Great Video Installation Ideas

Video installation “Spiegelbilder” TEST from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Take a look at their other installations as well.

Just Because You Don’t Get It, Doesn’t Mean You Shouldn’t Get It.

I admit it. Despite being an early adopter of the web (I’ve had the same url’s since the mid-90′s) I misread a couple of things.

I didn’t think information could come in spurts as short as a tweet. I forgot about something called telegrams.

I didn’t think about the web as a social place. Yet I’m as old as Walt Mossberg and used to hang out in the same “forums” on Compuserve and The Source.

And I didn’t see it as the ultimate distribution tool for video…. well, I did, but I didn’t expect it to kill off DVD’s and cd-roms. Now we urge our clients to create video just for the web– video that doesn’t even have to go “viral” to do the job. Just find your niche.

A lot of potential users of video on the web don’t get it, so they don’t use it.  They can’t understand the technology, or can’t envision a world beyond cable TV, DVD, or even giant sales meetings. And a good video might cost the same as a basic website, so they put the horse before the cart. These days, you need both– they are synergistic beyond belief.

So you’ve got to believe in the potential of what you don’t know– even if you can’t see what’s in front of your nose.

You can’t be aware of everything. But you can rely on the expertise and experience of good consultants to help point you in the right direction.

Brien Lee (that’s Brien with an “e”, in case you want to call or write. Really, we can see the future– we think.)

Guest Post: Best Ways to Use Presentation Technology, by Jimmy Sturo

Audio Visual Presentations
By Jimmy Sturo

Even the best messages can be ruined by a bad presentation. To get your information across effectively and to generate the right response from your audience, you need to know how to use audiovisual technology to your advantage.

Interested in how to improve your presentation? Read on for some audiovisual presentation dos and don’ts.

Organization is the key. Forget about fancy graphics and sounds; instead, focus on making the flow of your presentation seamless and clear. It’s a good idea to first outline the points you intend to make before you even begin working on the presentation. Identify major themes and ideas so you know what to visually highlight.

Avoid clutter. Fancy animation and sounds are usually unnecessary; oftentimes, these elements only distract from the message instead of contributing to it. Brevity and simplicity work best – the shorter and simpler your messages and manners of delivery are, the more likely they are to be recalled by your audience. Too much clutter diminishes the impact of a good message. Highlight your message and not your graphics, and you will never go wrong.

Consider the physical requirements of the space where you will deliver your presentation. Are you going to use a small and private conference room with just four to five people or a big theater with hundreds in the audience? Are the room’s acoustics decent, or do you need to bring additional speakers to be heard? Is it well lighted? Can you control the lighting to enhance your presentation? You need to answer all these and many other questions in order to design an audiovisual presentation that makes the most out of what the venue has to offer.

Finally, complement your audiovisual presentation with handouts. No matter how effective your presentation, remember that your audience can only remember so much; you need to provide them with follow-through materials like a systematically outlined handout in order for them to truly retain your message. Keep your handouts short and sweet. This way, the reader only sees the most important messages.

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“An American Anthem” and YouTube

Ten year ago– in a simpler time– we produced a three-screen meeting opener for Walgreens called "An American Anthem." It was a celebration of Americana, which– after 3 minutes of history, pageantry, and patriotism– lead into a live singing of the National Anthem, followed by a rousing on-screen finale featuring the Blue Angels, fireworks and flag-waving, while on-stage, a nice pyrotechnic "kaboom" buttoned the whole thing up and lead to rousing applause.

It was produced fairly generically– without real branding other than a pairing of the United States and Walgreens flags in the final moments. Given that, we thought it might be worth making it available to other companies and groups who needed a nice, affordable, ready-to-go opener. So we converted it to single screen, took out the minute and a half orchestral accompaniment used by the live singer, and put it on a website and uploaded it to what was then the fairly new YouTube.

It got a fair number of viewings, but because viewers can leave comments, it also sparked a spirited discussion about politics, war, and the post-911 world.

Well, at least it got a response. If you’d like, go to this page at YouTube, have a look-see, and let us know what you think. Is this kind of statement appropriate for the post-911 world, or does it need to be tempered or modified to fly today? (It is video and is easily modified.)

And it still is available for rental…… (grin).

Cronkite Comments on Network News

Walter Cronkite (it’s okay, kids– he may have been before your time) has an earful to say about today’s broadcast network news, lamenting "your health and mine and your backyard and mine and all that kind of thing" at the expense of more substantive reports.

Golly.

Fact is, I don’t watch much network news anymore. I prefer my magazine items in magazines, or even 60 Minutes, not in the one half-hour a day where we used to get to see what’s going on in the world. So I don’t watch. (Of course, I may be working late, too.)

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Some Videos are Timeless– The Anthem

This video was produced nearly nine years ago for a Walgreens meeting. The Chairman requested a live singing of the national anthem, so we produced this "wrap-around" to provide context and focus. Suffice it to say, it took on a life of its own. The video–shown on three screens– originally included a two-minute music bed for the singing of the anthem; we have eliminated that here so you don’t have to watch a waving flag for two minutes.

The world has changed, but some things– some emotions– stay the same, no matter what your politics.

The "Anthem" video is available for rental and customization for your meeting. Call for details.