Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Faith, Family and Fists - A profile of boxer Steve USS Cunningham
More and more I'm getting a chance to make videos outside the world of bodybuilding.
Here's my latest, a quick profile of a boxer from my old neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Why you won't see my raw footage
I get many requests to see the raw footage of my projects. It ain't gonna happen!
You have to trust that what I am showing you is the best footage there is, and that there is no more good stuff. No artist in his/her right mind lets you see the crap. Our job is to show you only the best.
Art is in the editing.
Most of the time the unused footage is badly shot or the sound is bad or the subject is rambling or repeating himself or it's just plain boring because nothing is happening.
Does anyone really think I wouldn't use something that's GOOD? If you watched the raw footage I guarantee you would end up skipping over most of it and fast forwarding to the parts that are in my edited video.
That's what editing IS. Finding the good parts and leaving the trash behind.
You have to trust that what I am showing you is the best footage there is, and that there is no more good stuff. No artist in his/her right mind lets you see the crap. Our job is to show you only the best.
Art is in the editing.
Most of the time the unused footage is badly shot or the sound is bad or the subject is rambling or repeating himself or it's just plain boring because nothing is happening.
Does anyone really think I wouldn't use something that's GOOD? If you watched the raw footage I guarantee you would end up skipping over most of it and fast forwarding to the parts that are in my edited video.
That's what editing IS. Finding the good parts and leaving the trash behind.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Never be bored again!
Very often people (mostly young people) will post online that they are bored and don't know what to do with their time.
I have never felt that way. Ever. Even when I was young.
Here's my secret. Always have a creative project ongoing in your life.
It could be a painting, a novel or a poem. For me it was music, art and journalism. (Now video.) For some it could be work for a charity or a homeless shelter.
But no matter what it is, it must be something that moves you forward to a specific goal small increments at a time.
Free time becomes a precious gift to be used, not something to get through until the next Avengers movie comes out or your friends show up with the beer.
If your project is something that you can think about and plan about and dream about when you are standing in the line at the supermarket, you will never be bored.
Mike's words of wisdom for Saturday! :-)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
"Kai Greene: A Day in the Life" a big success!
Recently, FLEX magazine commissioned me to create a video that would accompany a print article about what a day in the life was like for a top pro bodybuilder.
What we ended up with was a series of THREE videos that some are saying are the best bodybuilding documentaries that they've seen in a long time!
Here they are! Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
What we ended up with was a series of THREE videos that some are saying are the best bodybuilding documentaries that they've seen in a long time!
Here they are! Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Highest rated videos on bodybuilding.com!
Very proud to see that that 3 of the top 5 highest rated videos on BB.com are my Kai videos!
http://videos.bodybuilding.com/watchlist/top-rated
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
How awesome is this??
From the muscleandfitness.com marketing director talking about my X-FIT video series...
"Hey guys, I had the team pull the traffic from the site and since our early Feb. launch date, we’ve received 95,000 page views and users are spending on average over 2 minutes on the page. This is INCREDIBLE! We are EXTREMELY pleased with this showing. It’s one of the best performing campaigns on our site!"More proof that hard work pays off! See what the fuss is about! http://www.muscleandfitness.com/videos/x-fit-training-series/workout-programs
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
My First Experience with High Intensity Cross Training (HICT)
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
A special announcement for CrossFit or cross training enthusiasts of any kind!
I have become known in the past few years for my bodybuilding videos. But recently I have been given the opportunity to explore a new world...CrossFit and cross training! I have spent the last few months producing training videos for a new site called http://mhpxfit.com/!
If you’d like to get a taste of a new way to get fit then check out some of the cross training and CrossFit videos we have begun to post!
This is the page you want to bookmark!!
http://mhpx-fit.com/workouts/
We have begun to post our educational and inspirational training videos and there’s lots more to come. Check them out! Tell us what you think and what you’d like to see in the future.
And be sure to sign up to get notifications of product specials and new videos whenever they come out
Soon we will begin to post 20 incredible WODs (that's Workout Of the Day, for you newbies!) and several challenge workouts with which you can earn cash and prizes by competing against other X-FIT enthusiasts all across the country!
I’m very excited about this new direction for Mike Pulcinella Video Productions and I have even been challenged to try a CrossFit workout for myself! You will hear and SEE more about that very soon!
Thanks,
Mike
P.S. Don’t worry, there will be more bodybuilding videos with Kai Greene, Jose Raymond and others coming in the following months!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
A CrossFit video series!
Coming soon! An instructional series for CrossFit!
I've been shooting instruction about individual CrossFit movements as well as intense training sessions.
