Back by popular demand, in this project we made some more “Thank You” videos for the College of Medicine. During their annual scholarship reception dinner at The Blackwell, we setup our studio in the attached conference room. Similar to the last project, we interviewed 18 students as they thanked their donors.
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In this project, the College of Medicine has asked us to help them thank specific donors for their contributions to various scholarships. Most of these 30+ videos are going to be inserted into personalized video greeting cards, addressed directly to the donor. The remainder of these will either be generalized and ready for future usage, or posted online for promotion. This project required a studio atmosphere where we can control lighting and sound quality, so we decided to make our own studio.
The time lapse video below shows Jason and I transforming a standard classroom (Graves 1187) into our own video production studio.
Screenshot of the final product.
What do we do when our office slows down for the holidays? SURPLUS! Technology moves very fast. Every year, new AV equipment is purchased, old equipment is retired, and a lot of stuff accumulates in a corner. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the time to clean and organize all of our storage rooms around the campus, to help our department function more efficiently. We threw out approximately 10-15 carts of trash straight to the dumpster, recycled hundreds of items, and managed to surplus (and document) a whopping 194 items. That’s a great way to start 2015!
If there’s a will… there’s a way! Today we trucked 2 of our production carts through a couple inches of unplowed snow over to Atwell Hall, to shoot the first of 6 nutritional videos for James Care for Life. Each instructional video will be dispersed by the James Care for Life team beginning in Jan 2015!
Today, we recorded a Jim Warner cooking demonstration as part of the “Health & Wellness Lunch & Learn” series. With over 150 people in attendance, Jim taught everyone how to prepare healthier food during the holidays. For this event, we projected a camera shot of this onto the screen in Ross 1213, so the audience could see a closer shot of Jim and his demonstration. We also mounted a GoPro camera above Jim to later add to the recording in post production. This event was project managed by Eric Graham.
Check out the final video: Here
Big IDEAS for Health is a series run out of the IDEA Studio where healthcare innovators compete for a chance to win a final $10,000 prize. These events are moderated by Clay Marsh and have a 5 person judges panel to decide a winner. This year’s series, project managed by Allison Donel, is recorded as a two camera live switch, plus graphics. This is episode 2 of 5.
Last week, Allison Donel managed two separate “Board of Trustees” meetings. This event has moved around quite a bit over the years, and this time they moved into the Ross Auditorium. Our team transformed the normal AV system in 1213 into a 1st class board room. The VIP attendees were happy to additionally find a floor confidence monitor, 2 stand-mounted flat screen monitors, and 24 individual table microphones live-mixed by Allison.
Today we shot a couple scenarios for the PCMH (Patient Centered Medical Home) project though Family Medicine. After we finish editing, these educational topics will live on the PCMH website. Shoot number 2 is on Monday!
