Book of Cool
Encyclopedia
Book of Cool is an award-winning global entertainment
format created and owned by London
, United Kingdom
based producers Ocelot Productions. The main purpose is to publicly provide certain captured film
footage of the world’s "coolest" exponents of sports and skills in action, as well as divulging "secrets" of some of the moves. The Today Show on December 6, 2005 listed the Book of Cool as one of the "Top 10 gifts of 2005."
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
format created and owned by London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
based producers Ocelot Productions. The main purpose is to publicly provide certain captured film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
footage of the world’s "coolest" exponents of sports and skills in action, as well as divulging "secrets" of some of the moves. The Today Show on December 6, 2005 listed the Book of Cool as one of the "Top 10 gifts of 2005."
Awards
- While still in pre-launch stage, on August 30, 2005 the Book of Cool won a DVD Entertainment Award at the Entertainment Media Expo in Los Angeles:
- Best Television Special Interest (for newsNewsNews is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, sports, reality TV)
- Best Television Special Interest (for news
- Webby AwardsWebby AwardsA Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
, May 2006, winning all three People's Voice categories it was nominated in:- Retail
- Best navigation/structure
- Best use of video or moving image http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php