Thursday, 15 September 2011

Idola kami #1: Freddie Wong

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Hari Malaysia sume! So, post hari ini adalah tentang salah seorang idola kami iaitu Freddie Wong yg juga sumber inspirasi kami untuk projek kami yang akan datang. So, siapa Freddie Wong? Let's check it out! 

Frederick Wong, better known as Freddie Wong is an American filmmaker, musician, VFX expert and e-Sports player. He maintains two highly popular YouTube channels, freddiew and freddiew2. He is the older brother of fellow Youtuber Jimmy Wong. Wong graduated from Lakeside School.He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.He now owns and runs Overcrank Media, a Los Angeles based media production company specializing in feature film and online video content, having produced an independent film titled Bear. Before Youtube, Wong and his college friend Brandon Laatsch were making straight-to-DVD movies. Their Youtube career took off and that is what they are currently working on. They have collaborated with various artists from Hollywood, and with many major Game Development Companies. Wong competed in the World Series of Video Games in Dallas in July 2007. He won first prize in the Guitar Hero 2 competition, playing the song "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop. During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live. Participating in the program with his newly-formed band Hellanor Brozevelt, Wong was part of a country-wide search to find the best Rock Band ensemble. After receiving tutelage from well-known rockers Good Charlotte, Brozevelt performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York against Chicago-based Carrie Me Home. For the release of Rock Band, the band Hellanor Brozevelt was commissioned to play at the Best Buy in Hollywood, CA for the midnight release of the game. Freddie Wong performed at the first (and only) YouTube Live in San Francisco on November 22, 2008.He maintains his own YouTube channel, with a total of 371 million video views and over 2.1 million subscribers. He maintains the eighth most subscribed-to channel on Youtube. He has successfully attracted mainstream attention as well, with Andy Whitfield appearing in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak appearing in a Hypnotism stunt, Shenae Grimes in a romantic gun action scene, Ray William Johnson in a troll infestation video, Eliza Dushku appearing in an action scene, Jon Favreau featuring in his Cowboys & Freddiew video and the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his crossfire video. In 2010, he helped Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) shoot a commercial for McDonald's.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Wong

Jom kita tengok macamane Freddie dan Brandon bekerja di sebalik tadbir video mereka. Bagi kami mereka sgt ohsem sebab mereka juga hebat dalam video editing dan semuanya dilakukan dgn menggunakan Adobe After Effects dan software-software yg hebat dan bersesuaian. 



Anda nak tengok lain-lain video yang dihasilkan oleh mereka? Feel free untuk ke Youtube mereka dan juga add mereka di Facebook! Enjoy yeah! 

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