Here’s a video filmed by my department that I was almost overjoyed to edit. Imagine my glee at editing something I knew would be of higher quality than the Independent Contract stuff I struggled with previously, and the video was filmed at a petting zoo. The event turned out to […]
Author: Heather
Heather Haynsen (Haynes) is a Video Production Specialist and OU VisCom alum. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, two cats and a failing vegetable garden.
Third School Video + Independent Contractors
Although I work primarily creating K-12 educational videos, our department’s publicly viewable work exclusively comes from Marketing. As I outlined last winter, we occasionally get to travel for school marketing videos, but just as frequently we hire an outside production company to film for us. You can imagine that this […]
Freelance editing: Precious family memories
I first connected with this family through Elance in 2013 and have been editing their home videos periodically ever since. It’s typically a simple job of culling tons of footage into what I believe to be the best memories. What I truly enjoy is watching the kids grow up by […]
China Photographs (Beijing, Xi’an, & Shenzhen)
When Matthew and his PhD advisor found they were accepted to the XIX International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen, China, I was a little jealous. Then, when his advisor suggested he take a week vacation prior to the conference so that I could enjoy China as well… I frantically did some […]
Video Project: Tree of Heaven
Matthew and I have joked about creating a hosted educational nature documentary style video series for years, but you know how life goes… we never got around do it. Our original idea for beginning the video series was a profile of Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven), which he studied for […]
Audio Story: Kudzu and other Invasives in Thurmond, WV
One of the main reasons I chose Invasive Plants as my topic for WSU’s Introductory course: Multimedia Content Creation, is the Eco-Voluntourism trip we had scheduled in early June. Matthew and I agreed that would be an excellent venue for an audio story to explain why invasive plant removal was […]
Upwork Editing: Fundraising Testimonials, Stand Beside Them
Research Paper: Grocery Shopping Persuasion Field Work
Heather Haynsen COMSTRAT 561 June 25, 2017 Grocery Shopping Field Work Grocery shopping is one of my most stressful outings each week. My husband and I shop under the constraints of food allergies and a tight budget; we discuss every single item before it goes in our shopping cart. Due […]
Upwork Editing: Keynote Reel, Center Stage Education
Research Paper: Persuasion of the Yes Men, a Film Analysis
Heather Haynsen COMSTRAT 561 Yes Men Film Analysis May 21, 2017 In his commentary of The Yes Men Fix the World, Reuben Stern poses many ethical questions. “First†he asks, “is the Yes Men’s use of deception to raise awareness of larger civic issues justifiable†(p. 311)? Surely the Yes […]