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DigElog ROCORI Student Film: A Life in Progress

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Here is a submission from DigElog ROCORI’s own Dustin Williams. This was shot as part of his coursework at St. Cloud State University. The film follows a young man who is searching for purpose in his life. In doing so, he visits special events that have taken place in his past- both figuratively and literally. By facing some of the demons that have haunted him, he is able to progress though the journey of life.

"Look Out, Teen Drivers!"

Here's a series of commercials made by our own ROCORI Media Students on the topic of teen drivers.  They put this together as a part of a class project and a contest put on by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.  The top producer will win $1000 so we wish these contestants the very best of luck.

Herb Brooks Documentary (Rocori Students)

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This is a shortened version of a mini documentary two young people in the "Land Of Rocori" did on the life of Herb Brooks.  Included in this very well done piece are personal inteviews with John Harrington and Craig Dahl. 

If you're a hockey fan or if you can remember the 1980 Gold Medal Hockey Team USA... you'll want to watch this video.  It's a great story about a man who knew how to dream and then inspire new ideas.

These two kids, their parents and their teachers put an enormous amount of work into this story.  It's amazing to see what can be done by our young people in this age of digital technology.

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SHIRT GEOGRAPHY - ROCORI Media Project

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Have you ever thought about the actual location on the globe that the shirt you are wearing was manufactured at?  Here's a great ROCORI High School Media Class project that does just that.

You'll get a chuckle as school teachers, students and janitors all get into the act trying to tie their shirt to some place on the globe.

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ROCORI Student Built HOUSE FOR SALE

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This is a ROCORI High School Media project that shows the new house recently placed up for sale by Mr. Christie's Residential Carpentry class.

Each year Mr. Christie's class has a major building project that provides hands-on experience for the students.  This video shows how the home was built and includes a touch of High School humor that you're sure to get a chuckle out of.

Knowledge Bowl : Students vs Teachers

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Here's another ROCORI High School media project where this time we pit the Students against the Teachers when it comes to answering questions as a part of the Knowledge Bowl program.

Who do you think won this competition?  Check out this five minute highlight video to get a feel for the pressure of being behind the wheel of the Knowledge Bowl.

Yam Jam 2006 (ROCORI HS Project)

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YAM (Youth Arts Month) Jam was held this past Sunday, March 12th at the Rocori High School in Cold Spring.  A wide variety of activities were held throughout the afternoon:

* Add dots to pointillism painting
* Ceramic pieces silent auction
* K-12 student art
* Face painting
* YAM Jam jewelry
* Student arts, music and drama

Check out this video made just before the event created by a ROCORI High School Media Student.  They did a terrific job.  Also view some photos from YAM JAM 2005.

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Treasure Hunt: The Lost Medallion

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Here's another great media project by one of our ROCORI High School students.  This story introduces us to ROCORI High School SNOW-DAYS week. 

One of the fun events of SNOW-DAYS is the Medallion Hunt.  A special medallion is hidden somewhere in the school and a special poem is written to help lead the student detectives to the medallions unknown location.

Let the hunt begin!

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BlueScreen - ROCORI High School Project

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Ethan, our ROCORI media student who made his debut with "The Battle between Socks & Shoes", is once again exploring the edge of videography.  This week Ethan is experimenting with Bluescreen which he plans to incorporate into his next production.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Bluescreen (also known as Chroma Key) is a term for the filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochomatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene. The term also refers to the visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself (although it is often not blue; for example, with greenscreen).

The key background color in the video signal is processed out and overlayed with content from a different video signal -- such as from a separate camera, a recorded video playback, or a digital source -- a process called "compositing". Both digital and analog techniques exist for doing this. The image replacement may be done in production or in post-production.

 

 

A classic example of the technique is the television news weatherman who on-screen appears to point at a map, but is in fact being recorded standing in front of a blank screen. On either sides of this screen are smaller televisions projecting a front view of the weather-caster, so they know where and when to place their hands. These early television effects were originally accomplished by a technique called chroma keying, but older analog methods have been increasingly supplanted by modern digital compositing techniques.

The Battle Between Socks & Shoes (ROCORI Student Media)

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Here's another great example of youth creativity at ROCORI High School.  This Media Class project is a video production using socks and shoes as the key actors. 

It's a classic battle between good and evil.  You'll be surprised what resources the socks call upon to plan their defense against the more powerful and dominant shoes. 

This is one of those videos that will put a smile on your face and at the same time might have you wondering about the story behind the story.