Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, September 25, 2018,
Folks, it has arrived! You'll soon be able to pick up your own copy of the SA Jazz Songbook CD/DVD set from your nearest music store.
The YouTube promo is live and you can watch a few of the tracks we produced over the next few days if you subscribe to Karendra's YouTube channel. I'm thrilled of course because this is the first project I worked on for national distribution. I also didn't know this at the time, but it took these guys ten years to make this performance happen! That is reason e...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, September 25, 2018,
We were back filming in the townships recently for an Optentia project on unemployment.
This project saw the NEX-FS100 come out of retirement as I wanted to travel light and also out of security concerns. It is still a good camera, even if it is now showing its age in the compact age of 4K clarity. With Rokinon glass on the front I find I can still get matched footage in an HD project.
Ferdi and I have filmed in a number of South African townships over the past few years and I'm struck by t...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, August 14, 2018,
I thoroughly enjoyed working on this project! When Prof Karendra Devroop from Unisa Music Foundation phoned me earlier this year to hear if I'd be interested in editing and mastering this project to DVD for him, it took me about half a second to say yes! I had worked with Karendra before and I was thrilled to have another opportunity to do so again.
Honestly working on this was a breeze. Kudos to Unisa for giving me full access to the raw footage, all the branding artwork I could ask for and j...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, May 1, 2018,
I have a friend who works in the film industry. I’ve always envied him because he is an incredibly talented
cameraman who has worked on several high-end television and movie productions. I once asked him about the glamorous entertainment industry he worked in; about
all the expensive toys and the famous people that surrounded him on a daily
basis. He then knocked my feet out from under me when he paused briefly and
remarked with a tired expression on his face: “You know the bigger the pro...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, November 4, 2017,
4K, or UHD is all the rage right now. So what is all the fuss about? Well, the resolution of UHD images is absolutely gorgeous! If you need convincing just walk into any electronics store and take a good look at the 4K ready monitors and the demo material Sony, Panasonic and many others are peddling now.
But other than beautifully crisp images there's a very good reason to start upgrading at least one or two of your HD cameras to UHD soon. Most of us edit 1080p HD projects and output that as w...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,
One of the highlights from Insane September was to film an interview with eNuus journalist and NWU Alumni Award recipient Daniëlla van Heerden.
We really enjoyed meeting Daniëlla and she was kind enough to arrange her interview to be filmed in the same eNuus studio where she reads the Afrikaans news every night. Daniëlla is a master of her craft and a super nice person on top of that, and it was a real privilege to have filmed her.
Ferdi and I are probably also the only crew to have ever u... Continue reading ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,
There's been plenty of new things happening at Optentia Research Focus Area recently. New on their YouTube channel is a three part mini-series for the NWU's We-DELIVER project. This series took us all the way from Vanderbijlpark to Mahikeng and the Lokaleng Community on its outskirts to film footage.
This was my first shoot with a new shoulder rig and a new set of Rokinon cinema lenses and I'm really thrilled with quality of the footage we shot. Part of the fun of this job is seeing new place... Continue reading ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, July 3, 2017,
It is always great to sign up a new client and even better to complete a good project with them.
Psychai Talent Group (PTG) is an integrated people management and advisory firm specializing in the complete talent value chain. The firm is based in Gauteng and renders a variety of services to a number of corporate clients both locally and abroad. Match Frame Media is proud to have produced their corporate video. We also maintain their official YouTube channel.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, April 5, 2017,
Part 1 of the new Optentia video series is live on NWUtv, and I'm just thrilled with how it turned out. Prof Ian Rothmann and his team is going from strength to strength and I just love being part of this! I tried to follow a different approach with this video - more footage, less graphics. And having now built up a library of footage covering most of Optentia's activities, editing this turned into an absolute joy. It's a great place to be with a client when you have an abundance of material ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, March 2, 2017,
South Africa has some pretty extreme legislation regarding the use of drones, resulting in a large amount of illegally filmed stuff being out there. So when I was asked to source a commercially licenced supplier for a big corporate video project recently it took some research before I managed to find my drone guys. Currently only eleven companies are commercially licenced in South Africa, and of those only a handful focus on filming for the television and film market. It has become a very spe...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, January 27, 2017,
After a very lazy December holiday season, 2017 has suddenly started off with a bang. Even though I've been doing this for a few years now, every single shoot is new and unique and every single year is different in terms of the types of projects I get to do. And if like me you constantly need new intellectual stimulation to keep going, the variety this type of work offers is fantastic.
