"AMAZING FUN" SCHELL GAMES ABOUT US VIDEO
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 1:30 min
One Interesting Thing:
While prepping the shoot, I noticed that the staff are equipped with motorized adjustable desks that move from a sitting to a standing configuration.
A shot of a staff member was taken by mounting a set of baby legs on the desk next to the subject to take advantage of the smooth vertical motion.
You can see an example at 01:15 that coincides with the word "animators"
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NOTE - Click here for an early animatic used for shot testing
Production:
Sony a7r II Mirrorless
Sony 24-70mm / 50mm / 85mm Lenses
Canon 60D DSLR
Canon 24mm / 10-18mm Lenses
Edelkrone Action & Target Modules
Kessler Pocket Jib
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
"AMAZING TEAMS" SCHELL GAMES RECRUITMENT VIDEO
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 5:33 min
One Interesting Thing:
The dramatic reveal of the Pittsburgh skyline, as seen from the exit of the Fort Pitt tunnel, was achieved using a car mount of my own creation. A Vinton Vision Blue 75mm head, combined with a Benro hi-hat, was then bolted, through the hi-hat feet, to a sturdy platform. A Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K unit, utilizing a 7.5mm wide angle lens, was wrapped in a fine wire mesh to prevent insects and debris from entering the air intake vents on the front face of the camera. The lens was topped with a circular polarizing filter to enhance the saturation of the sky and cut glare from the glass and metal buildings.
NOTE - Click here for a look at the rig.
Production:
Panasonic GH5 & GH4 Mirrorless
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema 4K
Panasonic 12-60mm Zoom & 25mm Prime
Laowa 7.5mm Prime
Edelkrone Action & Target Modules
Redrock Shoulder Mount Unit
Zhiyun-Tech Crane 3 Gimbal
Kessler Pocket Jib
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
Frame.io
"WELCOME" WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF ART AD
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 1:00 min
One Interesting Thing:
This project was shot in full HD, but in some circumstances I wanted to preserve the option to create the "punch in" effect achieved by shooting in 4K and posting in HD.
To provide this option in post, a DSLR with a wide angle lens was mounted next to a camcorder on a shoulder mount rig so two framings of the same scene could be recorded simultaneously.
You can see examples at 00:30 and 00:40
Production:
Canon XF 205 & XF 305 Camcorders
Canon 60D DSLR
Canon & Rokinon 10-18mm / 24mm / 85mm Lenses
Edelkrone Action & Target Modules
Kessler Pocket Jib
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
"A TIMELESS PERFECTION"
WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBIT AD
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 0:30 min
One Interesting Thing:
The use of mechanically controlled cameras allow for precisely repeated movements. This opens up a whole world of post-production tricks that are difficult, if not impossible, with manually generated camera movements.
Using two separate passes of a tracking shot, one with a foreground element in focus and one with the background in focus, you can create a rack-focus in post without the use of masking or actual changes in focus during the movement.
You can see an example of this at 00:16
Production:
Canon XF 305 Camcorders
Canon 60D DSLR
Canon & Rokinon 10-18mm / 24mm / 85mm Lenses
Edelkrone Action & Target Modules
Kessler Pocket Jib
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
"LEVEL UP" SWITCHER STUDIO PROMO
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 0:30 min
One Interesting Thing:
The motion graphic displaying the various icons of streaming services had a problem. The use of a null object in After Effects to rotate all five of the icons into the frame resulted in the icons being awkwardly tilted when the null object rotated.
Activating Expressions for each of the icons rotation property, the Expression pickwhip was used to feed the rotation data of the null object to the icons. The ungainly tilt of the icons was corrected by multiplying the data from the null object by negative one (*-1) which created a corrective tilt in the opposite direction, thereby leveling each icon as it rotates into the frame.
You can see this technique utilized at 00:24
Production:
Canon 80D DSLR
Canon T3i DSLR
Canon & Rokinon 16mm / 50mm / 85mm Lenses
iPhone 5s Smart Phone
Droid Turbo Smart Phone
Edelkrone Action & Target Modules
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
"ALL YOUR FRIENDS" MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD BUMPER
Year of Production: 2018
Running Time: 0:15 min
One Interesting Thing:
The process of reducing both human subjects and puppets to flat 2D characters presented several design challenges; first to select the primary visual elements of the character needed in the simplified design and second to maintain a core style throughout the series.
I found that limiting the base construction to certain simple geometrics helped provide consistency within the series while understanding when variations off the baseline (neck height & girth, hair complexity, etc.) were needed to push important individual details of the characters.
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NOTE - Click here for a look at early versions of the characters
Production:
Adobe Photoshop
Post-Production:
Adobe After Effects (Character Illustration & Animation)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Audio Mix & Export)