Passion for a Saint - Saint Elizabeth
Ann Seton
Passion for a Saint - Saint Elizabeth
Ann Seton
I worked with Sister Irene Fugazy for 10 years on a Kiosk/Traveling Museum project. Her lifelong love has been for the Saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the foundress of the Sisters of Charity, and Sister Irene's passion has been to get Seton's story out to the world.
Sister Irene has now moved out of her office and "retired" at the age of 89. So the footage I have of the interview of her in her office can never be repeated as her office is no more.
I filmed this interview in October 2006. I started working on it afterwards but didn't complete it. I think that this Fall 2009, I will prep the video, and add a few cutaways.
Seeker to Saint
The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton CD-ROM/Kiosk
was developed for the Sisters of Charity
of New York and tells the full-life story about their foundress, the first native-born American Canonoized Saint,
Elizabeth Ann Seton.
The CD-ROM-based kiosk features content from multiple sources - including videos, photos, art, prints and historic artifacts. The Seton kiosk is featured in The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Traveling Museum (http://www.scny.org/setonmuseum/visit.html), which also houses visuals, artifacts & DVD displays.
The narration on the CD-ROM was done by Rolland Smith and Mary Alice Williams. The CD-ROM has also been sold for home usage.
My Original Role - CD-ROM Authoring: In 1998 I designed & developed the Seton CD-ROM using Macromedia Director 6,
incorporating Media Lab's Director X-tra AlphaMania for alpha-channel compositing which was used for a variety of graphics
including 3-state push-buttons.
Other software used on the project was Adobe AfterEffects/Photoshop/Premiere and QuickTime for Windows.
Input on the Aesthetics & Soundtrack -
Gave a great deal of input on the graphical user interface - screened videos; and chose video segments
and graphics for the project.
Supplied the music soundtrack and selected the sound effects.
Backend programming - Programmed all the Lingo (Director's Scripting Language).
Expanded video in Lingo
through lower-level Windows MCI (Media Control Interface) layer calls.
1999-present:
Cleaned up bugs left by another developer. Have been responsible for all software enhancements including an 'Intro Button'
for the Opening Screen. Created an automatic Kiosk Attraction Loop to cycle the kiosk's intro which calls
attention to the kisok.
Managed all aesthetic video editing/DVD changes. On an ongoing basis,
I supervise, test and give aesthetic
input to the video editor to make aesthetic and time-sensitive edits to the film segments in the museum DVD's and
CD-ROM/Kiosk.
Managed Kiosk Upgrade. We will be upgrading the kiosk to have a larger screen
and newer technology. In order to do that, most of the graphics need to be rescanned
and the project will be re-done. I will be managing this new phase. There will be a new
kiosk for the museum and stand-alone kiosks at various sites.
Click here to visit the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Traveling Museum
The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Traveling Museum
Questions? Comments? e-mail me!
Last modified June 2012.