Film and video department awarded grant
- A $60,000 grant was awarded.
- A documentary about arts education will be filmed.
By Kerry Lowery,
News Writing Student
This semester the OCCC Film and Video Production department was awarded a $60,000 grant from the Kirkpatrick Foundation.
Under the tutelage of film and video production Professor Greg Mellott, students have been producing a documentary for the foundation.
The work will be about the importance of arts education in schools, and what the arts mean to the children and teachers of the community.
“The entire documentary will be shot and edited by OCCC students,” Mellott said.
The completed work will be presented to Susan McAlmont, executive director of the Kirkpatrick Foundation, and OETA to be screened at the Arts Spectacular concert at 7 p.m. June 10 at Stage Center, located at 400 W. Sheridan.
As an incentive for the hours of hard work put in, all students who have helped the project come to fruition will receive a $500 scholarship in the fall.
The money will be spent on improvements to the Film and Video department.
“We’ll be getting at least three more high definition cameras,” Mellott said.
Other equipment upgrades will include new sound hardware, several different types of microphones, flash drives and camera accessories.
