19 thoughts on “WRITING ON DEADLINE–FROM OUR CLASS ON 2/9”
Potential new professor coming to UNE?
Biddeford ME- At the University of New England, professor of motion graphics and video editing Dominick Dipaolo teaches about video editing as he was being viewed by, hopefully, his new co-workers and future students.
Dominick Dipaolo isn’t currently a professor at UNE however he came into Professor Jesse Miller’s journalism class to potential change that. His lesson was about video editing specifically using Adobe Premier. First to show the class what a final product would look like he played a hockey advertisement footage that he edited into one around thirty second video. Professor Dipaolo then went into how he took the clips and music he had into the video he presented.
He first exampled the 4 main panels on the screen we will be seeing throughout the presentation saying, “There’s 4 panels, source panel, video panel, project panel and the timeline” (Dominick Diapolo). Professor Diapolo went into adding markers at the beats of the sounds which he later displayed helped with getting the cuts in the videos right to the perfect beat.
He started with displaying how to set a in and out point on different video clips to only capture that part of the clip that will be used in final advertisement. Also, professor Dipaolo talked about duplicating clips, snapping clips as well as talking about the standard on commercial times to watch out for.
Professor Diaoplo showed a few different other aspects editing however due time he only was able to talk about two others. He first went into graphics with adding a logo or style to a clip. He showed this by adding a logo to one of the clips. Professor Dipaolo then went into audio fades, as he showed how of fade the audio in and out of a clip. Brady Spring, a junior studying environmental studies, posed the question, “Can we mute specific audio clips” (Sping), which Professor Diaoplo showed exactly had to do this.
As the class wrapped up, Professor Dipaolo took any finally questions then packed up where himself and the students hope is not his last time teaching at UNE.
Prospective Professor Performs Lecture on Premiere Pro
On Friday, February 9th, in room 217 of Marcil Hall at UNE in Biddeford, ME, a potential professor performed a teaching demo for the Journalism class, including a board of other professors and performance assessors. The prospective professor, Dominic DePaulo, introduced himself, and proceeded to demonstrate a lecture on the subject he will be teaching, which is video editing and production. He started by informing the audience on the basics of the program he was demonstrating, which was Adobe Premiere Pro. His lecture was on the post-production process, which he explained would not usually happen in a class until they had gone through pre production, storyboarding, and filming. He then proceeded to explain the basic user interface and use of Adobe Premiere Pro, which is an industry standard video editor. His demonstration was creating a commercial for a hockey team. His overview started with the editing interface for video. He paused intermittently, asking the students if they understood the actions he was performing. A recurring point of his was that a video editor should try to build tension while editing, cutting back and forth between different shots leading up to a payoff visually, to maintain interest. He stated that “cutting to beat is essential to video editing… following the natural rhythm of the audio is more engaging”. His knowledge of the subject is clear, as when prompted by the class, he proceeded to demonstrate both how to edit the audio track to match the song and visuals together, and incorporate graphics. After his lecture, when asked if he would be a good professor, Sarah Bedore, sophomore communications major, stated that “He definitely reminded me of Jesse, and definitely has experience teaching this subject. He needs to work out some of the kinks, but he’d be a good professor.”.
Everything Edits: Potential Communication Department Hire Demonstrates Digital Media Class
Biddeford, ME – Last Friday afternoon, the University of New England’s Introduction to Journalism class participated in a teaching demonstration on Premiere video editing with candidate Dominic DiPaolo, Professor of Digital Media.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities await Jesse Miller, associate teaching professor of Writing and Communications, to provide a quick rundown of the teaching demonstration and an introduction to DiPaolo. Jumping right in, DiPaolo then takes the helm.
DiPaolo begins with a finalized hockey video edited with Adobe Premiere, showing what a post-production editing class might look like. Then, he runs through the essential elements of the site, such as source panels, project screens, effects, controls, timelines, and audio, ensuring the students are provided with context. No detail was left uncovered as DiPaolo seemed to anticipate students’ questions and swiftly address any complex aspect of the process.
Not only did DiPaolo explain the technical process of video editing with the transitions from a rough cut, refinement, and final cut, but he elaborated on the craft of the editor in giving shape and meaning to a video. He said, “You have control over what your viewers see. You have the narrative.”
In demonstrating his capabilities and classroom persona, seeing how he would react to the inevitable technical malfunctions was essential. However, DiPaolo confidently reassured the classroom that he is a patient and approachable resource when technical frustrations arise to find a solution.
Later, when asked if Premiere handled graphics and captions and editing rather than simply stating an answer, DiPaolo jumped to another screen and made the question a learning experience for everyone. Similarly, when Sophmore Communications major Kayleigh Duncan (she/her) asked whether “Premiere is better than DaVinci Resolve?” DiPaolo’s reply of Premiere was backed up by examples from lived experiences working in video editing and digital media.
While teaching demonstrations with their heightened stress levels are not exactly the same as a day-to-day classroom experience, DiPaolo covered a comprehensive lesson with a humble and relaxed demeanor that is sure to help in future decisions on his candidacy as a UNE professor.
Professor Of Digital Media Takes On UNE
Biddeford, ME- At the University of New England around 2 pm Friday afternoon on February 9th Professor Jesse Miller introduced Professor Dominic DiPaolo, a professor of digital media to his introduction to journalism class for a teaching demo.
Professor Dominic DiPaolo has taken a visit to the university in hopes of receiving an open position in the schools communications department. Included in a short introduction it is learned that Professor DiPaolo focuses on the realm of digital media more specifically video editing and motion graphics. Continuing into the demo DiPaolo explains his preferred software to work with Premiere Pro, which is very popular in the era of social media, Youtube and also used in some movie editing. DiPaolo is extremely thorough in his explanations of using and breaking down the components and features available through Premiere Pro. Professor DiPaolo also shares foundations he finds important when is comes to the field of video editing such as, “It’s really important to be organized in video editing” as well as “keyboard shortcuts are really important” (Dominic DiPaolo, professor of digital media, He/Him). The demo was able to get students thinking and developing questions surrounding video editing, Brady Spring grew curious about the ability to “fade in and out with audio”. Not only was DiPaolo’s demo question worthy but also conversation worthy, sparking ideas of comparing video editing softwares but as well the hardships that can stem in the career of video editors. For example DiPaolo expressed how at times viewers “tend to point out the mistakes over the successes” (DiPaolo). Overall Friday’s class period was an exciting new experience that is sure to encourage the students to be on the lookout for the possibility of a new and creative professor.
Hiring Committee Analyzes Communications Professor Candidate During Premiere Pro Demonstration
University of New England, Biddeford ME – Dominic DePaulo, Communications professor applicant, presents an hour-long video editing workshop to seven hiring board members and an Introductory Journalism Class on Friday February 9th.
DePaulo walks the audience through the steps to creating an advertisement through the popular video editing program known as Adobe Premiere Pro. Depending on the platform the ad is broadcasted, its runtime can be from fifteen to ninety seconds; DePaulo demonstrates the making of a thirty-second Hockey promotion clip. If DePaulo were to be running the class, he would bring students through the storyboarding, production, post-production, and publishing processes. The candidate demonstrates the program’s interface, illustrating how each portion is utilized, including the audio levels, effects, clips, graphics, and timeline panels. The cutting, splicing, and snapping elements can be tedious, but DePaulo brings an optimistic attitude toward his watchful audience. He provides copyright-free advice to the room when creating projects such as these; for visuals, he recommends Pexels, and for audio, the YouTube Sound Library includes, “Thousands of free songs and sound effects for your projects.” according to DePaulo.
