Yesterday I spent the entire day in the lobby of the cool loft/office building in DUMBO that houses Blue Barn Pictures, an International Multimedia Production Company, owned by Jim Baker, David Castillo and Stephen J. Duke. Highly experienced and professional, Blue Barn produces a wide variety of media, including commercials for Canon and other companies. From their website:

At the heart of Blue Barn is a production staff of creative professionals dedicated to delivering your concept with the style and intelligence your vision deserves.

Blue Barn has traveled around the world, from Miami to London, San Francisco to Barcelona, to produce commercial and independent projects.

Blue Barn Pictures is producing a short video about Brooklyn Blogging for the Blogfest. Yesterday was the big, marathon interview day and boy did they do a great job making all of us Brooklyn bloggers look and sound great.

For that I am grateful.

I became aware of Blue Barn when Castillo showed up at the Blogade brunch in Kensington and showed this interesting profile of a Spanish actor. Shot in black and white, the piece was stylish, smart, well-edited and fun.

I asked Castillo then and there if he’d be interested in working on this video. Hey, I used to be a filmmaker and a video producer, I know quality when I see it.

Did I mention that Blue Barn Pictures also has a blog?

From 11 am until 7:30, bloggers filed into the incredibly comfortable lobby on Jay Street and waited for their close-ups. It was a funny scene.

Why did we have to bring two shirts? some asked.

David had sent out a very detailed list of what not to wear at a video shoot:

1.White clothing
2. Shirts with logos (Mickey Mouse, Rolling Stones, Nike, I love Dick Cheney or anyone who will sue). If you have a shirt with your blog’s name on it, please wear it.
3. No clothing with tight striped lines ( New Yorkers remember Crazy Eddie, we don’t want you looking like his blazer)
4. Please bring a spare shirt.
5. If you wear makeup, please do not apply it until you arrive, HD does not like make up. You can apply some make up here.

The make-up thing had some of the women bloggers quite distressed. One blogger said playfully, “I am almost 50 years old and I won’t go on without make up!”

Joe’s NYC, I’m Seeing Green, Creative Times, Habeus Brulee and Luna Park were the first to arrive.

As the day progressed, Brit in Brooklyn, Midnight Cowgirls, My Sidewalk Chalk, Reclaimed Home, New York Shitty, Old First Blog, Mrs. Cleavage, Gowanus Lounge, No Words Daily Pix, The Henrys in New York, Bed Stuy Banana, Sogood.tv, Self-Absorbed Boomer, Bad Girl Blog, Pardon Me for Asking, Found in Brooklyn, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn, Brooklynometry, No Land Grab and I all passed before Blue Barn Picture’s HD lens. Google these bloggers as I am too lazy and tired from yesterday to link to all of them right now.

No wonder I’m tired. It was a steady stream of bloggers all day long. What a fun group to hang out with. These are my people. The Henrys in New York has a fun report on the event on her blog.

And you can see the video by Blue Barn Pictures at the Blogfest on May 8th at 8 p.m. at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Open to all bloggers and non-bloggers alike.

Brooklyn Blogfest 08
May 8th at 8 p.m.
@ the Brooklyn Lyceum
227 Fourth Avenue at President Street
$10 suggested donation
Open to one and all