Coming Up Soon!

I've said it before and I'll say it again!  TUCBIDG
is awesome!  Here is a photo of The UC Marching
Band in script Cincinnati at a game in 2009. 

I am super excited for a new project I am about to embark upon!

I spend the first four years of my college career as an active member in the University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands and am currently in my fifth (and last) year where I am a part time videographer.  I am also in a production class with The Norma Rashid who knows about my connections with the band.

As such, I have been volun-told (to my delight) to create a three minute insider feature of the band.  It is great timing too!  I'll be on a road trip with TUCBIDG this weekend as the UC Bearcats beat up on the Pittsburgh Panthers!

Yeah, yeah, yeah...another project by a band student about band. Right?  Wrong!  While I have focused a class project (on more than one occasion) on the band, this one will be massively different.  First off, it will be in HD Video!  Second, it is going to be awesome!

Doc, our fearless leader/head band director, is one of those jolly ol'men who is always happy to help his students in any way he can.  As such, he is more than happy to let me do my class project on an organization we both love.  He is also pleased that I suggested giving him the finished product for the band webpage <http://www.ucband.uc.edu/band/> so that prospective new members can get an inside look into the organization too.

While everything is still in the preliminary planning stages (aka--still in my head waiting to be written down), I only have a brief idea of what my finished product will be.  I do know that I am planning to do as much of the project by myself as I can--but also I am taking into account my production weaknesses of confidence in my writing and my mediocre video editing ability.  I say this not to diminish my abilities, but instead to admit that I have learned when to ask for help.  Additionally, I plan to interview at least two of the current band directors, a drum major, various students (mostly leaders), and an on-camera stand-up by yours truly.

I secretly think that Norma spent time scheming to find a way to get me to do an on-camera stand up because I was the only one in the class who was less than interested in that.  JK!  I know the band, what the organization is about, and what TUCBIDG stands for!

Daytime Columbus!

While it is a little behind schedule, I worked as a Production Assistant Intern for Daytime Columbus, a NBC4i Columbus produced talk show.

With the show, the Host and Executive Producer, Gail Hogan, talked with business owners and organizations from all across Columbus (and Ohio) that have something to offer the community.  Topics range from landscaping ideas, home organization, and pet adoptions to upcoming theatrical events and healthy living tips.

Daytime Columbus is an 'Advo-tainment' Talk Show.  It is advertising because everyone on the show has paid to be there.  It is also entertaining because Gail is AWESOME at making everything sound fun!

Here is a peek into a typical segment.  It is a spot produced for Luxury Bath Systems, a bathroom renovations company that specializes in fast and easy bathroom solutions for both luxurious and necessary safety reasons.

I Know What I Did Last Summer!

"Punch Drunk Robot" is a special project that I worked on in August 2011 as a submission for the 48 Hour Film Project Cincinnati Festival.  As part of the festival, "Punch Drunk Robot" made it to the 'Best of Cincinnati' screening, which basically means it was considered one of the top ten submissions for the Cincinnati this year.  We were also awarded Best Song!  The three elements we needed to include were

          1. Character: Arthur or Arlene Zinnia, Acupuncturist

          2. Prop: a tray

          3. Line of Dialogue: "It's the same thing all over again"

As a crew member, I assisted with the costuming as well as being the Lead Gaffer (I was in charge the lighting crew).  Obviously, with a deadline of 48 hours, there was limited time for set-up, but considering the time constraints I think I did a pretty good job.

For more information about the 48 Hour Film Project Cincinnati, please visit http://www.48hourfilm.com/cincinnati/

The Human Stain

This is a short montage that I created for/with one of my friends for his english project.  It is based on a book he read, The Human Stain.  The title that appears in the film is what he told me it was when I was editing.  I figure I will change it to the correct title after he gets his grade.  Mean, I know.  But when I agreed to shoot on a Friday, he said I had a week to edit it.  When I begin on Monday, I find out it is due 8am on Tuesday.  Not cool.  On the plus side, since I did this without any other E-Media people, I learned a lot about what needed to get done because everything was on my shoulders!

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