AFP Stories

We just wrapped up The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)’s Annual Convention in Chicago.  One of my main assignments for this convention was creating the “AFP Stories” video series.  Each story was compiled using an interview, B-roll footage, and a VO.
After shooting the interviews in our studio, I traveled locally capturing the B-roll needed. The most interesting location was the Helping Up Mission in Baltimore.  There I captured Rob, from his Barber Shop Community Foundation, in action giving haircuts to people in need.
Check out Rob’s story ↓

I also created this video featuring Karen Piontkowski from Direct Answer ↓

The AFP Stories video series was the backbone of this convention’s theme.  We created a huge book on the stage, that speakers such as Bill Clinton emerged from to speak at the event.

Keynote

As Keynote and Macbook Pro computers advance, so does the content we jam into them.  Pushing the limits of Apple’s hardware and software we’ve been able to create dynamic presentations utilizing motion backgrounds with animated video overlays.
Check out this video clip featuring segments from a recent Keynote presentation I put together ↓

Here’s a pic from my iphone of the presentation in action ↓

Photos from LAI’s “Turmoil in the Middle East”

Xmas 2010

LAI Headshots

I took another round of staff headshots today at LAI.  This time I got one too ↓

and when I added the pics to the staff photos folder, I found this old test shot ↓

Evan Bayh, Bob Bennett, and John Harris – Speaker Introduction

This wasn’t a particularly great intro video, but it was created it two days. I spent the first day creating the theme graphics, gathering the assets, and arranging the audio. I animated all of the elements the second day.

LAI’s ALS Event: Evan Bayh, Bob Bennett, and John Harris

I created a few different themes for the event.
This one was my fave ↓

This is the one we went with ↓

Here are the photos I took at the event ↓

I like this one of John Harris ↓

Conversations with Power

Leading Authorities’ inaugural Conversations with Power broadcast featured former Governor Tim Pawlenty interviewed by Atlantic Media’s Ron Brownstein.
Here’s the video introduction I created for the event ↓

I also took these photos during the event ↓

Watch the full broadcast here:
http://www.leadingauthorities.com/lai-events/conversations-with-power/pawlentybrownstein.aspx

LAI’s 20th Anniversary

Leading Authorities had it’s 20th anniversary party at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and I created a bunch of different elements for the event.
It started with the theme graphic design.
Here are 2 graphic options we didn’t use ↓

Here’s the theme graphic we used for the event ↓

I also created graphics for signs used thought the event ↓

Here’s a highlights video my colleague James Loizou edited together from the event ↓