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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

New Iowa Training Film: How To Give Bad News

These days, between people losing their jobs, countries fighting endless wars, and Mother Nature fighting us at every turn, it hardly feels like there’s any good news anymore. Of course, you can try to change all that, but honestly, you’re just one tiny insignificant speck–what difference can you make? Wouldn’t it be easier just to embrace the bad news?

In this week’s brand new Better Than The Machine Iowa Training Film “How To Give Bad News,” we’ll teach you how to give bad news in a good way, or, if you’re so inclined, how to make things worse. Take a look:

“How To Give Bad News” was directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd and it features our good friend Elisabeth Hansen.

Enjoy your newfound power, and make sure to check http://bttm.net next week for a brand new sketch comedy video from Better Than The Machine!

Don’t let the machine get you down,

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 4:46 pm  

Monday, March 1, 2010

New Iowa Training Film: How To Juggle

Juggling is an essential part of any job–whether you work with balls, pins, swords, torches, chainsaws or babies. Let Iowa Training Films show you how it’s done.

Directed and edited by Iowa Training Films newcomer Ballard C. Boyd.

Practice, practice, practice–and make sure to check http://bttm.net next Monday for a brand new video!

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 3:40 pm  

Monday, November 23, 2009

New Iowa Training Film: How To Iron A Shirt

You there!

Don’t look like a frump, iron that shirt–the Iowa Training Films way! A crisply ironed shirt says, “Hey World, I’m important enough to wear an iron shirt!” Iowa Training Films would know.

This video was directed by Paul Syracuse, edited by Paul Syracuse and Reid Levin, with visual effects by Reid Levin.

Enjoy the benefits of looking sharp, and make sure to check back here for a brand new sketch comedy video next Monday!

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 6:27 am  

Monday, September 14, 2009

New Iowa Training Film: How To Cure Hiccups

Hiccup safety could save your life. Iowa Training Films can help!

Directed and edited by Paul Syracuse. Make sure to check bttm.net next Monday for a brand new video!

Don’t let the machine get you down.

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 11:00 am  

Thursday, January 22, 2009

New Video: Iowa Training Films Presents: How To Reassure

Check out our new video “Iowa Training Films Presents: How To Reassure.” Iowa Training videos are back! A Matt Gallo original directed and edited by Paul Syracuse. Enjoy!

-Paul

posted by Paul Syracuse at 4:11 pm  

Thursday, November 8, 2007

G4TechTV Appearance Online

Over the summer, a couple of our Iowa Training Films appeared on G4TechTV’s television show Torrent. Selected clips of the episode, including a brief introduction about us, are available to watch online. For free! What an age we live in.

The cycle is complete! We create content for the web, then it gets put on TV, and winds up back online. It’s a short cycle, that.

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 2:06 am  

Monday, July 16, 2007

New Video Monday – How To Ward Off A Bear

Check out our newest video: How To Ward Off A Bear. It might just save your life! If there’s anything you’d like Iowa Training Films to teach you how to do, make sure to post a comment on the video and let us know.

We’ve been working with MTV on a project that I’m not sure how much we’re allowed to talk about yet, but I can say this: we had to rent a bear suit for it. The bear in this video, as true to life and primal as he may seem, is (if you can believe it) not actually a bear. As a matter of fact, it is actually me in a bear suit. Thanks to MTV, I’ve had several days to perfect this absolutely stunning impersonation of a real Kodiak.

Hopefully we’ll be able to post some more info about this MTV project soon. In the meantime, make sure to check back next Monday for a brand new video!

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 1:18 am  

Monday, May 28, 2007

New Vid Monday: How To Court A Woman

Iowa Training Films returns to help you, the viewer, understand women. We love making these Iowa Training Films, and want to make more of them. If you have something you’d like Iowa Training Films to teach you how to do, let us know by leaving a comment on the video’s YouTube page.

Make sure to check back next Monday (and every Monday) for a brand new video! And if you’re in the New York area, tickets are still available to see us live every Saturday in June at the PIT. For tickets, visit The People’s Improv Theater website.

Don’t let the machine get you down,
–Reid.

posted by Reid at 1:00 am  

Monday, February 26, 2007

New Video Monday – How To Give Advice



Enjoy our second video! Check back next Monday for another brand-new video!

–Reid.

posted by Reid at 3:31 am  

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