Launceston’s trams

Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Richard in Video

Launceston’s Tramway Museum Group plan to establish a “Heritage Transport Hub” at Inveresk. Here’s a short video made for a presentation that incorporates original archive footage, footage by the Group, and our own footage tied together in a “silent movie” concept.
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Labor by the numbers

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

A simplle stand-up to-camera piece wa stransformed using green screen and some fairly straightforward graphics. By adding a few sound effects the video took on a slightly humourous feel. At five minutes it’s a long video, but stands up well. (more…)

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The Gorge in flood

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

It’s not often that Launceston’s Cataract Gorge is in flood. A quick trip to the Gorge in the morning and a few highlights posted by that afternoon. No tricky editing, no music, just good footage. (more…)

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Rural Practice Change

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

The RPC organisation wanted a general signature video, but had next to no footage. A combination of stills, green screen, fast-motion and morphing gives the illusion of active footage. Music by MultimediaAction as well. (more…)

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Winter in Launceston

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

A simple video with some scenes from around launceston in Tasmania during Winter. Music is our version of Debussy’s gentle Beau Soir. (more…)

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Launceston – flood protection

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

Plan: drive about, look for a good spot, start filming, have the video up the next day. Online video can be fast and straightforward, yet still have punch. (more…)

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Something from almost nothing

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

Here we took a static-camera video from a university, edited the talk to its highlights, overlaid the PowerPoint slides as transparencies and full-screen views. Note the little touches such as the drifting cloud at the bottom of the slides, title slide, as well as the intro and outro sequences with signature music theme. (more…)

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Australia – year in review

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

A year in review piece for a national news site. We did the entire piece from picture selection, captions, production, compression and upload to the music score, which our version of Albinoni’s Adagaio in G. Click on the little square icon on the right of the video control bar for full-screen viewing. (more…)

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The Sun & a Psalm

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

This show is an excellent study in mixing different formats, mediums and materials. The audio track is a reading from the Bible (recorded over the phone and then treated), the video is a mix of animated still shots and a wide variety of source video. There are AVI files, MOVs, and WMVs all of differing original resolutions and framerates. A great example of smoothly integrating a variety of sources. (more…)

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The Moon – A tribute to Apollo

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Richard in Video

We did the full production on this one from concept to final file compression. A mix of video and still images. Note the “flat 3D” effect used to give depth and three-dimensional perspective to the images (see it in action on the first image). Click the button on the right-side of the control bar for a full-screen view. (more…)

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