| WHY St. KOLBE | STORIES: FALL 2026 |
LAB NOTES: REELS 101 DELL 5820 |
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Building the Story Every story starts with a single
element – a thought, an image, a frame of video, a sound – and
expands in complexity into something layered and complete. Along the way,
individual pieces stand on their own as shorts, reels, a useable image library,
and social posts – but the finished video is always the goal.
That process happens in the open, on the grounds of a former Cistercian Abbey, alongside St. Declan's Way, near the town of Cappoquin in County Waterford. The media lab operates as a working newsroom and production studio, where reporting, photography, video, and audio are treated as parts of one craft rather than separate disciplines. The work produced here is real published coverage of the Abbey, distributed with the objectives of a functioning newsroom: through a regularly updated site, a recurring email newsletter, and video built for the audiences already watching. |
The Building Blocks PHOTOGRAPHY: Team photo shoots, composition and style brainstorming, editing, digital storage requirements and options, Photoshop, appropriate AI-assisted editing tools – the full pipeline from camera to finished piece . CREATIVE CONTENT: Developing  story ideas, researching sources (history,
interviews) and writing narratives built to work across websites, newsletters
and video. The byproduct will be shorts and reels for multiple platforms that
will entertain and inform.VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION: Editing across multiple video and  audio tracks. Exploring the uses of the iPhone as a second
shooter and dedicated B-roll source. We will aim for full YouTube video, but
not hesitate to re-cut for other features or shorts.HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION: Building an extensive multi-dimensional database of the Abbey – a centuries-old historical site now mid-redevelopment: capturing both what's existed for generations and what's changing in real time.
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Upcoming Events and Workshops |
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 Building the Lab — The room is assigned, equipment on
way, fiber theading through unforseen walls. We are looking for techie
volunteers to help put it all together. (TBD) |
iPhone
Workshop — Testing the new Adobe Premier for iPhone with multi-track
capability, and a direct pipeline to upload to the Lab's workstations for final
edit. (TBD) |
| Travel Storyboard
Seminar — Plan a basic list of photos and video to take during off
campus trips. Help grow our Travel Channel on YouTube. (TBD) |
Tuesday at
2 — Media Lab roundtable, show up to give and get ideas for creating
your own website, YouTube channel, or kick up your social media efforts.
(TBD) |
MMA Media Library – Photo + Video + Audio UNDER CONSTRUCTION for more information: VJ@MediaLab-MMA.com |