Documentary

Relay For Life

The infographic provided contains facts about Relay for Life and cancer.  The video features Winthrop students, Chandler Robinson, Jaleel Reeves, and DeVonte Walker.  Music in the video is Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Good time."  Enjoy!

Here is Youtube link to the video.

Winthrop University students, faculty, and Rock Hill community members came out on April 20^th for the annual Relay for Life event.  Every year people from the community gather to Winthrop’s campus to organize an overnight community fundraising walk.  People can sign up to participate in teams or as individuals to walk in support or in remembrance of a loved one who was diagnosed with cancer.  The Relay for Life movement has grown since 1985 into a worldwide phenomenon, raising more than $4 billion to fight cancer.

The event usually takes place outdoors, but due to rain the location was moved to the West Center gym.  Cloudy skies did not damper the spirits of those partaking in the festivities.  Popular upbeat music and smiling faces lit the gym with the celebratory feelings of people coming together in order for support of cancer research.

To officially begin the celebration Laura Wilt, a representative of Winthrop’s Colleges Against Cancer organization, opened with a speech.  “We are here to raise money for the American Cancer Society and to increase cancer awareness,” she said, “remember the loved one’s we have lost to the disease as we walk along with survivors to grieve and find healing.”

The end of her speech signaled for the cancer survivors to take the first lap.  As the survivors traveled across the track, the sound of cheers reverberated throughout the gym congratulating them for their fight against cancer.  

As the night progressed more people started coming in to join in the ceremony, as they were drawn to the music and laughter.  Close to midnight the Luminaria Ceremony, honors the loved ones who have passed or are fighting the disease, began.  The moods of the crowd were simultaneously somber and hope full as candles were lit within the gym.  Winthrop University student Ariel Thompson stated that “this is a very important event for me and I take part in it because I lost my mom to cancer a few years ago.”

  At the close of the ceremony as the sun began to come up the Fight Back Ceremony took place.  This final ceremony allows participants to take a final lap and pledge to take action and spread awareness of cancer research, treatments, and prevention.   Blair Ligon, a Winthrop faculty member, expressed that she was “so proud to see her contributions to the American Cancer Society over the years in effect, and I can’t wait to do this again.”

 

Reporter's Notebook

This is an audio post interviewing sophomore Tamber Manigault discussing the silk worms on campus.  This audio post, http://snack.to/ahm0g9jc, features natural sound for the interview.

Widget Maker

Culinary Artist

This video features Megan Brown a graduate of Johnson and Wales University.  The video was edited to show her cooking skills off as she describes her passion for cooking.  Enjoy!

Walk Around the Block

Sequence A to B

This is my sequencing video.  I used quick cuts to try and transition the actions in the film quickly.  No music this time all natural sound. Enjoy!

Cutting Carrots

 This video I my try at using the cutting carrots technique.  In the video the person is making a windmill and the music featured is the instrumental version of Sleepyhead by Passion Pit.  Enjoy!

The Voice of the People

The People Have Spoken

So I have made a Vox Pop or the "Voice of the People" in Adobe Premiere.  I went around to strangers and asked them the question "If there was one place to spend the rest of your life where would it be? "

I took the hesitation of their answers and used them as an opening because I felt that would draw in the viewers attention.  It was interesting that some responses were similar in general location while others were out of the ordinary, but relatable.

I may make another one sometime since I noticed the camera that I used made low quality video.  Until then here is my first try!

Premiere with Natural Sound

This is my next practice with using Adobe Premiere to make videos.  In this video I recorded at a store where they take old items and refurbish them using chalk paint.  I combined the natural sounds from the shop with the song "My Father's Father" by The Civil Wars.  Enjoy!

First Adobe Premiere Video

This is the first video that I have made with Adobe Premiere.  I used photos that I took around my campus and added effects using the program.  The music that the photos are set to is Electric Feel by MGMT.  Enjoy!

Multimedia Critque

I found this multimedia to be well produced.  The words/text are in sync with the music in the back ground.  The music in the beginning is very captivating and draws in the audience as it shows the cityscape.  There are a wide range of images and video clips.  The effects that are used were old film grain, slowing down and speeding up the clip.  The typography was good.  My favorite part of the video was in the beginning where the clip of the flowers was edited to open up to the sound of a person breathing.  The multimedia also changes the mood with the music that they use when a different clip comes up. 

Event Coverage

CSL pep rally ignites students

The infographic provided contains facts about the Winthrop Men's Basketball team.

Winthrop students and faculty piled into Richardson ballroom yesterday for the pep rally hosted by the Council of Student Leaders.  The pep rally was intended to get the student body excited about the upcoming Winthrop Coastal rivalry game on Jan. 30.

The festive atmosphere of the event was filled with music, cheers from the Winthrop Eaglettes and cheer squad and rousing speeches.  The vibrant energy was contagious.  Soon the entire room was in high spirits.  “I have never been to a Winthrop game,” said sophomore Claire Wyse, “but I may have to go to this one tomorrow.”

Men’s basketball head coach, Pat Kelsey, and players like Reggie King began to move the crowd with buzzing excitement. 

King spoke of the hard work that the team has done this season and that he looks forward to continuing the pattern during the Coastal game.  “My pep talk turned into a pep rally,” King stated once he realized that he had captured the attention of the room.

Activities like “Minute to Win It” where contestants were to complete the lyrics of a song once the track stopped and wing-eating contests sparked interaction between players and crowd members. 

Midway through the event the mood became somber and serious.  “Winthrop has rich basketball traditions and history, and we want to make sure that everyone is aware of it,” Michelle Slaughter said.

Slaughter explained the tradition of students holding their hands palm side up during free throws as a tribute to De’Andre Adams, a former Winthrop basketball player, who was involved in a fatal car crash in 2007. 

 

Students not only left the pep rally with good spirits and knowledge, but a new relationship as well.  On a high ending not from head coach Pat Kelsey he informed the crowd his door is open and “you have a personal relationship with the head coach; you’re important to me and the team.”

All By Myself: Infographic

In this infographic I am comparing three major cell phone companies.  The images that I used are from google and I edited everything in Adobe Illustrator.

Practice Story

Hospital Apologizes Death of Child

A 7-year-old girl died Saturday after having surgery at Mercy Hospital due to
receiving the wrong medication.

After a tonsillectomy Tania Abbondanzia was given a half-milligram of
hydromorphone a stronger pain reliever than her prescribed morphine sulphate.

The pediatric nurse that administered the wrong medication mistakenly gave the
hydromorphone to Abbondanzia due to the drugs being beside each other.

Police are treating the death as accidental after discovering the cause of death, and
the nurse has been suspended pending completion of the investigation.

Abbondanzia was given the drug at 2:30 p.m. Friday and soon developed severe
respiratory problems and began to seizure

She was immediately transferred from the medical facility’s pediatrics ward to the
intensive care ward. Abbondanzia remained in a coma until Saturday morning
when doctors pronounced her brain dead. She was then taken off of the respirator
and died minutes later at 9:40 a.m.

Dr. Irwin Greenhouse, hospital administrator, stated in a press release that, “Our
sympathy goes out to the family, and we will stay close to them to provide support.”
The parents of the girl were unavailable for comment.

What Ado About Info

Fun Statistics

Infographics simply put are visual representations of information.  They are usually presented in a way that is aesthetically pleasing and easy for the viewer to understand.  

I have found a few online that I found interesting that I am going to share:

I have two main web browsers that I use, so seeing how they ranked compared to the most popular available browsers sparked my interest.  This infographic is not bad; it gets the data across in a easy visual.  Although it is not very creative.  The text is standard and it provides the logos of the browsers.  Have more colors could have made it better.

This infograph displays the history of Apple.  There are more images of the corporation and it's products than there are words, but it is still able to get the information across.  This infographic is good because the images are engaging, and it is simple to understand.  A negative about this is that the images seem cluttered and can be a little distracting.

On Monday in class I will be doing a practice infographic that will be comparing different cell phone companies.  I plan on using graphics of people and cell phones to illustrate the information that I am going to be using.

Writing Leads

1. A fire truck was involved in a traffic accident leaving two fireman hospitalized and the driver of the other vehicle dead.
2. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety claim that driving larger cars have a 40 to 50 percent better record for injury and repairs than smaller cars.
3. Even though it is considered a classic American food the hot dog is hazardous, and it is one of many risky foods that are consumed in the United States.
4. A local medical office apologizes after switching the corpse of a recently deceased woman with an unidentified month-old corpse.
5. When a women decides to pursue higher education can have a strong impact on their marriage;the divorce and separation rate is higher for women who begin graduate school after they are married.