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Appealing to Emotion
Sometimes we ask other people, “What kinds of movies do you like?” But I think a more interesting and possibly uncomfortably personal question might be, “Why do you watch movies?” I was thinking about this question this past weekend, and it seems like however we answer this, it says a lot about the kinds of [...]
Continue reading...Design: White Flag
22. June 2010
Let’s step into the way-back machine for a moment and take a look at White Flag, an Andy Stanley series from this past February. I learned some valuable lessons working on the art for this series– particularly, sometimes the coolest idea and the best idea are not one and the same. The premise (surrender) and imagery [...]
Continue reading...Vimeo Timelapse Finds
4. June 2010
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.
Continue reading...Lower Thirds, Scripture Notes, and Titles
25. May 2010
Over the years we have witnessed some pretty crazy “scripture notes”, “lower thirds”, and “titles” in the church world. Even North Point, on occasion, has been guilty of going a little off the ranch with some CRAZY looking lower thirds. No really, I’m not kidding. When your lower third is actually a third of your [...]
Continue reading...“Sunday Morning” Video
19. May 2010
On May 5th, we posted a video on our blog called “Sunday Morning”. This video was posted in a catalog of other videos from our annual Church leader conference we host called DRIVE. As a standard practice, we post our videos for the larger creative community because some of our best learning comes from [...]
Continue reading...VIDEOS FOR DRIVE ‘10
5. May 2010
Hey everybody. First of all, if you came to Drive 2010 we are so humbled and honored that you would take time out of your busy schedule to come to North Point and let us pour what is in our cup into yours. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones. Below [...]
Continue reading...Coke having a little fun!
12. April 2010
I may be a little late to the game with this video, but if this doesn’t make you smile, not sure what would! Great idea. Thanks Heather for passing it on!
Continue reading...EASTER COMPOSITING: Start to Finish
7. April 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Laughing At Work
5. March 2010
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. [...]
Continue reading...“TED” iphone app
26. February 2010
In case you have not heard of the “TED” talks go here. What many people may not know is that TED has an iphone, ipod, app that you can download here. It’s free and it gives you the ability to listen and watch a lot of the talks throughout the years. TED stands [...]
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26. July 2010
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