My 2019 video editing reel. The majority of the work that I've done over the past several years hasn't been anything in which I've operated camera, and most of it was under intellectual property ND. So in lieu of a normal, annual reel, I've put together a little something highlighting some of my general skills and interests in audio/video creation, even though the focus of it is the editing nature.

A big hit, and rightly so. This is a video that I created from a Bandhub "collab" in which I was recruited for lead vocals, and to which I contributed other audio FX. The project (started by another member) turned out so well that I simply had to make a video presentation of it, and so here it is:

To gain a better perspective on how this video was created, take a look at the original "collab"
here or here's a representation of the original video:

... and then a time-lapse video of my process in creating a similarly-styled video, but from a much smaller project:

These videos can take anywhere from 6-24 hours, depending on their size, complexity of moves, background footage, video FX, and whether or not I create an entirely new audio mix.

My Musical Progress and a Return to After Effects

After Effects is a fabulous program, and I'm glad I've reintroduced myself to it. I'm still rather amateurish in my use of it, but I believe that I've progressed in different aspects with almost every video. Some I do admit are boiler plate standards that I've invented and have employed just to get a collab that I'm proud of out for people to see, and especially to hear.

I'm not a great vocalist, but I think I'm fairly decent. And it's truly an enjoyable hobby.

Since my previous post (about 5 months ago)I've done considerably more songs, and created quite a few videos. I'm at over 130 "collabs" currently, and have released nearly 40 videos of those songs.

Here's a few of them that I've liked in particular. As always please click the title, rather than the image, and you'll get a full-screen view. It's always nice to see the details up close :)

So from older to newer ...

PINK FLOYD - WAITING FOR THE WORMS (from the album and motion picture)
In this video I recreated the Gerald Scarfe animations. I did this by ingesting the original videos into After Effects and then layering my own images over it, and then frame-by-frame matching the movements and angles, and a reasonable facsimile of the imagery. I've also included a link to a YT video of that segment (on another person's account) just so you can do a comparison, here (it's set to start at the beginning of the mimicked animation:
https://youtu.be/0bDY0DfEjmo?t=1m19s

Intro to the full wedding video, of the wedding of
Daniel & Natasha, held at the Five Bridge Inn.

Nick Kane was on 2nd camera.

It's (as usual) a three-camera shoot, which I edited,
as well as Blu-Ray disc authored and published.

GREASE Is the Word!

St. Andrew's School, in Barrington, RI performed the original stage play GREASE by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, hiring me as videographer.

Jason Zhao, a student at St. Andrew's assisted me with second camera.

Afterward I did all editing, both full version and the trailer (below), titles, FX compositing, DVD authoring.

Grease Trailer from Shawn Hare on Vimeo.

As always, please click on the VIMEO logo at bottom right of the video to see it in larger format.

Studio Production Final Project

Final project for Studio Production class at NEIT. The assignment is a television show with 3-4 segments, with commercial breaks, intro, outro, lower thirds, etc.

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It's a bit of a mess, but I'm grateful to everyone who contributed.

Features: Interview with Brian Bouyea, filmmaker, producer-director of "Famous"; some live music from The Ragtag Band (formed five minutes before shooting); voice over comedy skit using a 1940's PSA.

The music from the Ragtag Band is original, and was basically created on the spot, and the host had seen the script only five minutes before the shoot.

The voiceover segment (for which I wrote the script) is from a 1940's PSA, and is in the Public Domain.

Special thanks to our guest, filmmaker Brian Bouyea, and to our instructor Mark Foley, who stood in as host for the interview when we were short a student.

Mighty W.O.R.R.M. advertisement

This is a video I created, as an afterthought, from an assignment in my Oral Communications class at New England Institute of Technology.

The assignment was a 4-5 minute commercial, of an imaginary product or service, following two sets of rules which make up an effective advertisement:  Monroe's Motivated Sequence (attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, action); and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (physical, safety, belonging, esteem, self-actualization).

We were to deliver this fake ad in front of the classroom.  The original lasted a full 5 minutes, but for the sake of the short-attention-span folks who typically roam the internet, I've reduced it to 4 minutes.

The script, the placards with the images of the people, the sock puppet, and the flashing pen were all used in the live presentation. The music is public domain from Muse Open.

[Please view this video larger by clicking Play, then pointing to the upper, left corner of the video, where the title appears; Click on that title, and it'll take you to the YouTube site on which it was uploaded. There you can also enlarge it even more]