He problem-solves with the spectators, helping them understand some of the unique tools in the program. While working with audio levels, he expresses the importance of sound quality. DePaulo remarks, “You don’t want red in your audio, as it will begin to distort the audio.” He then directs everyone how to add an audio-level line to avoid this issue.
While Dominic is compiling and laying out the hockey clips, he discusses the importance of suspense. “You have control over what the viewer sees; you edit the narrative,” DePaulo states.
A hand abruptly raises from a committee member. Oran Suta, the university’s Instructional Designer, Multimedia Medical Curriculum, Medical Illustrator, and Adjunct Professor of Design and Illustration, questions a gap in DePaulo’s advertisement. Until this point, the audience was silent, with no questions voiced, but with a single hand, the tension elevated. A simple mistake in the splicing of videos leaves a gap in DePaulo’s project, disrupting the flow of the advertisement. With a swift recovery, DePaulo rectifies this gap and continues through to the end of the lesson.
Communications Candidate Turns Journalists into Video Editors
Biddeford, ME – This past Friday, a local University tested the waters in a unique way, by allowing a professorial job candidate to teach about his specialty to a group of undergraduate students.
Dominic Dipaolo came to the University of New England in hopes of securing a teaching spot in the communications department, and his teaching demo was all that stood between him and his coveted position. The professor of the course Dipaolo would be taking over for the day walked to the front of the room, introduced himself as Jesse Miller, and informed Dipaolo that the students in front of him were journalism students. Dipaolo explained that today would be a switch in gears for the group, as his specialty was in video editing.
DiPaolo quickly launched into this lesson, explaining the basics of Adobe Premiere to the group of students, giving insight on how the students would be following along in his normal teaching setting. As the students waited anxiously for the first grilling question to be posed from the faculty members, it finally came.
“Did you leave a little space to make a point?”, Oran Suta, an Adjunct Professor of Design and Illustration, posed to DiPaolo. Staying relaxed, DiPaolo corrected his mistake, apologized to the room, and continued with his lesson.
After nearly an hour of lecturing about the basics of Adobe Premiere, as well as explaining what his full lesson would look like, DiPaolo opened the floor for faculty and students to ask questions.
After a few student questions, Michael Cripps, the Academic Director of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University, posed one final question.
“What would the next week look like for a real class?”, Cripps asked DiPaolo, “What would a homework assignment look like?” DiPaolo explained that students would not only be shooting their own footage but would also be working on editing at home. Following this question, the group was dismissed having learned a little bit about video editing.
Demo or Demolition: Professor Dipaolo attempts to impress UNE hiring committee
Biddeford, ME, On Feburary 9th, 2024, professor Dom Diapaolo ( he/him) demonstrated to students how to use Adobe Premier Pro for video editing. This demonstraition was crucial to both Dipaolo and the demo class which happened to be committee member and associate professor Jesse Millers journalism class. The students were met with the objective of taking notes and reporting on this class and Dipaolos demo. The obective of Dipaolos demonstration was to effectivley display how an in class lesson would go.
I asked sophomore communications major Kayleigh Duncan ( she/her) who had this to say on Dipaolos perfromance ” It was amazing, I think he should get hired and all of the skills that he showed were skills that communications students need to know.” Upon hearing this Sophomore, Casey “Gator” Jordan ( he/him) joined in and agreed with duncan saying ” I like the simplicity and quallity over quantity aspect of this class.”
Dipaolos personability and knowledge of what he was doing was quite impressive. He was able to correct any mistakes that were made on the fly and was able to answer challenging questions from people in the hiring committee. He taught studets the interworkings of Adobe Premier Pro and showed students how to import media, edit, and add visual effects to videos. Dipaolo also explained the benefits of using Adobe premier pro and how it stands up against other programs like DaVinci Resolve. I believe that Professor Diapaolo woud make a great addition to the constantly growing and expanding communications department at UNE.
Prospective Professor Brings The World of Digital Media to UNE!
Biddeford, ME – Last Friday, February 9th, on the University of New England campus, Professor Jesse Miller’s (Associate Teaching Professor of 15 years) Introduction to Journalism class, as well as several members of the school’s hiring board, were given a unique opportunity to sit in on the job interview of prospective Communications professor, Dominic Dipaolo. For the duration of the allotted time, Dipaolo gave an informative presentation on the basics of digital media editing, specifically with Premiere Pro.
The lesson began with Dipaolo pointing out that, had this been a real class, we would have already discussed preproduction, production, and finally, our current lesson, postproduction. With this disclaimer out of the way, the class was shown a fully edited video, depicting hockey players before, during, and after a game. Working backwards, Dipaolo then began to show the audience how the video was edited. He made sure to stress the importance of organization when working with digital media, stating that, many times, “Media is not embedded into a file”, requiring the editor to be thorough and, most importantly, organized.
Dipaolo continued by mentioning the importance of keyboard shortcuts when using Premiere Pro, using “M for Markers” as a helpful example. In another helpful tip, Dipaolo suggests the use of Pexels.com and the YouTube Audio Library when trying to find stock images and copyright-free audio. Additionally, he makes sure to inform students that professional videos need the video clips to line up, and that “black spots” in the video are extremely unprofessional.
After teaching the audience about how to make video clips line up with the beat of the audio, Dipaolo went more in-depth, beginning to fine-tune the video and talk about audio fading and adding small animations.
After this, he opened up the floor to questions, where sophomore Communications student Kayleigh Duncan (she/her) asked whether Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve was better, in Dipaolo’s personal opinion. He stated that they were both very useful, but for two very different purposes.
After a few more questions, Dipaolo’s presentation was officially finished and the class was dismissed. After class, many students, including Kayleigh Duncan, were heard telling Miller to hire Dipaolo, so the presentation was generally well received by the audience.
Potential New Communications Professor Teaches:
A Demo Class on Premiere Pro
Biddeford ME, Friday the 9th, the Introduction to Journalism class had a demo class in which Dominic Dipaolo, a candidate for the Communications and Media Arts department and students in Digital Media(he/him); in a hiring need, looked on at what he brings to the table.
Class kicked off with some confusion with the projector but that didn’t phase Dipaolo. He introduced Adobe Premiere Pro, a video editing software. and how this class would be an example of “Production Week” -Dominic Dipaolo Demo Professor. After the week before in which students would learn other skills in building different media tools. The example that was present to the class and professors of the communications and media arts department was a hockey commercial. Dipaolo was calm as he went on about which fold to drop the clips being used in the Premiere pro program. As well as a site called Picel.com to collect media, claiming it was copyright free. “A Great Resource for Students” – Dipaolo Demo Professor. Dipaolo talked about shortcuts such as using different keys to make the screen zoom in and out. He showed the demo class how to put in the audio and which lines to put in the video clips. How to connect them and that if students wished they could voice over the video clips with the program. How it’s best not to have space in between the video clips because on the finished product it will be a blank screen and look unprofessional. He asked the class if they had any questions or comments throughout the class about seven times. then talked about an “Editor’s Mindset”. Overall the class wrapped up and the demo was over.
Biddeford, Maine- The University of New England hosted a potential new professor for the communications department. Hiring candidate Dominick Dipaolo gave a sample lesson for a communications class on Friday February 9th.
Dipaolo Gave a sample lesson on software editing in front of the university’s communication’s department hiring board as well as a journalism class. The journalism class is under the Direction of long lime UNE professor Jesse Miller. Miller, who is on the hiring committee, opened his class for Dipaolo with open arms as many of the students in the class are communication majors and minors. Dipaolo gave a sample lesson on video editing using Adobe premier software. Students in the class were able to get a brief lesson on the software to be able to be a little more knowledgeable.
