History Archive

  • Wooten: an Abilene Life Trailer

    Wooten: an Abilene Life Trailer

    I’ve had the pleasure to once again work with Jay Moore, my partner in crime at “Class of ’78 Productions” and the host of a series on the history of Abilene titled “History In Plain Sight,” on the latest episode for that series. This video...

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  • Teaser for First Financial Bankshares Video

    Teaser for First Financial Bankshares Video

    The folks at First Financial Bank asked Jay Moore and I to put together a history of the bank for internal purposes. They’ve graciously allowed me to place a portion of the video here on my website. The final video was 25 minutes long and...

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  • Book Review: “The FullHD” from VASST

    Book Review: “The FullHD” from VASST

    Several months ago, a book was recommended to me by a Twitter fellow-followee (@hmcknight) titled, The FullHD, Fully Focused on High Definition. The context for the conversation/tweets and emails was my frustration with codecs, frame-rates and how to get cinema-style quality in my videos. Like...

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  • History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 3

    History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 3

    History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore created in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene’s streets are named. In this third part,...

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  • History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 2

    History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 2

    History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore created in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene’s streets are named. In this second part,...

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  • History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 1

    History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street? – Part 1

    I have a great time over the last few months working with Jay Moore on his History in Plain Sight video series. Jay and I share a common passion for Abilene, Texas history and a desire to share these stories with our community and the...

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  • History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street to Air on Suddenlink Channel 7

    History in Plain Sight – Who Is That Street to Air on Suddenlink Channel 7

    Set the DVR! History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a 30-minute program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene streets are named. The...

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  • Video Is Not 72 Dots Per Inch

    Video Is Not 72 Dots Per Inch

    Taken in part from the Final Cut Studio 3 Help system: There are many things to struggle with in the video world.  One item that, for one reason or another, has been difficult for me to wrap my mind around is how to prepare images...

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  • Vintage Base Ball at Buffalo Gap Historic Village

    Vintage Base Ball at Buffalo Gap Historic Village

    Over the last two years, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know a bunch of guys that love history and love baseball. There’s only one problem: they spell it as “base ball” with two separate words. This spelling comes from how the game was...

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