High school choral groups are positively ‘Glee’-ful (April 16, 2010)
I shot and edited this video for a story I wrote for the Greensboro News & Record about how the popular television show “Glee” is influencing local high school vocal ensembles. In the video, the Northwest High School honors chorus rehearses for their spring concert, which featured several songs from “Glee.” I edited the video using Final Cut Pro.
Lowe’s Home Improvement grand reopening (Sept. 8, 2011)
A video report from the grand reopening ceremony of the Sanford Lowe’s Home Improvement store, which was destroyed by the tornado that ripped through North Carolina on April 16, 2011. The tornado crushed the store, but all 100 customers and employees that were in the store at the time of the storm made it out safely. Five months later, the store was open for business again. I shot the video on my HD Flipcam and edited it using iMovie.
Quidditch anyone? Volunteer takes page from ‘Potter’ for fundraiser (Feb. 21, 2011)
This is a video report from Lee County’s first Quidditch match. The wizard sport popularized by the “Harry Potter” books served as a fundraiser for the Lee County Red Cross. I shot the video on my HD Flipcam and edited it using iMovie.
Reel Talk with the A-Team (April 2009-May 2010)
Reel Talk with the A-Team was a weekly film podcast at The Pendulum that began in April 2009 and ended in May 2010. Adam Constantine, the senior film critic at The Pendulum, and I hosted 20-30 minute episodes each week in which we reviewed that week’s movies, reported the weekend’s box office numbers and previewed what films were being released the next week. I recorded and edited the program using GarageBand and Audacity. Listen to three of the podcast episodes above.
Timeline: Ten years of President Leo Lambert (April 21, 2009)
An interactive timeline I created in Flash as a supplement to a story in The Pendulum about the 10th anniversary of Leo Lambert being the president of Elon University. The timeline highlights some of his achievements during the 10 years he has worked at the university. When the user rolls the cursor over each date, information about Lambert’s accomplishments pops up. I wrote some of the content for this piece and designed the Flash page.
Spring concert proves ‘It’s All for You’ (May 10, 2008)
A sound slide show of Elon’s 2008 spring concert I made for The Pendulum. The slide show features photos from the concert taken by Angie Lovelace, The Pendulum’s photo editor at the time. I recorded the audio of some of the performances at the concert as well as interviews with Matt Nathanson and two of the members of Sister Hazel. I edited the audio and created the sound slide show using Final Cut Pro.
Actor Kal Penn returns to Elon to campaign for Barack Obama (Sept. 1, 2008)
Audio of my interview with Kal Penn for The Pendulum when he visited Elon a second time to campaign for Barack Obama. In the interview, Penn discusses why he supports Obama and his experiences working at the Democratic National Convention. I edited the audio using Final Cut Pro.
