Kevin Tostado – The Blog!

I’m now on Twitter. Follow @tostie to keep up with my tweets.

“Under the Boardwalk” is also now on Twitter (@monopolydoc) with shooting and travel updates.

For your viewing pleasure, this year’s Super Bowl ads:

Happy New Year 2009!

In 2008, I worked as an Associate Producer for Imageworks for such projects as police training videos and a video to help insurance adjusters do a better job with claims management. The adjuster video was screened on Blu-ray at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank and looked awesome!

Through Tostie Productions, I worked camera at the Jeff & Jer Thank You Party, shot a naturalization ceremony on the USS Midway for a documentary, was a “Helicopter Ground Crew” in a Russian film that also filmed on the USS Midway, worked as a gaffer for an episode of “Game Trailers TV”, shot footage for a documentary on Teen Court, worked on crew of “The Jumpitz”, camera operated for a fitness video, and covered a dog disc show.

With the Monopoly documentary that I’ve been producing I traveled to Vancouver, played games of Monopoly with the defending US Champion, filmed with the very 1st Monopoly world champion, shot an interview with actress Masiela Lusha, and learned way more about security law than I ever thought I’d need to.

Hopefully 2009 will be filled with lots of exciting opportunities.

So it appears that a majority of my posts have been compromised and either outright erased or filled with spam links. More than likely, it’s because I’ve been using an outdated version of Wordpress (2.0.1) and I didn’t pay attention enough to see whether or not there were security loopholes.

Also, since I’ve been running several other sites, this blog really hasn’t been given its fair share of attention over the last couple years. So as of right now, this site is going on hold until further notice.

If you’re looking for more info about me and my work, I suggest you check out my business’ website, TostieProductions.com and the sites for my movies, “Under the Boardwalk” – A Monopoly Documentary and Yellow Lights.

Thanks for visiting.

~~Kevin

There’s a new site called SnagFilms which is aiming to do for documentaries what Hulu has done for TV and some movies – Free viewing with some minor ads to pay the bills. The great thing about this site is the filmmakers split the ad revenue with the company 50-50.

Check it out at SnagFilms.com

For your viewing convenience, I’ve snagged Super Size Me from the site. Watch it right now for free!

My demo reel just got featured in a weekly email for Digital Content Producer magazine. As a result, my reel was one of the top viewed videos of the week so it is also featured on their website at reel-exchange.com!

[tags] demo reel, Tostie Productions, Reel Exchange [/tags]

First off, let me say that Turkey Squirts are now what you get for eating too much on Thanksgiving. Rather, Turkey Squirts is a themed layered shot for Thanksgiving created by my dad, Jim Tostado.

Let me breakdown the recipe:

Start with 1/3 shot of Kahlua, then on top of that add 1/3 shot of Bailey’s, and then 1/3 shot of Wild Turkey (the namesake of the drink). Then add a small floater of Bacardi 151 to the top and light it on fire. Once the drink is flaming, sprinkle cinnamon over the top for a few seconds, enjoy the fireworks, blow out the flame and then consume! Simple enough and quite tasty.

Relatives of mine who tried Turkey Squirts this Thanksgiving described it as “an aftertaste like eggnog”, “holy crap”, “that was hot”, and “can I have another?”

[tags] Alcohol, Thanksgiving, Tostado, Turkey Squirts, flames [/tags]

Previously posted on YellowLightsMovie.com by Tom Kochem:

I just returned from the awards ceremony at Indie Fest, and I am pleased to announce that Yellow Lights won two awards – Best Cinematography, and Best Feature Film!!! The awards were given by the Academy of Independent Cinema Arts and Artists. This makes Yellow Lights an Academy Award-winning film! Okay, maybe not quite. In any event, we were just hoping to win a student film award, so to win the Best Feature Film (overall) was a great honor! Thank you again to everyone involved in making the movie!

Indie Fest was a fun week of networking with other filmmakers, seeing their work, and talking with them about true independent film. We will soon post links to the sites for some of the other filmmakers that we met this week. Most importantly, for all of those who are wondering – we will soon be updating our website to include the graphics of the olive branches surrounding the two awards! Apparently, that’s how you know your movie is real.

[tags] Yellow Lights, indie, Indie Fest USA, movie, award, AICAA [/tags]