Ghosts of Grand Rapids – The GRAM

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Description:

This video was produced for my Professional Studio 1 class, in which we created a working prototype for a walking tour app for your mobile device that guided you around various locations in downtown Grand Rapids that are reported to be haunted by ghosts! Each student was given a location to research and produce a video that would pop up and educate each visitor at a given location as well as create a poster that served as the special image for the location.

Asides from the video, we were tasked to create a logo for the guided tour itself, my design was chosen as the winning design and my suggestion of “Walking Ghost Stories” as the name of the tour. This project was a huge undertaking and I was delighted to be assigned the Grand Rapids Art Museum as my haunted location. Have fun watching!

Credits:

Audio/Video Editing, Writing, and Illustrative Work by myself

Ladies of the Night and Startled Girl by yours truly!

Narration by Noah Krakowski

Security Guard by Evan Polosky

1874 Sanborn Fire Insurance map for Grand Rapids, Michigan (Coll. 481) by Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department. Image provided by the Grand Rapids Public Library Archives

Old Paper Blank Page Texture by by Chris Fiedler

“04622 tavern ambience – looping.wav” by Robinhood76

“071416 Victor Victrola open and close top lid.wav” by Thaighaudio

“Card placed on table.wav” by Filmfan87

“Carti X TrippieRed Type Melody – Tak3Off Loop” by Tak3Off

“Creepy Guitar X Old Ways By KWils” by Prodbykwils

“Dark Score” by BeatsbyElias

“Footsteps.wav” by Cmusounddesign

“G16-05-Casino Ambience.wav” by Craigsmith

“Glass clinking.aif” by MAJ061785

“Gramophone record player end 08.mp3” by TRP

“Horror ghost 02.wav” by Klankbeeld