The Grade Twelve Communications Technology I have been apart of has created a video to introduce Grade Eight students to high school life. For this project, I was in charge (producer) of the content as well as working on the audio associated with it. For this project, we interviewed several grade nines and asked them multiple questions about their current high school experience and future plans. For our group, we were in charge of presenting their future plans.
The equipment I used for this video includes a Panasonic PVC camera with a boom microphone and audio equipment. The software used to edit this video includes, Final Cut Pro 7 to edit the audio levels along with the video, as well as Soundtrack Pro to incorporate background music into the video. This video will be sent across to all the feeder elementary schools to show how Holy Cross and high school is a new and exciting experience.
CHRISTMAS MASS
This video is documentation of the highlights from our yearly Christmas Mass that we celebrate as a school community. I was responsible for both recording (with the help of Mikayla Macdonald) and editing the footage to be viewed. When recording this event I had to face some difficulties. At the points while the standing (since I was at the back of the gym) it was difficult to capture events at the front of gym even with the tripod almost fully extended and camera almost out of my reach, yet the shots were successfully captured and worked in my favour. Another obstacle I had to face was students around me both sitting and standing. Excess audio can be captured by voices around and interfering with certain shots (ie. recording the choir) yet excess noise was able to be avoided.
This event was documented using a Canon Vixia HFS100 HD camera with a 6.4 -64mm 1:1.8 lens as well as a standard tripod fully elevated. The video was edited on an iMac computer with Final Cut Pro 7 utilizing the choir music through out the whole video while overlaying multiple shots of the whole mass. This video was presented on the Holy Cross website (hctoday.ca) to show the school community and household the event if they were unable to attend.
THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
This video is documentation of our school's Thanksgiving Food Drive held in the fall. I was instructed to both video and photograph this event for a Grade Twelve Communications Tech project as well as for school archive purposes. Each year Holy Cross, along with other high schools, holds a food drive to help the less fortunate in Kingston over Thanksgiving. As a school community, each home room donates non perishable food items as well as money to feed the hungry and give them a wonderful Thanksgiving. Through this event, I was able to document all the food our school had donated, as well as the school community (student council and CICS) loading the donation truck.
The equipment used to film this even include a Canon Vixia HFS100 HD camera with a 6.4 -64mm 1:1.8 lens. To capture this event whole event into highlights for a minute and a half video, I used Final Cut Pro 7 on an iMac computer. I also utilized Soundtrack Pro to incorporate a happy upbeat background sound to capture the feeling of the event. This video was to be used on the Holy Cross site to show the events going on during the fall, but now will be used for archive purposes.
PSA - WATER
This PSA was a Grade Eleven Communications Technology Audio/Video project to make aware the use of water and how we need to conserve it. This video concept was based the whole idea of conservation of water with a horror film mixture. My partner and I decided that we wanted to bring the idea across using a scary feel as well as showing everything a normal person would do on a daily basis that would involve water loss.
There are multiple pieces of videography that was used to film this production. A Canon Vixia HFS100 HD camera with a 6.4 -64mm 1:1.8 lens as well as mic kits were used to capture crisp clear sound for the parts in the video with talking. Some lights were also used as reflectors to allow a more eerie feel. This video was edited using Final Cut Pro 7 while incorporating techniques from our Grade Ten class. Using only five frames of a video pieces and placing them side by side allowed us to bring to life the water bottles through stop motion. Soundtrack Pro was also used to add in sound effects as well as some audio. This video was used for contest purposes as well as developing all of the skills we had obtained over the semester.
STOP MOTION PRODUCTION
This stop motion video was a Grade Ten Communications Technology project that was filmed in Room 218. For this task, as a group we must take an idea of choice and incorporate the method of stop motion while telling a story. My group chose to do a story about a bird, but in a unique and artistic way. Instead of using our own bodies, we decided to use skittles and other candies to portray our scenes. The story portrays a bird that is looking for his soul mate. He travels across the ocean, through the cities and through different seasons to finally reach his true love at the other side.
This video took a lot of work and steps to accomplish. We used a Canon Vixia HFS100 HD camera with a 6.4 -64mm 1:1.8 lens elevated on a tripod as well as two Camray portable lighting systems to clearly show the story. In the group, my role for the video was audio production. Therefore, I used Soundtrack Pro to create calming background music to portray the story as well as sound effects to add to its depth. Collectively, the whole video was edited on Final Cut Pro 7 where each still shot we took was cut into five frames each to give the stop motion effect. From all the hard work we put into this video, it was incorporated into the Genesis (Art) Awards video that year to open the ceremony.
INTRODUCTION VIDEO
As a introductory project to the program Motion, as well as producing a video, our Grade Twelve Communications Technology created Introduction Videos for the production we make. This intro video is for regular student productions (HCTV). For this introduction I used the program Motion with the Particle Emitters of: Sound Check, Analog Modulator and Fireworks 01 to create a technology feel. After finishing the visuals in the background, it is then exported and transferred into Final Cut Pro 7 to add text as well as the HCTV logo. This video was used to improve my skills in Motion as well to use in front of other projects.
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