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Klara Bohmann Story – Austin Ridge Bible Church – Austin, Texas
I did the content edit on this testimonial for Austin Ridge Bible Church in Austin, TX. Footage was provided by Austin Ridge as were the final graphics and color treatment which were done to match the video with the look and feel of videos in a larger teaching series.
The project was a freelance project I was given while going through the application process for the church’s media department.
COICOM 2011 – Joe & Kathy Sindorf – Production Excellence for the Church and Beyond Promo
Promotional spot commissioned for Joe & Kathy Sindorf’s production training sessions at COICOM 2011 in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Concept, production, element design, animation, and editing by GMVFX. Direction by Joe Sindorf. VO provided by Joe Sindorf. Photos provided by Kathy Sindorf. Logo provided by COICOM.
Note: COICOM logo was provided as a flat PNG file by the client. I stripped a glow effect off the edges then dissected the logo in Photoshop. The original, flat globe was replaced in After Effects with a fully-animated globe designed to match.
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The Art of Reuse – Collaboration with Pronounced Love (Updated!)
Small video I co-created with my friend Imani of PronouncedLove.com. Promotional tag for The Art of Reuse (theartofreuse.ca).
Concept, direction, editing, and music by Pronounced Love (pronouncedlove.com).
Videography and video effects by GMVFX.
UPDATE! Here is a link to the spot at the Art of Reuse blog!
Archive Project – Mari Iijima’s “Lorna Doone” Soundtrack Album Artwork
In 2002, I was bestowed the great honor of designing the artwork to accompany a soundtrack album by Japanese singing superstar Mari Iijima.
The soundtrack is an accompaniment to the 2001 remaster of the 1922 silent film classic “Lorna Doone.” Ms. Iijima ws commissioned by the film’s restorer, Jesse Pierce, to compose and record this completely new orchestral score for the film.
My approach to the design was to play off of the aged film look, creating a sepia-tone color palette and using dust, scratches, and other elements to mimic film damage.
The inside of the booklet features an impression of the original 1922 film poster.
The photo of Ms. Iijima was provided by her and is by Ken Hagler.
Ms. Iijima was kind enough to sign this soft-proof of the cover artwork for me.
Radio Spot – Asher Saturday Night Consignment Auction
I wrote, produced, directed, and edited this radio spot as a spec piece for Asher Auctions of Niangua, MO. The spot promotes the auction house’s weekly consignment auction and features the vocal talents of Mr. Jimmy Hodson (www.JimmyHodson.com) the voice of FoxSports and Monday Night Football.
I have been working with the auction house for a few months now creating promotional materials including a new logo/ID, a new website here (still being integrated to their current domain), and printed items like this flyer:
Commando Tactics for Digital Filmmakers by Craig D. Forrest – Book Covers
This design has actually evolved over the course of about three years. Originally this was just a mock-up of the front and spine to be included with a PDF version of the book. As the book has now gone into actual print form from Windsock Press, I have just completed re-laying the design complete with back cover for publishing.
The book was written by my close longtime friend and collaborator Craig Forrest of Windsock Films. When I was approached about designing the cover, I chose to go with the look of a military manual. The cameraman and globe graphics were gleaned from the internet and modified and laid out by me. The text styles were also chosen and laid out by me. The photo of the author, Windsock Press logo, and wording were all provided by Craig Forrest. Original design and final layout for press are all by me.
Also presented here are the original mock-up versions of the cover, including the upcoming Spanish version, as included in the original PDF version of the book.
Country Villa Plaza – Promotional Opening Title
Title graphic for a promotional video for Country Villa Plaza, an assisted living home in California. This, and three other title cards, were custom creations by me. Logo was provided by the client as JPG and re-drawn as vector and Cinema 4D objects by me.
Produced and directed by Craig Forrest for Windsock Films.
Graphics, 3D objects, animation, and compositing by me.
Stella’s Voice – “Will You Be Stella’s Voice?” Promo
Promotional photo-animation commissioned by Stella’s Voice.
Completed audio track with voice and music provided by Stella’s Voice along with all source images of children and teens from their programs. Photos of adults partly provided by Stella’s Voice with the rest selected from iStockPhoto by me.
Joe Sindorf produced the promo in conjunction with Stella’s Voice.
Photo re-touching and effects, animation, and graphics by me.
I would like to thank Joe Sindorf and the wonderful people at Stella’s Voice for allowing me to work on this project for their incredible organization. It was an honor.
GMVFX Gear Featured On The Frugal Filmmaker!
The tools of media creation don’t come cheap and I’ve invested my fair amount of cash in cameras, lenses, computers, software, etc., etc., and there’s still a ton of gear that I would love to have that would make my work so much easier to execute but there’s only so much money especially now that I’m alone in the freelance world. My solution, then, has been to craft some of the gear I need myself.
For the most part, I’ve been building lighting equipment, the tools to properly light a scene for video and/or photography. Working mostly with PVC pipe, salvaged light sockets, and CFL bulbs from the local WalMart, I’ve built a variety of equipment including a very serviceable umbrella light.
I have taken the majority of my inspiration for these projects from Scott Eggleston’s Frugal Filmmaker blog. Scott shares a variety of low-budget, do-it-yourself alternatives to the big-ticket gear the pros use. He’s the one who inspired me to build light stands, camera supports, and even a table dolly for my Canon T2i, thus it was a great honor when he wrote to me this morning in response to some photos I shared with him saying:
Thanks for the great letter–it’s my featured post today! I also have to compliment you on your PVC builds–they are amazing. When you get some pictures of the stabilizer and table dolly, please send them along. Your stuff is awesome!
And HERE‘s the link to Scott’s blog featuring my letter and the link to my DIY lighting gear from the Frugal Filmmaker blog!
While I consider it a great honor to be featured on the blog that inspired my own work, I sincerely hope that I can inspire others that it doesn’t take a lot of money and the “right” gear to achieve “proper” production values. In my career, I have worked with a number of small organizations providing media services that are out of their financial and technical reach and I’ve long wanted to help people in this position to achieve a high-quality look while staying within their limits. With high-quality cameras coming down to “reasonable” prices within more people’s reach and computers and software for production being equally as inexpensive and attainable, it’s just a short leap with a few, simple pieces of DIY gear to be able to make something of decent quality for not a lot of money. I hope that seeing what I’ve built, more small operators will see that it is possible to achieve the “pro” look without the “pro” cost.
