VIDEO

GRADE NINE DOCUMENTARY

Each year at Holy Cross the grade twelve com tech class produces a video, which demonstrates the life of an average Holy Cross grade nine student. The video then goes to the feeder schools in hope to bring in grade eight students to the school the following year. The video consists of eight topics each from a questioned asked during interview. The class divided into groups so a total of three students could focus on one area. The interview was filmed with a Panasonic AVC cam. As producer of my group I was in charge of asking the student questions and ensuring they answered each question with high quality. The interviews were then imported into final cut pro where the best five or six answers were picked. We then removed the blue screen from the video so we were able to place a separate video as the background. Once we established the story of the grade nine we brought them back to the classroom so we could film a reenactment of their story. That video was placed into final cut pro to play in the background as the grade nine told their story. Once each group completed their video it was given to the teacher in charge who combined them ad created a full ten-minute video.   
  
INTRODUCTION VIDEO

My HCTV introduction video was done using the programs Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro and Motion. To build the video from stratch I first had to import a JPEG logo into Final Cut Pro. I then opened Motion so I could look at backgroounds for the video and get inspriation for my introduction. Once I found the motion backgrounds I wanted to use I exported them to a seperate file and imported them to Final Cut Pro. Once they were placed onto the time reel I added movement to the actual logo. I made the logo grow, shrink and shake. When I had the video playing the way I wanted it was time to import music. I found music which matched the theme of my video in Sound Track Pro. It was then exported into a new file and imported into Final Cut Pro. Once the music was added I felt my video was complete. This work created this HCTV introduction video.

SPORTS VIDEO

This video of the Holy Cross golf team was made to promote the team over the Holy Cross website. While the team was playing a tournament at the Landings Golf Course I went out to film the players. I took multiple shots of each person at different points of the hole. When I figured I had enough video clips I took the camera back to the school. I imported the files into Final Cut Pro so I could watch the videos on the actual computer. I organized the videos on the time line in an order which made sense. I then added effects and transitions between each clip in order to the connect them and make the whole vide3o come together. Once I was happy with the video I opened Sound Track Pro to explore music beds offered in the program. I found the music I liked for the background and exported it so I could use it for my video.  Once the music was in the video was complete and this was my final project.