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| James "Terry" Blue |
In cooperation with Honor Flight Chicago, the Maine West TV, Radio & Film (Broadcasting) program welcomed three veterans, Gary Nelson (Coast Guard), James "Terry" Blue (Marines), and Thomas Strossner (Air Force) to campus to be part of a documentary film being produced by Maine West film students.
Honor Flight Chicago's mission is to Honor, Thank, and Inspire by building awareness and appreciation of the debt of gratitude America owes its veterans for their service and sacrifice for our nation. The centerpiece of their programming is the Day of Honor in Washington, D.C., visiting the memorials built in tribute to the service of our veterans from WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. This trip is provided at no cost to the veteran and is intended as a heartfelt thank you for their service and sacrifice from a grateful nation.
Honor Flight Chicago encourages community and student participation in all of their programs, and uses lessons derived from the Day of Honor trip in its Operation Education program, inspiring students to learn about the service and sacrifice of our veterans. Maine West film students are some of the students benefitting from this outreach program.
In making this documentary film, students are learning how to write questions that elicit interesting responses to tell a story, how to interact with subjects and request that they rephrase questions in their answer, how to set up a multicamera interview shoot, how to position themselves with a camera to shoot documentary style film, how to set up three-point lighting, not to mention all of the learning that will take place in the editing process!
Thank you to Mr. Strossner, Mr. Blue and Mr. Nelson for taking the time to share your story with students at Maine West!
A special thanks to Ms. Orr for making this incredible opportunity happen for the Maine West Film students!
For more pictures related to the making of the documentary, click HERE.
Stay tuned to this blog to see the documentary in its finished form!
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| Thomas Strossner |
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| Gary Nelson |
