Welcome to the fifteenth feature of Friday’s Informal Facebook Films! You know, if this were a marriage anniversary it would be crystal… yep.

Angry Birds Reaches 500 Million Downloads!

Do you play Angry Birds? If so, you’re not alone. This week Rovio Entertainment, the games’ maker, announced that the game has been downloaded over 500 million times. To put that into perspective, check out this video: . Is Angry Birds taking over the world? So what is it about this game that makes it so addictive? Let us know at http://www.facebook.com/ramblinjackson

Ramblin Jackson’s Really Remarkable Report – the 7 billionth person… is Russian?

This week the 7 billionth person was born. According to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the baby was a Russian. However, many other countries are saying that it’s impossible to measure which person it was. What do you think? Are you Russian?The United Nations said the world population hit 7 billion people on Halloween, just 13 years after it hit 6 billion. National Geographic developed an iPad app that puts this all into perspective.

And with 7 billion people in the world… how will the world change? Well at least there’s one more person to download Angry Birds!

Pro Tip: How to Shoot Better Phone Video

With the holidays just around the corner, many of you will have great opportunities to a lot of fun footage and pictures on your smart phones. But what separates “bad” smart phone video from “good” smart phone video. Whether it’s for fun or for business, this week’s pro tip is brought to you by Chris Woodley who has three tips for better smart phone video:

There are three main mistakes people are making when they’re shooting videos on their phones, and here’s what you want to watch out for:

1) Hold your phone horizontally!

We live in a widescreen world, and if you shoot your video with your phone in the portrait position, all of your videos are going to end up looking very small when you export them to YouTube… and that’s just not good.

2) Hold your phone steady!

Most of the phones we’re using today use CMOS chips, and if you wiggle them a little bit, you get “Jell-O vision” — where your footage just looks wobbly and not good.

3) Pay attention to lighting!

If you shoot someone against a bright background, you’re going to get a “nice” silhouette shot.

So those are three quick tips to help make your smart phone videos better this season. We hope you found these helpful, and we hope you have a great holiday season.

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We hope you have a great weekend, and we’ll see you next Friday!

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