Build Walls

After long last I have uncovered the infamous bagging video that I experienced in 1999 in the dimly lit back room of a FoodTown training center. At the time I watched this thing, it was charmingly vintage and I believe that has only increased over the years. Before we dive headlong into this gem - Lets think about his for a minute... this is a training/hype piece that a client gave the go-ahead for. Let that sink in. The pitch must have been legendary. Subsequently mankind has benefitted greatly ever since. This video also features a young Orlando Jones who went onto be on MadTV and is currently on Sleepy Hollow. Star power, kids. Anyway, enough of my yakkin', waddya say, let's boggie...

Training Video - BGSU Class Project

This is my final class project for Video II. We had to make a training video at least 3 minutes in length... and a bunch of other dumb cookie cutter requirements.



Equipment I used:

• 7D
• 24 - 105 mm
• Zacuto rig
• Zacuto Z-finder
• Our new broken tripod
• H4n for VO

Things I liked/worked:

• The tone of the video. Cold. Turkish.
• Forcing the audience to understand the video through action.
• Subtitles came out nicely.
• No unnatural lighting. I had minimal equipment on this shoot.
• The quick turnaround caused my edits and graphics to be quick, simple, and to the point. I particularly liked this style. Some cuts jump, but it gets the message across.

Things I didn't like/didn't work:

• It was f*ucking freezing when I shot this. 14 degrees. I shot Monday for 2 hours, then Tuesday morning for 3 hours. Half the time was spent warming up in the car in between scenes.
• As always, I wish I had more time.
• This story was my second option, because I couldn't find appropriate talent for my first story.
• The color correction might be a little weird. I used the cinestyle profile, which made everything nice and flat, but I might have messed it up in post.
• I edited the piece straight through for 10 hours. I wish I could've walked away for a day and come back to see it in a different way.
• The audio design definitely needs more work.

Video training effectiveness study

Bridget sent over this video on the effectiveness of Khan Academy's video training. I'm re-posting it here because I think it's interesting and wanted to archive it.