Video Work Samples
| Oscars Stream Live Show from Red Carpet | |
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ABC and Oscar.com made history by streaming the Oscar Red Carpet show live online for the first time in its 82 year history. We shot the 2 hour show with Panasonic HPX 500 cameras……..continue |
| Golden Globe Awards Live Digital Show | |
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This was a 7 1/2 hour NBC online broadcast that began with the Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet, continued with commentaries through the show and ended at the After Parties. 1.78 million viewers watched the show live with an average engagement of 22 minutes. We used 4 main cameras plus feeds and about 8 on-camera talent…….continue |
| Avatar Premiere Red Carpet Live Broadcast | |
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We shot the Official Live Broadcast of the Avatar Premiere Red Carpet using 4 cameras and 3 hosts. The event took place in front of the Grauman’s Chinese theater with Hollywood blvd. being sealed off between Highland and Orange. The carpet was actually blue……continue |
| 2009 American Music Awards Red Carpet Show | |
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We used 8 cameras for the 2009 American Music Awards Red Carpet Show. We went live at 3:30pm pacific time and ended at 5pm during which there was not even 2 seconds of dead air. 3.3 million people watched the red carpet show live…..continue |
| Alice in Wonderland Ultimate Fan Event | |
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We used 7 cameras on the Alice in Wonderland Ultimate Fan Event which was watched live by almost 400,000 viewers. The highlight of the show was when Director Tim Burton, Actor Johnny Depp and the rest of main cast took the stage…..continue |
| Twilight’s New Moon Live Red Carpet Broadcast | |
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This was our second time doing a Twilight Premiere, this time over 2 million people watched the live broadcast sponsored by MySpace. In addition to the live broadcast, we also sent the show to the three premiere theaters, two of which were a block for the production truck and the 3rd was almost two blocks away…….continue |
| Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Live Red Carpet | |
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We shot the Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Live Red Carpet for 6 countries with hosts broadcasting is 6 different languages. 8 cameras, 3 production trucks and 800 feet of fiber optic cables help make this official broadcast a success……continue |
| The Making of Caio Chicago | |
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When you’ve produced more than a thousand episodes of television, it’s hard to pick a single show for a case study. I chose Ciao Chicago for this case study because it’s a good representation of what local low budget Entertainment Magazine shows could look like in the future….continue |
| Hollywood Red Carpets | |
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Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and not only fascinating people to film, they’re also great case studies for their Hollywood Red Carpets. Here I’ll look at 3 events I’ve shot and the challenges of each.……continue |
| Threshold: Behind the Scenes | |
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‘Threshold: Behind the Scenes’ won ‘Best Documentary’ at the Project 168 film festival. I shot it with my Canon XL H1 HD camera and edited with Sony Vegas Pro. Anything that has to be cut and finished fast I use Sony Vegas. Anything that can be worked on over time or parts of the project needs to be finished elsewhere (like sound and effects) I use Final Cut…..continue |
| Gay Games Closing Ceremony | |
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Like the Olympic Games, the Gay Games is held every 4 years in a different host country. These games were held in Chicago with over 12,000 athletes from around the world and more than 50,000 fans at the ceremonies. One of my responsibilities was editing the closing ceremony and putting together packages for the DVD and various other media outlets……continue |
| Condell Medical Center Training Video | |
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Shooting the Condell Medical Center training video was like shooting most training tapes except that it was done in an active emergency room and I was going to have only one shot at it. This was a demonstration of the Golden Hour, a trauma 1 event of how to handle a life threatening emergency…….continue |
| CityVisor Segments | |
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CityVisor is the umbrella for about 6 Chicago entertainment shows that air in Chicago over the past 10 years. I ended up with over 500 stories covering local restaurants, night clubs, theaters, attractions and events. This is a clip from one of the shows covering an annual Chicago fashion show……..continue |
| Gay Game Segments | |
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As video becomes must-have content on major sites, much of the production work is farmed out. Here is a sampling of the 100 videos we produced during the Gay Games for PlanetOut………continue |
