The big learning here is to always make sure to check the record button. Initially, this commercial was going to use an actor as the personification of wind, similar to the Mayhem commercials. I thought I recorded all that footage but when I went back to edit, I realized that footage was gone. I couldn’t film pick up shots because that next day was really sunny when the initial day of filming was cloudy. Fortunately, I did film some POV shots of the wind so add a quick wind sound effect and there you go. Here also you can see the problems with the lighting and my failed attempts at color correction as I try to appear a regular human shade on camera.

This is the first safety video I made using the green screen. I got my dealership crew to stand in as actors and we filmed a few quick little scenes over there and I wove it into the grander speech of the safety topic in front of the green screen. It was really fun to film and definitely giving me some more experience as a director.

This was the very first video I made using Adobe Premiere Pro. And so begins a new phase of filmmaking for me. Right away, I liked that I was able to add multiple audio and video tracks. Something I was unable to do in Stupeflix. I also loved that I was able to create and manipulate graphics and text.

Another one of my favorites. Another silent film style movie about the dangers of being lone workers working in isolated areas away from direct supervision. I especially like when the pallet jack handle pops up by itself. Basically, just a cool little editing trick. I kicked up the handle and then just edited my foot out of it. There are two versions of this video. In the one seen here, I’m actually doing some work on the computer but originally I was watching Youtube videos. I thought to myself I didn’t want to give the impression that the reason why manager’s aren’t on the floor supervising their teams is because they’re goofing off watching videos.

This was the first video we did with actual dialogue. We were thinking of doing a series of these videos in which the safety experts would teach us about something new. There’s a little bit of movie magic in there where one of the experts slams a hammer down on the other experts hand. Pretty cool. We recorded all the sound on directly on the camera with no additional equipment. I also didn’t use a tripod. I just placed the camera down directly on an empty fruit box.

Another silent film style video. This one was about the importance of using the proper PPE and not taking any shortcuts. This was fun to shoot and we had to get a little creative with the angles and editing to make it look like he actually fell down. Then I used a stock photograph of a person wrapped in bandages to really sell it.

Here’s another one of my favorites. I put it together on Stupeflix using clips I found on Youtube and pieced it together to tell a story that was relevant to our site. I also used a few clips that I recorded personally using our “accident camera.”

Here’s another video where I took a bunch of random Youtube clips and put them together to make a story. One of the skills I really started to learn during my time using Stupeflix is how to edit. The program is very limited to what it can do, especially compared to Adobe Premiere Pro which is what I use now, but it still gave me the opportunity to go in there and start slicing scenes up together in a way that looked good.

Here’s one where we tried to come up with a creative scenario in which a person who’s not paying attention is walking through the plant and getting missed by all these hazards. We couldn’t make the hazards too close because we didn’t want to get scrutinized for creating a real potential for injury. We also learned that we need better lighting if we plan on filming outside at night.

In this video I was experimenting with trying to make a compelling story utilizing a bunch of different clips found on Youtube. Stupeflix allowed you to import video clips directly which was pretty cool. This video was about protecting your hands.