Video Production

     In com tech this semester we made two types of different videos. I would of still loved to make more. We got to make bumpers and work on Holy Cross's 25^th Anniversary video. In video production I am more about graphics and editing. I enjoy working with a camera in my hands but would much rather be on the macs editing the final production.
 INTRO/ BUMPERS

     Personally I thought the bumpers were a lot of fun. You got to be creative and really had a good variety of different techniques, and skills to pick from. We made three bumpers, one for HCTV, KASSAA, and Holy Cross 25^th Anniversary. We used Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Soundtrack Pro. In a ten second bumper we had to have motion, backgrounds, background music, sound effects, text and slugs. For HCTV, and 25^th Anniversary I kept it classic, and got the point across, but for the KASSAA bumper I put a little more effort and creative thoughts into it. I used the motion tool in Final Cut Pro to animate sport balls, a basketball, baseball, and football. 

ANNIVERSARY VIDEO

      The 25^th anniversary videos took a lot more work then any of the students where expecting I think. They took quite bait of time, and they were much more sophisticated techniques, effects and more layers that needed to be added. To begin the video we really started out with interviews of the Class of 2011 grads. Before interviews we arranged teams and were assigned our topics. Each team mate had their own job; Audio, Graphics, & Interviewer. I was in charge of graphics. We made the video in Final Cut Pro and used Soundtrack Pro for music. We started the video by logging and capturing our talking heads, and erasing the blue screen background. After we had all the heads in, we added in background images and effects such as guassin blur, and fades. For final touch we added background music, sound clips, and headings.