Jesse Miller communication’s professor (He/Him) stated about Dipaolo “students would be able to follow and learn more with a class Dipaolo teaches.” Miller made this statement because he was able to learn and follow along with the students. Miller was very active in making statements towards what could be his future colleague. Miller stated “I was reminded of how complicated a 10 second thing could be and that a 10 second video could take an hour to edit.” Miller stated this because the lesson was a good refresher for him on Adobe software.
Wesley Chandler communications major, projected to graduate in 2027 (He/Him). Wesley was a student in the class on friday with Dipaolo at the lead. Wesley stated “I think what he taught us could have been run smoother and with a little more speed.” This was stated due to the duration of the class that was took to explain multiple steps multiple times but Chandler also stated “It was good that he did go over it multiple times because students who don’t have the experience with this software could learnt the basics.” Chandler, who does video editing on his own time and is familiar with the software, was able to see both perspectives of a students point of view in the class by someone who knows what they are doing vs someone who has no clue what they are doing. Chandler lastly stated “I think he would be a really good fit at this university and many people would take his class to learn more about the software side.” He stated this because he believes many people in the age ranges of early twenties want to try to become social media influencers.
After the class ended around 3:05pm Dipaolo opened up the class for any final questions on his lesson and any potential feedback from the hiring committee that was sitting in on the class.
On Thursday, February ninth, Professor Jesse Mille’s Intro to Journalism class got an exciting look into University of New England’s process of selecting a professor with one interesting caveat: they experienced it as guinea pigs.
The prospective professor was named Dominic Apollo. He entered the classroom with his head down, striding quickly to the desk at the front of the room. He quickly surveyed the room, his eyes not falling on any specific person, but acquainting himself with the view of his audience. The classroom itself was filled with, of course, Professor Miller’s students, as well as the professor himself, but also with other professors in the communications department. Each seat was full, and even Professor Miller had to sit in the back for lack of availability.
The lesson itself detailed the basics of using Adobe Premiere Pro, something Dominic referred to as “the industry standard” (Dominic Apollo, prospective professor, he/him). Although not something that I was interested in, Dominic did a good job at keeping the audience engaged, while also keeping the lesson informative. In the start, he seemed quite nervous, stumbling over his words and keeping his eyes trained on what he was doing on the screen. However, as he seemed to grow more comfortable, he raised his gaze to address the audience. His instructions flowed from one topic to the next with relative ease, sprinkling in some self-deprecating humor. Even when some professors began asking more and more questions about the program, his voice didn’t falter as it had at first.
All in all, the lesson was surprisingly interesting and informative. Dominic did a fantastic job at educating the audience on the various intricacies of different hot keys and shortcuts he’d learned from his time using the program, even sharing small snippets of his time using it in a professional setting. He warned from experience that “like with any art form, the mistakes are recognized more than the successes” (Dominic Apollo, prospective professor, he/him). It was interesting to hear about the usage from someone who had experience working in a role that many students who may take this class would have in the future, and I believe that his experience will be a valuable tool for his (hopefully) future students to utilize.
Dominic DiPaolo visited UNE last Friday, February 9th to give a teaching demonstration to CMM211 students as well as several members of UNE faculty on the topic of video editing.
DiPaolo demonstrated to students and faculty members how to edit a simple video over music using Adobe Premiere Pro. He explained that video editing is considered “post-production,” compared to pre-production which can include writing, and production of course, which includes bringing these ideas to life through all aspects of filming. He used copyright-free clips of hockey players from Pexels.com and copyright-free music from Youtube’s audio library, so that he could create this video without being obligated to give credit to the source material.
DiPaolo showed students how to first create marks on the audio timeline to guide the work of the user, and then how to upload clips into the software, and drag them into the timeline to work with them. With these loaded clips, the user can then trim them down so that they begin and end according to the beat of the chosen audio—DiPaolo noted that understanding how to sync audio with visuals is the most important skill in video editing.
To grab the parts of the clip that one wishes the use, they will bring the video up in the window on the left, mark the in-point and out-point, and then drag the trimmed clip into the video timeline, which then pulls up the video in the window on the right. If the video needs to be trimmed further to account for the audio, the user can click and drag on the sides of the clip to either make it longer or shorter.
While difficult to engage with members of a class which is both shortened and unable to access the programs you’re teaching, DiPaolo did a great job allowing students to keep up with his explanations and helping them to understand his main ideas.
Potential Professor demonstrates Motion Editing:
Communication students and the Hiring Board alike learn about video graphics and what the educator has to offer
Biddeford, ME – On February 9th, the students of Introduction to Journalism class at the University of New England spent their class time a little differently. The class was joined by several evaluators on UNE’s hiring committee as they collectively watched Dominic DiPaolo, a professor in digital media present motion graphic editing. DiPaolo started his presentation by introducing himself and explaining the software, Adobe Premiere, that he teaches. Media art is a form of communication that visually informs viewers through social media and platforms like YouTube. However, there’s more to the editing process than meets the eye. DiPaolo explained the process starts with a script and practice, “it’s important to plan out your vision for an overall smoother assembly.” Then the production can start, focusing on the video elements first for his chosen theme of hockey.. He used ‘sports hype’ soundtracks provided by YouTube’s free audio library, and images and videos from Pexel’s stock collection to assemble his video. DiPaolo explained that no matter the length of the advertisement it’s important to be intentional with your editing to save time and avoid mistakes. Organization during production is key so using shortcuts like keyboard abbreviations and being well-versed in the software can make for an easier editing process. After completing the majority of productions, splicing the audio and video clips together, he began to place a hockey league badge on the screen for post-production editing. While visuals are the main focus of an advertisement, it’s also important to display correct information that pertains to the video or image.
At the end of class, DiPaolo presented the students and board with a 30-second hockey hype video. He ended his presentation with Q&A time for the students and board to which they applauded his time and production. After class, the students buzzed with discussion of the potential professor. Finn McDonough (he/him), a senior Medical Biology major, said “The software DiPaolo used was simple yet convenient and practical when producing media art.” DiPaolo would make a great professor and bring the modern element of digital media to the school’s Communications Department.
Dominik Dipaolo, a current UNE professor candidate for the Digital Media program walked into the classroom on Friday February 9th, with all eyes on him as professors from the Communications program patiently awaited.
Dipaolo had been given the opportunity to impress the staff and students at the school with a demonstration of a class that he has prepared. He began by introducing everyone to premiere pro. The candidate explains to everyone that the app allows you to edit and make your videos that you recorded from your phone for results that look near TV ready and how the app is used in social media by content creators for their videos on platforms such as Youtube, TikTok, and more!Though the clock was ticking, Dipaolo was able to teach the class how to make a cool hockey ad with music and flashy cut scenes.
After the class I was able to speak with Jesse Miller a Communication’s professor. Once I complete that I do believe that my writing won’t be 100% but close to where I want to be in my writing process at this stage.
Dominik Dipaolo, a current UNE professor candidate for the Digital Media program walked into the classroom on Friday February 9th, with all eyes on him as professors from the Communications program patiently awaited.
Dipaolo had been given the opportunity to impress the staff and students at the school with a demonstration of a class that he has prepared. He began by introducing everyone to premiere pro. The candidate explains to everyone that the app allows you to edit and make your videos that you recorded from your phone for results that look near TV ready and how the app is used in social media by content creators for their videos on platforms such as Youtube, TikTok, and more!Though the clock was ticking, Dipaolo was able to teach the class how to make a cool hockey ad with music and flashy cut scenes.
After the class I was able to speak with Evan Glynos, I communications major that plans to graduate in the class of 2026. I asked what he thought it was like witnessing and being apart of the hiring process. “I thought it was a cool process being able to sit in the class seeing and not just the teachers but everyone in the classroom evaluating the candidate. I also thought it was pretty interesting to learn about adobe premier.” When I asked Evan if he could see himself taking a class similar he responded saying is already taking a similar class Sports Field Production.
