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"A to the K" was entirely made by Jeff Ledellaytner
Written by George   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
...well, not exactly...but Jeff's contribution was, without question, a testament to how talented he is.  Originally, Jeff joined the team as a producer and camera assist for George - that's it; or so we thought.  In the end, Jeff stepped up to do much more and he basically saved the entire video.  He did most of the edits and some of the more complicated effects necessary.  Jeff's contribution behind the scenes was crucial for video completion.  Jeff spent hours of work understanding HD and its work flow in Final Cut Pro and kept all of us on track.  Don't be fooled - Jeff Ledellaytner might just be the most talented editor in Boston.  Check out his website .

 
A to the K is done!
Written by Kat   
Thursday, 17 July 2008
AKRO video is complete!  Watch it in the archive (A to the K). If all goes well, you should be seeing it on BET and MTV very soon.  A lot of hard work went into this video: George had the opportunity to try on his director hat for this one, not to mention he shot the entire thing and got to do some fancy graphics too; creative direction for the video was provided by David Hohman of TracyLocke; and Jeff Ledellaytner of Spot Editorial provided his producing skills as well as editoral and effects support.  It was a great team effort all around.  Cogs is proud. 
 
Joe Hawley on Cogs
Written by George   
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Joe Hawley of Mullen Advertising says "Cogs Industries is a multi-national conglomerate not subject to recent market volatility".
 
90 Spots are all done
Written by George   
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Cogs may have shot all 90 TV spots , but Mullen somehow managed to edit them all. The website is up and the spots are airing.
 
More fests for FOF
Written by George   
Monday, 09 June 2008
"Finding our Folk" was accepted into the Boston Internationl Film Festival. Congratulations, YPP. Boston International Film Festival
 
Audience award for FOF
Written by Kat   
Thursday, 24 April 2008
"Finding our Folk" wins the audience award at N.O.H.R.F.F.
 
Press for 90 spots
Written by Kat   
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Taking the "Massachusetts. It's all here" positioning to heart, Mullen has fashioned 90 spots for the state's tourism program, each touting a specific destination, activity or attraction. read more
 
GM power project
Written by Kat   
Monday, 14 April 2008
Cogs finishes a month long editing project for General Motors...hundreds upon hundreds of tapes.
 
FOF goes big time!
Written by George   
Thursday, 13 March 2008

"Finding our Folk" was accepted into its first film festival. During the Finding Our Folk tour, high school and college students supported by community elders and grassroots organizations toured America and visited cities where Hurricane Katrina survivors were displaced. The tour partnered with local and national community based organizations and learning institutions to identify evacuees and the cities where they were, developing a  curriculum and providing training for high school and college students to facilitate workshops and support the overall documentation of the tour. New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival

 
Giving back
Written by Kat   
Sunday, 13 January 2008
"The Young Peoples Project" hires Cogs again! This time its for math literacy.
 
Change is good
Written by Kat   
Tuesday, 01 January 2008
It's a New Year and time for the New and Improved Cogs .  Cogs branding, revamping, and anal retentive overhaul begins!
 
Cogs helps edit "Slingshot Hip Hop"
Written by George   
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Cogs helps edit "Slingshot Hip Hop ", which totally blasts its way into Sundance before its even done.  Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.
 
Kat becomes a cognate
Written by George   
Tuesday, 04 December 2007
Kyung-Ah Park joins the Cog team! Since you will never be able to pronounce her name we will know her as Kat. With Kat's abilities world domination may be possible. Read about her here
 
Kat gets closer to Cogs
Written by Kat   
Friday, 02 November 2007
Kat watches the mockumentary, "George Cox, a life" at a friend's house.  Prank calls George shortly afterwards.
 
Friends of the Children
Written by George   
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Watch the new video we edited for "Friends of the Children". It was directed and shot by Brynmore Williams.
 
Kat heres about George
Written by George   
Friday, 15 June 2007
Kat meets several new friends who all mention the name, George Cox.  Is continuously told that she needs to meet him.
 
A to the K
Written by George   
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Cogs just finished shooting and directing the "A to the K" video for Akrobatik. Check out the pictures
 
90 Spots
Written by George   
Saturday, 19 May 2007
Mullen Advertising presented Cogs with the ultimate challenge... shoot 90 commercials in two months. Can it be done? Yes, we did it. Here are some pics
 
Do you know where your curlers are?
Written by George   
Wednesday, 07 March 2007
New commercial we just finished promoting the recent curler activity. What the hell is curling? check out the press
 
Build it bigger
Written by George   
Saturday, 17 February 2007
Cogs is helping Powderhouse Productions edit their Discovery Channel series "Build it Bigger"  watch
 
Lebanon PSA
Written by George   
Friday, 15 December 2006
Cogs works on Lebanon PSA for Director Waleed Zaiter. See the video
 
Kat improves her business skills
Written by Kat   
Thursday, 09 November 2006
Kat helps her friend grow his own martial arts school, creating annual budgets, spreadsheets, and analyzing demographic data.  Becomes his small business consultant.

 
More Festivals
Written by George   
Monday, 25 September 2006
"I Oversee The Maintenance of a Tool Shed"  has just been accepted into the Syracuse International Film Festival. We are all very excited here at factory town. Check it
 
Tool Shed goes film fest
Written by George   
Tuesday, 12 September 2006
"I Oversee The Maintenance of a Tool Shed"  has just been accepted into the Nashville Independent Film Festival. Heres the Festival
 
Dan Ho goes TV
Written by George   
Saturday, 19 August 2006
Remember "Rescue TV"? Yeah thats right, the video Cogs made for Dan Ho. The purpose of that video was for Dan to pitch his very own TV series. It worked, and Dan landed his very own TV show on Discovery Health. Congratulations, Dan! See for yourself.
 
