Some things must be removed

It’s the fourth of July.  And instead of being with family, I’m making videos.  My fam is out of town right now.  I’m home alone, a perfect time to get some work done (besides it being a holiday).  This is my latest piece in the Potter series, from Douglas Marks book “30 Days in the Potter’s House”

New Discounted Videos

http://www.sermonspice.com/newsletter/archive/2009/06_25.php

Videos for the fourth of July.  The Top Row middle and right are my videos “Freedom is Not Free” and a new one “Liberty”.  They are discounted with the coupon code “FIREWORKS4″.

Stock up on Stock Footage

Stocks may be down right now, but you can stock up on stock footage. Stock footage is a necessity in the realm of video. You may create your own footage, but every now and then you need a shot that you haven’t actually filmed yourself. Stock footage that you use in your own productions should be royalty-free so that you won’t get into any copyright trouble. It can get pretty pricey! That’s why I stock up on freebies. There are weekly and monthly freebies out on the web; clips that I eventually will get to use in a video production. Let me show you where you can find these and stock up on other ideas as well.

read the rest here: http://www.christianvideomag.com/cv2009_06/cv2009_06gfish.pdf

from June’s issue Christian Video Magazine www.christianvideomag.com

A Father’s Day Video for Church

 

Download full res version to use at your church:

http://www.sermonspice.com/product/17072/time–a-father-27s-gift

Liberty

This video was put together this week in time for memorial day.  It has a similar feel to my “Freedom is not Free” video.  It parallels the statue of liberty’s symbolism with the good news of the Bible.

To purchase and download: http://www.sermonspice.com/videos/25787/

20% off Super Mom video

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follow the link, click on “super mom”, use cupon code 20MOMMY.

(super mamá disponible en español)

Mission Trip

Here’s a quick edit for Sunday’s Spanish service of some footage taken on the mission trip.  The song is by Jesus Adrian Romero.  It speaks of a the abundant harvest and the scarcity of workers.  Then it says, “Here I am, send me.”  Enjoy the sights of Hidalgo, Mexico and pray for the ongoing ministry in these places.

Back from Mexico

I’m back and swine flu free! This blog is covering the trip- http://bpfmexico.blogspot.com/.  I’ll probably post something personal later.  Now I have to capture 2 hours of footage from the trip.

First of a new series

New video, first of a series.  I used Andrew Kramer’s Old Film tuturial- videocopilot.net.  Narration is from the book “30 Days in the Potter’s House” by Douglas Marks- nelsondouglasmarks@gmail.com.

Determined to make it work

Where to begin? It’s 6:10am.  I’ve been working on this short video for some time now.  It’s finally done.  I’ve had some trouble with it, but I’ve been determined to make it work.  And I think it does in the end.  It started with me wanting to get better at After Effects.  So I ordered a 99 cent DVD, and a $5 book, and total training on DVDs for $25!  But those haven’t come in yet.  So I watched Andrew Kramer’s stuff on http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/ (an amazing FREE resource!!!).  I started a file I named “exp” short for experimenting.  Well, that experimentation turned into this video.  And it “ate my lunch” so to speak for the better part of this week’s free time.  Yes, I did take the fam to a  D League basketball game, I wasn’t an absent presence at home.  But just about every minute I could squeeze in, I was editing.  Whether it was preparing the images in photoshop, tedious work with magnetic lasso, or eraser, or the actual 3D animations on AE where every keyframe has to be perfect, it was pretty draining for a 1 1/2 minute segment!  The night before last I worked 4 hours straight, slept, couldn’t sleep well because my mind was still editing, woke up edited more, went to work, came home for lunch, edited and ate, went back to work, came home, edited, rendered (which took all night) went to bed, couldn’t sleep well because I’m DETERMINED TO MAKE IT WORK!  At 4:30am this morning I was able to add the music and render in Premiere.  I think it’s finally done.  I’m sure experts could have done it a lot quicker.  This was my first stab at this genre of video.  By the end, I was finally getting the hang of it.  In the process at times I was scratching my head!!  Especially since I started in the middle and had to backtrack.  Oh well.  Here’s the video.  Enjoy!

You can download or preview here too: http://www.sermonspice.com/videos/25050/god-cant-use-you (sound is much better than youtube’s version).