Category: Video

Multi-Million Dollar Campaign: Spartacus: Blood and Sand

I recently had the privilege of working on a large online promotional campaign for Spartacus: Blood and Sand. A new series premiering on Starz. The mostly Flash assets I created and managed took about 3 months and resulted in streaming video rich media, site “takeovers”, custom Flash experiences, games, augmented reality and mobile content.  These assets were pushed through all major media sites including IMDB, Hulu, People.com, TVGuide.com, SI.com, and ESPN to name a few. Although the work was immense I was able to pull together a great team of interactive designers to execute everything on-time and with great results. But please, judge for yourself.

View the online assets (media buy section)

I was also able to develop the “arena” area of the Spartacus: Blood and Sand minisite. Which includes history of Spartacus, gladiator gallery, Spartacus gallery, a weapons game, “Romanize Yourself” game, and even an augmented reality segment with multiple video layers. Pretty complex and I couldn’t have done it without a great team helping out.

View the Spartacus: Blood and Sand arena

Lynda.com: Premiere Pro CS4 New Features

(Viewing and editing metadata in Premiere Pro CS4)

Premiere Pro CS4 New Features highlights the slick upgrades added to Adobe’s powerful video editing software. In this title I demonstrate how to streamline assets with metadata, integrate projects with other Adobe applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, and create new sequence and project settings. I then show how to create an efficient workflow using the new speech–to–text function, which gives the user the ability to find exactly when a word was spoken. Premiere Pro CS4 New Featuresoffers an easy way to view this application’s capability and allows the user to get up and running quickly. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

  • Viewing and editing metadata
  • Normalizing audio
  • Using advanced effects
  • Inserting clips with precision control

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Lynda.com: Premiere Pro CS4 Getting Started


In Premiere Pro CS4 Getting Started, I walk you through a non-linear editing project from beginning to end, introducing both new and established features along the way. I demonstrates how to capture and organize video footage from tapes or files, create and add to a sequence, and perform basic editing and trimming tasks. I also discuss techniques for color correction, transitions, titles, and other effects. Lastly I prepare the finished piece for export to both Encore DVD and web-optimized video formats. Example files accompany the course.

Topics include:

  • Customizing project settings, preferences, and the workspace
  • Importing native CS4 files and other media
  • Fading out a video track’s audio while fading in a music track
  • Using the Titler for scrolling text and other effects

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