Only time will tell if this will be the last time we see Dominik Dipaolo, but if there’s one thing for certain is that he left a mark on the people in that classroom that Friday evening.
Adobe Premiere 101 from Professor Dominic Diapallo
Biddeford ME- At the University Of New England on 2/9/24 students and professors were given a lesson on how to use adobe premiere from a potential new communications professor. The lesson was to show what a regular class would look like if Professor Diapallo (he/him) were to be hired at the university.
Diapallo started the teaching demonstration by showing the class a short hockey edit, something that you would see on a jumbotron at a game. He then walked us through step by step of how you would go about making that short video in Adobe Premiere. The first thing he showed the class was how to organize files so they don’t get lost. He showed students and faculty how to navigate through premier and the essential tools that students need to know while video editing.
During the demo Diapallo said “As the editor you make the narrative” showing the class how much creative freedom you have as an editor to change the theme and the tone of the visuals. He showed how to make a cut, how to shorten a clip, how to add music, how to cut on beat, how to add graphics, how to edit in photoshop, and how to add keyframes. With each edit he made it changed the storyline and tone of the Hockey edit.
Diapallo pointed out “Everyone has their own editing style and that’s the beauty of working digitally there are always a lot of different ways to edit the same thing”. While editing the clips he frequently reminded the class that this is just one of the ways that you can edit but as you get to know the interface and get comfortable with the tools the opportunities for creativity are endless.
To complete the whole 25 second hockey edit it took about an hour and after Diapallo opened the class up to a Q and A.
Professor Micheal Cripps asked “In a real world classroom environment, what is homework and in terms of next week what is expected from students in your class”
To which he responded once we have demonstrated these pre production skills students would work on their own footage and do a rough cut and a final cut on projects like commercials and psa’s ext.
The professor Jessie Miller(he/him) didn’t so much ask a question but made a comment and said that “all of these different pieces have been stitched together and carefully crafted and it takes a while to do a 25 second edit. The amount of working and thinking carefully.” He then related this statement to his journalism class where he compared a journalist and an editor saying that “Ultimately the goal is to be seamless ultimately the goal is to not see you.” This statement is something that you must be comfortable with as a journalist and as an editor. Dipallo responded and said “You hit the nail on the head a good editor, a good cinematographer, a good camera person is one that you don’t think about while you are actively consuming media that can be hard for a lot of people because their is a lot of time that goes into this like any other artform people tend to point out the mistakes over the successes.”
ARE YOU THE ONE? UNE hosts Teaching demo for potential candidate.
BIDDEFORD ME,
On Friday February 9th in Marcil Hall room 217Ab, 19 students in Introduction to Journalism sat in on a teaching demo about Adobe Premiere run by potential candidate Dominic DiPaolo.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities waited for Professor Jessie Miller to give a quick rundown on Professor Dipaolo and what exactly would be happening in the class period. Miller then turned the floor to Dipaolo allowing his lesson on Adobe Premiere to fully kick start. Dipaolo started the lecture by reminding everyone that the lesson he was teaching was a condensed version due to time constraints of something he would teach throughout multiple weeks if he was indeed hired by the University. Dipaolo started off with the basics, showing his audience the little ins and outs of the software beginning with the media folder and the media workspace.
Throughout his lecture, Dipaolo did a great job at asking the members of the audience if they were confused or if they needed him to repeat something, making sure that his pace was okay for the students and faculty members. After this point, the rest of Dipaolo’s lecture consisted of a variety of different topics and items in the Adobe Premiere software. These ideas ranged from how the timeline process and how to work our way around the audio, to the importance of keyboard shortcuts, and explained how we would use them, to discussing the industry standards of time on a commercial. In the midst of this Dipaolo fielded a question about how this lesson would be taught in a non-condensed way. This in turn started the Q/A section of the lecture where Dipaolo was asked questions by both students and faculty members. He went on to answer questions about his process and how he’s become proficient and what a homework assignment may look like for students.
Casey Jordan (he/him) is an undeclared freshman at UNE who sat in on the lecture and he said, “I’ve received the lesson twice before and the professors who gave other lessons went into a lot of detail, this professor shows what needs to be done and I prefer the simplicity of the lecture quality>quantity “.
Biddeford, ME- On February 9th, 2024, potential University of New England hiree, Dom Dipaolo gave a teaching demo in front of UNE board members and Professor Jesse Miller’s journalism class.
Dipaolo gave a lesson on Adobe Premier, which is a video editing software. He based the lesson around a hockey advertisement video, he went through showing and explaining the basics of post production editing on this hockey video. He mentioned that during a regular class he would start off with pre-production, and that students would story board, write a script, and gather film. This lesson was more about editing the video after you had all that.
He taught the students how to import clips into Adobe Premier and then how to export your video out. He emphasized the importance of organization, and creating folder and naming all your video clips can be helpful. Dipoalo also showed how to synch clips to an audio, and he said that cutting to the beat is super important. He used a tool that allowed you to mark the beat of the audio which helps you synch clips easier.
Dipaolo gave the class a website called Pexels.com which has non-copy write picture and videos that students can use to edit in Adobe Premier. He also showed that Adobe has templates that you can use, and he was able to customize a logo for the hockey video.
Dipaolo did a great job keeping the audience engaged and thoroughly explaining the software. He was able to think quickly on his feet, make quip jokes, and is he made a mistake he fixed it on the fly. The students and board members seemed interested in the lesson, and asked him multiple questions, which Dipoalo answered and showed easily. University of New England Freshman Casey Jordan said, “I have already seen a similar demonstration, and this one was really in depth and informative.” If UNE decides to hire Dipoalo, he could be a real great asset to the digital department.
UNE hosts a Teaching demo for potential candidate.
BIDDEFORD ME,
On Friday February 9th in Marcil Hall room 217Ab, 19 students in Introduction to Journalism sat in on a teaching demo about Adobe Premiere run by potential candidate Dominic DiPaolo.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities waited for Professor Jessie Miller to give a quick rundown on Professor Dipaolo and what exactly would be happening in the class period. Miller then turned the floor to Dipaolo allowing his lesson on Adobe Premiere to fully kick start. Dipaolo started the lecture by reminding everyone that the lesson he was teaching was a condensed version due to time constraints of something he would teach throughout multiple weeks if he was indeed hired by the University. Dipaolo started off with the basics, showing his audience the little ins and outs of the software beginning with the media folder and the media workspace.
Throughout his lecture, Dipaolo did a great job at asking the members of the audience if they were confused or if they needed him to repeat something, making sure that his pace was okay for the students and faculty members. After this point, the rest of Dipaolo’s lecture consisted of a variety of different topics and items in the Adobe Premiere software. These ideas ranged from how the timeline process and how to work our way around the audio, to the importance of keyboard shortcuts, and explained how we would use them, to discussing the industry standards of time on a commercial. In the midst of this Dipaolo fielded a question about how this lesson would be taught in a non-condensed way. This in turn started the Q/A section of the lecture where Dipaolo was asked questions by both students and faculty members. He went on to answer questions about his process and how he’s become proficient and what a homework assignment may look like for students.
Casey Jordan (he/him) is an undeclared freshman at UNE who sat in on the lecture and he said, “I’ve received the lesson twice before and the professors who gave other lessons went into a lot of detail, this professor shows what needs to be done and I prefer the simplicity of the lecture quality>quantity “.
19 thoughts on “WRITING ON DEADLINE–FROM OUR CLASS ON 2/9”
Potential new professor coming to UNE?
Biddeford ME- At the University of New England, professor of motion graphics and video editing Dominick Dipaolo teaches about video editing as he was being viewed by, hopefully, his new co-workers and future students.
