Craig Van HorneDec 30, 20215 minScorched Ice Digital after Twenty YearsScorched Ice Digital after twenty years. A short history, behind the name. My evolution in video production, in Calgary Alberta.
Craig Van HorneNov 12, 20214 minCreative Collaboration & the PandemicTo borrow from Robert Munsch, the past eighteen months has been a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year. I can say without question...
Craig Van HorneAug 18, 20158 minMentoring | A Question of Perspective for CreativesI know what you’re thinking… “Really… another article about mentoring?” Well yeah, and while I have mentioned mentoring before I haven’t...
Craig Van HorneAug 10, 20153 minMake Business HumanI’ve started using a phrase that I think represents what business needs to be doing more today than at almost any other time in history....
Craig Van HorneAug 7, 20154 minWhen looking for a Video Services Provider, what should businesses be asking first?The question is… What is a good way to determine who we want to work with on our companies video project? Because the majority of the...
Craig Van HorneApr 13, 20151 minParkland Fuel Corporation :: AccessWe recently completed a web commercial for our friends at Parkland Fuel Corporation. It is always a treat working with the wonderful...
Craig Van HorneApr 10, 20151 minThe Western Hockey League :: Raise Your PlayWe were approached by our friends at the Western Hockey League to produce a new recruitment video for the league. The WHL is one of the...
Craig Van HorneApr 10, 20152 minEye Contact with your Audience :: It can be Simple & EffectiveLooking into a camera naturally is a difficult thing to do. Looking into a lens and articulating a message and maintaining the eye line...
Craig Van HorneMar 15, 20153 minIs ‘Good Enough’ Acceptable in Creative Video Work?Good Enough… isn’t necessarily a cop out… everyone does ‘good enough’ whether to meet deadlines or to meet budgetary limitations. That...
Craig Van HorneJan 13, 20142 minPhilip Bloom | Digital Bolex Skin Tone Grade and Denoise TestSo I tracked down the download that Mr. Bloom was again so kind to share, especially considering it stars some of his family members. I...
Craig Van HorneNov 22, 20131 minInfluencer | Mac Van WielingenOnce again we were very proud to have been a part of the Ivey School of Business’, Global Ivey Day. Every year the Calgary Ivey Alumni...
Craig Van HorneNov 11, 20133 minPNY User Story | Jump StudiosMany of my friends and colleagues will know that I’ve been providing technical support, workflow design and post production systems...
Craig Van HorneSep 11, 20133 minSpeedLooks by LookLabs enters into Licensing Agreement with AdobeMy friends over at LookLabs, who make the awesome color grading looks… or LUTs (Lookup Tables); SpeedLooks, have entered into a licensing...
Craig Van HorneAug 10, 20131 minTop Chef Canada Audition VideoI recently helped out an old friend of mine, Jason Pederson, who is the executive chef at Hotel Blackfoot with an audition video for Top...
Craig Van HorneJun 3, 20138 minThe Reality of ‘Cost Effective’ Video ProductionMoney makes the world go round… right? I mean we are employed at our jobs with the expectation that we will be paid an agreeable amount...
Craig Van HorneApr 13, 20131 minRecent Work :: That Funny Magic GuyWe had the pleasure of working with an extremely talented magician, Jason Werhun – That Funny Magic Guy, over the years and have now just...
Craig Van HorneApr 1, 20135 minColor Grading :: SpeedLooks Irritates Me… In a good wayI’ve said for years that everything needs some level of color correction to fix mistakes or slight imperfections recorded in camera or to...
Craig Van HorneApr 1, 20131 minShareholder Message for TransCanadaProject: CEO Message to Shareholders Agency: Bryan Mills Iradesso Client: TransCanada Pipelines Limited Project Overview We were...
Craig Van HorneApr 1, 20132 minNew Kit | TeleprompterWe recently did some testing on several teleprompters, Applied Electronics and Autocue were incredibly helpful and in the end we...
Craig Van HorneFeb 11, 20132 minCanon C100 Grading Test with SpeedLooksThe video below is a grading test of the Canon C100 using it’s internal codec (which is a 4:2:0 color space at 24Mbps AVCHD) so how far...