Chris Homa is a freelance animator and video editor. He is based in New York and Philadelphia. He draws and colors all of his frames by hand.
I've done corporate video for different companies, but working with the MasterCard Foundation was particularly fulfilling. As a nonprofit, they provide scholarships to students in Africa for them to study at top universities in North America and Europe. I was hired on as a Multimedia Developer, so I was doing illustrations and document design in addition to video editing.
This first video is from a set of online lessons about career development. I received the footage from the in-house videographer, but after that it was up to me to find a style, design graphics, and edit the video.
When I worked there, the Foundation was busy building out a private social network for its scholarship students. The Foundation asked me to produce video tutorials to help show students how to use this network. To illustrate its features, I created motion graphic videos that mimicked the appearance of the website. This video was more like an ad than a tutorial, as it was intended to promote the social network in general by showcasing its major functionalities.
Along with video editing and graphics, I asked for some production assignments to get some practice in. For this video I did everything myself, from setting up lights and sound to running camera and conducting the interview, and then doing the edit afterwards. I did the music, too! I think they were surprised by that one, my boss was convinced it was stock music until I told her about using GarageBand to come up with a melody.