Dominick Dipaolo isn’t currently a professor at UNE however he came into Professor Jesse Miller’s journalism class to potential change that. His lesson was about video editing specifically using Adobe Premier. First to show the class what a final product would look like he played a hockey advertisement footage that he edited into one around thirty second video. Professor Dipaolo then went into how he took the clips and music he had into the video he presented.
He first exampled the 4 main panels on the screen we will be seeing throughout the presentation saying, “There’s 4 panels, source panel, video panel, project panel and the timeline” (Dominick Diapolo). Professor Diapolo went into adding markers at the beats of the sounds which he later displayed helped with getting the cuts in the videos right to the perfect beat.
He started with displaying how to set a in and out point on different video clips to only capture that part of the clip that will be used in final advertisement. Also, professor Dipaolo talked about duplicating clips, snapping clips as well as talking about the standard on commercial times to watch out for.
Professor Diaoplo showed a few different other aspects editing however due time he only was able to talk about two others. He first went into graphics with adding a logo or style to a clip. He showed this by adding a logo to one of the clips. Professor Dipaolo then went into audio fades, as he showed how of fade the audio in and out of a clip. Brady Spring, a junior studying environmental studies, posed the question, “Can we mute specific audio clips” (Sping), which Professor Diaoplo showed exactly had to do this.
As the class wrapped up, Professor Dipaolo took any finally questions then packed up where himself and the students hope is not his last time teaching at UNE.
Prospective Professor Performs Lecture on Premiere Pro
On Friday, February 9th, in room 217 of Marcil Hall at UNE in Biddeford, ME, a potential professor performed a teaching demo for the Journalism class, including a board of other professors and performance assessors. The prospective professor, Dominic DePaulo, introduced himself, and proceeded to demonstrate a lecture on the subject he will be teaching, which is video editing and production. He started by informing the audience on the basics of the program he was demonstrating, which was Adobe Premiere Pro. His lecture was on the post-production process, which he explained would not usually happen in a class until they had gone through pre production, storyboarding, and filming. He then proceeded to explain the basic user interface and use of Adobe Premiere Pro, which is an industry standard video editor. His demonstration was creating a commercial for a hockey team. His overview started with the editing interface for video. He paused intermittently, asking the students if they understood the actions he was performing. A recurring point of his was that a video editor should try to build tension while editing, cutting back and forth between different shots leading up to a payoff visually, to maintain interest. He stated that “cutting to beat is essential to video editing… following the natural rhythm of the audio is more engaging”. His knowledge of the subject is clear, as when prompted by the class, he proceeded to demonstrate both how to edit the audio track to match the song and visuals together, and incorporate graphics. After his lecture, when asked if he would be a good professor, Sarah Bedore, sophomore communications major, stated that “He definitely reminded me of Jesse, and definitely has experience teaching this subject. He needs to work out some of the kinks, but he’d be a good professor.”.
Everything Edits: Potential Communication Department Hire Demonstrates Digital Media Class
Biddeford, ME – Last Friday afternoon, the University of New England’s Introduction to Journalism class participated in a teaching demonstration on Premiere video editing with candidate Dominic DiPaolo, Professor of Digital Media.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities await Jesse Miller, associate teaching professor of Writing and Communications, to provide a quick rundown of the teaching demonstration and an introduction to DiPaolo. Jumping right in, DiPaolo then takes the helm.
DiPaolo begins with a finalized hockey video edited with Adobe Premiere, showing what a post-production editing class might look like. Then, he runs through the essential elements of the site, such as source panels, project screens, effects, controls, timelines, and audio, ensuring the students are provided with context. No detail was left uncovered as DiPaolo seemed to anticipate students’ questions and swiftly address any complex aspect of the process.
Not only did DiPaolo explain the technical process of video editing with the transitions from a rough cut, refinement, and final cut, but he elaborated on the craft of the editor in giving shape and meaning to a video. He said, “You have control over what your viewers see. You have the narrative.”
In demonstrating his capabilities and classroom persona, seeing how he would react to the inevitable technical malfunctions was essential. However, DiPaolo confidently reassured the classroom that he is a patient and approachable resource when technical frustrations arise to find a solution.
Later, when asked if Premiere handled graphics and captions and editing rather than simply stating an answer, DiPaolo jumped to another screen and made the question a learning experience for everyone. Similarly, when Sophmore Communications major Kayleigh Duncan (she/her) asked whether “Premiere is better than DaVinci Resolve?” DiPaolo’s reply of Premiere was backed up by examples from lived experiences working in video editing and digital media.
While teaching demonstrations with their heightened stress levels are not exactly the same as a day-to-day classroom experience, DiPaolo covered a comprehensive lesson with a humble and relaxed demeanor that is sure to help in future decisions on his candidacy as a UNE professor.
Professor Of Digital Media Takes On UNE
Biddeford, ME- At the University of New England around 2 pm Friday afternoon on February 9th Professor Jesse Miller introduced Professor Dominic DiPaolo, a professor of digital media to his introduction to journalism class for a teaching demo.
Professor Dominic DiPaolo has taken a visit to the university in hopes of receiving an open position in the schools communications department. Included in a short introduction it is learned that Professor DiPaolo focuses on the realm of digital media more specifically video editing and motion graphics. Continuing into the demo DiPaolo explains his preferred software to work with Premiere Pro, which is very popular in the era of social media, Youtube and also used in some movie editing. DiPaolo is extremely thorough in his explanations of using and breaking down the components and features available through Premiere Pro. Professor DiPaolo also shares foundations he finds important when is comes to the field of video editing such as, “It’s really important to be organized in video editing” as well as “keyboard shortcuts are really important” (Dominic DiPaolo, professor of digital media, He/Him). The demo was able to get students thinking and developing questions surrounding video editing, Brady Spring grew curious about the ability to “fade in and out with audio”. Not only was DiPaolo’s demo question worthy but also conversation worthy, sparking ideas of comparing video editing softwares but as well the hardships that can stem in the career of video editors. For example DiPaolo expressed how at times viewers “tend to point out the mistakes over the successes” (DiPaolo). Overall Friday’s class period was an exciting new experience that is sure to encourage the students to be on the lookout for the possibility of a new and creative professor.
Hiring Committee Analyzes Communications Professor Candidate During Premiere Pro Demonstration
University of New England, Biddeford ME – Dominic DePaulo, Communications professor applicant, presents an hour-long video editing workshop to seven hiring board members and an Introductory Journalism Class on Friday February 9th.
DePaulo walks the audience through the steps to creating an advertisement through the popular video editing program known as Adobe Premiere Pro. Depending on the platform the ad is broadcasted, its runtime can be from fifteen to ninety seconds; DePaulo demonstrates the making of a thirty-second Hockey promotion clip. If DePaulo were to be running the class, he would bring students through the storyboarding, production, post-production, and publishing processes. The candidate demonstrates the program’s interface, illustrating how each portion is utilized, including the audio levels, effects, clips, graphics, and timeline panels. The cutting, splicing, and snapping elements can be tedious, but DePaulo brings an optimistic attitude toward his watchful audience. He provides copyright-free advice to the room when creating projects such as these; for visuals, he recommends Pexels, and for audio, the YouTube Sound Library includes, “Thousands of free songs and sound effects for your projects.” according to DePaulo.
He problem-solves with the spectators, helping them understand some of the unique tools in the program. While working with audio levels, he expresses the importance of sound quality. DePaulo remarks, “You don’t want red in your audio, as it will begin to distort the audio.” He then directs everyone how to add an audio-level line to avoid this issue.
