Dr. Agnese Interview – Kessler Cineslider implementation

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arri, chimera, Cineslider, hercules 2, ikan, joel spring, Kessler, Lectrosonics, magic arm, manfrotto, multi-camera, Oracle, pmw-ex1, pmw-ex3, Rxdesign, rxdesign.com, sachtler, sanken, schoeps, sony, soom, video

I was given an assignment to record a short clip of UIW President Dr. Louis Agnese speaking for Prevent Blindness Texas. I wanted to incorporate something different and at the same time get some time using the Kessler Cineslider so I brought it along for the session. When I arrived I found out he would be seated in the conference room and that gave me the opportunity to simply place it on the table.  I decided to put my Sony PMW-EX1 on it and set it to a tight shot of his face and place my Sony PMW-EX3 above it and shoot wider.  He suggested I crop out his hands to avoid distraction.

Here’s a shot of the setup.and here are some frame grabs from the 2 perspectives. I had the Oracle controller attached and moved the camera back and forth changing direction at each side of his face.  I varied the speed but in editing it seemed I was a little too slow on the earlier moves. I think on the next interview in the series I’ll try a push and pull to see what impact or interest it may provide.

I’ve posted the clips on Vimeo here:

https://vimeo.com/channels/pbt

 

 

 

2012 XPEL Dealer Conference – Sept. 14th and 15th

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dealer, joel spring, lanc, manfrotto, protective film, Rxdesign, rxdesign.com, sachtler, soom, xpel

Covered the 2012 XPEL Dealer Conference – Sept. 14th and 15th 2012 which had participants from as far away as Canada, Japan and Russia. Motivational speaker, leadership / management presentations, sales presentations and a installation competition kept everyone upbeat and motivated.

Tim Hartt, Founder and COO, Expel Technologies

Ryan Pape, CEO, Expel Technologies

World’s Best XPEL Installer Competition

Sony PMW-EX3 mounted on Sachtler Soom tripod, with Ikan monitor, Manfrotto and zoom tiller elevated high enough to save cost of risers.

Xpel Headlight Installation Kit – Round 3 – Final

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animation, Apple motion, commercial, final cut x, fx, instructional, motion, premiumbeat, royalty free, royalty free music, sound track, special effect, special fx, video, video editing, videography, xpel

Seems like I’ve worked on this one forever but yesterday I received the final sign off from the customer saying they are happy with this latest version and are ready to release it.  You can watch it here:

It took 3 total reworks to get it to the final release. It was our first time working together and they have never dealt with video before. Now they’d like to create a video to use at the upcoming conference showing highlights from the entire car installation.  I think this might go better or at least I’m hoping it will since we’ve all learned from this one.

In house talent was used for the voice over (VO) to save money and it was a little rough but cost effective for this particular application.  I used royalty free music from premiumbeat.com and was also able to get a sound effect for the logo animation I created in Apple Motion.  The pricing was more in line with their budget compared to some of the other sources charging by the second and hitting even harder for looping.