Brad Harvey Creative

Lifestyle Video

Brad — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:19:08 +0000

“What Defines This Place?

A two-minute slice of life. Produced for the Mooresville, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

Presentation Video

Brad — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:10:03 +0000

Powerful images, compelling stories and moving music stirs emotion. Why stand in front of an audience with a Powerpoint presentation when you can use all of the power of video. Your presentations are always consistent, you’ll never leave out that one key piece of information and you don’t have to worry about losing your voice!

Short Attention-Span Theater

Brad — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:05:23 +0000

So how many hours of video do you think YouTube streams per month? 100-million? One-billion? Try four billion! And the numbers keep rising exponentially every year. Keep in mind, that’s just what’s streaming off the YouTube platform. Here’s a great article from NPR.org about how that streaming is handled to try to make sure viewers see as little buffering as possible, which is huge for any of us creating content for the web. A couple of take-aways: 1) If a video doesn’t start in ten seconds, half the viewers go away. 2) People have really short attention spans!

Bridging the Past

Brad — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:58:15 +0000

Back to the Future… By Way of Home Video

Here’s an incredible video from filmmaker Jeremiah McDonald called “A Conversation With my 12 Year-Old Self.” He has a conversation with a home video of himself as a kid leaving a message to… well, himself. Sometimes you feel like saying “Hey, take it easy on the kid! Oh, that’s right, it’s you!”

Beauty and Business

Brad — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:30:38 +0000

Nature can be the greatest asset to a visual medium. And when the business is a leader is the field, the video should reflect it.

“Cars!”

Brad — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:23:34 +0000

Cars as a metaphor! How the choices you make… can make all the difference, whether it’s choosing the right car or planning your retirement. This is a great example of how to make something seemingly non-visual (financial planning) into anything but!

Animation

Brad — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:54:49 +0000

An animation can be a really fun way to get a message across. A piece like this is produced entirely “inside the computer” so it’s a great solution when topics are not visual enough for the camera.

The Testimonial

Brad — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:06:59 +0000

Testimonials should tell a story. Here’s how to relate a client experience with images that underscore the message.

News From Apple’s WWDC

Brad — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:12:57 +0000

New Macs, new Apps and a new IOS on the horizon

Apple’s developer’s conference is under way in San Francisco, and there are plenty of new Mac developments to talk about. There are major updates to the MacBook Pro which will be thinner and have a retina display. And there’s even some word about the Mac Pro, which many of us thought may be on the way out. And we’re getting details about Mountain Lion, the newest version of OSX due out soon. CNET has amazing coverage of it all if you need to stay on top of it in real time.

“The End of Car Talk” or “With No Click and Clack My Heart Goes Clunk!”

Brad — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:27:54 +0000

The End of the “Car Talk” Era

Why Tom & Ray chose cars over dentistry.

It’s a real heart-breaker when you find out something that’s been a part of your life for more years than you’d like to admit is going away. Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click & Clack, the Tappet Brother have decided to retire their “Car Talk” show on National Public Radio. Ray says even one hour a week is apparently too much for his work-averse brother. “It’s brutal!” says Tom. The only good news is that the show will continue to air from 25 years worth of archives. Here’s the full story from NPR.