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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 31 May 2012 11:14:54 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>blog</title><subtitle>blog</subtitle><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-04-21T01:54:46Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Two of the Greatest Films You Will Ever See...</title><category term="Fames per second"/><category term="HD"/><category term="Movies"/><category term="Phantom Flex"/><category term="Snowboard"/><category term="That's it. That's all."/><category term="The Art of Flight"/><category term="brain farm"/><category term="film"/><category term="mountains"/><category term="quicksilver"/><category term="red bull"/><category term="snow"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/two-of-the-greatest-films-you-will-ever-see.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/two-of-the-greatest-films-you-will-ever-see.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2012-03-22T03:17:06Z</published><updated>2012-03-22T03:17:06Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="s1">...are snowboard films.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If you haven&rsquo;t heard about them yet, you should have. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s it. That&rsquo;s All.&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Art of Flight.&rdquo; Both films are made by Curt Morgen with his company Brain Farm, Red Bull Media House and Quicksilver.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7f8dut4"><img src="http://www.sparksbros.com/storage/Screen%20Shot%202012-03-21%20at%209.45.30%20PM.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1332388514733" alt="" /></a></span></span>&nbsp;</p></span></p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Getting Married in Colorado has its Advantages</title><category term="1000 foot mountains in Colorado"/><category term="14"/><category term="Colorado Weddings"/><category term="Destination Weddings"/><category term="Wedding Videography"/><category term="colorado wedding film"/><category term="fourteeners in colorado"/><category term="getting married in colorado"/><category term="sunny days in Colorado"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/getting-married-in-colorado-has-its-advantages.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/getting-married-in-colorado-has-its-advantages.html"/><author><name>Daniel</name></author><published>2012-03-13T03:54:00Z</published><updated>2012-03-13T03:54:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.sparksbros.com/storage/Colorado-Sunshine.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1333639711169" alt="" /></span></span>I was looking over some of Tim's wedding videos and I had an epiphany: As Colorado residents, we often take the beauty of Colorado for granted. There are 53 mountains over 14,000 feet in Colorado to add to the backdrop of most of the weddings we film.</p>
<p>But it doesn't end there.</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Why Videography is More Relevant Than Ever</title><category term="Colorado Wedding cinematographer"/><category term="Colorado videographer"/><category term="Pixels"/><category term="Screen Resolution"/><category term="Wedding Videography"/><category term="iPad 3"/><category term="iPhone 4S"/><category term="videography"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/why-videography-is-more-relevant-than-ever.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/why-videography-is-more-relevant-than-ever.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2012-03-11T10:30:00Z</published><updated>2012-03-11T10:30:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.sparksbros.com/storage/videography.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1333639961904" alt="" /></span></span>We are living in a video revolution. Today people carry HD cameras in their pockets. Displays are becoming every more vibrant and clear with displays like Apple's retina display. Are we ready to embrace this revolution?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Storyboard Template</title><category term="Film Making"/><category term="Film making"/><category term="storyboard"/><category term="template"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/storyboard-template.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/storyboard-template.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2012-01-04T21:40:38Z</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:40:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.sparksbros.com/storage/storyboard-template-example.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1333640434842" alt="" /></span></span><span>In the last post about <span>storyboarding</span> I talked about how important it is and how much time that it can save you. Before I had made this template I looked around the internet and didn't really find anything simple.</span>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Why Storyboard?</title><category term="Film Making"/><category term="Film making"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/why-storyboard.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/why-storyboard.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2012-01-03T08:43:33Z</published><updated>2012-01-03T08:43:33Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span>&nbsp;</span>Storyboards are something we all know of but are not something that we really know about. &nbsp;Storyboarding is when you break down your film shot by shot in frames drawn or composed that represent how you want those shots to look like in your final product. &nbsp;They look a lot like a comic book really. &nbsp;Well, not mine. Mine look like my 4 year old could have drawn them and I think that is why I never did them until this past year. &nbsp;Even if you're the only one that can understand them they can benefit by helping you premeditate on the way you&nbsp;want to shoot something.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://sparksbros.squarespace.com/blog/why-storyboard.html"><img src="http://www.sparksbros.com/storage/how-to-use-a-storyboard.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1333642181258" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>2011 Demo Reel</title><category term="Canon 5D"/><category term="Canon 7D"/><category term="DSLR"/><category term="DSLR"/><category term="Dubstep"/><category term="E.T."/><category term="Katy Perry"/><category term="Klaypex"/><category term="Solor Roast Coffee"/><category term="Tim Sparks"/><category term="personal films"/><category term="short films"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/2011-demo-reel.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/2011-demo-reel.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2011-12-17T08:36:38Z</published><updated>2011-12-17T08:36:38Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33917862?portrait=0" width="500" height="309" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33918133?portrait=0" width="500" height="309" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/32308524">16 Bit</a></p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/29451814">The Meadow</a></p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16589237">My Own Prison</a></p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/24794648">Solar Roast Coffee Commercial</a></p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/25915922">Southern Colorado Burlesque Revival</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Magic of Film</title><category term="50mm f/1.4"/><category term="Canon 7D"/><category term="Colorado"/><category term="Colorado Springs Wedding Videography"/><category term="Colorado Wedding videographer"/><category term="Colorado videographer"/><category term="Denver Wedding Videography"/><category term="Isabel Lake"/><category term="Rye"/><category term="personal films"/><category term="slow motion"/><category term="wedding videographer blog"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/the-magic-of-film.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/the-magic-of-film.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2011-12-01T02:22:36Z</published><updated>2011-12-01T02:22:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17484977?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p>This video is something that I put together last summer. I went on a fishing trip with my Grandad and cousin, Travis to Isabel Lake in Rye, Colorado. I didn't plan on filming, but there is something special about moments like these. There is something about film that seperates it from any other media.<br /><br />A picture can capture a moment but</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Pueblo 24 Hour Film Festival 2011</title><category term="16bit"/><category term="Colorado Wedding videographer"/><category term="Colorado Wedding videos"/><category term="Pueblo 24 Hour Film Festival"/><category term="Pueblo 24 Hour Film Festival 2011"/><category term="Sparks Bros"/><category term="Sparks Bros Media"/><category term="colorado cinematographer"/><category term="colorado springs wedding videographer"/><category term="denver wedding videographer"/><category term="my own prison"/><category term="pueblo videography"/><category term="short films"/><id>http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/pueblo-24-hour-film-festival-2011.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.sparksbros.com/blog/pueblo-24-hour-film-festival-2011.html"/><author><name>Tim</name></author><published>2011-11-19T17:51:16Z</published><updated>2011-11-19T17:51:16Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C05SnEx-fbs?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This festival marked a year of film festivals for Sparks Bros Media. We have had some great films but this one was the biggest. &nbsp;By biggest I mean it had the most moving parts. When your walking around a set for a film that is supposed to be finished in 24 hours (that's shot, edited, and submitted) and you see 5 make-up artists including my wife Chrissy, Channelle Stewart, Ashley Burke, Matt Rivera, and Vincente Martinez Ortega doing body art, go-go dancer Toxiic, from Toxiic Inc. Entertainment, a DJ Cameron "ProfessorPhunk" Sanchez, with a full set-up, you start to wonder what you</p>]]></summary></entry></feed>
