Work – alexharkness.com

CSPA Basic Skills Indicator

Alex 3590 Views 2D, Animation, Corporate, Explainer Video, FCPX, Voiceover

Animated explainer video outlining key aspects of ACER client’s new Basic Skills Indicator. Minimalist graphics and motion accommodate a lot of text.

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Education & Development – Animated Overview

ah-blogEditor-SC 1943 Views ACER, Animation, Education, International Development, Learning, Video

Animated video overview for ACER’s ever expanding range of International Education & Development projects across the globe. © acer.org

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Principal for a Day – Leadership & Collaboration

ah-blogEditor-SC 3446 Views 0 Comments ACER, Education, Learning, PFAD, Principal for a Day, Video

Promotional video for Principal for a Day. © acer.org

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Australian Child Well-Being Project

ah-blogEditor-SC 3025 Views ACER, ACWP, Education, Kids, Learning, Video

Promo video for the ACWP National Survey. © www.acer.edu.au

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PAX – Event Highlights

ah-blogEditor-SC 1817 Views Education, Event highlights, Learning, PAX, STEM, Video, Video Games

Event highlights from PAX 2016. Find out more or register for 2017 at stemgames.org.au © acer.edu.au

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Digital Storytelling – John & Phyllis Wood

ah-blogEditor-SC 2135 Views Digital Storytelling, Parallax, Video

Organise your own Digital Story, Download a Brochure (PDF) and find out at more Digital Storytelling.

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Life at ACER

ah-blogEditor-SC 2321 Views 0 Comments ACER, Education, HR, Learning, Video, Video Testimonial, Workplace Satisfaction

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation established in Australia as a company limited by guarantee. Our mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve

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Animate Faces in Old Photos

Alex 1402 Views 2D to 3D, AI, Deepfake, Digital Storytelling, Photos, Vintage

This is pretty cool… Utilising applications from the current trend in AI generated DeepFake videos, animated images can now be created from still photos. Ancestors move, smile and look alive. It even works from paintings. You can now see ancestors

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Modern Australian Women Artists – WalkThrough

Alex 2444 Views Digital Storytelling, Interview, Modern Australian Women, NGV, NGVA, Video

Fly-on-the-wall video showcasing a walk-through of donated works to NGVA with Andrée Harkness, the owner of a distinguished private collection of artworks by Modern Australian Women Artists. Find out more about Digital Storytelling here: alexharkness.com/digitalstorytelling/

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Voiceovers

Alex 1814 Views Audio, Pop Filter, Studio, VO, Voiceovers, Zoom H6

Fun session recording voiceovers in the recording room with the always eppervescent Laura and the ‘Voice of ACER’ Ali. Clean, clear, professional sounding talents both.

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Fire Dancers Fiji

Alex 1781 Views BMPCC4K, Fiji, Low-light, Video

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K low-light capabilities test. No Colour Grading or Correction in post. Gotta admit, with the High Frame Rate function enabled in pitch blackness clamping down on already non-existent available light, the camera did a superb job.

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CC #6802

Alex 1408 Views Colour Correction, Colour Grading, GFX, RAW, Retouch

A sunny day on a Penninsula beach offered the opportunity for some Boaty photos. A quick trip through lightroom produced a new set of images. Colour Correction, Optical Lens Profile Adjustment, Sharpening and Mid-Tone Boost.

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Connelly & Turner Travel Associates – Photoshoot

Alex 2530 Views 85mm/1.4, Corporate Headshots, Natural Light Portraits, Portraits, Prime Lens

Staff headshots at CTTA. 85mm-1.4 Prime. Natural light portraits. No additional lights required. Thanks Lisa and the Team, super fun to work with.

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Colour Correction & Grading #473

Alex 1813 Views Color Correction, Color Grading, Colour Correction, Colour Grading, FCPX, VFX

Drag slider LEFT/RIGHT to reveal Before and After states. Extracted frame from 3 videos in a series for Professor Geoff Masters AO CEO, ACER. I’ve found that with the new colour tools in FCPX, I can save a proxy roundtrip

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Pro Bono – Auburn South Primary School

Alex 1453 Views ASPS, ASPS 2018 Fair, Billboards, CMYK, Large Format, Poster, Pro Bono

Pro Bono artwork for local primary school’s Fair. Billboards concept for the Platinum level sponsors of this year’s Auburn South Primary School Fair. Checkout the website for more details and to pre-organise your all day unlimited rides wristbands for kids.

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Logie Win for ACER

Alex 1866 Views ACER, Animation, Award, Children, Indigenous, Indigenous Education, Kids TV, Logie

It took Lisa Norris, Director of the ACER Foundation at the Australian Council for Educational Research, and project partner Ned Lander Media more than eight years to bring the first animated TV show starring Indigenous children – winner of the