming to your auditions?
Like it or not the high prices for gas are here to stay. We have told the big oil companies that we don't want to buy their products anymore and that we are going to work on alternatives for energy so that we will no longer have to depend on their products. Big oil knows we are going to be doing everything we can do stop using their products, so why should they lower their prices?
If you were shooting video for a client and they told you that they would soon be buying a new camera and shooting their own videos would you lower your price knowing that you would soon be out of work?
If you are looking for some ways for saving money here are 3 tips on saving gas money.
1. Slow Down - Traveling too fast and driving erratically uses more gas.
2. Avoid Idling - Turn your car off when ever you can. Don't use drive-thrus. Park and go inside.
3. Use Public Transportation - Some cities offer low cost or no cost public transportation. Who knows you might get some great new story ideas or discover some new characters.
For more tips on saving gas money visit: http://fueleconomy.gov/
If you are interested in keeping this conversation going let me know what ways your online video productions have changed because of the price of gas?
As for me, I've been trying to do my part by carpooling to events and parties, ridding the bus and train to meetings and I'm plaining on having my next casting calls in the more centrally located Hollywood instead of Pasadena.
Are you shooting your online videos at home instead of going to an event or on location?
Are you finding that less actors are coming to your auditions?
Like it or not the high prices for gas are here to stay. We have told the big oil companies that we don't want to buy their products anymore and that we are going to work on alternatives for energy so that we will no longer have to depend on their products. Big oil knows we are going to be doing everything we can do stop using their products, so why should they lower their prices?
If you were shooting video for a client and they told you that they would soon be buying a new camera and shooting their own videos would you lower your price knowing that you would soon be out of work?
If you are looking for some ways for saving money here are 3 tips on saving gas money.
1. Slow Down - Traveling too fast and driving erratically uses more gas.
2. Avoid Idling - Turn your car off when ever you can. Don't use drive-thrus. Park and go inside.
3. Use Public Transportation - Some cities offer low cost or no cost public transportation. Who knows you might get some great new story ideas or discover some new characters.
For more tips on saving gas money visit: http://fueleconomy.gov/
If you are interested in keeping this conversation going let me know what ways your online video productions have changed because of the price of gas?
As for me, I've been trying to do my part by carpooling to events and parties, ridding the bus and train to meetings and I'm plaining on having my next casting calls in the more centrally located Hollywood instead of Pasadena.
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