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Pardon the mess…

Ivan Kowalenko — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:09:48 +0000

Please pardon the mess as the website is redesigned to take advantage of WordPress 3.0 and to use HTML5/Flash for greater comparability across platforms. Some videos may be unavailable during the transition.

Bucket Flush

Ivan Kowalenko — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:02:59 +0000

Bucket Flush is a documentary that follows a slice of the life of thr Philadelphia punk band Bucket Flush. Rob Shit, Black Jon, Dean and John Wood give insight into not just how they live their lives, but why they choose to live the way they want to.

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Unfortunately, due to limitations of some film festivals, the entire documentary cannot be made available here at this time. However, DVDs can be made available on request.

Credit:

Producer: Dana Frack
Director: Ivan Kowalenko
Editor: Alex Mihailovic

Thanks to Dana Frack for providing the trailer.

Freelance Work for the Rowan Internship Outreach Team

Ivan Kowalenko — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:57:06 +0000

This past semester, I worked for the Rowan Internship Outreach Team (RIOT) as a freelance video producer and assisted in the development of their website. The finished project is available here, as a page for our client, Sturtz Construction.

The goal of the project was to demonstrate to small businesses how they could promote themselves on the Internet using either free or inexpensive tools. The project centered around inexpensive, yet professional looking video production using free software and consumer hardware, and using free web tools like WordPress, Youtube and Twitter to promote and distribute information about the company.

The project was headed by Prof. Bill Wolff of Rowan University.

Up All Night Epic Movie 2

Ivan Kowalenko — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:00:36 +0000

I have been selected to be one of the camera operators for Up All Night‘s “Epic Movie 2,” the second of Up All Night‘s season ending “movie” episodes.

The episode, a departure from UAN’s late-night talk-show style, is a scripted story that is shot mostly from the perspective of the host and co-host as characters behind the scenes. Also, in keeping with UAN’s season, the episode is shot entirely using handheld (specifically the Panasonic HVX200) or shoulder mounted (the Panasonic HPX500) cameras running at 720p.

As of this time, the video is unavailable. It will be displayed, embedded or linked to as soon as it is made available.

Student Government Association’s Meet the Candidates: Live Stream

Ivan Kowalenko — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:00:58 +0000

The Rowan University‘s Student Government Association held a Meet The Candidates even for its 2010 election, and as a service to the community, RTN shot the event and streamed it live via the Internet.

Meet the Candidates was RTN’s second live streamed event, following the highly successful Rowan Relief Telethon.
Live video chat by Ustream

RTN’s Rowan Relief Telethon

Ivan Kowalenko — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:50 +0000

RTN performed its first live web stream, covering the third annual telethon, raising money for wheelchairs for Haiti, following the devastating earthquake.

I was in charge of managing the live stream, as well as social media experience, by promoting the even through Twitter.
Streaming Video by Ustream.TV
Pardon the use of Flash as opposed to HTML5-compatible media. Technical limitations at this time make the reduce the viability MP4/OGV/WebM versions to nil. Standards-compliant video is due to be available by November.

Technical director for Up All Night

Ivan Kowalenko — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:07:05 +0000

This semester, I have been selected as the technical director for Up All Night. Technical changes include a move to widescreen (the only RTN show to do so), and shooting all out-of-studio segments in HD, with the intent of distributing them over the campus cable network as letterboxed SD shows, but podcasting them in their full resolution.

A sample of the show will be made available as early as possible.

The Perfect Girl

Ivan Kowalenko — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:24:34 +0000

As a final project in Film Production, we were to produce a longer film using the techniques mastered in class. I was assigned the role of camera assistant, and again, we were given the Bolex 16mm camera to shoot, and everyone was to edit their own cut using a digital transfer. What is included is my edit of the film.

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Traitors to GeneCo

Ivan Kowalenko — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:30:13 +0000

For TV Production II, we were to shoot a short documentary film, and my group covered an aspiring Repo! The Genetic Opera shadowcast, and attempted to detail the pitfalls they faced while highlighting their devotion, and explaining why they are so devoted.

I was assigned as editor, in a group of three, and also functioned as a camera operator, and set up much of the lighting.

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RTN “Throwback” Promo

Ivan Kowalenko — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:11:04 +0000

As part of a challenge to get new members involved in RTN, a contest was set up for members to have some experience shooting their own promotions. The resulting video was one that attempted to showcase RTN’s broad range of positions for students to get involved in, while maintaining a level of kitsch. Video after the jump.

The promotion was shot in HD to teach the new members how to use the new HD camera, HD focus assist, working with P2, and dealing with the challenges of shooting in HD. The intent was to crop the promotion to a 4:3 box for use on the campus’s standard definition cable network. What is presented here is the 16:9 version produced, though the 4:3 cropped version is available in the download section.

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