I've had a disability for thirty-one years.
I was involved in a car accident in 1987. I'm Bob Ness, I'm a video Producer
and Editor, and I've always wanted to be part of the production,
and I would have to hire DP's to shoot
whatever I wanted for my videos and
when I saw that Canon came out with an app, that I could actually pull focus with, on
the 5D Mark Four, I was really excited because I can finally be a part of the production
because instead of having to explain shots that I wanted to people,
I could actually go out and get them myself, which
was really important to me , because I would always have to ask people to shoot
now I could just go out and shoot whatever footage I wanted, bring it back and
edit myself, so ...it was really kind of a game changer for me.
I was a communications major and I always wanted to
be involved in television and, and video
and radio, so I was
determined to get back involved with it , and you know it took a while for technology
to go from tapes to digital , but it
finally did, and I was able to ..I started working as a producer and editor
and then, kept on working in the business until
I was editing the digital stuff
then non-linear editing came out, and I always wanted to shoot and I couldn't
because the cameras were too bulky and too big and now
things have gotten so small and easy to handle that I'm finally get out
in the field and shoot my own videos, so it's been a long trajectory but
I think it's worked out so far. I have a company that's called: Sliding Board Productions
I called it Sliding Board Productions because a sliding board is a piece of wood
you put under you to transfer from your chair to another chair or
to uhh.. a couch or bed or whatever, but I think that a story takes you from
one places to another, as the board takes you from one place to another. I work with marketing
departments, marketing videos , telling stories about
services, new products , I also work with a lot of non-profits
and tell their stories, help raise funds
It's a fun business I really enjoy it and uhh.. I hope to keep doing it.
I'm located in Chicago Illinois, and I've been in
business for, I worked in video for about twenty years and i've had my own company for
about five , you know we could always be a little more busy.
maybe... (laughs) but it's fun, that's the main thing I
really enjoy it everyday, so ..