Synopsis: A fictional telling of a child’s first at bat during their first ball game. The story is told from the point of view of the child as they attempt to overcome their fears and succeed at their first plate appearance.
Content and Creation: This project makes use of visual resources provided by Pixabay and Flickr, free for use per Creative Commons licenses. The music and sound effects not created by yours truly came from Freesound and are also free for use per Creative Commons licenses. BeFunky was the Photo Editor used to edit two of the photos provided to give the illusion of eyes closing and eyes opening. The narrative, deep breath sound effect, and umpire sound effects were all recorded by me with Audacity, with credit given to my assistant Brian E. for his given voice overs. The title slide, credits, and video were all edited with HitFilm Express, and exported as a 1080p H.264 MP4.
Audio Resources (Alphabetical Order):
- “Baseball Hitting Glove.wav” by SocializedArtist (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
- “BaseballHitAndCrowdCheer.mp3” by AmishRob (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
- “Deep Breath” by Aleisha Edenfield (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved)
- “Dramatic evil theme orchestra” by humanoide9000 (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
- “Dramatic Guitar” by soundsfromtheholeofmymind (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication)
- “Emotional Background Music Orchestra (Adventure Type)” by Migfus20 (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
- “Emotional Piano | tictac9” by tictac9 (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0))
- “heart beat scare up 116642.wav” by klankbeeld (Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
- “little league baseball game” by SteeLManure (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication)
- “The First At Bat Narrative” by Aleisha Edenfield and Brian E. (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved)
- “Umpire Strike One” by Aleisha Edenfield and Brian E. (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved)
- “Umpire Strike Two” by Aleisha Edenfield and Brian E. (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved)
- “Umpire Strike Three” by Aleisha Edenfield and Brian E. (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved)
Visual Resources (In Order of First Appearance):
- “Baseball Ball Park” by TryJimmy (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Field Sports” by chabotphoto (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Baseball Ball” by cherylholt (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Action Second Base” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Player Helmet” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Little League Children” by ruthclark (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Batter Girl” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Player Pitcher” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Intense Focus #baseball #pitcher #hart #angels” by Brendan C (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Softball Pitcher Player” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “It Takes the Whole Body to Throw” by William Klos (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Eyes Shut Close” by Aleisha Edenfield (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved) , a derivative of “It Takes the Whole Body to Throw” by William Klos (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Eyes Open” by Aleisha Edenfield (© 2022 Aleisha Edenfield, All Rights Reserved), a derivative of “Home Plate Ball” by PublicDomainPictures (Pixabay License)
- “Home Plate Ball” by PublicDomainPictures (Pixabay License)
- “Opening Day 2014-266” by Rob Macdonald (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Opening Day 2014-159” by Rob Macdonald (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Softball Pitcher Player” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Pitcher Pitching” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Girls Game” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Catcher Baseball Youth” by dcfotography (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Batter Female” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Melrose Incarnation Baseball-060708-056-5×7” by Paul-W (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0))
- “Softball Pitcher Pitching” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Grandson Baseball Boy” by WillieMac (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Batter Bat” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Umpire Strike” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Fence Baseball Chain” by 339731 (Pixabay License)
- “Lining Up for the batters box (pingnews)” by pingnews.com (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))
- “Team Little League Baseball” by andreahamilton264 (Pixabay License)
- “Softball Team Coach” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Little League Sport” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Baseball Coach” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
- “Opening Day 2014-283” by Rob Macdonald (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
- “Swing” by jondoeforty1 (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))
- “Softball Action Batter” by KeithJJ (Pixabay License)
