My spec spot for Weather Channel isn’t doing me any good sitting on my hard drive so I put it out on YouTube for the world to see.

I should have titled this post “Your Place or Mine?”

I really like to edit video. I used to edit full time and it was great. Now I’m on my own and find myself working at coffee shops and remote sites, so I’ve installed Final Cut Pro Production Suite on my PowerBook. Very liberating to be able to edit video remotely - coffee shop, airplane, etc. Looks cool too. The stares I get from the PC laptop guys typing away in Word and Excel are great.

So editing remotely got me thinking about selling mobile editing services. I show up with my gear at your place, we rough in an edit, produce some hot motion graphics, I export an EDL that you take to a high-end posthouse to finish. Or I show up, we edit, produce some hot motion graphics, then we finish to DVD. Nice.

I think it has potential.

Philip Shippert and I collaborated on this spec spot for the Weather Channel. It was initially conceived as a still shot for Philip’s portfolio. I convinced him that it would be better if we could add motion to it. So we shot it in 35mm with broadcast in mind and decided it would be perfect for the Weather Channel. We shot on a perfect fall day, with a full crew. I edited it and had a custom track built for it. I fired off a VHS copy down to Atlanta and called the creative director. The conversation went like this.

Me: So what do you think?
Weather Channel: “We don’t do quirky anymore”

And that was it. It was that short.

So watch it for yourself and let me know what you think. Philip and I like quirky. We like to be a little off-beat. If you are looking for quirky Philip and I would happy to produce a spot for you. If you like “Weatherhead” we’d be more than happy to change to the logo for you.