I'm currently running Media Composer 8.7.2 and I'll be trying out a few of the new features over the next f...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, October 1, 2016,
I try to do one big project a year, usually a documentary, and this one for 2016 happened quickly and very unexpectedly when Conroy Cupido phoned me while I was on another shoot. I was also tempted to blog this story earlier in the week, but I decided to wait a few days. Make no mistake I really enjoy blogging; I find the production process and tools I use absolutely fascinating and I love writing about things I have a passion for. But something about this project just wanted me to wait un...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, September 30, 2016,
Following the success of MCD Training at the 2016 Sasol TechnoX exhibition, another one of our new clients, UARM at the NWU Vaal Triangle Campus, set up a stand at an IRMSA (Institute of Risk Management South Africa) exhibition event at Gallagher Estate recently. Featured were their current series of videos on Blu-ray.
Looks great! Also happy to report that the videos seem to working as advertised in attracting industry attention to the programme.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, September 18, 2016,
This project made me think again about the wonderfully connected world that we live in. I've produced a number of sit-down interviews with international experts for Optentia Research Focus Area at the NWU's Vaal Triangle Campus but this one traveled exceptionally fast...
So here's the production story in brief: the afternoon shoot was a breeze. My assistant Ferdi nailed a good lighting setup while I set up two cameras to shoot the interview. No problem, done it many times before. It was the po...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, September 18, 2016,
I LOVE being able to type up blog post headers like this one!
The MCD Training Centre display at the 2016 Sasol TechnoX show in August proved to be a real crowd-puller and according to MD Dan Sothoane the kids flocked straight to the Blu-ray video displays. That's great because it means we managed to produce a video that works. Again I didn't do this all by myself - I couldn't have pulled off the shoot without the help from my trusty assistant Ferdi, and voice talent Yolanda Maartens Brown a...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, August 26, 2016,
The annual end-of-the-year rush usually starts around middle August and this year is no different. Among the projects I completed this month is this one for the marketing and communication folks at NWU Vaal. Plenty of run-and-gun work here (and a bit of a struggle to get shy people to stand still and speak to you) but I'm happy with the results.
The more of these I do, the more I realize how essential camera tools with good low light capabilities are. When producing news programming you wil...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, August 13, 2016,
I completed a video for a brand new client this week and I'm thrilled with the results. Even better is that they are thrilled with it also!
MCD Training is doing great work in addressing the massive skills shortage in South Africa by providing a wide range of technical training solutions to companies and individuals. Their video is on YouTube and will also be showing at their booth at the 2016 Sasol TechnoX expo from 15 August. The video was shot over two days and we had a lot of fun doing it...
We filmed a lot of great footage and interviews that didn't make it into the original NWUtv version due to time constraints. So if you liked that video, you'll enjoy this version that features more interviews with students and learners.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, July 17, 2016,
I've just completed a new mini series (with one or two more clips currently in production) for the Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM). I love how both parts have turned out! This project is the first I cut on my new system. Also loving the 3D graphics and may I say we really nailed the lighting in a few of those interview shots.
Whatever did we do before we could put prime lenses on the front of our video cameras? Check out both videos on NWUtv on YouTube
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, July 11, 2016,
I was pleasantly surprised last night to learn that the LEGO Foundation in Denmark is distributing the link to an Optentia video we produced a while ago:
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, June 30, 2016,
I'm thrilled to be able to say that I've just completed my first project for an international client. The World Federation of International Music Competitions required a video promo for its 60th General Assembly held in Yerevan, Armenia.
Founded in 1957, the WFIMC is the premiere governing body of the world’s music competitions. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the Federation is a network and advocacy organization that represents the interests of 115 of the world’s leading music competitions....
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, June 9, 2016,
Today sees the last video in a ten-part series on NWU community engagement go live on YouTube. This concludes a very ambitious project that started small in February with a single promo and has now evolved into a full campaign that will combine print and online media. Actually I wish we could have done a few more of these community projects as I believe this is the type of stuff that need to be in the headlines instead of all the political garbage and negativity that has been going around (Co...
