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Here’s another side by side comparison of YouTube and VIMEO. In light of the distraction of the two clips playing automatically on the main blog page, the auto play of these clips has been turned off. You can still click the play buttons though and get the same effect. Pausing on a particular frame on each clip and then viewing full screen is very interesting.

The uploaded source clip was a 1280×720 5100kbps .H264 compressed QuickTime movie. The embedded YouTube display is 570×350 and for VIMEO is 570×320. Give it a look and see if you can tell a difference. Curious to hear your thoughts.

Here’s a side by side comparison of YouTube and VIMEO. With all the buzz about YouTube’s improved “HD” quality and auto embed code, I was curious to see how the two sharing sites stack up against each other. In light of the distraction of the two clips playing automatically on the main blog page, the auto play of these clips has been turned off. You can still click the play buttons though and get the same effect.

The uploaded source clip was a 1280×720 5000kbps .H264 compressed QuickTime movie. Note the entire build has a textured graphics treatment, sort of like old paper. The embedded YouTube display is 640×385 and for VIMEO is 640×360. The display may require you to adjust your browser window width a bit as it is rather large. Give it a look and see if you can tell a difference.

An appropriate clip, given the coming 65th anniversary of D-Day in June. To veterans young and old, …”thank you.”

Here is a interesting article in the magazine “Fast Company” related to the independent financing of films that I have not seen before.

IndieVest Attracts Indie-Film Investors With Reduced-Risk Model. Investing in independent cinema is usally just for those with money to burn. IndieVest promises both Hollywood-worthy perks and a relatively safe haven.

I found the model to be very interesting and wonder if it will be successful. Perhaps there is potential in a similar investment model for films that deal with matters of faith. To be able to invest in an independent “Christian” film you felt strongly about and then when the smoke clears, to get your money back …. now that WOULD be interesting.

I have to admit the difficulty the mainline studios have experienced over the last four years trying to figure out the very fickle Christian film-going audience has been interesting to watch with the “Passion of the Christ” in 2004 establishing in most people’s minds the “Faith in Film” movement and leading to successes like “Fireproof” today in 2008/2009.