VEX Robotics Graphics

These graphics were originally designed with live streaming in mind, but live streaming was abandoned by the district the day before the event. The graphics were designed for and controlled by OBS Studio and were output on projection displays in the gymnasium.

In the sample video, the first item is the generic screen to be visible as the live stream is started, then it would transition into the information slides, which are designed to blend the high school’s and VEX’s brand together. The point where the background goes black and the gears remain is a demonstration of the transparency that can be activated so a webcam stream can be inserted.

The Match Schedule and Rankings screens are generated by the VEX Tournament software and is only included to allow the custom “Bear” Transition to run.

Retirement Montage

This video was produced at the request of the Desktop Management division of S&T’s IT department. It was presented during an employees retirement party. Davinci Resolve was used to edit the video and special effects.

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Guest Wi-Fi Instructions

This video was created for S&T IT to use during conferences so that guests would fully understand how the S&T Guest Wi-Fi system worked.

IT Help Desk Raspberry Pi Boot Animation

This video was created for the S&T IT Help Desk to use as a “boot animation” on the Raspberry Pi that runs the front desk digital signage display. The purpose was to allow the Pi to load Chrome in the background and the website containing the display’s content while the video played.

The Pi ended up not having enough processing power for this feature, so it was not implemented.

2016 Haunted Maze Timelapse

This video was created by taking a photo every 5 seconds throughout the build. It was imported to Camera RAW and exported to Adobe Premiere Pro for final editing.

It was uploaded to Facebook as a promotional video for the event.

Facebook Cover Video

This video was shot and edited to be used on the organization’s Facebook page. It is a virtual tour of the building.

Logo Animation

This logo was originally animated using the motion engine inside Photoshop, but was migrated to After Effects. 

Effect detail was increased and an elaborate logo animation was created.

Retirement Celebration Livestream

In 2014, while still in High School, I was asked by the Adrian R-3 School District to livestream and record a retirement ceremony for a teacher who had been at the district for 37 years. Livestreaming small scale events like this was an emerging concept at the time.

Lower-third graphics were run live in PowerPoint, with a solid background that was keyed out by WireCast. Audio was patched in from the district’s audio system and video was recorded from webcams running over USB-to-Ethernet cabling.

Due to the bright stage lights, and the exposure limitations of the webcams, the video is over exposed at times. Also, due to a combination of CPU and bandwidth limitations, frames are sometimes dropped or the stream is disrupted.

WireCast was used for production and encoding. It sent the encoded stream to YouTube for public viewing.

Production with Narrative

This video is truly just a way for me to brag about my Alma Mater, Missouri S&T and then show off the HTML game produced by the EMARCOM department. All of my channel’s branding in this video was modified to fit the 8-bit style of the game. The final production was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Scripted Production

This video is inspired by ‘Neature Walks’ and meant to pay tribute to Steve Irwin at the same time. It also became a lesson in cleaning up audio due to wind recorded during filming. This is the second installment in what has become a three part series.

Brand Emulation

The video itself emulates the Windows ME branding to present the final installment in a PowerPoint that emulates Windows XP.

The PowerPoints can be found at aacompware.com