Another regular client – UMPF PR asked me to make a quick awards submission video for them:
Filmed in their soon-to-be new office in The Calls in Leeds, Amy did a great job in front of the camera (not the first time I’ve filmed her), then with the addition of a few graphics and sound effects we were done.
Over the past year I’ve been creating fun 15 second Instagram videos for ParkInn hotels. As the videos get released they appear on the client’s feed
It all started with the Manchester video:
More recently the graphic style has change slightly:
A video posted by Park Inn by Radisson (@parkinnbyradisson) on
Originally I edited these videos in a 720p timeline with a custom 640×640 overlay to help with framing, then I’d crop the resulting video in Handbrake when encoding the mp4 for Instagram. But in recent months Final Cut Pro has been updated to allow for custom project dimension so a 640×640 30 fps workspace was easy to create. As you can see I remake certain elements such as the particle effects for creating water and steam in the shower scene, as well as creating the blue nightime effect in the bedroom scene. And luckily I’ve got a huge collection of sound effects and music that always seem to deliver what the clients want.
Here’s an edited compilation of some of the fun stuff, including a recording of my daughter playing the piano:
We’re barely back a week and the main Rome film is edited and signed off.
We’ve also made a simpler, faster version for social media. This is using footage I shot specifically for this purpose while on location.
As well as making the two final show highlights packages, I’ve just completed a series of ten weekly YouTube highlights clips for the Sky TV series ‘All Aboard‘: