Editing Texting

There are a lot of fun youth video projects coming out this year for the LDS Church. I've had the great opportunity this year to come up with several new ideas, help with the scripting, and do editing.

I had the great opportunity to be the main editor on this video. I also coordinated the shoots and I was actually able to shoot a couple of the cell phone shots at the end. Finally, I composed the music at the first seventeen of seconds and the last twenty-four seconds. I did not do the music in the middle.

Editing on Projects That Count

I got to help edit this video last year with Lucas McGraw. I love working on projects that inspire faith and good values in others. The interview footage was incredible. It is tedious to look through hours of interview footage sometimes, but I'm always inspired by the content and learn a lot.

Today at work someone said to myself, Lucas, and another on-call producer, "You guys have the best job!" I thought about it, it is true. There is no other kind of video content I'd rather be helping with. I'm glad to be an assistant on the video projects I get to help with.

Community Film Project - Call For Writers

As mentioned in an earlier post, I have been a part of a project called the "Community Film Project." This is a project to make a movie that takes place and is by and for the people of Davis County. On March 21st, we are doing a "Writer's Pitch Meeting," where writers can come and pitch their idea for a full length movie. Here is a video that will explain more details.

My Daily Commute

This was my midterm for my DSLR Photography class. To see an example of the Photoshop edits I did on these photos click here. I tried to keep the photoshop editing to a minimum. It has been so fun getting to know my camera and taking these pictures. Please enjoy.

"Bus Stop"

"Hurry Up"

"John the Driver"

"Commute Home"

"On My Phone"

"Motion Sickness"

"Enjoying Music"

"Can You Come Pick Me Up?"

"My Friend"

"It Gets Dark"

"George, A Nice Guy"

Davis County Community Film Project

This has been a project that I have been quiet about for a while, but our website has officially been released, so I can spill the beans.

A couple of the producers I work with at the Church live in Davis County and have always thought it would be neat to do a community film project similar to community theater. Here is one of our teaser videos:

I will be posting more details on this soon, but in the meantime please check out the website by clicking here. Basically, we are looking for people in Davis County to help us produce a movie. If you would like to volunteer, please click here.

Production Coordinating

This was a very fun project to work on. Lucas McGraw was the producer and director of this commercial. I was the production coordinator and had a lot of tasks including securing locations and props, creating schedules, assisting on set, etc. You can read more about it by clicking here.

Screenplay Writing

During the last few weeks at my job for the LDS Church, I have been writing and writing. My boss (a producer) left to Brazil to direct a ten episode T.V. series for BYU-TV. He asked me to take over for him while he was gone. He was in the middle of pre-production, so that what I've been doing.

I've spent time coming up with concepts for youth curriculum videos. Lucas had three major general conference talks to create videos for. My process has been the following:

1. Read and listen to the talk.
2. Put everything on paper that I can possible think of.
3. Listen to the talk again.
4. Come up with a proposal.
5. Present it to a couple of other producers to get their feedback.
6. Revise.
7. Review and revise.
8. Finalize.
9. Pitch the idea in the meeting.

For one particular video, I have come up with four or five proposals (each having multiple variations). Writing is harder than you think! I have pitched or sent my proposals to the leaders in charge of approving them.

Finally, I have started to write screenplays for them. I use a software called Celtx, which I love and started using at Davis High School back when the software was free. I'm so glad Mrs. Greenwood suggested it for her students. Luckily, I have retained my free subscription. I do not believe it is free any longer.

Anyway, to make a long story short, writing is harder than I thought. I have found when I put all my thinking power into something and then take a break, that's when the good ideas come. I have also discovered that making writing a collaborative effort and getting feedback only improves your story! I am thinking of more creative ways to tell the story. Think about showing your audience, not telling them!

The End.