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.

1. DMC resources used:
   • Canon XA10 Video Camera with Sony Electret ECM670 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
   • Velbon Tripod
   • Sony ECM-44B Wired Condenser Lavalier Mic
   • DMC Audio Studio
2. Links:
   • School of Engineering featured this news at http://engineering.rice.edu/BPultimatefieldtrip/
   • Rice undergrads win BP Ultimate Field Trip: https://www.oilonline.com/news/career/rice-undergrads-win-bp-ultimate-field-trip
   • Sample sniped videos can be accessed from DMC Gallery

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.

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, 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.

1. DMC resources used:
   • Canon XA10 Video Camera with Sony Electret ECM670 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
   • Velbon Tripod
2. YouTube Video:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA18ndstrJ8 (made in 2014)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJAfM5M4M8 (made in 2016)

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.

DMC resources used:

• DMC Equipment: 2 Canon Vixia M500 Video Cameras to record two different angels; 2 Sunpack tripods; 1 Edirol R09 Audio Recorder to recorder sound.
• DMC software: Final Cut Pro 6 to edit the videos.

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