The past few weeks were at times hectic and brutal, but we're finally launching the first in a series of ten videos on community engagement projects on the NWU's official YouTube channel NWUtv and wrapping up filming on the last episode towards the end of April.
I really enjoyed filming in Mafikeng and the staff at NWU Mafikeng went to a lot of trouble t...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, February 11, 2016,
I've waited a very long time to get this on YouTube. I'm sure a lot of people has. And judging by the reaction we got yesterday on social media and on the internet, whatever we did worked really well.
A beautiful documentary on the uplifting power of music — the South African Music Outreach Project, brainchild of former...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, February 3, 2016,
Welcome to the first post for February. Yes, we're already in the second month of this year. Lots of things are happening this month: the new Deadpool movie is coming out (I'm a huge fan of all things Marvel, and especially all things 'Pool) and there are enough looming project deadlines to keep me mildly worried and awake at this time of the evening.
If you've been following my blog you'll know by now that Match Frame Media is now supporting a Gauteng-based Non-Profit called Counselling@, and...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, January 9, 2016,
Here is the first video in the series. The second clip will be on their YouTube channel soon. Counselling@ does some really valuable work in disadvantaged communities and schools, so how about supporting them. Given the amount of bad news in the media, we can all do with a few more good deeds everywhere.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, January 4, 2016,
Ok, enough with the holiday laziness already. I have a good feeling about this year. See, I have this theory: in business one year is up, the other down. Last year was s**t horrible, so I predict a VERY up year this year. As in waaaay up. On the top shelf...
Currently in production is a large project for the Faculty of Education. We managed to finish the first portion of this project in record time towards the end of 2015, and the results are on YouTube.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, October 17, 2015,
With no less than four multicam projects, October definitely qualifies for the title "multicam month". The ability to sync up three or four camera feeds and assemble a basic cut in a live switching-type fashion has always been one of my favourite features in Media Composer. It is also a MASSIVE timesaver, allowing me to do in realtime what would have taken hours to do manually. In 8.4 multicam is still going strong, even on my rapidly aging HP Elitebook.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, September 15, 2015,
This is the second clip in the series of Open Day videos produced for NWU Vaal Marketing and Communications, also shot with my compact little Sony PXW-X70. I'm loving this little camera more and more each day!
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, May 22, 2015,
We've been busy in May, featuring at two of the North-West University's campus open days. Above is a shoot at the NWU Vaal Triangle Campus open day in Vanderbijlpark and below is a video/interactive presentation produced for the NWU School of Music and Conservatory at the Potchefstroom Campus.
Thanks to Annette Willemse and Jaco van der Merwe for sharing these on-the-job pictures. Always a joy working with you guys!
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, February 14, 2015,
This was produced in a record five days, just in time for a Cape Town conference that Optentia will be attending next week. Featured is some of the first footage I shot with my new camera slider, as well as a quick adventure in After Effects' motion tracking. Enjoy.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, September 12, 2014,
I was involved in the production of a number of short promos for the NWU's Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Natural Sciences recently. The clips highlight some of the key research areas and cross-collaborative efforts at both faculties.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, May 10, 2014,
April 2014 has come and gone and
with it no less than 12 promo projects in a little over 4 weeks. Insane! The upside
of course is that with this much content to produce you’re presented with an
opportunity to really think outside the box to keep things innovative and unique. One of my biggest projects for April was a combined video/interactive project on DVD for the NWU’s School of Music and Conservatory.
Above: main menu page of the interactive development. The project is rolled out on ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, April 8, 2014,
I've had the pleasure recently of recording the new NWU vice-chancellor's first online video message to staff. I've recorded Prof Dan Kgwadi on a few previous occasions but this was the first recording since he took office as the NWU's most senior official.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, March 25, 2014,
Optentia Research Focus Area's new video promo is live on YouTube. Based at the NWU's Vaal Triangle Campus and being one of the NWU's top research groups I've had the privilege of working with them for a few years now. The latest video will run alongside an updated interactive development.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, March 25, 2014,
We recently overhauled the NWU School of Music's concert ads for 2014. The spots are used online to promote upcoming performances. For more, check out the School of Music's YouTube channel.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, February 5, 2014,
Above: SNC-Lavalin's exhibition at the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just completed a project for a new corporate client.
