Sunday, June 14, 2009

Philly 360 Creative Ambassadors: The Roots

GPTMC's Campaign 360: The Roots from Valerie Keller on Vimeo.


This video is hot off the press, just in time for The Roots Picnic 2009. First in a series of eight videos highlighting the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp's 'Creative Ambassadors', this one features Philly's own The Roots, with an interview of drummer/DJ ?uestlove, some snippets of concert footage from a recent gig, and video footage of a photo session of The Roots members for the GPTMC website.

Drew University Amazing Students

NEWS: I just finished three web bios of some of Drew University's most amazing students. They are slated to go live later this summer, 2009. Right now a funky fun web page is being developed for these videos, stay tuned for more info, it should be a cool site to see.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Editing Trailer

Trailer of an experienced video/film editor, cutting since 1989. This trailer represents broadcast and sales work.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Teaching Update: After Effects workshop at Scribe

I am in week 3 of teaching a 4-week beginner AE workshop: After Effects for Video, at Scribe Video Center, Philly's premiere community-oriented video learning center, world-renown for its socially progressive agenda.

This week we worked on green screen keys and color effects. I could not find any SAG actors who would work for free, so I found a few desperate hand puppets looking for some exposure who were willing to perform. I videotaped them against very crappy excuses for blue and green screen. It's encouraging to note that AE can take such sub-par backgrounds and still get a relatively good key (I used the Color Range keying effect, then added a Matte Choker, and a little bit of Simple Choker on top of that). Here is a still of what I started with:


I thought I'd post the end result. It's silent, it's silly, but kind of cute. This is just a practice exercise, not intended for public viewing really (I whipped it up in just a couple hours), but who knows, maybe I can help a starving puppet launch his acting career yet.



Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Sundance Doc Days: El Inmortal


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This is a promo for a Sundance "Doc Days" series premiere of the documentary "El Inmortal", a story of a Nicaraguan family torn apart by war, with twin brothers who fought on opposite sides as teenagers.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Legatum Fellow-Niki Gomez



This is a web bio of Niki Gomez, who is one of the 2008 Fellows in MIT's Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Cost of War



This web movie is being used as part of American Friends Service Committee's "Campaign For Peace"