As always I will be digging into what CrossFit IS and what it means to the people that love it.
Stay tuned!
I've been shooting instruction about individual CrossFit movements as well as intense training sessions.
As always I will be digging into what CrossFit IS and what it means to the people that love it.
Stay tuned!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Ultimate Transformation Challenge!
I'm very proud to announce the release of a new mini documentary.
I was invited to observe Thomas Phillips' UTC in Marlboro, New Jersey and create a short documentary about some of the body transformations that he has helped people achieve.
The result is this inspiring 25 minute video which has been getting some really great feedback so far!
To learn more go to TheUltimateTransformationChallenge.com
I was invited to observe Thomas Phillips' UTC in Marlboro, New Jersey and create a short documentary about some of the body transformations that he has helped people achieve.
The result is this inspiring 25 minute video which has been getting some really great feedback so far!
To learn more go to TheUltimateTransformationChallenge.com
Sunday, December 11, 2011
My first strictly voice over job!
I'm very happy and proud to announce that for the first time I've been asked to perform a voice over for a video I did not shoot!
The great Pavel Ythjall directed a promo for the new iSport athlete's headphones and together he and I came up with this voiceover for the behind the scenes video shot by some of his crew!
Thanks Pavel! I've been wanting to do this since I was 12 years old!
The great Pavel Ythjall directed a promo for the new iSport athlete's headphones and together he and I came up with this voiceover for the behind the scenes video shot by some of his crew!
Thanks Pavel! I've been wanting to do this since I was 12 years old!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
And now a word from our sponsor!
I love making documentaries, and I'm grateful for the enjoyment that people seem to get out of them.
But I also have to pay the bills!
Luckily, most of my documentaries are sponsored by supplement companies. That means that they pay for the expense of shooting and editing, in return for me helping them sell their products.
In order to save money, the commercials I make are cobbled together from the documentary footage. We don't have formal "commercial shoots"...at least not yet!
So here are a few of my recent commercials. I keep it fairly simple, no complex motion graphics, just a few clips from my documentary footage, some descriptive voice over, the product shots and music.
Now that my business is growing and I've relocated near New York, I hope to soon be creating more planned out and scripted commercials for some of these products.
But I also have to pay the bills!
Luckily, most of my documentaries are sponsored by supplement companies. That means that they pay for the expense of shooting and editing, in return for me helping them sell their products.
In order to save money, the commercials I make are cobbled together from the documentary footage. We don't have formal "commercial shoots"...at least not yet!
So here are a few of my recent commercials. I keep it fairly simple, no complex motion graphics, just a few clips from my documentary footage, some descriptive voice over, the product shots and music.
Now that my business is growing and I've relocated near New York, I hope to soon be creating more planned out and scripted commercials for some of these products.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Where are all the new Mike Pulcinella videos??
For those of you who are wondering why you have not been seeing many new videos from me...here's what's going on.
1. When you make videos at this level of the sport there are many people that have to approve each video before it can be posted.
In the old days I would just shoot something and post it on Youtube when it was done. Now there is the sponsoring supplement company, the sponsoring magazine, the athlete and sometimes the athlete's representation to go through. Very often the magazine website wants exclusive rights to show the video for a time. When we later post on Youtube the video must be reconfigured and re-exported for that venue, logos and commercials added or subtracted, etc. All of this slows the process down from me to you.
2. I have been very fortunate to have many projects that I am working on for a variety of clients.
However, still being a one man operation, this often means that they don't all get done as quickly as we'd like. I am producing videos all the time but some are more specialized and not as high profile as the bodybuilding documentaries. Some of this work you may never see.
3. I am working on serial projects for the future.
In other words, like a TV series, I have to have many episodes "in the can", as they say, before we begin posting so that we aren't scrambling week to week to make the deadline.
4. A lot of the work I am doing is non-documentary work.
Commericals take time to produce...a lot of time. A 90 second commerical can take as long to perfect as a 12 minute documentary clip.
5. I am moving in two weeks!
In order to be where the action is I am moving closer to NYC! But I am also a single man and so the entire moving process, from start to finish, including packing all of my stuff these past few weeks is mostly on my shoulders. Imagine doing that and editing documentary videos AND taking care of the paperwork, invoicing, taxes, etc, for a small business and cooking and cleaning and doing laundry etc etc! I'm not complaining, it's what I asked for and I enjoy the work, but there are only so many hours in a day.
