Intro to Sockology 101 is a sample piece for EDT 631. I used Audacity to record my voice, and Camtasia Studio 8 for editing. The purpose of this draft is to practice using the software which I will use to complete my final project for Media and Instruction.

Model Videos for Final Project

America's Public Health Crisis: Video Infographic

The infographic video illustrates startling statistics about the obesity epidemic in the United States. I have chosen this video as an exemplary work as it provides chunks of information with speech as well as with graphics that move at a rate which retains my attention while revealing some unsettling statistics. The transitions are smooth and are timed with the narrating voice.

"Numbers" (HD)- Child Exploitation & Sex Trafficking PSA

Atlanta metro is one of the top hubs of child exploitation and sex trafficking in the nation. This video was created by teens and for teens to bring this horrific degradation of human beings to awareness. The quality of the video is moving; the opening whisper of a prayer, coupled with haunting music, sets the tone.  Filmed in all black-and-white, the darkness of the victims' plight is palpable. The use of hand-written signs rather than speech demonstrates the silence that they must keep to save their lives.