My First Video Editing Project – Nathan Monk at the Indianapolis Artsgarden Holiday Art Sale

December 14, 2009 · 12 comments

Indianapolis Artsgarden (photo credit Indiana Univ)

Indianapolis Artsgarden (photo credit Indiana Univ)

On Friday I spent the day in Indianapolis with my good friend Nathan Monk (@nathanmonkart). We go way back (I’m talking grade school). Nathan is a husband, father, musician, and artist – and he was invited to display his work at the annual Indianapolis Artsgarden Holiday Art Sale sponsored by Be Indypendent and the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

Nathan focuses on recycling and repurposing found objects for sculpture and 3D collage. Really awesome and original stuff.  He doesn’t do it  for the money (what artist does?) but his work is definitely worth owning.  Everything on his website is for sale if you are interested. (very reasonable prices, just email him at nathanmonkart@gmail.com)

The event was held in the beautiful Artsgarden – which is a glass dome-shaped building suspended over the intersection of Washington and Illinois streets at the heart of the Circle City. The event lasted all day and showcased artwork from 20 of Indy’s top local artists.

It was quite an honor for Nathan to be accepted in the show. He was probably the youngest artist on display and his table was easily one of the most popular. I got to tag along for the ride – helping when possible and documenting the occasion.  Then on Saturday I had a blast digging through the footage and creating a short video montage of the day. It’s nothing too advanced (I used CyberLink PowerDirector ha), but I had a blast with it!

The video includes:

  1. Our 8am set up
  2. A micro-interview with Nathan
  3. A taste of what the day was all about
  4. The evening crowd
  5. Packing up and heading home
  6. Credits
  7. Bonus “uncut” clip

…all packed into a delicious five and a half minutes. :-)  Like I said, I had way too much fun creating this video. Maybe I should think about how I can do more video work in the future? Hmm…

Enjoy!

(If you enjoyed this post, Nathan’s artwork, and/or the video, you should post this on facebook or twitter. Thank you)

  • http://www.lynnemedsker.com Lynne

    Great work Drew! Loved the flow of the video & your music choice and enjoyed hearing Nathan’s perspective on the show and local art as well. I’d never guess it was your first video!

  • http://www.lynnemedsker.com Lynne

    Great work Drew! Loved the flow of the video & your music choice and enjoyed hearing Nathan’s perspective on the show and local art as well. I’d never guess it was your first video!

  • http://drewskwarcan.com Drew

    Thanks, Lynne! Amazing story about the music selection – while I was filming Nathan said, “You know what song would go good with all this? ‘Knights’ by Minus the Bear”. And he was right. :-)

  • http://drewskwarcan.com Drew

    Thanks, Lynne! Amazing story about the music selection – while I was filming Nathan said, “You know what song would go good with all this? ‘Knights’ by Minus the Bear”. And he was right. :-)

  • http://idkmoney.com John

    Great video! Good choice of music! This is the kind of stuff we need more of: a spotlight on local talent. And this video does a very professional job of doing that. Nice work you two!

  • http://idkmoney.com John

    Great video! Good choice of music! This is the kind of stuff we need more of: a spotlight on local talent. And this video does a very professional job of doing that. Nice work you two!

  • Mitch

    I just got done piecing together my group’s senior design presentation, we recorded ours and pieced it together with the powerpoint slides, editing out mistakes and whatnot. I wouldn’t call that one fun, but that’s mostly because it was really straight-forward, and the content was not very interesting, I couldn’t use music, or neat transitions or anything like that. And I have the free version of the software that came with my camera (JVC *.mod file format is basically incompatible with all other video editing software). Anyways, overall it was satisfying in that it turned our pretty nicely, and the process was somewhat fulfilling other than all the technical difficulties I had bringing it together. Just curious, what camera and software do you have?

  • Mitch

    I just got done piecing together my group’s senior design presentation, we recorded ours and pieced it together with the powerpoint slides, editing out mistakes and whatnot. I wouldn’t call that one fun, but that’s mostly because it was really straight-forward, and the content was not very interesting, I couldn’t use music, or neat transitions or anything like that. And I have the free version of the software that came with my camera (JVC *.mod file format is basically incompatible with all other video editing software). Anyways, overall it was satisfying in that it turned our pretty nicely, and the process was somewhat fulfilling other than all the technical difficulties I had bringing it together. Just curious, what camera and software do you have?

  • http://drewskwarcan.com Drew

    @John – Thanks for the compliment – I had a blast creating the video :-) I’d like to do more interviews with people who have a story to tell… maybe I’ll start a site called TheLegacy.com or something. A place to honor people who are doing cool things hmm

    @Mitch – The camera is a JVC Everio (non-HD with two memory slots and no internal memory). It’s nothing exciting but it does the trick. The software I used was Cyberlink PowerDirector. Again, not the best but it has the basic features. By the way, Mitch, you’re my 100th comment on the blog!! Woohoo! :-)

  • http://drewskwarcan.com Drew

    @John – Thanks for the compliment – I had a blast creating the video :-) I’d like to do more interviews with people who have a story to tell… maybe I’ll start a site called TheLegacy.com or something. A place to honor people who are doing cool things hmm

    @Mitch – The camera is a JVC Everio (non-HD with two memory slots and no internal memory). It’s nothing exciting but it does the trick. The software I used was Cyberlink PowerDirector. Again, not the best but it has the basic features. By the way, Mitch, you’re my 100th comment on the blog!! Woohoo! :-)

  • http://www.peopleup.org Maryanne O’Malley

    Nathan and Drew- thanks for sharing the day through your video! The video is very professional and it’s obvious that you have talent as well as passion. Nathan, hope you and your family enjoyed a great holiday. Look forward to seeing you in the new year and hope it’s off to a great start. If you’re interested, we have a box of scrap material you are welcome to. We love our “Nathan Monk” originals – the pieces add so much to the studio. Thanks for sharing your creativity, perspective and passion!

  • http://www.peopleup.org Maryanne O’Malley

    Nathan and Drew- thanks for sharing the day through your video! The video is very professional and it’s obvious that you have talent as well as passion. Nathan, hope you and your family enjoyed a great holiday. Look forward to seeing you in the new year and hope it’s off to a great start. If you’re interested, we have a box of scrap material you are welcome to. We love our “Nathan Monk” originals – the pieces add so much to the studio. Thanks for sharing your creativity, perspective and passion!

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