Mercy High School – 2011 Graduation Highlight

I’ve produced the graduation video for Mercy High School of Burlingame, CA for the last four years.  It’s always a pleasure to see the smiling faces with each graduation class.  And shooting in the beautiful Saint Ignatius Church in San Francisco is awesome.  This is a highlight I created using some footage from the class of 2011’s ceremony.  I’ll be posting stuff from the last couple years soon.

For this event I shoot, capture audio using wireless systems, edit the video down to a clean play and then produce the needed DVD count.  This 2011 footage was shot in standard definition.  I of course shoot in high definition as well.

Thanks for watching!

 

– B

 

one studios – Running Intro/Outro

A fun, animated, intro/outro I created for my digital creative media production business, one studios.  It uses the one studios front man, OneMan, who is the guide to the one studios Universe.  He’s a pretty cool dude…or at least he thinks so.  Resident DJ/Music Producer, Bach2Smooth, created the beat on this one.  Check him out at Bach2Smooth.com.  Lots more of these types of animations to come soon!

Thanks for watching.

 
– B

 

 
 

DigiStream – NDV Promo Part 1

Part 1 of 3 for an animated promo describing the Next Day Video services of DigiStream Investigations. This part covers The DigiStream Process.  I was given some creative freedom to have some fun with what tends to be kind of a boring industry, in terms of marketing/advertising/etc.  This animation was created entirely by me, aside from the background music.

Thanks for viewing!

 
– B

 

 
 

DigiStream – NDV Promo Part 3

Part 3 of 3 for an animated promo describing the Next Day Video services of DigiStream Investigations.  This part goes over the Next Day Video service of DigiStream.  I was given some creative freedom to have some fun with what tends to be kind of a boring industry, in terms of marketing/advertising/etc.  All aspects of the production process was carried out by me, aside from the back ground music creation, which was provided by music producer $FlyTeddy$upaFly.

Thanks for viewing!

 
– B

 

 
 

Send Out the Call Music Video Shoot Pics

Production pics from a music video I helped with in the fall of 2011 in Sacramento.  Pretty creepy.  Pretty cool.  For the music video, go here….eh, nevermind.  Link was changed.  I’ll find it eventually.

 

 

 

– B

 

 

Believe It. Do It.

You have to create your own opportunities in life.  Never expect and never count it until it’s in your pocket.  Words mean nothing to many.  To others, words are of great intent, but can’t always be met.  To few, words bind like blood.

Other people will be there along the way, to aid you, to hold you back.  But push yourself, because it’s yourself that’s going to get you through.  Be smart.  Be resourceful.  Be honest.  Be humble.  Be selfless.  Be positive.  Be firm.  Be wise.

Never stray from who you are, and who you want to be.  Never forget your past, and the people in it.  Have will.  Have conscience.  Have confidence.  Have strength.  Have heart.  Have open mind.  Have understanding.  Have love.  You will rise.

But rising is nothing if you do not hold true….to you.

 

– B

 

Original X: Bach

 

 

 

UC Davis Protest Incident – 11.18.2011

As an alum, I’ve been keeping up on the incident that occurred at UC Davis this past week.  I see both sides, but feel the ending actions of the Campus PD were over-dramatic and not needed.  This event brings to mind concerns of how the UC Davis administration will handle future protests and other happenings of the same caliber.

The UC Davis Chancellor, Linda P.B. Katehi, sent out a statement condemning the Campus PD officers’ actions, even informing everyone that the 2 officers that issued the pepper spray have been put on administrative leave.  She has promised to begin a thorough investigation.  But, once again, this remains an incident that could have been avoided.

Hmmm….what do you think?  Were the students/protesters in the wrong for staying when told to leave?  Or was the UC Davis Campus PD over-ambitious with their power, displaying reckless actions and an absolute recognition that they are not properly prepared/trained for incidents such at this?

We have to have reasonable cause for protesting.  Although it is personal opinion to consider any cause worth protesting for, one must truly think about his/her actions before, while and after they demonstrate.  Perhaps, the smarter action here would have been to listen to the UC Davis administration and then return after the weekend, then carrying on the protest in a the peaceful manner which was intended.

This isn’t to say the protesters were not peaceful.  But they most definitely provoked the harm that came to them.  Was the harm valid?  Most definitely not.  Again, the cops over-reacted.  Period.

We have to be smart in our decisions as people.  I’m all for giving everything to a cause worth giving everything to.  But the question here is was this cause worth the outcome, right or not?  This is the debate that I’m throwing back and forth in my mind.  Was this cause of these protesters really worth putting themselves in the way of the harm that came to them?  The cops were wrong.  But were the protesters wrong for provoking the cops to begin with when they could have went about things differently, possibly even solidifying a more successful outcome?

Now it just seems like another unacceptable occurrence of abuse of power with the true intent of the protest being washed away amid the media’s pouncing and meticulously chosen pin-pointing.  The reasons of the protesters really won’t even be validated.  All that will likely be remembered here is the violence.  Is that what was wanted?

I could think about it for days.  Let’s just hope everyone learns from their mistakes.

With fight comes change.  But that change isn’t always what was desired….or even good for that matter.

 

Go Campus PD….NOT!

 

 

– B