DMC Equipment

Certified Electronic Diploma (CeDiploma) Video Project (Spring 2016)

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Rice Office of the Registrar created this promotional video to promote this newly added diploma – Certified Electronic Diplomas (CeDiploma). The video was recorded in the DMC Video/Photography Studio with the support of DMC staff who helped to set up the lighting and the green screen background.

DMC resources used: DMC Video/Photography Studio

Links: http://www.registrar.rice.edu/students/CeDiploma/

User’s Comments: “….Thank you again for your support and help. The DMC is a wonderful Rice asset! ” –Shari Smith

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Critical Thinking in Sexuality (12/2015-1/2016)

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This video project was to facilitate an in depth conversation about sexual assault on our campus and the culture of living at Rice with different backgrounds. A series of video interviews was conducted in DMC Video/Photography Studio.

  • DMC resources used:
    • DMC Video/Photography Studio
    • Sony HXR-NX5U NXCAM Professional Camcorder
    • Manfrotto MVH502A Fluid Head and 546B Tripod System
    • Sennheiser MKE600 Condenser Shotgun Microphone

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  • User’s Comments: “My name is Angela Masciale and I’m a graduating Senior from Hanszen College majoring in Political Science. My experience using the DMC resources has been a rewarding experience. I wish I would’ve known about the ease of renting materials and completing projects with the help of DMC staff. Our project under the Critical Thinking in Sexuality Task Force relied heavily upon the grace of the staff, their patience, and their incredible resources. We rented out cameras and the private production room for two whole days for over 20 hours of filming. Not only were the staff critical in helping us set up the room, but the student employees were very patient with us when we had an issue arise. After our project was edited [we] premiered our videos in the Kyle Morrow Room to open student discussion on the impact and subject matter of what students at Rice have to say about issues regarding sexual assault, consent, and general education. Thank you again,” – Angela Masciale

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Secondary Mutations Suppressing Peroxisomal Defects Of an Arabidopsis Pex6 Mutant (3/29/2016)

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This 2 minutes research video was made with DMC support by Kendall Burks, a junior majoring in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Kendall works as an undergraduate researcher in a lab here on campus.  She is currently involved in a research-based scholarship program, and she will be attending a conference this summer to present her work.  Each year, the scholarship organization reviews applications for scholarship recipients to give a formal talk at the summer conference. Kendall has been in the process of completing this application, part of which consists of a video.  The video Kendall created with the help of the DMC describes her research progression and why she should be chosen to present her research at the conference this summer.

  • DMC resources used:
    • DMC Video/Photography Studio
    • Sony HXR-NX5U NXCAM Professional Camcorder
    • Manfrotto MVH502A Fluid Head and 546B Tripod System
    • Sennheiser MKE600 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
    • Final Cut Pro X for post production

  • The link to the organization that gave Kendall the scholarship: http://www.beckman-foundation.org/beckman-scholars

  • User’s Comments: “Working with the DMC was easy and fun.  The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful, and I found many of the resources there very valuable, especially the recording studio.  With the help of the DMC, I was able to create a high quality product I am proud to submit for consideration in a competitive application process.” – Kendall Burks

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Foreign Language Audio Tours (Spring 2016)

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Audio tours about new installation of Rice gallery in two different languages (Spanish and Chinese) were recorded in DMC Audio Studio with the stand microphones and Audacity.
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  1. Links: http://www.ricegallery.org/audio-tours
  2. User’s Comments: “They were both done in your studios! We are so fortunate to have access to such amazing equipment and your help in working with the equipment and the software.” – Christine Medina.

CD Recording of The Rice Phiharmonics (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)

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The Rice Philharmonics are Rice’s oldest a’capella group and this year is their 20th Anniversary. Every few years the group records a CD, and this time instead of having to pay and utilize an off-campus studio, the group used DMC Audio Studio.

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User’s Comments: “…we love the central location of the DMC for our students, the sound-proof walls, convenient outlets, and the ease of rearranging the room for our purposes. Also, the fact that we can reserve the studio and know that no one will disturb us is very nice...” – Juan Sebastian Cruz

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

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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)

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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

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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