Time Lapse Promo 1

All year I've been collecting time lapse footage in North and South Carolina for 2 news promos for News Thirteen.  Here is the first:

11pm Timelapse News Promo for WLOS, News13, Asheville

Here it is. My pièce de résistance. This promo was a long time in the making and was finished just before the year ended. Enjoy.

Katie

Underwater Videography

I just had my first adventure in underwater videography. I wrote a script for our 10pm news where people are falling asleep in front of the TV and then drifting off...literally. So to do the floating, drifting off shots I put my actors and my camera underwater in a pool. I used the blue of the pool as a giant blue screen and keyed them over background plates of the living rooms.

I have a still camera that shoots HD video in 5 minute bursts. So I had dad cut me some windows in an army ammo can and glue Plexiglas to the front and back. Then I would set my camera to roll, wedge it in the ammo can and seal it up before sinking it underwater. It worked out really well and my makeshift underwater rig didn't leak a drop. That video will be coming soon. In the mean time here are some photos of the underwater housing I used.

Katie

Time Lapse AM News Spot

Morning News Promotions for WLOS from Katie Damien on Vimeo.

A time lapse spot that I shot for WLOS in Asheville, NC.

Continuing with the year of awesome videos, I've started dabbling in time lapse. This is my favorite spot so far. I went out and shot night after night, experimenting with settings until I had something I really loved. I plan on doing another time lapse night time shoot to promote our 11pm news, but that won't be for a while. I have another spot that I'm working on now that will take a while and I need to get my camera professionally cleaned before I shoot more nighttime stuff.

Katie

P.S. - if you have a good Internet connection and want to see this spot in high definition, you have to click on the link to take you to Vimeo's web page. Then click on the 4 little arrows in the bottom right corner of the video to make it go full screen.

News 13 Image Spot

This is the Mack daddy of promotions. Once a year we do a news image promo. The image promo basically promotes our news product. It’s a big deal and this year was no exception. Dave, my comrade at arms, and I ran all over Western North Carolina collecting footage, we took a news truck out and did some time-lapse shots around downtown, we went on location with our news team as they worked, we even arranged a rooftop shoot with our news talent. In this video there’s a thirty second spot, a fifteen second, and a morning image spot. Enjoy!

Katie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLaVK3Rktk

Losing Weight Gaining Hope

I got a promotion! On April 1st I will be moving from the news department at the station to the creative services department where I will produce commercials and promos.

On one of my last weekends working in news, I decided to shoot a story on my own. I profiled a family who were in the middle of a journey to overcome obesity and the personal trainer who got them started. I've attached the link for the video that aired here. Enjoy.

Katie

Losing Weight Gaining Hope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6oU5ul3euU