SNC-Lavalin is the largest engineering and construction company in Canada and amongst the top five global engineering design firms in the world. I was approached late last year to complete a short video promo as well as an interactive development for their exhibition at the African Mining Indaba that is currently being held in Cape...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, February 2, 2014,
Here's the project that put my hand in a cast :) Seriously though, this is dedicated to a friend of ours who passed away last year after a long battle against cancer.
Rest in peace Andries. And rest in peace Mom. You'll be in our hearts forever.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, November 12, 2013,
Above: cover design by Lindi Cameron of 4-6-11 Design
This year saw me working on two long-running documentary projects for the University of South Africa (Unisa). I once again had the pleasure of working with Dr Karendra Devroop with whom I had worked in 2012 when he was the director of the NWU’s School of Music. Karendra is currently deputy-director at the Unisa Music Foundation and approached me at the beginning of this year to produce two short documentaries, one on Unisa’s Internatio...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, May 29, 2013,
W.C. Fields said "never work with children or animals". Clearly the man had no sense of humour. Because shooting this was a lot of fun. Above and live on YouTube right now is the latest edition of NWU School of Music's Take Note.
This clip is probably one of the last news/actuality pieces that I'll be shooting with my aging Panasonic HPX-174. Why? Well you'll just have to wait and see..
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, May 22, 2013,
I recently completed this promo for NWU Vaal Triangle Campus's Faculty of Economic Sciences and IT. It builds on work I've done previously for the NWU. I again relied heavily on my two favourite creative applications: Adobe After Effects and Avid Media Composer.
I approached this one by starting at the end - the word "proud". The Faculty’s initial project brief supplied me with a few terms and phrases used in their current marketing, such as "We are proud and preferred" and "Put yourself i...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, April 16, 2013,
I had the privilege of creating an "official" NWU
promo in 2011. So when the folks at NWU Institutional Advancement phoned me up
a while ago to ask for a new one I was overjoyed to have an opportunity to try
and see if I could come up with something completely new and original. The
NWU's CID had changed since 2011 and there was now a new payoff line and a
brand new set of design elements and visual style to play with. The clip was
originally created for and shown for the first time at ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, April 9, 2013,
The friendly folks over at the NWU School of Music has informed me that the flash mob we shot last year has now reached 3000 views on YouTube. Well done all! Now, how do we improve on this...?
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, February 15, 2013,
I find myself doing more and more of these short-form news/doccie clips and I'm really enjoying them, this one for the NWU's School of Music in particular. There's something about taking a few hours' worth of complete randomness and turning it into a story that has always appealed to me. So is working with talented people - I was surprised to discover that a lot of these students are not only capable of playing one instrument, but a couple of different ones! Also have a look at the young viol...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, January 15, 2013,
Yesterday I completed my first shoot for 2013. And yes I did actually remember how all the equipment works after a very long holiday ;)
The NWU's Optentia Research Programme is currently updating all their marketing material for 2013 and has already launched their new-look, fully-overhauled website. Visit them at www.optentia.co.za and keep an eye out for an updated video currently in the works. Continue reading ...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, November 11, 2012,
Match Frame Media is proud to announce that we now supply all three campusses as well as the Institutional Office of the North-West University.
I recently had the pleasure of recording Prof Dan Kgwadi, rector of the NWU's Mafikeng Campus. The clip is unique in that it was recorded for a Mafikeng audience in Potchefstroom, proving that place and distance is no longer a hurdle in production. I'm looking forward to doing more of these recordings.
I had the opportunity to film the NWU's solar car, nicknamed the Batmobile, over the weekend and I was really glad I did because the NWU team surprised everyone by winning the event. They came into the event as complete underdogs and quickly became media favourites as the Sasol SA Solar Championship toured the country.
Above: Fitting the GoPros. In a hurry. The team was kind enough to allow us to d...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, September 9, 2012,
Above: shooting footage for an upcoming documentary on a community music project
Yes, it's documentary time again.
