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This is an overview of some of my recent work.
It contains examples of what I can do for you!

©2009 Brett A. Noe – All rights Reserved.

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Iona Demo Reel

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Client: The Iona Group
Date: October 2008
Length: 2:44
Roles: Editor
Notes: Project demo reel for Iona.
©2008 The Iona Group, Inc. – All rights Reserved.

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Pioneer® MarketPoint® Resource

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Client: Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Date: June 2008
Length: 6:43
Roles: Director of Photography
Notes: Video for Pioneer to sell their MarketPoint Resource website to customers. Done in a narrative…

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Bradley Renaissance Gala

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Client: Bradley University
Date: May 2008
Length: 2:10
Roles: DoP
Notes: This is an overview of video shot for a live event.
©2008 Bradley University – All rights Reserved.

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Illinois River Stories: A Journey with Regional Photographers

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Client: Peoria Art Guild
Date: 10/03/07
Length: 13:26
Roles: DP, Camera Operator, Editor, VFX Designer, Colorist

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Caterpillar® – Logistics Video

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Client: Caterpillar
Date: September 2007
Length: 4:00
Roles: DP, Camera Operator
Notes: Caterpillar Logistics Welcome Center Video.
©2007 Caterpillar – All rights Reserved.

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Mars Rover (MSI Space Exhibit Renovation)

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Client: Museum of Science and Industry – Chicago (MSI)
Date: August 2007
Length: 14:17
Roles: Editor

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Improv-o-gramâ„¢

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Client: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Date: August 2007
Length: Approx. 155 finished minutes.
Roles: DP, Camera Operator
Notes: This was an interactive website project.
©2007 Tyson Foods, Inc. – All rights Reserved.

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Caterpilllar® Flexport™ Tires

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Client: Caterpillar
Date: May 2007
Length: 2:09
Roles: Camera Operator, Editor
Notes: Promotional piece for Caterpillar Flexport Tires.
©2007 Caterpillar – All rights Reserved.

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Caterpillar® Decatur Safety Video

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Client: Caterpillar
Date: April 2007
Length: 5:43
Roles: Editor
Notes: A remake of a self-made piece.
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iPad – Big iPod touch or a new way to think about computing?

04.02.2010 0

The iPad was announced on January 26th. Pundits, developers, haters and fanboys have been arguing either for or against it since. I’ve been reading a lot, and I do mean a lot of info in both directions. What follows are my opinions.

Many people have mentioned that Flash brings rich media experiences to the web that can’t be produced with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They’re right, they can’t. On the other hand, the controls on the touch devices can’t interact well with those sites anyway. You need a keyboard and mouse to properly utilize that content. So those sites would be useless on almost any tablet.

For me, and others like me, rich media isn’t what I use the web for, I use it for information. I don’t need a rich experience to find out how something works or how to do something. I need text, images and/or video and these are all things an iPad could do well.

The iPad is not a revolution, technologically speaking. Like all Apple products, however, it is an evolution of a lot of technologies. It is a revolution in how we think about computing.

We’ve had tablets before. They’ve always tried to shoehorn an existing desktop/laptop OS,designed for keyboard and mouse input, onto a device designed for input with a stylus or fingers. Inherently, these devices were doomed to failure. They were trying to be a laptop when that isn’t what they were.

The iPad is likely to succeed because it’s not trying to be a laptop. It can’t multitask, which makes it more stable. It’s apps are vetted, which makes it more stable. It doesn’t run Flash, which makes it more… you get the idea. It’s aiming to be a device which allows people to do the things most people do; browse the web, send email, track their calendar and watch videos. It also allows them to read books and do basic productivity.

I can already think of dozens of uses for this device, on and off set, in my industry. I can think of another dozen or so around the house. That’s one guy in one field. Imagine what others will dream up.

If you think about it, there are 300,000,000+ people in the United States alone. If only 1% want and buy an iPad, and only buy the 16GB WiFi model, thats $1.5 billion dollars. That’s in the U.S. alone. By any measure, I’d call that a success.