The incredible lineup of keynote speakers at our 2018 and 2019 Inspire conferences ranged from world-renowned travelers and social media tinkerers to TV personalities and political cartoonists. We needed to find a cohesive way to setup these leading authorities to take the stage, but still do right by their individual stories and personal brands. Favata and Tiffany devised a series of "bumpers," or short videos that teased specific biographical bits with fast-moving, playful visuals. The first year, Jun recorded footage of specific props in our studio to embody each speaker—boots, globes, phones, tube TVs! Anything to compliment and clash with the vector graphics and create a collage of mixed-media compositions. The second year, we went full duotone, treating every photo and video clip of the presenter with a brilliant flourescent palette.
Inspire: Leading Authorities' Day of Ideas
LAI Video continues to co-host Inspire: Leading Authorities' Day of Ideas along with its sister-businessesLAI Live and LAI Speakers. Designed as a day-long, TEDx-style conference, the meeting needs some creative firepower to quickly roll call ten speakers without dragging the show down. But these little video nuggets need to also be uplifting, you know? Inspiring even.
Telling the Story of Storytellers
Tease but Don't Spoil!
Rob and Anthony laced each 20-second stinger with a rich sound design, that included a funky tune or soundbites from the speakers themselves. We didn't want to take away specific talking points from the upcoming speech or, heaven-forbid, steal a punchline(!), but we did want to present a prelude of catchy concepts. The conferences kicked off with the biggest overture — an opening video that previewed the series's visuals and tone for a day, as promised, of ideas.
Tiffany Lewis
Tiffany's unmistakable style makes otherwise flat statistics and images burst with excitement and life.
James Favata
James specializes in exploring new avenues, and who knows, together you may even end up off the map.
Anthony Jacoway
Under his calm exterior, Anthony is simmering with big ideas and a bottomless reserve of the latest industry trends.
Rob Kramer
Rob Kramer is an Editor-Animator-Producer-Videographer. Wow that's a mouthful.
Jun Young Yang
Jun has been traveling everywhere (including a place called Anguilla) to document special events and create unique images for clients.
Maddie Bates
Maddie spends her days managing marketing events and encouraging the nerds to make fun and exciting intro videos.
Tori Furphy
A mother of three and a work mother of a dozen—Tori operationalizes a perfectly rewarding client experience.
James Loizou
Perhaps best epitomized by his signature red sneakers and tie, James Loizou thrives between the worlds of "the creative" and "the business."
Kate Burns
Kate is the chief operating officer and is involved across the company in executing plans for growth.