6. The hurricane disrupted normal operations for MHP and MuscleMeds.
Fairfield has been flooded all week. They have been unable to get to their offices and so the videos that I have done have not been able to be approved and passed on to the other people necessary to approve them. I am hoping we will be able to resume normal operation this coming week. Please note that if you've oereded any supplements from either of these companies your shipments may be delayed.
Once again, I am grateful for your enthusiam for my work and thankful for your understanding. I assure you this is a transition period for me. Once I get settled in my new apartment and establish my editing studio MIke Pulcinella Video Productions will be going full speed ahead like never before!!
Thanks,
Mike Pulcinella
9/3/11
1. When you make videos at this level of the sport there are many people that have to approve each video before it can be posted.
In the old days I would just shoot something and post it on Youtube when it was done. Now there is the sponsoring supplement company, the sponsoring magazine, the athlete and sometimes the athlete's representation to go through. Very often the magazine website wants exclusive rights to show the video for a time. When we later post on Youtube the video must be reconfigured and re-exported for that venue, logos and commercials added or subtracted, etc. All of this slows the process down from me to you.
2. I have been very fortunate to have many projects that I am working on for a variety of clients.
However, still being a one man operation, this often means that they don't all get done as quickly as we'd like. I am producing videos all the time but some are more specialized and not as high profile as the bodybuilding documentaries. Some of this work you may never see.
3. I am working on serial projects for the future.
In other words, like a TV series, I have to have many episodes "in the can", as they say, before we begin posting so that we aren't scrambling week to week to make the deadline.
4. A lot of the work I am doing is non-documentary work.
Commericals take time to produce...a lot of time. A 90 second commerical can take as long to perfect as a 12 minute documentary clip.
5. I am moving in two weeks!
In order to be where the action is I am moving closer to NYC! But I am also a single man and so the entire moving process, from start to finish, including packing all of my stuff these past few weeks is mostly on my shoulders. Imagine doing that and editing documentary videos AND taking care of the paperwork, invoicing, taxes, etc, for a small business and cooking and cleaning and doing laundry etc etc! I'm not complaining, it's what I asked for and I enjoy the work, but there are only so many hours in a day.
6. The hurricane disrupted normal operations for MHP and MuscleMeds.
Fairfield has been flooded all week. They have been unable to get to their offices and so the videos that I have done have not been able to be approved and passed on to the other people necessary to approve them. I am hoping we will be able to resume normal operation this coming week. Please note that if you've oereded any supplements from either of these companies your shipments may be delayed.
Once again, I am grateful for your enthusiam for my work and thankful for your understanding. I assure you this is a transition period for me. Once I get settled in my new apartment and establish my editing studio MIke Pulcinella Video Productions will be going full speed ahead like never before!!
Thanks,
Mike Pulcinella
9/3/11
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Jon Delarosa and Victor Martinez
From working inside a 100 degree elevator shaft to a tough shoulder workout with Victor Martinez, we condense up-and-coming young bodybuilder Jon Delarosa’s day down to 5 1/2 minutes as he counts down to the USAs.
In this MHP QUICKSHOT Jon, 10 days out from the NPC USA Championships, talks about the support system that has brought him to the brink of professional bodybuilding.
Click HERE to view a longer version of this video with the full shoulder training session.
In this MHP QUICKSHOT Jon, 10 days out from the NPC USA Championships, talks about the support system that has brought him to the brink of professional bodybuilding.
Click HERE to view a longer version of this video with the full shoulder training session.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Unsung Hero: Craig Richardson
Here is a recent online series I did for MHP about little known but fantastic bodybuilder Craig Richardson.
You may not be aware of Craig but he’s an Olympia competitor, has been in the sport for 18 years and has an awesome, classic physique!
You may not be aware of Craig but he’s an Olympia competitor, has been in the sport for 18 years and has an awesome, classic physique!
Big News!
I'm getting tired of the 2.5 to 3+ hr commute from the suburbs of Philadelphia to North Jersey, NYC, Brooklyn and Long Island for my video shoots.
So I found an apartment and I'm moving to Cedar Grove, NJ to be closer to where the action is! 30 minutes from NYC. 10 minutes from MHP!
By mid September I should be all settled in and ready to concentrate on producing more and better documentary and training videos! And who knows what else! I'm very excited about this new stage of my life and career!
Until then, please bear with me. It's going to be tough to produce videos quickly while packing up and moving so I may fall behind. There's lots to be done!
So I found an apartment and I'm moving to Cedar Grove, NJ to be closer to where the action is! 30 minutes from NYC. 10 minutes from MHP!
By mid September I should be all settled in and ready to concentrate on producing more and better documentary and training videos! And who knows what else! I'm very excited about this new stage of my life and career!
