EVAN STULBERGER

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Serenity in Juvenile Detention


“Some of New York City’s angriest teens are learning the way to a more peaceful path with a little help from the Buddha.

NBC New York recently was given access to the Crossroads Juvenile Detention Center in Brownsville, where there was a stark contrast between the kids in their orange detention suits and the monks in their brown robes.”

Timeline: NYPD’s Surprise Sweep of OWS Encampment

“The mandatory evacuation of Zuccotti Park overnight seemed to come out of nowhere — but the story actually starts on Sunday. Here’s a timeline of the surprise sweep.”

For weeks you couldn’t turn on the news without hearing “Occupy Wall Street.” The NYPD had orders to sweep the OWS encampment in Lower Manhattan, and a lot happened over the passing hours. I was asked to compile a timeline of events, as a recap for our 5pm newscast. The goal here was to use the amazing video we were able to gather  and show the steady progression through the night.

Behind the scenes:

The piece was cut with a combination of Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion. Essentially, it was edited in Motion, but the graphics program isn’t really built to be an NLE. Once I had the voiceover track I basically edited a straight cuts video package in FCP. This helped me organize the footage and time it to the key points in the story.

Once I had that timeline laid out, I dragged the ENTIRE sequence into Motion. There, I built a skeleton of the timeline graphic that frames the piece and placed the video in the appropriate “time windows” (well, what else would you call them?). With everything in the right spot I used Motion’s 3d camera tools to move in and out of the timeline graphic. A couple of hundred keyframes later…

One group of firefighters on Long Island is using fire trucks to raise awareness and money to help women nationwide battling breast cancer.

The story was actually originally pitched to me by Paul Brower, one of my fellow firefighters from Woodmere. It was a long shoot, but altogether a very inspiring day. The image of these pink fire trucks racing around Nassau County really moved people to the cause.

Some behind the scenes info:

The pieces was shot on a Canon 7D. I used a Sigma 30mm f1.4 for the interviews. It’s really a beautiful lens that puts out a wonderfully crisp image. The wide aperature was relly helpful in shooting the b-roll at the fire station. The available light was pretty low in some areas; shooting at f1.4 allowed me to grab the shots without pumping up the ISO (gain).

Because the camera was shooting in 1080p I was able to crop the interview shots in post to provide some differences in framing. Audio was recorded on a Tascam DR-100 and synced up later in post.

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