“Advertisement for this organization [was] key.”
Over the summer, Gabriel Grant, an instructor in the school of technology and coordinator for Digital Printing Laboratory, had some assistance while filming the campaigns used for the Illinois Premier Boys’ state. With the helping hand of CATS Multimedia, the young men were able to learn
post-production editing and how to utilize video equipment.
While the young men were training and practicing patriotism, engagement in civic process, and learning leadership skills, Mr. Grant took it upon himself to aid the young men in making their campaigns and ideas come alive. Typically, it remained
traditional to publish newspapers, but with financial hurdles, a new, creative idea was brought to life. Grant says, “I don’t think their reactions can captured on ink and paper; their reactions need to be captured visually.”
Providing shotgun microphones and lighting equipment, Grant was in a position to bring life to this idea. Tasked with limited time, Mr. Grant was unable to thoroughly teach post-production editing to the young men; he turned to CATS Multimedia team for assistance in training, along with administering the green screen backdrop used.
Provided with a graduate assistant, Mr. Scott Wilkinson, Mr. Grant aided the young men in learning Adobe Premiere Pro in a condensed time period (three to four days). With the assistance of Mr. Wilkinson, the young men were able to learn how to use a non-linear editing software, which left them with more refined editing skills and knowledge of SLR cameras.
Adding the final touches on the project, Grant explains he was happy to provide the young men with “higher quality” equipment and felt that this experience would help them in the near future. Each of the videos completed were broadcasted via YouTube and were published on a nightly basis.
Grant added that the videos were a great advertisement tool for Illinois Boys Premier, and the parents were ecstatic about seeing all that went on in the organization.
In the summer of 2016, Grant plans to work with Illinois Girls’ State Premier to provide similar results. He also plans to utilize the services of CATS once again.
More information on the Illinois Boys’ State Premier can be found on their website (http://illinoisboysstate.org)
For more information regarding this story please contact: gjgrant@eiu.edu
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