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Here at bv02 we have shot many a two person interview (or two up). Here are some gear/layout tips and tricks to make the interview looks amazing.
Gear:
We primarily shoot with Digital SLR cameras. After breaking a handful of expensive bodies, we settled on the Canon 550D, which balances video quality and price quite nicely.

For interviews [...]

October’s EECI Conference 2011 in Brooklyn, NY was no ordinary developer conference. EECI was a collection of the best and brightest in the biz – a flurry of great ideas and outstanding minds in one place, for three exciting & informative days.

We Are Embedded was created by bv02 for Teknision, a leading experience design consultancy, as a means to explore the evolution of our connection with the technology and devices we utilize every day.
Through videos, blogs, and manifesto posts written by Gabor Vida, President at Teknision, discussions on this topic will take place. Gabor has over [...]

Once again, we are are looking at another major shift in the media industry. Remember when music companies said they would never lose control of the marketplace and the idea of people downloading music was a pipe dream? Well, I know people who have never even purchased music in physical form (i.e. LP, cassette, CD, [...]

Today’s online world is crowded with visual clutter. The level of engagement happening outside of the web is high, and it appears in the form of new media.
Why? Well to begin with, more than half of mobile users in Canada have an Internet-ready device, so an increasing number of users are browsing the Web on [...]

QR codes, otherwise known as “Quick Response Codes” are a unique barcode that allows its content to be decoded at high speed or, in other words, in the flash of a camera on your smartphone. These barcodes hold specific information that can vary from webpages and articles to text messages, photos and videos.
Now let’s take [...]

Gug·gen·heim pronounced [goog-uhn-hahym] -noun: “An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum is at once a vital cultural centre, an education institution, and the heart of an international network of museums of modern and contemporary art.”
YouTube pronounced [ju-tju-b] -noun and Trademark: “A video sharing website [...]

Seriously awesome PR stunt via Lowe Roche in Toronto.
What’s on the bottom of cars – “Nothing sticks like Quattro.”

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 [...]

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.

I’ve found that the trick for these types of videos is to keep them super upbeat, luckily [...]