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Vimeo Timelapse Finds

Friday, June 4, 2010

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Here is an amazing timelapse video of the Iceland volcano using Canon 5d mkII.  Video by Sean Stiegemeier             Here’s how he created this video using a motorized dolly by www.dynamicperception.com (not available yet).  Incredible shots with this thing. 

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“Summer Gathering” Promo

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Here’s a video our team did to promote our COLLEGE MINISTRY’S summer meetings called “SUMMER GATHERING.”  The first thing we think about for a promotion like this is “College Humor.” Creatively, that usually means getting to right people in the room who think in that mindset.  Plus our Producer Dave Blakeslee found an amazing professional V.O. [...]

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EASTER COMPOSITING: Start to Finish

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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Hey Guys & Gals! Here are a few tricks I used while creating our Easter Opener and turning a stock video into something unique.  Hopefully some of these techniques you can find useful in your own projects.  Check it out, then see the process behind it. _____________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL CLIP (purchased from iStockVideo)   FINAL PRODUCT   Different Levels of [...]

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Laughing At Work

Friday, March 5, 2010

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One of the things we like to do around here is laugh.  It really helps create an environment that takes the edge off of our busy workload.  Plus it just makes work fun to be at.  It’s funny as you hear people open their emails and there’s a wave of laughter running through the office. [...]

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Sneak Peek at this Week’s Production

Monday, November 2, 2009

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We’re full blown Sitcom Production this week. We have a full set built, actors prepping, and an entire crew ready to shoot the later half of the week. It’s a 4 camera shoot and we’re actually gonna try to get a good live cut, and only tweak in post. Dave Blakeslee has [...]

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A Quick Media Tour

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Hey everyone. Thought you might like to see a quick photo tour of where we work. Let me first say, our Media Department is EXTREMELY BLESSED with technology and workspace at North Point. We’re blessed with geniuses like Brendon Petty, who designed our space, along with Micah Stevens & Ryan Clevenger, who maintain our [...]

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Show us your work.

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Enough about us… What have you guys been up to?  Please share some of your video/print/photo pieces and what you thought was most successful about it.  What did you learn in the process? We look forward to seeing your work.

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KIDSTUF ANIMATION: Concept 2 Creation

Monday, July 27, 2009

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CONCEPT -Media Meeting with Kidstuf to determine direction of the Promo spot. -Ideas brought up referenced “HP” and “Drinkability” commercials -Interaction with Graphical elements (Our Subjects= Dad & Son talking about Kidstuf) -can we pull this off technically in the time given, challenging but I thought we could??? SCRIPT / ROUGH STORYBOARD -Donny Joiner from Kidstuf wrote the script and rough [...]

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DRIVE’09 Sneak Peek

Friday, April 24, 2009

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Here are a few screenshots from yesterday’s shoot of a video we’re working on. HINT: “Sham-Wow” Hope you’re coming to DRIVE 09, or you’ll have to wait until after DRIVE to see what it is.

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“TOGETHER” Branding (Strategic Service Sunday)

Monday, March 30, 2009

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LOOK: Art Direction: Matt Gibson Concept:  To have a line connecting all the ministries logos to form ONE large TOGETHER… showing how it’s all interconnected with our volunteers that make church happen. Here is a snapshot of Sunday’s bulletin: The title “Together” came straight from Andy’s notes.  Tagline was “We Create something extraordinary.” Green/White was a nice [...]

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