Giving back
Written by George   
Thursday, 03 August 2006
Check out the videos we edited for Artists For Humanity. Watch

 
Production wraps on "Tool Shed"
Written by George   
Tuesday, 18 July 2006
Old pal Will Garre writes a short story called "I Oversee The Maintenance of a Tool Shed". Cogs is in the process of making it into a short film and production has just wrapped. Check out the production stills
 
Kat gets manager job
Written by Kat   
Saturday, 03 June 2006
Kat gets her first job out of college as a business manager and event coordinator for a periodontal practice.
 
First Cogs gig
Written by George   
Friday, 02 September 2005
Cogs lands "Rescue TV" job from Dan Ho of Rescue Magazine. See stills from the shoot
 
Cogs is alive!
Written by George   
Sunday, 12 September 2004
George establishes Cogs Industries.
 
Kat goes to college
Written by Kat   
Monday, 01 September 2003
Kat begins her first semester at Boston College while working remotely as a copywriter for a marketing firm in Los Angeles. 
 
George learns FCP
Written by George   
Thursday, 17 May 2001
George begins learning Final Cut Pro as the head of video for Kaiju Big Battel.
 
George gets first job
Written by George   
Thursday, 18 May 2000
George somehow graduates from college and quickly lands his first job as an Avid Editor for Mullen Advertising.
 
Kat becomes a Marine
Written by Kat   
Saturday, 15 April 2000
Kat enlists in the United States Marine Corps, becoming part of PLT 4021 on Parris Island, S.C.  Gets annihilated by sand fleas and realizes she is a horrible athlete.
 
George finishes "George Cox, a life"
Written by George   
Tuesday, 04 May 1999
George finishes "George Cox, a Life", a 20 minute mocumentary and achieves small time fame amongst his friends and colleagues.  See an excerpt
 
Kat is now a polyglot
Written by Kat   
Tuesday, 23 June 1998
Kat is now a polyglot able to speak English, Korean, and Spanish
 
Kat graduates High School
Written by Kat   
Tuesday, 06 January 1998
Completing her necessary High School credits, principal grants her a half-day schedule.  Gets a part-time job in the Accounts Payable/Receivable department.  Becomes youngest employee ever hired.
 
George goes to college
Written by George   
Tuesday, 08 April 1997
George begins classes at SMFA and discovers the wonders of Pro Tools and Non-Linear Editing.

 
George graduates High School
Written by George   
Tuesday, 18 June 1996
George barely graduates from High School.
 
George avoids work
Written by George   
Wednesday, 22 May 1996
George gets out of doing any real work by making a video as his final paper for Psychology class.
 
Kat is gifted
Written by Kat   
Tuesday, 12 September 1995
Kat is accepted into the gifted program at school.
 
George discovers editing
Written by George   
Friday, 12 August 1994
George realizes that with two VCRs, he can edit his videos.
 
George films exploits
Written by George   
Saturday, 18 December 1993
George uses his camcorder to video tape his sledding exploits with new friend, Will Garre.
 
Kat makes money
Written by Kat's Dad   
Monday, 21 October 1991
Kat devises new money making schemes, buying every single slap bracelet at the local store and selling them at higher prices at school. Teacher explains to her the concept of "inflation".
 
kat is becoming business savvy
Written by Kat's Dad   
Wednesday, 02 January 1991
Kat becomes an opportunist and makes complex origami objects and sells them to other students for $0.25 each. Opens up her first savings account at Summit Bank to hold her money, and gets giddy when balancing her checkbook. Learns about interest, and realizes that her accrued $0.11 can buy her two caramel squares.
 
Kat loves adding machines
Written by Kat's Dad   
Tuesday, 10 April 1990
Kat realizes during tax time that she absolutely adores the sound of an adding machine, and reads in her dad's office so she can hear it.
 
Kat gets in a fight
Written by Kat's childhood shrink   
Sunday, 17 September 1989
Kat gets into her third fist fight, ending up with a black eye. Discovers that kicking boys in the groin is highly effective.
 
George gets his first camera
Written by George's Mom   
Thursday, 10 August 1989
George gets a VHS camcorder. He enjoys it for about a week before forgetting about it.
 
Kat is a quick study
Written by Kat's childhood shrink   
Friday, 11 April 1986
Kat's academic and musical abilities start to show.  Report card's comment section calls her, "talented, bright, and way too talkative".
 
Kat learns new language
Written by Kat's Dad   
Wednesday, 19 June 1985
Kat learns to read English and rocks the abacus.
 
Kat comes to the United States
Written by Kat's Dad   
Monday, 08 August 1983
Kat moves to the United States and splits her life between Korea and America.
 
George goes to the movies
Written by George's Mom   
Friday, 11 June 1982
George sees E.T. at the movies and is mildly curious how the movie was made.
 
Kyung-Ah is born
Written by God   
Wednesday, 02 September 1981
Kyung-Ah Park was born in Seoul, Korea - weighs 4.05 kilos
 
George is born
Written by God   
Tuesday, 05 July 1977
George Cox was born in New Haven, CT. His weight is 8 pounds.