We've nearly wrapped up filming and I'll be starting with post-production this week. I'm really loving this project. It's a remarkable story of a group of kids who through music reach a higher potential. The remarkable part? Well the kids, many of them from underprivileged backgrounds, go from complete novices to playing in a full wind ensemble in only a week! Some truly inspir...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, August 3, 2012,
Title animations seems to be all the rage right now and I had the opportunity to complete a promo clip for a client recently that uses a lot of them. That, and plenty of stock footage clips.
I've had to deal with a lot of 29.97fps video lately and getting what is essentially NTSC clips to play smoothly inside 25fps (PAL) timelines have proven to be a bit of challenge. There's a number of workflows out there but the one that has worked the best so far uses Avid's Fluidmotion effect to do the...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, July 22, 2012,
To be honest, the first time someone mentioned the term "flash mob" to me, I had no real idea what it was. So I turned to the source of all known human knowledge...I Googled it. The oracle then told me that it would in fact require a full multicamera shoot if I wanted to do it right.
When the NWU's School of Music approached me a while ago to do this project I realized that I would need a second camera operator. I enlisted the help of my friend Andrew Wallis who brought his Canon DSLR and...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, July 17, 2012,
July is turning into a very productive month...
It's amazing how quickly word travels through the social media universe. This one was still just a vague idea in my head at 9:00am this morning... Now live on YouTube and Facebook. Keep an eye on the School of Music's Facebook page in the coming weeks for a few more of these.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, July 14, 2012,
I pride myself in being flexible and efficient, but this project really broke all records. One interactive project and one video with all the trimmings completed in one week flat (Note - please don't ask me to do this every time, this was an emergency OK:)
Above: The main menu. The interactive project shares a lot of the video's visual elements
Optentia Research Programme is a research department at the NWU's Vaal Triangle Campus. They required material for a major psychology confe...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, July 6, 2012,
Above: Background elements in this clip were given the DFT Film Stocks treatment to meet the latest NWU visual language requirements. View the full clip on YouTube
The NWU is one of my major clients and they recently changed their visual communication style to a modern contemporary "light and airy" look. Achieving what is basically a stylized "Instagram" look in future video projects through ordinary colour correction tools would take hours so it made sense to look at a serious colour grading...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, May 23, 2012,
There's nothing more pleasing than to see the stuff you've made used to the max! Featured on the NWU School of Music's Facebook page is a screen capture from their first episode of Take Note as well as the logo.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, May 20, 2012,
Above: Podcasts. Webisodes. Whatever you want call them, they're fun, they're popular and they're spreading through social media like wildfire. Who cares about broadcast television when you have the internet...
The NWU's Centre for BMI came first with BMI | TV. Then came the NWU Faculty of Engineering with e-Info. And now there's Take Note by the NWU's School of Music. All three projects aim to inform and entertain with regular internet-based video news programmes. Although each series is uniq...
We’re proud to announce
that we’ll be producing content for the School of Music at the NWU's
Potchefstroom Campus over the coming months. The School needs no introduction and
has produced some of the very best South African music talent over the years.
The School of
Music has a very active social media presence and the project will kick off
with video media aimed at it’s Facebook and Twitter audiences. So watch our YouTube channel over the coming weeks.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, April 24, 2012,
Above: The completed interactive UI featuring a 3D rotating globe that takes the user on a trip around the world.
When you get us to do a project, you’re guaranteed of two things - the final product will be handmade from the ground up and absolutely unique.
This is especially true for an interactive project just completed for the International Office of NWU’s Vaal Triangle Campus. Every year NWU Vaal receives a large number of students from all across the world. A need developed...
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, February 29, 2012,
This week I had the priviledge to shoot interviews with veteran reporter and television personality Ruda Landman. The project called for a number of short interviews to be shot and made available as WMV files for review during a training session afterwards. Time allowed for post - only 60mins! I managed to get this done by shooting on P2. We swopped cards after every interview and the media went straight into Media Composer for processing on location.
Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, January 13, 2012,
I don't normally do websites but this one was an exception and it turned out pretty well. The site is for the folks at REDCO Services who wanted a new look to go with their newly designed logo and domain name. Oh yes...I designed their logo too :)
