Delta Sigma Pi Recruitment Video — Fall 2024

Editing • Storyboarding • Quick-turn delivery

Prompt: "If you could be on one reality competition show, what would it be, and why would you win? Please respond in a short 2 minute video."
We were given two days during a school week, most people simply recorded a single-take response. I treated it like a mini-edit challenge, planning shots, scripting transitions, and cutting for pace to stand out under a tight deadline.

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What I Focused On

  • Concept under constraints: completed within a two-day window during a busy school week, so I built the piece entirely from online clips, images, and one old Lego stop-motion I had on hand.
  • Pacing and structure: opened with a hook and context, then organized the "three steps" (personality, creativity, skill) to match the narration and keep the humor moving.
  • Visual humor: leaned on still images and b-roll as jokes, like cutting to a duck bill and a flipper while talking about the Lego brick separator, or using Game Theory-style mouth animation over a photo of myself.
  • Editing approach: pulled footage with 4K Video Downloader, layered text that wasn't always spoken aloud, and mixed in light timing with background music without forcing every cut to match the beat.

Tools & Process

  • Video editing: DaVinci Resolve on macOS for assembling clips, layering text, color balance, audio leveling, and simple motion graphics (like the animated mouth rig).
  • Image work: Photoshop 2024 for quick background removals, text overlays, and prepping stills to composite into the video.
  • Asset sourcing: Downloaded b-roll, TV show clips, and reference images with 4K Video Downloader; reused an older Lego stop-motion I had made for filler footage.
  • Planning: Wrote a short script and outline to structure the "three steps" and timed text/narration to keep momentum within the two-minute limit.
  • Delivery: Exported in H.264 MP4 at 1080p for universal playback across browsers and devices.