While Dominic is compiling and laying out the hockey clips, he discusses the importance of suspense. “You have control over what the viewer sees; you edit the narrative,” DePaulo states.
A hand abruptly raises from a committee member. Oran Suta, the university’s Instructional Designer, Multimedia Medical Curriculum, Medical Illustrator, and Adjunct Professor of Design and Illustration, questions a gap in DePaulo’s advertisement. Until this point, the audience was silent, with no questions voiced, but with a single hand, the tension elevated. A simple mistake in the splicing of videos leaves a gap in DePaulo’s project, disrupting the flow of the advertisement. With a swift recovery, DePaulo rectifies this gap and continues through to the end of the lesson.
Communications Candidate Turns Journalists into Video Editors
Biddeford, ME – This past Friday, a local University tested the waters in a unique way, by allowing a professorial job candidate to teach about his specialty to a group of undergraduate students.
Dominic Dipaolo came to the University of New England in hopes of securing a teaching spot in the communications department, and his teaching demo was all that stood between him and his coveted position. The professor of the course Dipaolo would be taking over for the day walked to the front of the room, introduced himself as Jesse Miller, and informed Dipaolo that the students in front of him were journalism students. Dipaolo explained that today would be a switch in gears for the group, as his specialty was in video editing.
DiPaolo quickly launched into this lesson, explaining the basics of Adobe Premiere to the group of students, giving insight on how the students would be following along in his normal teaching setting. As the students waited anxiously for the first grilling question to be posed from the faculty members, it finally came.
“Did you leave a little space to make a point?”, Oran Suta, an Adjunct Professor of Design and Illustration, posed to DiPaolo. Staying relaxed, DiPaolo corrected his mistake, apologized to the room, and continued with his lesson.
After nearly an hour of lecturing about the basics of Adobe Premiere, as well as explaining what his full lesson would look like, DiPaolo opened the floor for faculty and students to ask questions.
After a few student questions, Michael Cripps, the Academic Director of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University, posed one final question.
“What would the next week look like for a real class?”, Cripps asked DiPaolo, “What would a homework assignment look like?” DiPaolo explained that students would not only be shooting their own footage but would also be working on editing at home. Following this question, the group was dismissed having learned a little bit about video editing.
Demo or Demolition: Professor Dipaolo attempts to impress UNE hiring committee
Biddeford, ME, On Feburary 9th, 2024, professor Dom Diapaolo ( he/him) demonstrated to students how to use Adobe Premier Pro for video editing. This demonstraition was crucial to both Dipaolo and the demo class which happened to be committee member and associate professor Jesse Millers journalism class. The students were met with the objective of taking notes and reporting on this class and Dipaolos demo. The obective of Dipaolos demonstration was to effectivley display how an in class lesson would go.
I asked sophomore communications major Kayleigh Duncan ( she/her) who had this to say on Dipaolos perfromance ” It was amazing, I think he should get hired and all of the skills that he showed were skills that communications students need to know.” Upon hearing this Sophomore, Casey “Gator” Jordan ( he/him) joined in and agreed with duncan saying ” I like the simplicity and quallity over quantity aspect of this class.”
Dipaolos personability and knowledge of what he was doing was quite impressive. He was able to correct any mistakes that were made on the fly and was able to answer challenging questions from people in the hiring committee. He taught studets the interworkings of Adobe Premier Pro and showed students how to import media, edit, and add visual effects to videos. Dipaolo also explained the benefits of using Adobe premier pro and how it stands up against other programs like DaVinci Resolve. I believe that Professor Diapaolo woud make a great addition to the constantly growing and expanding communications department at UNE.
Prospective Professor Brings The World of Digital Media to UNE!
Biddeford, ME – Last Friday, February 9th, on the University of New England campus, Professor Jesse Miller’s (Associate Teaching Professor of 15 years) Introduction to Journalism class, as well as several members of the school’s hiring board, were given a unique opportunity to sit in on the job interview of prospective Communications professor, Dominic Dipaolo. For the duration of the allotted time, Dipaolo gave an informative presentation on the basics of digital media editing, specifically with Premiere Pro.
The lesson began with Dipaolo pointing out that, had this been a real class, we would have already discussed preproduction, production, and finally, our current lesson, postproduction. With this disclaimer out of the way, the class was shown a fully edited video, depicting hockey players before, during, and after a game. Working backwards, Dipaolo then began to show the audience how the video was edited. He made sure to stress the importance of organization when working with digital media, stating that, many times, “Media is not embedded into a file”, requiring the editor to be thorough and, most importantly, organized.
Dipaolo continued by mentioning the importance of keyboard shortcuts when using Premiere Pro, using “M for Markers” as a helpful example. In another helpful tip, Dipaolo suggests the use of Pexels.com and the YouTube Audio Library when trying to find stock images and copyright-free audio. Additionally, he makes sure to inform students that professional videos need the video clips to line up, and that “black spots” in the video are extremely unprofessional.
After teaching the audience about how to make video clips line up with the beat of the audio, Dipaolo went more in-depth, beginning to fine-tune the video and talk about audio fading and adding small animations.
After this, he opened up the floor to questions, where sophomore Communications student Kayleigh Duncan (she/her) asked whether Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve was better, in Dipaolo’s personal opinion. He stated that they were both very useful, but for two very different purposes.
After a few more questions, Dipaolo’s presentation was officially finished and the class was dismissed. After class, many students, including Kayleigh Duncan, were heard telling Miller to hire Dipaolo, so the presentation was generally well received by the audience.
Potential New Communications Professor Teaches:
A Demo Class on Premiere Pro
Biddeford ME, Friday the 9th, the Introduction to Journalism class had a demo class in which Dominic Dipaolo, a candidate for the Communications and Media Arts department and students in Digital Media(he/him); in a hiring need, looked on at what he brings to the table.
Class kicked off with some confusion with the projector but that didn’t phase Dipaolo. He introduced Adobe Premiere Pro, a video editing software. and how this class would be an example of “Production Week” -Dominic Dipaolo Demo Professor. After the week before in which students would learn other skills in building different media tools. The example that was present to the class and professors of the communications and media arts department was a hockey commercial. Dipaolo was calm as he went on about which fold to drop the clips being used in the Premiere pro program. As well as a site called Picel.com to collect media, claiming it was copyright free. “A Great Resource for Students” – Dipaolo Demo Professor. Dipaolo talked about shortcuts such as using different keys to make the screen zoom in and out. He showed the demo class how to put in the audio and which lines to put in the video clips. How to connect them and that if students wished they could voice over the video clips with the program. How it’s best not to have space in between the video clips because on the finished product it will be a blank screen and look unprofessional. He asked the class if they had any questions or comments throughout the class about seven times. then talked about an “Editor’s Mindset”. Overall the class wrapped up and the demo was over.
Local university hosts a potential professor hire
Written By:Evan Glynos
Biddeford, Maine- The University of New England hosted a potential new professor for the communications department. Hiring candidate Dominick Dipaolo gave a sample lesson for a communications class on Friday February 9th.
Dipaolo Gave a sample lesson on software editing in front of the university’s communication’s department hiring board as well as a journalism class. The journalism class is under the Direction of long lime UNE professor Jesse Miller. Miller, who is on the hiring committee, opened his class for Dipaolo with open arms as many of the students in the class are communication majors and minors. Dipaolo gave a sample lesson on video editing using Adobe premier software. Students in the class were able to get a brief lesson on the software to be able to be a little more knowledgeable.
Jesse Miller communication’s professor (He/Him) stated about Dipaolo “students would be able to follow and learn more with a class Dipaolo teaches.” Miller made this statement because he was able to learn and follow along with the students. Miller was very active in making statements towards what could be his future colleague. Miller stated “I was reminded of how complicated a 10 second thing could be and that a 10 second video could take an hour to edit.” Miller stated this because the lesson was a good refresher for him on Adobe software.
