In the combined main sequence, I layered graphics above interviews and voice overs. Interviews were color-coded for different members of the Tower staff. In total, I included portions of 19 different interviews in the final edit.
Aside from telling the stories of both the university and the creation of volume 100, I focused strongly on matching b-roll to interview topics, building comfortable visual and auditory transitions from one subject to the next, and selecting music that reflected the subject matter.
Music was vital in setting the tone throughout the documentary. I gathered more than a dozen selections to convey a variety of moods across the four sections. I also sought to pace video, photo, and graphic elements to the music throughout several portions of the edit, including here in the introduction.
Working with Northwest's archivist, I pulled dozens of historical photos from the university's collection to utilize in the history portion of the documentary. I gathered many more from the book Transitions: A Hundred Years of Northwest by Dr. Janice Brandon-Falcone. This book also served as the basis of my research into the university's history, which I whittled down into the script for the 12-minute section. We met remotely with Laura Widmer, a former Tower advisor, to record the voice over.
The documentary is available to watch in its entirety above. To learn more about the graphics work I did for this project, click here.
