digital story

Follow the CCHS color guard team as they start their new journey with a real color guard instructor for the first time ever. With an instructor to teach them proper spinning, technique, and fundamentals; they venture into indoor competitions, another first for the team and the school.

This video is comprised of original photographs and video clips that I shot and then edited later in either Canva or Clipchamp. The audio was recorded with Voice Memos for iPhone, then edited and put to music in Audacity. All assets were compiled in Clipchamp to create the final video.

Visual Credits

All photographs are originals by Mellissa Clark, licensed under (CC BY NC-ND 4.0)

All videos are originals by Mellissa Clark, licensed under (CC BY NC-ND 4.0)

Audio Credits

Music from Openverse:

“acoustic guitar melody fingerstyle picking” by Garuda1982 is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

“Happy Child” by Oursvince is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

“World Music Instrumental Track” by Will Thompson is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Voice Over/Narration by Mellissa Clark, licensed under (CC BY NC-ND 4.0)

Synopsis: A short re-telling of the true event involving a treasure stashed away in a locker.

Production: For this production I recorded the voice over using Audacity and edited the images and audio together using Vegas Pro.

“War Noises (Distance Explosions).wav” by gkillhour is licensed under CC by 3.0

“Sword Training 1.wav by Thimblerig is licensed under CC 1.0 Universal

“Cash” by 401(K) 2013 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Dragon” by UnorthodoxY is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Storage lockers at Tampere railway station” by JIP is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

“File:Hoxne Hoard 1.jpg” by Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

More Candy for Sparky the Loldragon by Jack Black’s Stunt Double is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Fields of Glory – American Civil War” by Tjflex2 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

“Riverbend – Civil War Reenactment” by proftrusty is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Viking drinking glass” by arnybo is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“precious beanie baby bears” by kafka4prez is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Cabbage patch kid cosplays as Picard” by WilWheaton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

“”Leaving Home” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Synopsis: This is a story about a girl named Jen and her adventures with the gardening club she creates with her co-workers. This tells a story of Jen’s  struggle to keep their school garden alive. The story will go on to explain the reasoning for their struggles along the way. Jen and the club have a new adventure ahead of them after Jen applies for a grant.

Content & Creation: Some visuals from this collection comes from the creative commons Pexels or Pixaby. A good majority of the photographs taken are personal original photos. This video was edited with ClipChamp and uploaded to Vimeo for viewing. The narration is self recorded and all audio sounds come from Pixaby. All sounds and photographs are free use under the Pixaby or Pexel license.

Credits:

Photos

–Plants in a Greenhouse

Photo by Serena Koi

Free to use with pexel license

–Crop unrecognizable gardener carrying potted plants on wheelbarrow

Photo by Anna Shvets: 

Free to use with pexel license

–Person Holding Debit Card

Photo by Pixabay: 

CC0 license

–Woman Driving Car On Freeway

Photo by Peter Fazekas

Free to use with pexel license

–Wheelbarrow and Seedlings

Photo by Alfo Medeiros

Free to use with pexel license

–Crop couple of farmers picking containers with assorted plants

Photo by Greta Hoffman 

Free to use with pexel license

–Cracked on the Dried Soil

Photo by Engin Akyurt 

Free to use with pexel license

Audio

–Howling Wind

Sound Effect from Pixabay

Free to use with Pixaby license

–In Deep Distress 

Sound Effect by SamuelFrancisJohnson from Pixabay

Free to use with Pixaby license

–Only Forward

Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay

Free to use with Pixaby license

Veiled Prey is the story of a cat’s contemptuous internal monologue after seeing a moving “creature” under blankets. They attack what they find only to see that they had been seemingly tricked by their human.

“Veiled Prey” was created through the use of two separate applications: Audacity was used to record and edit the audio portion of the video while Clipchamp was used for creating the visual portion and joining it with the audio.

All the pictures within the video were taken by me of my cat, Artemis. Furthermore, I acted out the voiced script for the audio portion myself.

AUDIO ASSET ATTRIBUTION (all downloaded from Freesound)

• “Cat trilling” by tsbarrett is licensed under CC0 1.0
• “Rustling bed sheets” by Froey_ is licensed under CC0 1.0
• “Battle – Cinematic soundtrack music atmo background.wav” by szegvari is licensed under CC0 1.0
• “Foley, getting in and out of bed, sheets, fabric rustle.wav” by SpliceSound is licensed under CC0 1.0
• “Calm background Music” by Bertsz is licensed under CC0 1.0
• “Cartoon Game Theme Loop.wav” by Mrthenoronha is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
• “Cat purr.wav” by Trautwein is licensed under CC0 1.0

Synopsis: A young woman is preparing dinner after a counseling session. Although her life looks normal on the outside, she is having an inner struggle with herself. Clinically classified as OCD, this woman battles her obsessions by utilizing exposure therapy skills learned from a trained therapist.

