Importing/Exporting Videos Tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to import media and export videos in Final Cut Pro.

                             First open Final Cut Pro (the one on the right) and wait for it to load

Then click File: Import: Media 

Select the first clip you have 

Then press Shift and Click on the last clip you want to select all

Click Import Selected and wait for all of the clips to load or it could cause problems while you are editing.

When you are finished with your video and ready to export it go to File: Share: Apple Devices 1020p

Then this screen will appear. Make sure you name your video and you can put a description it is not required but it's recommended. 

Go under settings and make sure that it opens with Quick Time Player or then it will not export properly 

Click Next and this Screen will appear name the video whatever you want but make sure it is a .m4v file and save it where you want it (I am saving it to the desktop).

Click Save and wait for it to open in Quicktime Player and then your done and you can upload your video to Youtube.

Professional Article Review- Blue Springs Golden Regiment

This is an article on the Blue Springs High School Golden Regiment and their trip to Waikiki, Hawaii for a holiday parade. This marks the third time the band has been invited with previous visits in 2002 and 2012. The band has already been to Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and the Tournament of Roses but Waikiki means a whole lot more to the program.

The author is arguing the fact that the Golden Regiment is having the best season in its history with a 5th place finish in Grand National Championships as well as being the honor band that led off the parade. With the Golden Regiment being one of the best High School Bands in the nation, going to places where not many go is a huge honor.

The main strengths of this article are how the author talks about the past trips the band has done including two of the most difficult parades to get into. Also, the author talked with the director and drum majors on what their feelings were and I thought that was proper to get different viewpoints Some weaknesses were that they didn't explain why they were selected so maybe they could explained that better.

When I read this article I was pretty shocked that they were that big of a deal and author did a good job of detailing of what they do and why they are nationally recognized. It shows that hard work really pays off and seeing them perform in person was very fun to watch.

Overall, I think the author did a great job of recognizing Blue Springs and really showing how they work hard and have fun at the same time.



Here is the link to the article below
http://www.chillicothenews.com/news/20161201/parade-on-waikiki-festive-end-to-golden-regiments-year

Professional Project Review-Blue Devils Drummer 2014

Summary

This is a story about 16 year old Brandon Olander and how he is the youngest in the 2014 Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corp. CBS Evening News did a story about him and how he got started into drumming as well as show off his skills and what it takes to be a drum corp.

Overall the story was very interesting and it showed how hard it is do make the Blue Devils and show  how Brandon was willing to work at his ultimate goal.

Review

The story was told well, it started out with showing clips from the performance in semi-finals, and then went backwards and talked about how Brandon got to that level. 

One thing I saw that I would apply to my own work is start using more gnat sound as well as get more POV shots. Something I saw that I have been using is the writing was very creative and didn't say the same thing over and over again. They also used videos from the past which I used in some of my videos.

The CBS reporter did a good job of transitioning from topic to topic about Brandon and getting interviews from him and the percussion instructor Scott Johnson as well as changing shots more quickly and using animated transitions. Something I saw in the interviews was that they were in the center more than either the left or right side so maybe move them over just slightly. 

Conclusion

This was a really good story and it shows that if you have a dream and really want it to come true, then it takes a lot of effort into making it happen which Brandon did just that. 

This a video from CBS Evening News reported by Jill Wagner in 2014. The video is up above and no copyright intended

Feature Story: Mr. Carter

This is a video on ONW Math/Percussion Instructor Chris Carter, who is now entering his 3rd year teaching at Olathe Northwest. Carter attended the University of Kansas and was involved in the Jayhawk Pep band and was even mentioned on ESPN. Mr. Carter is very excited to be at ONW and hopes to make many memories here.

HOA Recap

This video is a recap of the Olathe Northwest High School Marching Band winning overall Grand Champion at the 2016 Heart of America Marching Festival at The University of Kansas. This is now the 2nd time Olathe Northwest has won a marching festival with the first one coming last year at the 2015 Neewollah Marching Festival.

ONW Band Story/Mr. Davis Award/Personal Project Review

Scope

This is a story on the 2016 Raven Pride Marching Band and their field show Turandot as well as an award won by the director of the ONW Band for their fantastic performance.

Process

The process started with Mr. Davis winning an award for Outstanding Young Band Director of the Northeast District of Kansas and I decided to do a story about the band and what it takes to be in the marching band. I wanted to do a story on just Mr. Davis but I thought why not do a mid-season story on the band and their season. When I started to prepare to do this story I couldn't film the footage because I am in the marching band, so somebody else was willing to film for me and I was very appreciative of that. When I came to edit, I was stuck because writing the voice-overs was very hard to do especially when I didn't know how to start it. When it came down to critiquing my video I didn't realize my audio level was not even, so I had to go back and fix later.

What I learned/What can I do better

What I learned was to make sure audio is consistently level and even as well as be more articulate on my voice overs and make sure to be careful of editing the background music. What I would do differently is make sure I am framing the interviewee more in the frame and make his shoulders are both in the shot. Maybe getting interviews with students. I was very proud of my sequencing and timing as I thought that went very well. 

Experience/Conclusion

This was a good experience for me because I learned what it was really like to do a news story mostly by myself and I know what to expect for next time and plan on what I am going to do before hand as well as being more flexible if something doesn't go my way. I hope to get better each and every day and keep moving forward.

Photo Composition Responsive Site

Scope:

This is a responsive web site about Photo Composition that I have been working on. The purpose of a responsive website is so you can view it on any device at anytime. A responsive website is able to adjust the CSS to fit in the browser. The overall idea of this is to make things a lot easier to view instead of just on a PC.

Process:

As a started making my Photo Composition site, I had to figure out what rules I wanted to show. Over spring break I took different photos for 12 different rules. Below are some of the pictures I took....

Making the site was going very smooth; until my banner didn't want to go in its place. I spent a long time trying to figure out why it would it not stay in the header div. I finally figured out that I had extra spacing in the div and that's what was making it expand to the wrap div. Once, I finished the regular Photo Composition site, it was time to make a responsive version. For this all I needed to do was add media styles for a tablet, and mobile device. Overall adding them wasn't too difficult, but I had to make sure that I could tell them apart.

What I learned:

What I learned along the way is that you REALLY need check your code quite often because any extra space in the CSS will throw the whole thing off.

What I would do differently/same:

What I would do differently next time is make sure my code isn't very confusing because it took me a while to figure out what was making my website very funky. What I would do the same is keep working hard on detail because I pay attention the most to detail and perfection.

Conclusion:

Overall, this was a good way to get an experience with a responsive website, because almost all website have to have responsive websites or their company is in trouble. Getting the hands-on experience will help me later if someone needs help trying to get their website to view on their phone, and I will know exactly what to do. This was a really stressing, but fun project to work on and now I get a glimpse of what real web designers do.