Videography
My videography ranges from personal projects to projects I've worked on in a group setting with Mountain Hawk Film Productions.
My videography ranges from personal projects to projects I've worked on in a group setting with Mountain Hawk Film Productions.
I've created various personal projects through videography, ranging from just documenting trips to creating a short commercial.
This interview and commercial was done when Veg Out, a local restaurant, was just getting its start.
As President of Mountain Hawk Film productions for 3 1/2 years, I’ve had a role in creating several short films as well as two seasons of Mountain Hawk TV, a satire and comedy show centered around campus around Lehigh University.
Collaboration inspires creativity, helps us keep each other on task, and allows us to do projects we never could handle on our own. For example, our short films always included several actors, auditions, sourcing props, and scheduling times to film. Things like this require a team effort in order to be successful.
As Mountain Hawk Film Productions is a club, its main goal is to be a learning environment for students on campus. It has always been fun to grow and learn through doing various projects, but also to help others learn, whether it's editing, how to plan out a shoot, or just how to work a camera.
Each episode typically has four out of five segments:
This is our staple satire news segment performed by our newscaster Ariel Ranker, filmed by me and green screened onto different backgrounds.
Zoom interview filled with funny questions that Ben Metz asks various members of the Lehigh community, from professors to student leaders.
This is our music segment, filled with performances of students.
An in-person interview segment that takes place, well, on the streets, where we ask members of the Lehigh community funny questions.
Our sketches have included a ghost love story, an honest review of an off-campus housing building, a critical review of the sculptures and arts around campus, a cheese tasting, and a dating show.
This logo was created by club Vice President Matthew McClain and animated by me to fit in between segments of our video. Visit the motion graphics page to see more.
I have been the videographer and editor for Real Lehigh News throughout the past two semesters. The videos are shot in a very small space on a green screen and lit with two lights (although we had, in the past, been using a green curtain and DIY lights so our green-screening has been much-improved).
This is our DIY video studio. Although this is after we purchased a real green screen, in this photo we were still using two DIY lights that I made out of LED strips and cake pans. Our setup is simple, cheap, and gets the job done!
As you can see, there's more to editing than just cutting the video down to the correct time. The green screen and excess area has to be edited out, moving parts need to be added, and everything needs to fit togther fluidly.
The first step is to ultra-key out the green screen. Back when we were making do with a curtain, I would also edit the color and increase the vibrancy of the green so it could more easily be keyed out.
Since the green-screen doesn't always cover all the walls–and sometimes the lights need to be in the way, I mask them out of the frame so that the sole focus is on the talent.
For each segment, the title changes. The ticker has to be specifically timed to start when the show starts and end when it ends so that it doesn't interfere with what's on screen before or after.
Our backgrounds change from episode-to-episode, sometimes remaining Lehigh-focused and sometimes something totally bananas. We also include informative imagery that appears next to our news-caster, much like in a real news episode.
Sketches range from comedy segments to more serious interview segments.
In this lovely tour of art around Lehigh's beautiful campus, we have unprecedented commentary on the style and choice of art. Though art is subjective, it can make for a great topic.
I filmed the cinematic footage for this episode and edited it to match up with the audio.
College dorms are notorious for small spaces and sub-par living conditions, but are the newer off-campus housing options really better. This tour of an off-campus house showcases all the things that students need to know before they live there.
I filmed the video for this segment and also edited it.
While we weren't going for the most cinematic look for this film, the lengthiest part of the process was cutting down a 20-minute video to only the important and funny parts.
This video was created to showcase some of my work as a filmmaker and editor for a screen recording-based project–as well as to maintain branding and practicality for the organization at hand!
Mountain Hawk Film Productions, Lehigh University's film club, is, naturally, a creative club. Our club's logo (designed by Matthew McClain) plays homage to vintage film logos with its use of vibrant colors.
Although not the main purpose of the video, I still wanted to incorporate bright colors throughout the video. That's why, as opposed to a typical tutorial you might see online, this video uses bright colors for its graphics.