Content & Creation: Visual content for this project came from Pexels‘ public domain, which states that videos are free to use and modify as desired. The music and sound effects were downloaded from Openverse and fall under CC0.01. All narration was self-recorded using Audacity, and the final digital story was created using DaVinci Resolve.

Visual Credits:

• A Woman Discussing Her Problems With A Professional by cottonbro studio on Pexels (Public Domain via Pexels License) 
• Close Up Video of Person Slicing Cherry Tomatoes by cottonbro studio on Pexels (Public Domain via Pexels License) 
• Woman Baking by Taryn Elliott on Pexels (Public Domain via Pexels License) 
• A Person Slicing a Mango Fruit by Ron Lach on Pexels (Public Domain via Pexels License) 

Audio Credits:

• Original Narration by Taylor Wilson.
• “Music ambience, slow, piano, playing, reversed, dramatic“ by Bpianoholic is marked with CC0 1.0.
• “female sigh [edit]” by AbrahamMast is marked with CC0 1.0.
• “Peaceful Piano Loop“ by archtects is marked with CC0 1.0.

Synopsis: This is a story about Jessica, who after a long day at work, comes home to find that she seems to have lost her house key. Battling with the elements and no one to help her, she must find a way to get inside before the sun sets and it gets too cold.

Content and Creation: All visuals were created by me, except the image used in the title, which was gotten from Openverse. The image is a Creative Common asset. All parts of this video was created using Clipchamp. The narration was recorded by me, a small portion towards the end of the video has audio from the actress, Jakeeba Bryant, all other audio elements are Creative Commons assets.

Image Credit:

• Key by zebble on openverse (Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Audio Credits:

• Jam (Short Version) | tictac9 by tictac9 from freesound (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0))
• Metal Gear Solid Guard Alert Exclamation by PhilStrahl from freesound (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0))
• Alert 01 by rhodesmas openverse (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
• Dun dun duuun! by copyc4t from openverse (Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
• dramatic ostinato 0M_43mi2b by Setuniman from openverse (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0))
• dramatic 0P_19mi2 by Setuniman from openverse (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0))
• cinematic moments – bizarre » clandestine 1U84 by Setuniman from freesound (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0))

Synopsis:  While coming back from vacation, Isaiah noticed he lost something important… his wallet!  Will he be able to retrieve it? Will his faith in humanity be restored? Only time and luck will tell. Based on a true story.

Content & Creation:  All visuals were taken or created by me and my photographer Kody Joiner.  This video was edited using DaVinci Resolve.  Title card was created using Photopea with the original photo taken by me.  All narration was recorded in a professional studio at Cox Radio Tampa.  All other audio elements are Creative Common assets found on Freesound.

Image Credits:

Title Card – “The Wallet That Walked” by Isaiah Chavez is licensed under CC BY 4.0.  Edited with Photopea.

Audio Credits:

“Tropical Cruise” by code_box is licensed under CC0 1.0.

“Phone Ringing Sound” by fspera is licensed under CC0 1.0.

“Happy Background Music” by Migfus20 is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Synopsis: The story of a man who was always happy, even though he had every reason to not be.

Content & Creation: This story was created using a mixture of personal photographs and publically available images and videos from Pexels. An original narration was recorded and edited in Audacity. The project was composed in iMovie with a video track, overlay of text, two audio tracks, one narration, and one music.

Credits

Family Photos – Copyright 2023 Nicole Damstetter. All Rights Reserved.

Parker Street Gardner Postcard.
Heywood Wakefield Gardner Postcard.
1930s Pelletier Family.
Young Rene on Porch.
Rene In The Backyard.
Portrait of Rene as a Young Man.
Rene in Color with Bike.
Weaves Linen on Hand Loom Clipping.
Rene on Rascal with Hat.
Pelletier Children in 1980s.
Nicole Kissing Rene on Rascal.
Rene Walking with Help from Paul.
Rene at the Library.
Rene’s Birthday Celebration.
Nicole & daughter at Children’s Library.
Nicole & daughter sitting.
Nicole & daughter on lake pier.

From Pexels

Always Happy Ballon is a derivative of Yellow Smiley Ballon with White Background by Polina Tankilevitch.
Burning Birthday Candle in Number Six  by Engin Akyurt
Typing with Typewriter by Pixabay
Sun Setting Down by Pixabay
Video of Flower Blooming by Pixabay
Playing Cards on the Carpet by KoolShooters 

Audio

“Inspiring Piano” by BlueJay Studio is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0.
Original Narration by Nicole Damstetter.