Wesley Chandler communications major, projected to graduate in 2027 (He/Him). Wesley was a student in the class on friday with Dipaolo at the lead. Wesley stated “I think what he taught us could have been run smoother and with a little more speed.” This was stated due to the duration of the class that was took to explain multiple steps multiple times but Chandler also stated “It was good that he did go over it multiple times because students who don’t have the experience with this software could learnt the basics.” Chandler, who does video editing on his own time and is familiar with the software, was able to see both perspectives of a students point of view in the class by someone who knows what they are doing vs someone who has no clue what they are doing. Chandler lastly stated “I think he would be a really good fit at this university and many people would take his class to learn more about the software side.” He stated this because he believes many people in the age ranges of early twenties want to try to become social media influencers.
After the class ended around 3:05pm Dipaolo opened up the class for any final questions on his lesson and any potential feedback from the hiring committee that was sitting in on the class.
A Flash Lesson on Communication
On Thursday, February ninth, Professor Jesse Mille’s Intro to Journalism class got an exciting look into University of New England’s process of selecting a professor with one interesting caveat: they experienced it as guinea pigs.
The prospective professor was named Dominic Apollo. He entered the classroom with his head down, striding quickly to the desk at the front of the room. He quickly surveyed the room, his eyes not falling on any specific person, but acquainting himself with the view of his audience. The classroom itself was filled with, of course, Professor Miller’s students, as well as the professor himself, but also with other professors in the communications department. Each seat was full, and even Professor Miller had to sit in the back for lack of availability.
The lesson itself detailed the basics of using Adobe Premiere Pro, something Dominic referred to as “the industry standard” (Dominic Apollo, prospective professor, he/him). Although not something that I was interested in, Dominic did a good job at keeping the audience engaged, while also keeping the lesson informative. In the start, he seemed quite nervous, stumbling over his words and keeping his eyes trained on what he was doing on the screen. However, as he seemed to grow more comfortable, he raised his gaze to address the audience. His instructions flowed from one topic to the next with relative ease, sprinkling in some self-deprecating humor. Even when some professors began asking more and more questions about the program, his voice didn’t falter as it had at first.
All in all, the lesson was surprisingly interesting and informative. Dominic did a fantastic job at educating the audience on the various intricacies of different hot keys and shortcuts he’d learned from his time using the program, even sharing small snippets of his time using it in a professional setting. He warned from experience that “like with any art form, the mistakes are recognized more than the successes” (Dominic Apollo, prospective professor, he/him). It was interesting to hear about the usage from someone who had experience working in a role that many students who may take this class would have in the future, and I believe that his experience will be a valuable tool for his (hopefully) future students to utilize.
Teaching Demo—Intro to Journalism Goes Digital
Dominic DiPaolo visited UNE last Friday, February 9th to give a teaching demonstration to CMM211 students as well as several members of UNE faculty on the topic of video editing.
DiPaolo demonstrated to students and faculty members how to edit a simple video over music using Adobe Premiere Pro. He explained that video editing is considered “post-production,” compared to pre-production which can include writing, and production of course, which includes bringing these ideas to life through all aspects of filming. He used copyright-free clips of hockey players from Pexels.com and copyright-free music from Youtube’s audio library, so that he could create this video without being obligated to give credit to the source material.
DiPaolo showed students how to first create marks on the audio timeline to guide the work of the user, and then how to upload clips into the software, and drag them into the timeline to work with them. With these loaded clips, the user can then trim them down so that they begin and end according to the beat of the chosen audio—DiPaolo noted that understanding how to sync audio with visuals is the most important skill in video editing.
To grab the parts of the clip that one wishes the use, they will bring the video up in the window on the left, mark the in-point and out-point, and then drag the trimmed clip into the video timeline, which then pulls up the video in the window on the right. If the video needs to be trimmed further to account for the audio, the user can click and drag on the sides of the clip to either make it longer or shorter.
While difficult to engage with members of a class which is both shortened and unable to access the programs you’re teaching, DiPaolo did a great job allowing students to keep up with his explanations and helping them to understand his main ideas.
Potential Professor demonstrates Motion Editing:
Communication students and the Hiring Board alike learn about video graphics and what the educator has to offer
Biddeford, ME – On February 9th, the students of Introduction to Journalism class at the University of New England spent their class time a little differently. The class was joined by several evaluators on UNE’s hiring committee as they collectively watched Dominic DiPaolo, a professor in digital media present motion graphic editing. DiPaolo started his presentation by introducing himself and explaining the software, Adobe Premiere, that he teaches. Media art is a form of communication that visually informs viewers through social media and platforms like YouTube. However, there’s more to the editing process than meets the eye. DiPaolo explained the process starts with a script and practice, “it’s important to plan out your vision for an overall smoother assembly.” Then the production can start, focusing on the video elements first for his chosen theme of hockey.. He used ‘sports hype’ soundtracks provided by YouTube’s free audio library, and images and videos from Pexel’s stock collection to assemble his video. DiPaolo explained that no matter the length of the advertisement it’s important to be intentional with your editing to save time and avoid mistakes. Organization during production is key so using shortcuts like keyboard abbreviations and being well-versed in the software can make for an easier editing process. After completing the majority of productions, splicing the audio and video clips together, he began to place a hockey league badge on the screen for post-production editing. While visuals are the main focus of an advertisement, it’s also important to display correct information that pertains to the video or image.
At the end of class, DiPaolo presented the students and board with a 30-second hockey hype video. He ended his presentation with Q&A time for the students and board to which they applauded his time and production. After class, the students buzzed with discussion of the potential professor. Finn McDonough (he/him), a senior Medical Biology major, said “The software DiPaolo used was simple yet convenient and practical when producing media art.” DiPaolo would make a great professor and bring the modern element of digital media to the school’s Communications Department.
Dipaolo Attempts to Wow The Crowd at UNE!
Wesley Chandler IV
Dominik Dipaolo, a current UNE professor candidate for the Digital Media program walked into the classroom on Friday February 9th, with all eyes on him as professors from the Communications program patiently awaited.
Dipaolo had been given the opportunity to impress the staff and students at the school with a demonstration of a class that he has prepared. He began by introducing everyone to premiere pro. The candidate explains to everyone that the app allows you to edit and make your videos that you recorded from your phone for results that look near TV ready and how the app is used in social media by content creators for their videos on platforms such as Youtube, TikTok, and more!Though the clock was ticking, Dipaolo was able to teach the class how to make a cool hockey ad with music and flashy cut scenes.
After the class I was able to speak with Jesse Miller a Communication’s professor. Once I complete that I do believe that my writing won’t be 100% but close to where I want to be in my writing process at this stage.
Dipaolo Attempts to Wow The Crowd at UNE!
Wesley Chandler IV
Dominik Dipaolo, a current UNE professor candidate for the Digital Media program walked into the classroom on Friday February 9th, with all eyes on him as professors from the Communications program patiently awaited.
Dipaolo had been given the opportunity to impress the staff and students at the school with a demonstration of a class that he has prepared. He began by introducing everyone to premiere pro. The candidate explains to everyone that the app allows you to edit and make your videos that you recorded from your phone for results that look near TV ready and how the app is used in social media by content creators for their videos on platforms such as Youtube, TikTok, and more!Though the clock was ticking, Dipaolo was able to teach the class how to make a cool hockey ad with music and flashy cut scenes.
After the class I was able to speak with Evan Glynos, I communications major that plans to graduate in the class of 2026. I asked what he thought it was like witnessing and being apart of the hiring process. “I thought it was a cool process being able to sit in the class seeing and not just the teachers but everyone in the classroom evaluating the candidate. I also thought it was pretty interesting to learn about adobe premier.” When I asked Evan if he could see himself taking a class similar he responded saying is already taking a similar class Sports Field Production.
