Bye Bye

Finally, the Digital Journalism class is over. December has rolled around and we are officially done with the first semester of our senior year. The Amazing Videos team's members are graduating in just a few months. Below you can see some of our work. It has slowly progressed from the minimal Final Cut Pro skills to the last video done about Alec Harrison, which is the best we have done so far, in my opinion.
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Here is our last video for digital journalism class on Alec Harrison

Alec Harrison is a senior at Roger Williams University. This video was supposed to be about someone interesting, and let me tell you, Alec is as interesting as they get. Not only is he an incredible musician, but he is just as good of a graphic designer. Although his first love is music, he realizes that it is a hard occupation to make a good living at, and therefore was quick at picking up graphic design. Alec not only sings, but he plays the guitar and piano and makes his own beats to his lyrics. He recently created a calendar for a project in a graphic design class, which he decided to share with us. Alec Harrison is most definitely on the track to success.

Cars

Recording video while in the car can be tricky, so parts of the video above are a little shaky. Since the assignment was requiring a song to be represent the theme of the video, I believe the song used fits the theme perfectly.

As far as the Final Cut Pro skills used while editing this video, the group learned how to work with some other features such as reverse video, lay music on the bottom of cut video and so on.

Hope you enjoy!

Talented Lacrosse Player

Emily Schall is a senior at Roger Williams University and has been a defense lacrosse player for the past eight years and four of those years have been played at Roger Williams University. She loves playing on a team which is what she will miss most after she graduates and can not wait for lacrosse season to begin in the spring!

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In regards to Final Cut, we have improved our skills quite a bit. This is the first video we used sound and video transitions. It is no longer as choppy as it used to be. However, we learned that some transitions are better than others and what to use when.
Another new tool we used was the lower3rds which added an identification to our subject.
Enjoy!

RWU Farmers Market

Since I am usually not the reporter, it was hard being in front of the camera. I know appreciate more the work of those who have the courage to be filmed. I wish I did not have a piece of paper in my hand, or if at least the shot was closer so the viewer could not see it. The people we asked to speak to us were really nice and opened to the idea. We also shot a lot of Broll so we had stuff to pick out of.

Some more Final Cut Pro

I am very excited because we learned how to do a couple more things in Final Cut Pro. Learning how to use other tools such as lower thirds, volume adjustments and transitions definitely made the video quality improve.
We also learned more about how to write and read the script, and how to more efficiently frame our shots. I would have never thought that color takes such a valuable part in videos, and now I know which colors go together as opposed to clashing.

RWU Revamps Smoking Policy

BRISTOL, RI - The student affairs department at Roger Williams University has
taken serious strides to reducing the number of cigarette consumption on
campus. Last spring semester they implemented a smoking policy that punished
both students and staff from smoking in areas outside the designated smoking
area. These isolated areas consist of gazebos and parking lots.   
    The immediate improvement was far from seen. The weak policy regulation
and minuscule consequences resulted in smokers continuing their regular
habits. Rather then giving up regulating smokers the student affairs council
went back to the drawing board to revamp the policy. The new action taken on
smoking violators is far more severe. There is no longer a warning. Instead an
immediate 50$ fine and a hour of community service. Multi offenders are
slapped with a 100$ fine.
    "There are no longer people lined up outside of academic buildings or
residence halls smoking. There is much, much less public smoking happening
across campus. There has been a reduction of cigarette butts littering the
campus and the smoking gazebos that we used as designated smoking areas are
getting very heavy use," said John King the RWU Director of Student Affairs.