idvp at Hennepin Tech

Congratulations to our talented students who competed at the SkillsUSA Minnesota State contest on 4/10-4/11. Clay Ebeling and Samantha Hanus took gold in the TV/Video Production contest. Keith Kadinger and Brennan Caroline took the silver. The competition was fierce and the final videos were outstanding. Contestants were required to write, produce, and edit a video about the Eastman Nature Center. The entire production cycle was required to be completed in 4 hours. The videos will be online soon.

This past weekend the Interactive Design Video Production program (IDVP) had 12 students compete in the 24 hour Minneapolis Film Race 2010.  Students were given 24 hours to create/produce a 3-5 minute movie with an assigned topic.  The films will be judged on Wednesday, March 31st at the Oak Street Cinema in SE Minneapolis.  The films will be posted online after that and can be voted for online.

More info about the contest

Advanced Production Lab students Clay Ebeling and Cory Laing came in to the studio during spring break to paint flats and set lights for the new Reel to Real show.  In the next few weeks we will put together a mock R2R show to determine the work flow for future students.  Thanks for your help guys!

Students from the Video Production Equipment course get “hands on” with a 3-minute demonstration.  The students shoot a product “live” with 3 cameras and 3 varied shots.  Each student directs a demonstration with a full crew.

Recently, IDVP student Margo Cavis shot footage for her corporate video sales promo.  Margo is an avid diver, photographer, graphic designer and video producer.  Margo’s business is called Digital Elves Productions.  IDVP student Brian Hoskins was also on the shoot.   Check out the video about the ice dive on YouTube.

The Corporate Video Production class begins shooting their 3-minute sale promos.  Margo Cavis, Justin Aarestad and Brian Hoskins direct a crew in the production phase.  They will take their footage and begin editing next week.

Spring Classes are underway.  Classes offered in the Interactive Design Video Production (idvp) programs include:

• Concepts of Multimedia, John McCaffrey Instructor
• Advanced Lighting, Todd Randall Instructor
• Production Planning, Andi Johnson Instructor
• Video Production Equipment, Rich Oxley Instructor
• Audio for Media, John McCaffrey Instructor
• Avid Editing, Rich Oxley Instructor
• Digital Post Production, Rich Oxley Instructor
• Flash, John McCaffrey Instructor
• Multimedia for the Web, John McCaffrey Instructor
• After Effects, Todd Randall Instructor
• Audio for Media, John McCaffrey Instructor
• Corporate Video Production, Rich Oxley Instructor

We are pleased to announce the graduation of six talented and motivated students on December 17, 2009. Graduating with an AAS degree in Video Production are Andrew Chisholm, Clayton Ebeling, Kassandra Langum, and Joseph Young. Achieving the honor of Phi Theta Kappa with his AAS in Interactive Design was Patrick Tullo Jr. Completing the certificate in A/V Technology was Kristien Watts. Congratulations graduates. We are proud of you!