Until then, please bear with me. It's going to be tough to produce videos quickly while packing up and moving so I may fall behind. There's lots to be done!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Is Kai Greene REALLY working with George Farah?!? Mike Pulcinella Interview with MassMuscleTV
My very first Skype interview!
Caleb from Mass Muscle TV did a great job with this, cutting in shots from my documentaries and generally keeping things moving. I hope you all like it!
Blogger cuts off some of the video image so click on the name at the top of the video to watch it on Youtube.
Caleb from Mass Muscle TV did a great job with this, cutting in shots from my documentaries and generally keeping things moving. I hope you all like it!
Blogger cuts off some of the video image so click on the name at the top of the video to watch it on Youtube.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Rodney Roller: RAW
In my new documentary, “Rodney Roller: RAW” we take a look at one of the most outspoken and entertaining personalities in bodybuilding.
Rodney “Raw Power” Roller, Xero Limits spokesman and roving reporter for MuscularDevelopment.com, challenges himself to take his training further than he ever has before as he prepares for the 2010 North American Championships. His ultimate quest...a pro card.
What began as essentially an extended commerical for the Xero Limits H.U.G.E. Mass bulking up program (https://www.getxl.com/), morphed into something more and in “Rodney Roller: RAW” we get the inside scoop as Rodney, at 42 years of age, is challenged both physically and mentally.
“Rodney Roller: RAW” is an honest look at the humor, the mindset and the work ethic of one of the hardest working, strongest, funniest and most determined bodybuilders on the masters scene. In this documentary we get a raw look at a Rodney Roller that few have seen.
Watch as he accepts the Xero Limits challenge, subjects himself to greater pain and deprivation that he has ever known, battles injury and doubt and eventually triumphs as he steps on stage in the best shape of his life.
This is Rodney Roller: RAW.
CLICK HERE to view Part 1, "A different kind of pain."
This will be a 6 part series shown only on my Pulcinella Productions page on Muscular Development.
Rodney “Raw Power” Roller, Xero Limits spokesman and roving reporter for MuscularDevelopment.com, challenges himself to take his training further than he ever has before as he prepares for the 2010 North American Championships. His ultimate quest...a pro card.
What began as essentially an extended commerical for the Xero Limits H.U.G.E. Mass bulking up program (https://www.getxl.com/), morphed into something more and in “Rodney Roller: RAW” we get the inside scoop as Rodney, at 42 years of age, is challenged both physically and mentally.
“Rodney Roller: RAW” is an honest look at the humor, the mindset and the work ethic of one of the hardest working, strongest, funniest and most determined bodybuilders on the masters scene. In this documentary we get a raw look at a Rodney Roller that few have seen.
Watch as he accepts the Xero Limits challenge, subjects himself to greater pain and deprivation that he has ever known, battles injury and doubt and eventually triumphs as he steps on stage in the best shape of his life.
This is Rodney Roller: RAW.
CLICK HERE to view Part 1, "A different kind of pain."
This will be a 6 part series shown only on my Pulcinella Productions page on Muscular Development.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Pulcinella Productions page to debut on Muscular Development.com!
Big announcement!
Muscular Development.com has given me my own page on the website!
It's called Pulcinella Productions and it's a pretty big deal for me! The Pulcinella Productions page will be a place to view teasers, rare outtakes, sample clips and raw footage from some of my newest projects before anyone else gets to see them.
In conjuntion with my Facebook page, I want the Pulcinella Productions page on MD to be THE place to go to see my work in progress, as well as some special suprises that I have up my sleeve.
Tomorrow we will be posting the first of a two part Kai Greene instructional training video that we shot in Columbus last week.
The video will be posted tomorrow, exclusively on the Pulcinella Productions page.
Thanks to Steve Blechman, Adman, Robbie, Butch, Mike and the entire MD crew for this opportunity and their support!
Muscular Development.com has given me my own page on the website!
It's called Pulcinella Productions and it's a pretty big deal for me! The Pulcinella Productions page will be a place to view teasers, rare outtakes, sample clips and raw footage from some of my newest projects before anyone else gets to see them.
In conjuntion with my Facebook page, I want the Pulcinella Productions page on MD to be THE place to go to see my work in progress, as well as some special suprises that I have up my sleeve.
Tomorrow we will be posting the first of a two part Kai Greene instructional training video that we shot in Columbus last week.
The video will be posted tomorrow, exclusively on the Pulcinella Productions page.
Thanks to Steve Blechman, Adman, Robbie, Butch, Mike and the entire MD crew for this opportunity and their support!
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