Brain Blink: From fizzle to sizzle

Interested in making the absolute worst sizzle reel ever? Try these tips:

• Make it longer than 2 minutes
• Slap 15 media hits back-to-back instead of telling a compelling story
• Incorporate blurry videos and overused Google Images
• Use canned music that sounds like it’s from an ice cream truck

Your viewers are guaranteed to hate it.

Idea: Now, try these sources to liven-up your next video: FreeSound.orgoffers royalty-free music and fresh sound effects. Flickr Creative Commonshas millions of royalty-free, user-generated photos. iStockphotois a huge database of reasonably priced stock photos, illustrations, audio clips and stock videos.  Voices.comis an online marketplace of voice-over actors. KeepVidis a free tool that enables you to download streaming videos from the web and convert them into editable media files.