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There’s something powerful about watching a student sit down behind a professional news desk, look into a camera, and tell a story — not as a simulation, but as a real, produced broadcast. That’s exactly what’s happening now at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Georgia, and it’s changing what CTAE media education looks like in the Coastal Empire.
After 20 years in the classroom, veteran AV teacher, Jerry Aaron (JA) no longer has to ask students to be a part of the weekly show – they now ask him if they can be anchors. JA is the AV teacher at the Escambia Career Readiness Center (ECRC) in Brewton, Alabama. One Podcast To Tell The Story Of Three Alabama High Schools The ECRC AV program serves students from Flomaton, WS Neal and TR Miller high schools. The students come from around the county to ECRC for one of two periods per day. Right now, the students are learning basic broadcasting skills…
The video program at Central High School in Phenix City Alabama is headed into its 10th year. Tim Loreman has lead the program to national recognition during his 9 year tenure at the helm of the ship. Central Phenix is know for its professional quality broadcasts and Loreman’s continued involvement in helping other video production programs around the southeast. Recently, the team at Red Devil Television received their VidPOD from Amitrace and literally hit the ground running. Within hours of delivery, they were producing their first show – an hour long coach’s show. Loreman shared that “the ease of…
We were excited to facilitate the inaugural Alabama AV Teacher Bootcamp at Albertville Innovation Academy in Albertville, Alabama. A group of teachers from around the state of Alabama gathered for two and a half days of professional development designed solely for AV teachers. The group shared their experiences in the classroom, lessons learned in the field, and how to handle a variety of situations. Brad Beasley from Russell County High School kicked off the event with his methods on building a news program that benefits the community. Helena High School’s Mark Hendren shared his favorite Adobe Premiere Pro workflows and…
Instead of creating a large MOV file from your TriCaster production, you can generate a MP4 file which is much lighter in terms of size and extremely easier to add to a non-linear editor like Davinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere Pro.
The standard for high school broadcast programs has been set… Albertville Innovation Academy at Albertville High School is ready for the new year with a top of the line studio and control room. The VizRt TriCaster TC1 is the center piece of the workflow. Featuring 3 Blackmagic Design (BMD) Studio 6K cameras with Canon lenses and a pair of Newtek PTZ2 cameras, the workflow allows the teacher, Billy Dunn, and his students to create a variety of amazing shots. The team will use a TriCaster Flex control surface to switch their shows. The flex offers a lot of things for…
There were three things that I can attribute to my success in the classroom:
Take care of the people who take care of you – custodians, IT department, and secretaries
Never do anything that you think will cause a meeting
You can’t call an audible if you haven’t called a play.
We recently celebrated the completion of what is most likely our largest project as a company. As of June, we completed a three-year project that saw our crew install live production workflows in over 80 elementary schools in the Gwinnett County Public Schools system.
It seems like two things grow larger every year… the amount of time you are in the classroom and your school’s sports schedule. What used to be very defined seasons have now overlapped so much it’s hard to know when the spring sports end and the fall sports begin – not to mention that there is supposed to be a summer break in there. As you prepare for the school year, we wanted to share some simple reminders as well as some ways to upgrade your production.
POE, power over ethernet, is not new but it is seeing a growth like few other areas in production. The expansion of IP protocols in video production has caused the expansion of POE products and capabilities. POE describes the ability to power, and often control, a device via an ethernet cable. Why is that important? Like mentioned earlier, IP workflows are becoming the norm in professional realms so network switches are commonplace in control rooms which allows for a variety of tools that were not possible before. Let’s use a PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) camera for example. A PTZ cameras doesn’t…