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Looking down at the Ford Center floor

davemorris — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:35:08 +0000

Angi Bruss, Tanner Herriott and I taped an interview with Ford Center GM Gary Desjardins today. Then we went up to the rafters and taped a couple of intros on the catwalks. All of this is for an upcoming video that features a time lapse of how the Ford Center swaps floors, from dirt to ice to the basketball floor.

So we shot a typical “hey we’re high atop the Ford Center on the catwalk” standup. Then we tortured poor Rob Agnew from the Ford Center into braving the heights for a little longer to shoot a second standup, playing off the NewsOK billboard at the ends of the Ford Center.

Those catwalks are quite stable really.

But way up there.

Tanner Herriott shot four days on the catwalks, often in the middle of the night, thousands of photos at a time. Then he is adding a cool Photoshop effect. Should be some decent stuff. See below, they look like toy trucks.

Coffee Break for Feb. 25, 2009

davemorris — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:40:30 +0000

Fairly busy morning in the OPUBCO Studios. Expect upcoming videos on the Lord of the Dance and the Ford Center.

Angi Bruss interviewed Jason Gorman, lead dancer in the national tour of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance.

Angi and I will hit the Ford Center this afternoon to complete a time lapse video. Tanner Herriott has been losing sleep, spending time in the Ford Center’s rafters. From the cat walk he has taken thousand’s of photos, capturing the Ford Center’s workers putting down dirt, ice and the hardwood for various events. Look for that video later this week or next.

In the meantime, check out the Coffee Break video. It’s a quick preview of just a few videos online at NewsOK.tv today.

Reporting from Lone Grove

davemorris — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:32:03 +0000

We sent Tanner Herriott to Lone Grove earlier this morning. His mission to report from the scene and send back video. He caught up with The Oklahoman’s Steve Sisney, who left last night to shoot photos and video. Tanner reports the town is in bad shape. He drove to a nearby Burger King where residents were still in their pajamas trying to sort through their plans. Tanner used the wifi to file a video (below) and spoke with me via phone for a quick recap (above).

Here’s how we did that. Obviously he used his cell phone to call into our studio. We have a RemoteMix C+ JK Audio box that feeds the calls into our board which sends the audio to Final Cut Pro. We taped in front of the plasma screen. Covered the video with Sisney’s photos from the scene in post-editing and created a full screen graphic to show who I was talking with. Very simple stuff.

I just spoke with Tanner about 12:30 pm. Gov. Brad Henry is expected to be in Lone Grove at 2 pm for a tour and press conference. We have two more videos to post before then. Also the trailer park residents may be let back in this afternoon to tour their homes, properties and damages.

Enough of the cold weather. Let’s talk pork… and welding… and bagpipes?

davemorris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:22:07 +0000

Many emails requested more live driving this morning. But we know OKC is a grown up city. It’s even a big league city as Mayor Mick might say. So we left the driving to the every day road warriors.

We did tape a town hall meeting at OPUBCO this morning. And the usual energy segment. And some Parties Extra with Helen Ford Wallace.

Our crews were also around OKC at various assignments:

Tim Money went to a 911 call center to see what it takes to become a 911 operator.

Kyle Roberts and Angi Bruss got an update on the damage the slick roads caused to our vehicles.

Tanner Herriott went to the grocery store. Uh, right… to check out how proposed legislation for a grocery tax might effect our receipts.

Of course, Damon Fontenot will file two videos from the Ford Center later tonight. Or possibly early in the morning, sometimes those deals run long. Press conference and the Jackie Cooper BMW Post Game Show with The Oklahoman (longest title for a current NewsOK segment) will be posted following the final buzzer. Thunder and Grizz, tips at 7.

The latest all-in-one phone: Pomegranate

davemorris — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:36:02 +0000

I’m passing this along from Tanner Herriott. On the surface, it’s the most complete, oh-mama phone out there, the Pomegranate phone: browser, phone and GPS. But then it offers more: coffee brewing, shaver and harmonica.

And then you realize after watching all the cheesy scenario videos about the whizbang features…. it’s all a marketing site for…. Nova Scotia. That’s right, Canada.

Eh?

First, that’s kinda cool. Second, they reeeally have a lot of time on their hands to build this site and create the videos.

And apparently I have just enough time to write about it.

Greatest American Dog visits Studio

davemorris — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:26:23 +0000

Travis Brorsen and Presley – the Greatest American Dog – stopped by the Studios to record a Wimgo spot and a Pets podcast this afternoon.

While Travis spoke about Oklahoma and winning the Dog show, Presley sat patiently at his feet. Afterall, she is the Greatest American Dog.

The duo from Perry, Oklahoma, won the ABC summer reality show. Both were very down to earth and cool to work with.

We recently caught up with them in their hometown for a parade. Tanner Herriott and Paige Dillard captured the moments…

Talk like a pirate… so we did

davemorris — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:25:31 +0000

Talk Like A Pirate Day! on 12seconds.tv

Moments… and cool video effects

davemorris — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:35:50 +0000

Tanner Herriott forwarded me this video earlier today. It’s a church vid promoting a series, this one called “Moments.”

What’s interesting, at least to me, is how it was shot. The subjects appear on screen and on the screen behind them. And it appears to be projected against a flowing curtain, which creates a cool effect.

Tanner is editing our next Cold Case Oklahoma video – read more from Ken Raymond’s blog on our Cold Case stuff, it’s really good. Ken and Tanner and Paige do a great job with the Cold Case series, tying the video to the print while each telling the story in its own manner. Tanner is using a reverse image to illustrate the timeline in this case. He lit a piece of paper then reversed the image creating a film effect that’s far more compelling than the typical Final Cut Pro lower third.

Moments Intro HD from Port City Community Church on Vimeo.

And yes, this post somehow went from church to murder.

CANVAS art show

davemorris — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:03:08 +0000

Tanner and Angi covered Friday night’s CANVAS art show. It featured shoes, of course Angi was interested.

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Crime scene update: officer involved shooting

davemorris — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:22:27 +0000

Went out to NE 10 where the media is staging, or being stage, to cover the OKC police officer involved shooting. Took Tanner Herriott his laptop. Believe it or don’t, wifi at that area. That’s awesome.

Grabbed his footage from his drive, dumped it onto to my laptop, did a quick standup with Augie Frost from The Oklahoman and came back to The Oklahoman. Edited together a quick package for a noon update from the scene.

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