New homepage promo video with After Effects

Start of the year is usually the time where I sit down and have a look at improving or updating my website. That gave me a great excuse to redo my intro video compiling all I have to offer, as my first project on After Effects which I recently learnt to use. I normally use Final Cut Pro but I loved the way AE allowed me to tweak my comp at anytime, change any properties of each layer in a much much faster way than in FCP. It's also a huge resource of presets, effects and all. 

Check out Video Copilot, it's a fantastic place to get started on AE. Andrew, who presents the tutorials, is so passionate and creative, it's quite contagious, I might start special effects stuff myself soon !

Here's my comp anyway, you're most welcome to give me your suggestions. I think there's a big improvement compared to the one I had, I went quite easy on the effects and tried to give it an upbeat tempo.

The 1 min business speech challenge

In december, the Dublin City Enterprise Board  gave the opportunity to entrepreneurs to have a 1 min business speech recording and showcase them at their Success 2011 Christmas Event.

I was commissioned by the brilliant Channelship to produce a video for the lucky 12 business owners.

Whether you are good at talking in public or not, this exercise is of another level : consistent and strong eye contact, a confidence both visually and in your voice, a speech to deliver like you've always known it...it was pretty challenging for the people that were in front of the camera but Fred and I were there to get everyone relaxed and help them find their focus.

A good promotional video talks millions compared to a text or a few pictures. It is dynamic, multi media and more interactive. If you're looking to get a promo video for your website or to share online for instance, I would recommend to ask for a combination of these face to face speeches and dynamic presentations of your products or your team at work (if it is a service), the location of your business etc, while you will talking to your potential client over the video (audio only) or we add the right music for your business.

I offer video vouchers for 2-3 hour shoot that suit a promo video perfectly at a very affordable price on my website.




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