One of my Corporate Videos done in Vegas

CClub wrote on 2/22/2010, 4:32 PM
I figured for kicks, I'd post a link to a project I've been doing for the State of Connecticut: the main staging room was my first trial with green screen, and I was thrown in a small back room with not enough room to set up the layers of lighting I wanted, but what the heck... they paid well and loved the product. Here's the link to the http://www.ct.gov/dds/cwp/view.asp?a=3589&q=425408webpage[/link], then the videos are at the bottom. The "DDS Employment Idol 2009" is the improved version, while the 2008 was my first attempt.

The interviewees are all individuals with developmental disabilities, so you can imagine the number of takes that had to be done. You have to skip around, as it's 25 minutes long and gets tedious, but it has interesting moments.

Comments

DGates wrote on 2/22/2010, 5:05 PM
"The interviewees are all individuals with developmental disabilities, so you can imagine the number of takes that had to be done."

Was that comment really necessary?
BudWzr wrote on 2/22/2010, 5:35 PM
When you stream that big of a file, the server has to keep feeding it little by little for the length of the video. I haven't seen it yet, but the buffering is so slow that I gave up.

You can upload that to YouTube, get it converted to H.264 highly optimized, then download the finished file and delete the upload from YouTube.

Or put that webpage on a much faster server.
mtntvguy wrote on 2/22/2010, 6:31 PM
"Was that comment really necessary?"

Agreed. Poor form. No soup for him.
CClub wrote on 2/22/2010, 6:47 PM
Not meant in poor form... I have a son of my own with autism. More of an explanation and actually a compliment of how well they did, but I can see how it could come off wrong if misunderstood.

Edit: regarding streaming... I wasn't permitted to upload it to a site of my choice due to a number of consent issues. You're right, the viewing doesn't do well on their site.
BudWzr wrote on 2/22/2010, 7:13 PM
OK, I saw most of it. Yeah, it gets the job done of educating the public about the challenges of integrating these people into a normal life experience.

But I think it's WAY too long. They probably had a big budget so you wanted to give them their money's worth, but if people get bored and tune out does that further the cause?

I know a couple of families dealing with autism, and how they do it is beyond my comprehension. The challenges are many, and the rewards are few. God bless people like you and them.
ushere wrote on 2/22/2010, 7:15 PM
absolutely APPALLING - three minutes and still no playback.

i would seriously talk to them about this fact, especially since i would think a greater part of their target audience would be on cheaper (dial up?) connections and therefore incapable of viewing it.

leslie
Tim L wrote on 2/22/2010, 7:20 PM
"The interviewees are all individuals with developmental disabilities, so you can imagine the number of takes that had to be done."

I guess I didn't find that offensive in any way. It wasn't demeaning or ridiculing and presumably it accurately reflects what really happened.

CClub wrote on 2/22/2010, 7:40 PM
"WAY too long."

"3 Minutes and still no playback."

I appreciate the feedback. I'm meeting with the organizers in a week to begin the 2010 production, and those'll be comments I'll bring to the table. Their initial showing is at a huge banquet, and each of the individual "idols" is present and goes up on stage for an award, so they hate to cut out the personal clips. But what I hear is that it takes away from the primary message of hiring individuals with developmental disabilities, which goes out to many different state agencies across the country, and I agree. I'll see how they want to balance out those two opposing audiences.
BudWzr wrote on 2/22/2010, 7:48 PM
Make TWO! One for in-house, and one for funding / awareness raising.

Here's the winning theme for funding raising:

"We're here, it's not easy, but we're turning your tax dollars into real gains for them, AND to the taxpayers".