Podcast series “Cultures of Energy” on iTunes and Stitcher (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)

Two Anthropology professors Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe launched a podcast series “Cultures of Energy” for Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences (CENHS) on iTunes. They plan to use DMC Audio Studio every other week to record a podcast episode.

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  1. DMC resources used: DMC Audio Studio. The professors used two stand microphones and Audacity to record conversations. They also used a Zoom H4N digital audio recorder in the studio to record three or more people meeting via Skype. See this guide.
  2. The podcast link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cultures-of-energy/id1073817284?mt=2
  3. User’s Comments:
    • A mention of DMC’s great facility at timecode of 00:00:30-00:00:42 in episode 3.Professor Boyer: “Taped live here in the basement of Rice University’s Fondren Library in the Digital Media Commons.”
      Professor Howe: “And a glorious Space but very very quiet.”
      Professor Boyer: “quiet, quiet as a mouse.”
    •  Another mention of DMC’s facility and DMC’s technical support at timecode of 00:00:36-00:00:53 in episode 4.Professor Howe: “We are, as usual, in the basement of Fondren Library, on the beautiful Rice University campus. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and shoutout to the Digital Media Center/Commons which has been providing us with a fantastic space and technical support.”

A Video Abstract of a Paper Published in Cell (summer 2015)

At Rice University, Oleg Igoshin and colleagues discover an interesting mechanism whereby bacteria sense the completion of DNA replication to synchronize the sporulation process. A video abstract was created using DMC resources.

  1. DMC Resources used:
    • DMC Audio Studio for voice over narration
    • DMC Mac video station 10 for video editing
    • Software: FCP X and Flash
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Video Abstract of a Research Paper

Paul Cherukuri, Research Scientist and Laboratory Manager at department of Chemistry and Smalley Institute at Rice University recently published a research paper at ACS, which was honored as an ACS Editors’ Choice article. Rice News featured this project on April 14, 2016. The videos from the research paper were taken with DMC equipment.

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  3. User’s comments: “…..Here’s the link to the paper and the videos that you all helped make possible!…Feel free to advertise this work on your website — couldn’t have done this without you so thank you again!” – Paul

BP’s 2015 U.S. Ultimate Field Trip competition (Spring 2015)

Three undergrads win BP Ultimate Field Trip: “For the final round they produced a second video, this one, Zhang said, “much more polished—more like a film pitch.” – a quote from the news article. The team used DMC equipment to collect footage and DMC audio studio to record voiceover narration for the animation.

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Organ Performance Audition Video (Sep 2015)

A Rice Shepherd Music School student used DMC equipment to shoot his organ performance in three different angels and edited the videos with DMC software. The video was created on 9/10/2015.
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  1. DMC resources used:
    • DMC Equipment: 3 Canon Vixia M500 Video Cameras to record three different angels – long shot, hand close-up and feet close-up; 3Sunpack tripods.
    • DMC software: Final Cut Pro X to create a multicam clip and switch between three angels on the fly.
  2. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/vkwlDnYtxpg?list=PLG2Jx49pBj9Gd4Zi1uPoN3licgBFYsVyG

Music videos made by Daniel Knaggs

Music videos made by Daniel Knaggs, a PhD student of Rice Shepherd Music School: The first video made in 2014 was for Daniel’s individual doctoral project, which he used to recruit about 32 choirs from 21 countries to participate the project. The newer video made in March, 2016 is to explain the music that is on Daniel’s new CD.

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  2. YouTube Video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA18ndstrJ8 (made in 2014)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJAfM5M4M8 (made in 2016)

YouTube Series “Poco Piano” (Spring 2013)

As a part of the DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) program at Rice University, Makiko Hirata, a PhD student at Rice Shepherd Music School, had to pick an independent project that would promote music students as a performer and/or a pedagogue to their prospective audiences, presenters, and employers. With help and support of DMC staff, Makiko had made a series of youtube videos that explained the basics of Western classical music, relating it to broader topics of music history, theory, physics of sound, etc.

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DMC resources used:

YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSSiNPYMS8CRThdhVztL-8w?nohtml5=False