Final Project D and D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15WnOolHGBA&feature=youtu.be

Final project rough draft

Class project: how to install and Xbox 360

Apple in class project

Week Long photo project (for some reason I have more than a weeks worth of photos)

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Project 1: the man behind the movies

Ever feel the need to kick back and relax after a long week and watch a movie?  Luckily for you the 

Memorial Union Building has two movie theaters to give you a quality movie experience. 

            Joey Calcavecchia, one of the many MUB employees who work for the theaters, makes sure that UNH students have the pleasure of watching films every weekend.

            Calcavecchia, a senior communications major and nutrition minor, works as the theaters film trainer and has been working for the MUB for four years.  It is his responsibility to train and educate the other MUB movie employees on how to operate all the projection equipment in the back of the theater.

            “Whenever we have a new employer or new person doing the film I usually take them up there and show them how to put a movie together through a form called splicing,” Calcavecchia said.  “That’s how I start showing them that, like get them a feel for the film.”

            Splicing is a term used in film.  It’s when the individual operating the projector tapes together the reels through a platter system, which feeds the film through the projector.  The process of feeding the film through the projector is called threading.

            The processes of splicing and threading are not simple tasks; they take patience and many hours of practice.

            When new employees are being trained, Calcavecchia walks them through splicing and threading three or four times before letting them try on their own.  He gives them 15 minutes alone, and then walks them through both processes again.

            “Once you figure it out it takes three minutes to do once you have it down to a system,” Calcavecchia said.  “That’s generally how I would teach them.”

            Working for the MUB wasn’t Calcavecchia’s first experience working with film equipment.  In high school, he worked at his local theater, originally working concession.  During his last year working there, he was promoted to work as a projectionist.

            “At the time all my friends were projectionists too,” Calcavecchia said, “so I’d always go up there before and watch them and get a feel for it and everything.”

            Film is never perfect, however, and there are always a number of problems that present themselves. 

            “In training them, it’s more or less just time,” Calcavecchia said, “but for film in general the biggest problem is if there’s something wrong.”

            A common issue Calcavecchia faces is a brain wrap.  A brain wrap is when the film winds around itself and gets too tight, creating knots.  If this happens, the projectionist is forced to rewind and re-splice the film.

            This happened not too long ago, when the film 50/50 had to be cancelled for the entire weekend.  A motor on the projection was dying, and slowed down the entire film.

            Digital projectors, which are a new addition to the MUB movie theaters, do not face these kinds of issues.  With digital movies, projection is as simple as a click of a button.

            As the spring semester comes to a close, Calcavecchia’s role in the MUB is becoming more and more important.  Once he graduates, there will be no one left that knows how to fully operate the machinery, so it us up to him make sure that new employees are 100 percent prepared for the coming years. 

            “We got to get everyone ready, because we are all going to be gone soon. There’s not going to be anyone here that’s an expert anymore,” Calcavecchia said.  “It’s going to be them starting over again so we have to get them as prepared as we can.”

Example of Multimedia I want to emulate

I already used this as an example when I sent it to Sandy, but I'm totally in love with this style.  Using footage of the interview, while keeping the audio when showing other pictures, really gets the message across to the viewer.  It seems like a simple and standard use of the technology available, but it works very well and I can already see some of my ideas coming to life using this style.

http://mediastorm.com/publication/african-air