The last few weeks have been very buys on the shooting and editing front. The most fun thing I've done was a promo / music video for the creative agency where I work. One of our print designers wrote the song and the company gave us a few hundred dollars to buy props and rent some additional camera gear.  On the shoot day, we had guys dressed as spacemen running around annoying everyone and singing the song. Half of it was shot around the office and half was shot on a green-screen. The company used it at some kind of industry conference, but I can't show it publicly yet.



Last month, I worked on the Intel STS science fair (pictured above), which takes science fair winners from across the country and brings them together to compete for college scholarships. It was a fascinating experience for everyone involved. We followed the students through the entire process and really grew to know and like them. I was almost as excited as they were to find out who won!



One of the goofier projects I've worked on recently was for a video where the client wanted to paste real mouths on still photos of J.P Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and FDR for a funny video about credit card swipe fees. The biggest challenge was trying to keep the actors from moving their heads as they said their lines. I came up with the idea to have them lay on the floor and put sand bags on either side of their heads. They must have been pretty uncomfortable, but it really cut down the amount of motion tracking the editor had to do!

I was also fortunate enough to get some time to visit Florida and see my family. I met my mom's new boyfriend for the second time and my dad's new girlfriend for the first. It's very interesting (and a bit creepy) to see how they act around their new loves. Oh well, I'm glad their happy.