The studio got a little touch up today the back wall was painted a nice rich grey to make for a better video background and less of a contrast from the Dickinson backdrop. Also, earlier in the summer we mounted two new LED lights as well. So whether you recording a show for DSON TV, a project for YouTube, or interview with faculty the studio is all set for the fall semester.
Category: Around the Media Center (Page 3 of 4)
The Media Center is happy to introduce it’s newest piece of equipment; A Teleprompter! The teleprompter will make it much easier for students and professors to work on video projects involving tough or long scripts, without needing to look away from the camera to check a paper copy of the script. Using the free web site Cueprompter.com, you are able to paste a script and set a scroll speed for the teleprompter, making it useful for any size script being dictated at any speed! Any students or professors who want to work with this piece of equipment are welcome to, it is available for normal check-outs and reservations. Here are a couple of pictures of the teleprompter in action!
The latest addition to the Media Center is the MakerBot Replicator 3D printer. Can’t wait to see what great projects our professor have in mind. Check out what other people have made over on thingiverse.com.
What new in the MC? Well, we have 2 brand new podcast rooms bringing our total to 4 plus the studio, of course. One podcast room is modeled after the previous ones as we converted a walkin closet. The other one is a pop up room from the company Vocal Booth. It is a bit of a smaller space than the others but by setting it up in the collaboration space, people can record in there while small groups could still work on project. Seemed like a win-win situation to us. Stop by and take a look if you near by!
Nasim Fekrat gets interviewed Live for VOA News
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- Nasim waits patiently
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- Nasim ready for his interview
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- Tom manning the equipment
Nasim Fekrat, Dickinson Junior and Media Center Assistant, discussed his blogs among other things with Voices of America news live via Skype from the studio.
Nasim’s blogs:
www.kabuli.org – Dari
www.afghanlord.org – English
www.fekrat.org – English
Today we again had the pleasure of working with PJ Crowley and connecting him to Fox News via Skype. Thanks to Tom Smith for taking on most of the work and Ryan capturing the event in real time. Here is a behind the scenes look and a video of the segment from Fox.
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- Three’s a crowd
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- Hiding the ear piece
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- Getting Chatty
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- Perspective
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- Camera Perspective
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- Tom manning the camera
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- Shot Prep
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- On the Air
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- On the Air
The Media Center hosted 10 first years for the Discover Dickinson program this year and had a blast creating Mashups from an assortment of old cartoons, government videos & creative commons music & samples. We are holding a contest to see which one is the best and we will be awarding a prize to the person in the next week or so. Take a minute and check out the videos below and then go over to our Facebook page and like the ones you think are outstanding.
It has been a whirlwind of a day over here in the trenches of the Media Center but it was a super fun whirlwind.
We started the day assisting PJ with a radio interview on BBC and ended it with a live TV interview on CNN.
Such a fun time!
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- Light check
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- PJ Crowley & Brenda Landis
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- Almost on the air
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- The set up
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- Andy Petrus, PJ Crowley & Christine Dugan
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- Tom manning the camera
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- Lights…camera…action
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- We ran out of seats
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- Christine Dugan is overjoyed.
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- Getting crowded
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- Live viewing from the Media Center offices
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- Introducing PJ
What did you do so far this morning? Well, PJ Crowley has already had interviews with NPR & BBC to discuss Libya. The Media Center was happy to host him for his Skype call with the BBC and we will be setting him up for his CNN call later today (around 4:30pm today if you wanna tune in!).
Thanks PJ, for keeping the Media Center connected to the world outside of the Dickinson bubble!
That whole “If you build it, they will come” thing certainly rang true with the podcast rooms we created last summer. We built them initially to support the growing need for recording booths for podcast projects but realized there was a void on campus when it came to music recording. Our idea was to offer a space that students (or any college employee really) could fine a space to make & record music easily and not have to worry (too much) about bothering their neighbors.
We have a mics & stands available for check out and a mini mixer, midi keyboard & Imac outfitted in both rooms. Students have really enjoyed using the spaces and it’s always appreciated when they share the music with us so we can then share it with you. Learn more from the great video our student employee Eli created and the soundtrack is provided by Mike Dempsey who recorded this tune in our podcast room!
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