Tag: Video


Welcome Back 2018, Part 1

The new semester is almost here and you know what that means… Welcome back videos! (Yes, that’s a plural.) We had a busy summer, getting ready for a new school year. There’s been a few changes and a few adjustments — our eye’s always on the details. We hope you too had a great summer and are all set for another school year to start. Welcome Back: Tidying Up from UA Religious Studies. […]

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#ClassAssignment

The last week of classes for the Fall semester is here, and my REL 100 students have some group projects to present in class, on Tuesday and Thursday. The assignment: dramatize one of the questions/answers in Religion in 5 Minutes. It has to be a video that can be shown in class and on which every worked in some way, it can have only two speaking parts, must be less than 3 minutes long, have credits and a narrative arc […]

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10 Things I Learned at the REL Film Studios

Russell McCutcheon wrote a post on this blog recently in which he talked about the history and development of our filmmaking ventures here at REL, and as a student worker heavily involved in producing the films, I felt the need to respond to his post. For about two years now I’ve been planning, directing, filming, and editing our department’s videos, with some help from Andie of course, and the process came with a bit of a learning curve. So now, as I […]

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“I’m Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille”

Yes, our Department is in the movie business. Maybe you’ve seen one of our films, posted on Facebook or Twitter from our Vimeo account. I’ve been approached three or four times, over the past couple of years, for information on how we do this, so I thought I’d write a quick post for those who are game to give it a try in their own Departments. […]

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