Another year's IABC Excel Awards have passed, and bv02 has taken home some glass! Our Arctic Watch Video Series captivated the judges and won an Excel Award in the Audiovisual category. bv02 was in full attendance (and dress attire) to accept our award in front of the Ottawa's communication community. The... Read more »
Posts By: Matt
The Deckster - An iPod Nano Timepiece
Everyone in Ottawa loves (or should love) to support local companies, and today a local company needs your help. N-product is raising funds to produce their first product called Deckster which is an watch case that can hold the newest iPod Nano. The watch is entirely made in North America using sustainable processes.... Read more »
bv02's Andrew Milne Judges Algonquin/OC Transpo Video Contest
Our very own CEO Andrew Milne, Max Keeping of CTV and OC Transpo General Manager Alain Mercier have selected the best of 10 videos filmed by Algonquin College's Public Relations and Television Broadcasting students. The entrants have created videos to help remind the public of the importance of priority seating on... Read more »
Sessions,Keynotes and BBQ
In the last couple of days I have been to a huge variety of SXSW events. I've sat in on panels with big entertainment companies like Time Warner to discuss the convergence of interactive and television, learned about making your employees your family with @stickergiant of Sticker Giant (Andrew asked such a good... Read more »
Making the Pilgrimage
After a rather hellish trip i've completed my pilgrimage to the (current) center of nerddom in the world, Austin TX. I cant wait to share the things I see and people I meet, but I figure initially I'd share my first impressions of this wonderful event. I rolled in my cab yesterday to a sunny city filled with an army... Read more »
Matt's Video Corner - Algonquin Park Camping
Welcome to Matt's video corner. I realized recently that I shoot a lot of video. I shoot video of the things I do, the events I attend, and the places I go. I'll be posting updates of all the videos that the bv02 team and I produce for fun. So. Here is a video summation of my trip to Algonquin Park earlier this... Read more »
Helping out: The CCFC Heel 'n' Wheel-a-thon
Almost everyone has a charity or cause they really believe in. Mine happens to be the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada. I produced this video for a local fundraising event where we raised $99 000 for the CCFC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Om5_U9bqq4c?feature=player_embedded I've found that the trick... Read more »
Hipstamatic - Whats old is new again!
I have officially replaced my iphone camera app. No it isnt with some full featured ultra camera app, its with a low-fi solution. Hipstamatic is a camera app that emulates the "film" effect. Users can use different lenses, flashes, and film types to re-create the very popular toy camera film photography. Instead of... Read more »
The Art of Making Munny.
Its not the newest craze out there, but everyone here @bv02 seems to love the Munny. Whats a Munny you ask? They are essentially blank vinyl toys that were designed to be painted. Think of it as a canvas with shape. Over the last few years I have made a handful of Munnys. Most recognizably is my Munny Speaker set I... Read more »
Bloggers turned Authors
The days are upon us where simply owning a popular blog doesn't make you money. Firstly there is Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV the popular wine podcast series. Gary has had a handful of successful online presences and released a book called Crush it to help people realizing how to cash in on what they... Read more »
App-review: Reel Director
Reel Director is one of the first full iphone based editing applications that I have found. This application allows you to import, edit, render, and upload video. Clips can simply be imported from the photo library and placed in the timeline. Once in the timeline it is super simple to trim these clips and add... Read more »