audio/visual
If you film a tree falling in the forest and you don't get the audio, what have you proved? A/V projects are a mix of thousands of details, and a missed cue on any one of them can scrub the whole shoot. I've been able to take on every step of the process, including writing, casting, scheduling, directing, editing, and post-production. I've even done some acting and voice-over work along the way. Every path has it's tricks, but with the right planning and a focused team, we're only steps away from Cannes. That's what I shoot for every day.
Bullwhackers' BullPen Commercial
For the opening of the Bullpen, the newest addition to the Bullwhackers Casino family, I developed this commercial featuring the mascot Lucky. I came up with concept, made the storyboards, and oversaw the production of the piece with a Boulder animation house. It was great to bring our mascot Lucky to life and let him show his natural athletic talent, and now that he's in retirement, I'd like to think I was able to give him a youth he can reflect on with fondness.
The Whiz Quiz
This simple quiz became a fun interactive activity with the addition of streaming video and a few unexpected props and looping stalls. I wrote all the lines for the host to introduce each question, allowing an entirely new quiz
to be created by uploading a simple XML file.
All the video sequences loop over unique and often odd segments of studio life. I'm not an actor, but I often play one on the web. This simple game show has proved so popular, it has been reused in several projects.
Blood Alcohol Concentration Activity
OK, this one is on the TXT page, too, but it's worth it. It was huge. This activity allows a user to see the results of alcohol firsthand. My role was to figure out how to bring the concept to life, while making sure that all the people involved knew their roles, responsibilities, and deliverables. I wrote the scripts, handled casting and scheduling of the shoots, and designed and built the set. On the set I managed the actors and all technical aspects of the set including keeping lights from catching on fire.
Refusal Skills Activity
In face-to-face training, role play techniques allow people to experience a situation first hand. Transferring that experience to an online presentation takes a lot more planning to make it come off successfully. This activity allows restaurant employees to experience some of the more difficult events that occasionally come up in a night's work. Working with a green screen to get the actors in the right setting added a few hoops to jump through in post-production.