Monday
Jan232012

Crowdsourcing Star Wars Fan Film

This is genius...and still a ton of work.  Back in 2009, thousands of fans were asked to submit their version of 15 seconds of Star Wars. The best submissions were peiced together and just now released...2 years in the making. Star Wars Uncut

Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

Friday
Jan132012

Gadget Lust - New Nikon

The new Nikon D4 is out.   I am still very happy with my D7000 but I am really happy to see Nikon duking it out with Canon in the DLSR video market..Canon is WAYYYY aheada..but this looks fantastic.

A great 'show off' video using nothing but D4's

WHY - Nikon D4 Release Video from Corey Rich on Vimeo.

 

Steve shared this one with me. Nice style for some future customer videos here perhaps.

And a very nice technical walk through:

Dslrnewsshooter video: Nikon D4 - video feature run through from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

Monday
Oct102011

Powerful Love

Great testimony shared this weekend at Church.

Real People, Stories, Faith: Hollie from prestonwoodsn on Vimeo.

Friday
Sep302011

The Interotron

Just found this article with great background on a simple technique I had never thought of.  The general idea centers on making an interviewee comfortable when you want them to look into camera, instead of an off-camera producer style, yet still keep them grounded and effective. Check this profile out posted at Handheld Hollywood.  Eric Haase Turns Two IPads Into The Ultimate Interview Accessory.

Wednesday
Jul202011

High Pressure Job Interview

Saw this on the morning news the other day...to me, it represents the challenge of being on your best behavior for a job interview only to be mistakenly thrust into the studio and put on air. The BBC is certainly busy..but it does make you question how fast they are moving and how little the hosts really know when they bring a guest on.  It would be hard to maintain a pace otherwise I am sure. This must have seemed like some incredible test for this guy...watch his face closely. It is both hilarious and admirable that he maintained a bit of conversation to keep it going. I do not believe he was trying for any kind of on camera job...but he does better than many people I have worked with who wanted to be on TV.