Some people would not use creativity and research in the same sentence. Yet they do go together, and quite well. In fact, research is essential for good creative projects. I am currently doing research for …
Archive for the ‘video’ Category
Research
Monday, July 19th, 2010Blending time in promo spot
Thursday, May 20th, 2010How do you tackle a huge subject in less than a minute? The question is not how fast can the narrator read, but rather how can the visuals carry the story and what common thread …
Audio tracks
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010I watched a corporate video production recently and as I listened to the interview cuts that together told the story, I found myself wondering: “Why is that music always there?” No matter who was talking …
Clever packaging
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010A movie in a bullet. That is what you can get from Scottish indie film maker David Paul Baker. His film Mission X, an action drama about a film student who follows a band of …
Film & Company produced video starts out press conference
Monday, March 1st, 2010When Southwest Power Pool held a press conference announcing plans for their new headquarters, they chose to show Introduction to Southwest Power Pool, a video we recently created for them.
Southwest Power Pool last …
Strut your stuff
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Playing a nice, high quality video draws attention to your POS or event display like few other things (possibly short of a carnival barker). Yet I am sure you have also seen monitors showing nothing …
ShareFest video wins gold
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Film & Company produced ShareFest wins 2009 Gold Ava Award. The Ava Awards just released the 2009 winners in their annual international media competition. There were almost 1700 entries from the US and other countries …
Time-lapse video
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Capturing the passing of time at speeds other than real life is one of the fun and useful things in video and film. For a recent project, I needed to have the sun set over …
All I want for Christmas …
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Is that a Blu-ray player topping Santa’s list? After the long fight between HD-DVD and Blu-ray ended with HD-DVD sliding off into a fast fading sunset, it still seemed like Blu-ray was going pretty much …
One take video
Monday, September 28th, 2009Hollywood movies have their share of very long takes with the camera moving around a set catching various bits of action. The opening shot of Pride and Prejudice (2005, with Keira Nightley) is an extremely …
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