RISE RETREAT 2008 :: RECAP

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Our Elevate Film team documents the entire weekend on motion and still camera. After the last session of the retreat, which this year it was Saturday at 11:45pm, we choose a couple of student testimonies that best represent what happened during the retreat and ask these students to speak on film. From there we go to our portable studio and start editing. This year we started editing at 1:30am. We edit through the night because we show the Recap video later that morning at our 3 Sunday services.

WHY DO WE DO THIS?
We have been doing this process for 4 years and it is very impactful for the parents of the students and the students that go on the retreat. We invite parents to attend a service to watch the video and pick up their students. This gives the parents an better understanding of what their student just went through the last 2 days and it gives the students a really cool video to show their friends. Most students when asked how there weekend was would answer “It was fun!” When parents see the video they know it was much more than just fun! It was an experience.