Thursday, September 22, 2011

PTA Reflections 2011-2012 "Diversity Means..."

PTA Reflections "Diversity Means..."

Here is the video I created for the PTA at my sons elementary school.  They wanted something put together that would get the students excited in the program.

Just to recap from my earlier posts about this:

I watched a few PTA Reflections videos on YouTube for ideas - and saw some really good ones.  But the ones I felt as good had actual video footage in them - something I lacked for this project.  All I had to go on was still photos.

My first rendition resembled a Power Point presentation - too boring. 

Then I Googled "songs about diversity" and one of the results was an Avril Lavigne song titled "Keep Holding On".  That second version of the video is primarily what you see here but without all the 3D transitions.  The Holding On version used simpler wipes and fades.  Still very slow moving - not too exciting.

I then remembered the current Kia Soul commercial that features the LMFAO song "Party Rock Anthem".  That song gets people moving!  And at the recent school dance when the DJ played that song - all the kids were on the dance floor!

So I added Party Rock Anthem to the sound track and changed all the transitions to 3D effects included with Pinnacle Studio 11.  Added pans and zooms to the pictures and came up with this.

On Monday they will air it for the first time at school during the morning news, and then replay it twice a week leading up to the October 21st deadline for entries into the competition.

I keep thinking that when the song comes on the kids are going to jump out of their seats and start dancing in the classrooms!

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