by Joe Miller After first running across WeVideo many months ago, I didn’t quite appreciate the potential of this free online editing program as a unique teaching tool. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to witness WeVideo in classroom-action. And I was incredibly impressed with the results! Watching students learn, …
by Joe Miller Once upon a time, I wrote a blog post about a recent online video editing program, WeVideo. I even created a short video collage of found footage from the Occupy movement that focused on education, just to give you an idea of some of the possibilities. Since …
by Joe Miller As a continuation of my last post about recording quality voice-over, I’d like to take this week to introduce you to one of the many tools that can help get the job done. And if you’re a fan of Apple products, chances are you already have all …
by Sean Doone After we realized that our PC laptops were still running the outdated Windows XP, I made it my mission to bring CoE up to speed by migrating all the PC laptops to the latest version, Windows 7. This has ensured the very latest and best technology is …
by Joe Miller Recording yourself can be a tricky endeavor. This is largely because you’re not only a one-person production team, but you’re also your own subject. Splitting your attention between your content and the recording means you’re more likely to make simple production mistakes that could be avoided. This …
by Joe Miller Last week, I wrote about this year’s Academy Awards and the recently proposed revisions of the selection process for the Best Documentary award. I mentioned that among the new revisions is the stipulation that, in order for a documentary film to be considered, either a New York …
by Joe Miller As Americans gathered around televisions last Sunday to watch the 84th annual Academy Awards, many tuned in only for the climactic “Best Picture” award – this year going to French film The Artist. Stuck somewhere in the middle of the program, however, is an award of far …
by Joe Miller Recently, DePaul issued a mass email about the NATO and G8 Summits to take place in Chicago this May. If you walked through the Loop at any point between this past Summer/Fall, you may be having flashbacks to spending a few extra minutes waiting at a crosswalk …
by Joe Miller In keeping with my weekly documentary tidbits, I’d like to recap an interviewing lesson I gave this week to a CoE faculty member, who will be filming interviews this quarter. I also found a great video (below) I’d like to share that encapsulates the basics of documentary …
by Joe Miller As many CoE faculty members are undertaking their own documentary projects, and as CET’s in-residence documentary filmmaker (there, I said it), I would like to offer some thoughts on documentary theory, as well as some recent experiences I’ve had working on location under an award-winning director. I …