Only time will tell if this will be the last time we see Dominik Dipaolo, but if there’s one thing for certain is that he left a mark on the people in that classroom that Friday evening.
Adobe Premiere 101 from Professor Dominic Diapallo
Biddeford ME- At the University Of New England on 2/9/24 students and professors were given a lesson on how to use adobe premiere from a potential new communications professor. The lesson was to show what a regular class would look like if Professor Diapallo (he/him) were to be hired at the university.
Diapallo started the teaching demonstration by showing the class a short hockey edit, something that you would see on a jumbotron at a game. He then walked us through step by step of how you would go about making that short video in Adobe Premiere. The first thing he showed the class was how to organize files so they don’t get lost. He showed students and faculty how to navigate through premier and the essential tools that students need to know while video editing.
During the demo Diapallo said “As the editor you make the narrative” showing the class how much creative freedom you have as an editor to change the theme and the tone of the visuals. He showed how to make a cut, how to shorten a clip, how to add music, how to cut on beat, how to add graphics, how to edit in photoshop, and how to add keyframes. With each edit he made it changed the storyline and tone of the Hockey edit.
Diapallo pointed out “Everyone has their own editing style and that’s the beauty of working digitally there are always a lot of different ways to edit the same thing”. While editing the clips he frequently reminded the class that this is just one of the ways that you can edit but as you get to know the interface and get comfortable with the tools the opportunities for creativity are endless.
To complete the whole 25 second hockey edit it took about an hour and after Diapallo opened the class up to a Q and A.
Professor Micheal Cripps asked “In a real world classroom environment, what is homework and in terms of next week what is expected from students in your class”
To which he responded once we have demonstrated these pre production skills students would work on their own footage and do a rough cut and a final cut on projects like commercials and psa’s ext.
The professor Jessie Miller(he/him) didn’t so much ask a question but made a comment and said that “all of these different pieces have been stitched together and carefully crafted and it takes a while to do a 25 second edit. The amount of working and thinking carefully.” He then related this statement to his journalism class where he compared a journalist and an editor saying that “Ultimately the goal is to be seamless ultimately the goal is to not see you.” This statement is something that you must be comfortable with as a journalist and as an editor. Dipallo responded and said “You hit the nail on the head a good editor, a good cinematographer, a good camera person is one that you don’t think about while you are actively consuming media that can be hard for a lot of people because their is a lot of time that goes into this like any other artform people tend to point out the mistakes over the successes.”
ARE YOU THE ONE? UNE hosts Teaching demo for potential candidate.
BIDDEFORD ME,
On Friday February 9th in Marcil Hall room 217Ab, 19 students in Introduction to Journalism sat in on a teaching demo about Adobe Premiere run by potential candidate Dominic DiPaolo.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities waited for Professor Jessie Miller to give a quick rundown on Professor Dipaolo and what exactly would be happening in the class period. Miller then turned the floor to Dipaolo allowing his lesson on Adobe Premiere to fully kick start. Dipaolo started the lecture by reminding everyone that the lesson he was teaching was a condensed version due to time constraints of something he would teach throughout multiple weeks if he was indeed hired by the University. Dipaolo started off with the basics, showing his audience the little ins and outs of the software beginning with the media folder and the media workspace.
Throughout his lecture, Dipaolo did a great job at asking the members of the audience if they were confused or if they needed him to repeat something, making sure that his pace was okay for the students and faculty members. After this point, the rest of Dipaolo’s lecture consisted of a variety of different topics and items in the Adobe Premiere software. These ideas ranged from how the timeline process and how to work our way around the audio, to the importance of keyboard shortcuts, and explained how we would use them, to discussing the industry standards of time on a commercial. In the midst of this Dipaolo fielded a question about how this lesson would be taught in a non-condensed way. This in turn started the Q/A section of the lecture where Dipaolo was asked questions by both students and faculty members. He went on to answer questions about his process and how he’s become proficient and what a homework assignment may look like for students.
Casey Jordan (he/him) is an undeclared freshman at UNE who sat in on the lecture and he said, “I’ve received the lesson twice before and the professors who gave other lessons went into a lot of detail, this professor shows what needs to be done and I prefer the simplicity of the lecture quality>quantity “.
Nathan Delgado
February 13th, 2024
Dipaolo’s Digital Demo
Biddeford, ME- On February 9th, 2024, potential University of New England hiree, Dom Dipaolo gave a teaching demo in front of UNE board members and Professor Jesse Miller’s journalism class.
Dipaolo gave a lesson on Adobe Premier, which is a video editing software. He based the lesson around a hockey advertisement video, he went through showing and explaining the basics of post production editing on this hockey video. He mentioned that during a regular class he would start off with pre-production, and that students would story board, write a script, and gather film. This lesson was more about editing the video after you had all that.
He taught the students how to import clips into Adobe Premier and then how to export your video out. He emphasized the importance of organization, and creating folder and naming all your video clips can be helpful. Dipoalo also showed how to synch clips to an audio, and he said that cutting to the beat is super important. He used a tool that allowed you to mark the beat of the audio which helps you synch clips easier.
Dipaolo gave the class a website called Pexels.com which has non-copy write picture and videos that students can use to edit in Adobe Premier. He also showed that Adobe has templates that you can use, and he was able to customize a logo for the hockey video.
Dipaolo did a great job keeping the audience engaged and thoroughly explaining the software. He was able to think quickly on his feet, make quip jokes, and is he made a mistake he fixed it on the fly. The students and board members seemed interested in the lesson, and asked him multiple questions, which Dipoalo answered and showed easily. University of New England Freshman Casey Jordan said, “I have already seen a similar demonstration, and this one was really in depth and informative.” If UNE decides to hire Dipoalo, he could be a real great asset to the digital department.
UNE hosts a Teaching demo for potential candidate.
BIDDEFORD ME,
On Friday February 9th in Marcil Hall room 217Ab, 19 students in Introduction to Journalism sat in on a teaching demo about Adobe Premiere run by potential candidate Dominic DiPaolo.
Students and faculty members of the School of Arts and Humanities waited for Professor Jessie Miller to give a quick rundown on Professor Dipaolo and what exactly would be happening in the class period. Miller then turned the floor to Dipaolo allowing his lesson on Adobe Premiere to fully kick start. Dipaolo started the lecture by reminding everyone that the lesson he was teaching was a condensed version due to time constraints of something he would teach throughout multiple weeks if he was indeed hired by the University. Dipaolo started off with the basics, showing his audience the little ins and outs of the software beginning with the media folder and the media workspace.
Throughout his lecture, Dipaolo did a great job at asking the members of the audience if they were confused or if they needed him to repeat something, making sure that his pace was okay for the students and faculty members. After this point, the rest of Dipaolo’s lecture consisted of a variety of different topics and items in the Adobe Premiere software. These ideas ranged from how the timeline process and how to work our way around the audio, to the importance of keyboard shortcuts, and explained how we would use them, to discussing the industry standards of time on a commercial. In the midst of this Dipaolo fielded a question about how this lesson would be taught in a non-condensed way. This in turn started the Q/A section of the lecture where Dipaolo was asked questions by both students and faculty members. He went on to answer questions about his process and how he’s become proficient and what a homework assignment may look like for students.
Casey Jordan (he/him) is an undeclared freshman at UNE who sat in on the lecture and he said, “I’ve received the lesson twice before and the professors who gave other lessons went into a lot of detail, this professor shows what needs to be done and I prefer the simplicity of the lecture quality>quantity “.