Thesis Project: Screening

The Senior Media Thesis screening happened Thur/Fri, May 2-3 and it went well. In front of a full Park Auditorium, The Book, received a round of applause and great acclaim from both peers and professors.

After a long semester of hard work, we finalized the film and exported for viewing. Since the project was part of my college credit, the professors frequently checked in with us and requested us to keep journals on our work, what we learned/how we used it, our feelings/thoughts/problems during the project, etc. Overall, it was a great learning experience.

If you would like to view the piece, please contact me.

Thesis Project: Final Stages of Post

Today, we are exporting a picture-locked film and sending it off to our sound editor/mixer. For the past few days, I have been working very closely with the two producers to finalize the editing process -- reviewing all of the scenes, double checking for continuity, setting up transitions, creating the credits, etc.

Although it is nice to be your own boss, it is often helpful for someone else to oversee / review your work. I like to think that the work I produce is top notch and the best it can be; obviously that is not always the case, which is why having a second (or third) set of eyes to review the edits is incredibly effective. This film, I have the luxury of having two producers who have been double and triple checking my edits to ensure everything actually is, the best it can be!

Dates for the screening has not been officially announced by the Park School; once announced, I will post about it!

Thesis Project: Post Production

Shooting has completed and we are well into post production. As the primary post production editor, I have the responsibility of making everything look and sound good. I working most closely with the video editing and syncing all the dialogue. There is another student working with us, specifically doing the audio editing and mixing.

The rough cut has been exported and currently being reviewed by our professors and peers, providing essential feedback to make the best final project we can. We hope to have the video locked and ready for sound mixing by the end of this week, so look out for another update soon!

Thesis Project

I have been quite busy these past few weeks with various events, shoots, and school work! Here is the update you all have been waiting for, well maybe not everyone... but here it is!

The Book is the project I am working on, as my senior thesis project. Although not one of the creators or producers, I have taken on a large role in this production, master editor. In essence, I have been working to digitally piece together the different scenes and make everything look good. We have already shot and edited, very roughly, almost half of the film. The crew is getting ready to shoot the last few scenes this weekend.

Another update will be when shooting completes and editing goes into full gear!

Production Stills from Day 1

NBC Olympics Internship: Update V

It's all over! :(

The last few days of the internship went by so fast; covering the finals of wrestling and handball on Friday and Saturday were quite interesting. After not sleeping too well on Friday night, coming into 30 Rock Saturday morning having to watch wrestling was not what I was hoping for. Thankfully, the handball matches made up for the 3 hours of men's wrestling! I never thought handball (a mixture of basketball, soccer, and field hockey), would be such an interesting sport to watch.

On the last day of the internship and the Games, we continued logging events but also remembered the past few weeks with each other and how much of a great time we had!

Now... off to a semester in Los Angeles with Ithaca College.

NBC Olympics Internship: Update IV

Damn-- NBC Olympics is such a fantastic internship! With all the different people and backgrounds, even just within my department, it is so incredible to see the staff come together and put together such an incredible display of professional -- both behind the scenes and on air!

After a week of tennis, I ended up covering "futbol" (aka American soccer), some volleyball, and taekwando! Just as the previous week went, I was watching the events live and taking notes of worthy occurances/preparing them for the highlight reels.

I truly cannot believe that in a mere three days, this whole experience will be over! This last weekend, I plan to enjoy every second of it -- the internship AND the city that never sleeps!

NBC Olympics Internship: Update III

So a week as gone by since my last post and everything with my NBC Olympics internship has been so incredible.

For the first few days, I was scheduled for the 3am shift. At first, I was scared -- 'cause ya know, taking the NYC subway at 3am is kind of sketchy... thankfully, our supervisors informed us that NBC would provide a car service for these 3am shifts and I sighed in relief!!

During the first few 3am shifts, I was covering the daily live-aired tennis matches from Bravo (one of the networks NBC is airing Olympic events). After those first few 3am shifts, they moved me just to cover tennis and I have been logging tennis all of last week, thru the medal rounds (yesterday, Sunday). I got to see two crazy Olympic records (longest set in Olympic history AND longest match in Olympic history) and got to watch some great world-class tennis matches!!!

Now that tennis has ended, some new events for logging are coming my way!

NBC Olympics Internship: Update II

Since my last post on Tuesday (Aug 24), I have begun my daily responsibilities and learning nonstop from various peers and NBC staff.

As some already know, I am working with NBC Olympics as a Digital Production Services Logger -- watching the events live, taking notes, and prepping footage for online/on-air highlights. Although, I cannot post about specific events -- I can say that the knowledge and skills I am learning about from NBC directors, producers, supervisors, editors is so awesome! 

Whether it be simply watching events, shadowing producers, or helping editors cut highlights -- there has been so much great stuff that I have been able to learn.

P.S. yes -- this was posted at 4:14 am...because of the time difference and the need to watch events live // we are at 30 Rock already, logging footage!

NBC Olympics Internship: Update I

I made it... I have started my internship with NBC Olympics as an event logger! As a logger, along with 12 or so other interns, we ultimately prepare the event footage for highlights -- we watch the Games live, among all of us EVERY SINGLE EVENT, and take notes about highlight-worthy happenings.

Since Saturday 7/21 til now, we have been participating in orientation and got training on the various software/equipment we will be using. It is quite interesting to see the different platforms used in the corporate broadcasting, compared to college television.

Either way, I am excited to begin logging Olympic events tomorrow (football group stages) and the full Games starting Saturday.

New Blog w ALL Publications of my Media Work

This blog was created to host all of my individual work.

Starting in 2009 (transferred from my old sites), I began working with The Ithacan - producing, shooting, and editing numerous video articles. In Ithaca, I have also worked on ICTV programming: ranging from news, sports, and specialty programming.

Additionally, in the Summer of 2012, I worked in two post-production internships. One at America's Most Wanted; the other with NBC Olympics.

As more of my produced (and/or edited) clips become available, they will be posted here.

America's Most Wanted Episode 1101 Coming Up Tease

This was the second project that I edited -- a "coming up" tease for July 6th episode.

There are two versions included in this edit: the first went to air; the second (at :50 seconds) was a different version that did not air.

Watch my edits below, or on YouTube.

America's Most Wanted Episode 1100 APB

I started this summer as a post-production intern with America's Most Wanted. This was the first project that I edited -- the June 29th episode's All Points Bulletin (APB).

An APB provides updates for previously aired fugitives. The footage was provided, and my job was to rewrite the script and shorten to visual story - while still providing all necessary information.

Watch the final cut below, on YouTube, or on Lifetime's AMW website (episode 29).

Valentine's Day Animation

During the Spring 2012 semester, I am took a course in animation and learned Abode After Effects. One of the projects was to create a short and simple Valentine's Day animation.

Watch the animation below, or click here.

The Breakfast Glee Club

A classic film and popular television series become one in this Golden Doorknob epic.

This was created for our final Fall 2010 Fiction Field project, as well as for the spring's Golden Doorknob competition.

Produced by Ben Buchen, Andrew Casper, Deanna Dearo, and Pete Hawley.

Written and Directed by Pete Hawley

Watch the video below, or click here.

Film Scene Remake: Clerks

For a project in my Fiction Field course during Fall 2010, my group recreated a scene from "Clerks" and this is the final edit of it. Shot with the JVC GY-5100 digital video camera, post production work on Final Cut Pro.

Watch it below, or click here.

Chase Scene: Stiletto

For the first project of my Fiction Field course during Fall 2010, my group created a short chase scene - Stiletto. Shot with the JVC GY-5100 digital video camera, post production work on Final Cut Pro.

Watch it below, or click here.