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Madison County Project

rob — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:26:41 +0000

About: Madison County Project is a documentary film and companion web site that explores the ballad singing tradition in western North Carolina and the documentary photographers, filmmakers, and folklorists who documented that tradition. In this excerpt from the film, filmmaker and musicologist John Cohen remembers his visits to the mountains.

Awards: Audience Choice Award, Asheville Film Festival, 2005, Official Selection, Northwest Folk Festival, OpenApp Film Festival, Piedmont Film Festival, 2005-06, Cratis D. Williams for outstanding student work, North Carolina Folklore Society, 2005

Carolina Chocolate Drops (Great Eight 2007)

rob — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:25:40 +0000

About: This video was part of the Great Eight 2007 package. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a Durham-based band that plays old-time music. We met them at the Wilson Library for a photo shoot. Afterward, they gave us an impromptu performance that blew us away. The video has become one of the most popular old-time music clips on YouTube.

Memories of 1983

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:50:08 +0000

About:N.C. State’s cinderella upset of Houston in the 1983 NCAA Championship Game is one of the seminal moments in sports history. For our package commerating the 25th anniversary of the title game, I produced this video of the memories of the News & Observer sports writers who covered the team that year.

Roles: Producer, Videographer, Editor

Tyler’s Top Three Dunks

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:45:39 +0000

About: Tyler’s Top Three Dunks is a good example of creating multimedia by repurposing regular news assets. We cover UNC with photo and video all season. When our sports beat writer was able to sneak in a quick audio interview with Tar Heel center Tyler Hansbrough about his favorite dunks of the season, I was able to match it with photos and video. The resulting video proved to be a popular feature on the N&O site and on YouTube.

Megafaun (Great Eight 2008)

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:36:32 +0000

About: This video was part of the annual Great Eight project. I was one of two shooters on the video and the primary editor. The club where the band performed was lit by a single bulb, so we improvised and decided to shoot the video in black-and-white. Given the band’s neo-folk style, the decision turned out to be a good one.

Songs of Hope

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:15:37 +0000

About: This short video was produced for the multimedia documentary project Chiloe Stories. Produced with two Chilean students with no previous video experience, the video examines an effort to preserve the native language of a small island off the coast of Chile. While only a handful of native speakers of Huilliche remain, a school in the village of Molulco is revitalizing interest in the next generation.

You can also read about the Chiloe Stories project.

DESTINY on NBC News

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:12:40 +0000

About: NBC News in New York produced this report on the DESTINY program that was broadcast on affiliates throughout the country. Working under a tight deadline, NBC asked us to provide footage of the DESTINY bus in action. Our footage provided the majority of the B-roll for the story.

World Trade Center footage

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:32:47 +0000

About: I served as a producer and editor for FEMA’s coverage of response and recovery operations at the World Trade Center site. I was responsible for leading contract video crews and helped produce and edit a twice-daily satellite feed that was used by media outlets around the world.

Great Eight 2008

rob — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:57:16 +0000

About: Great 8 2008 is the latest installment of the News & Observer’s annual list of eight bands to watch in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. What began as a purely print product has transformed into a showcase of our best multimedia. We have upped the ante for the project each year and have helped our site reach a non-newspaper audience.

Specs: Videos were shot in HDV and edited in Final Cut Pro. The interface was built in Flash CS3 and Actionscript 2 with assets loaded dynamically with XML. Videos were presented with a full-screen display option.

Awards: NPPA 1st Place (Multimedia), Feb. 2008

Roles: Multimedia Producer, Programmer, Videographer, Editor

ACC Now: The Podcast

rob — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:33:19 +0000

The ACC Now Podcast is a regular video feature on ACC sports with a focus on Duke, N.C. State, and UNC athletics. For the 2007-2008 season, I shot almost every local ACC football and basketball game. I created video content from each game as well as produced and edited the podcast. This installment of the podcast previews the final regular season matchup between Duke and UNC.

Roles: Producer, Videographer, Editor