Check out our TV interview with NZone TV in New Zealand
This video allows us to share more about our heart for Asia and how media can be a powerful tool for bringing the message to these unreached people.
Media Light 2.0 Opens again in September. Only 14 slots left already!
MediaLight 2.0 opens it’s doors again on September 28-December 12, 2010 at our base in Chiang Rai, Thailand. This is an intensive 10 week program for those who are serious about being a messenger of light to this dark world. Students will be trained in personal life management, spirituality for ministry, the core teachings of Jesus and develop skills in leadership. Half of our time and energy will be spent learning how to communicate God’s message through a variety of modern media with a special emphasis on video production. Room, board and tuition for this year’s second Media Light session will be only $2,500. Students from developing nations can avail of a $1250 tuition discount. (All Asian nations except Singapore, Japan and Korea qualify for the developing nations scholarship.)
English is our language of instruction. All students must demonstrate proficiency in English to enroll. We keep 12-15 hour days, 6 days a week, but after just ten weeks you will be amazed at your personal growth and your competence in handling media production at a level of excellence.
There are less than 20 slots in this special, hands-on program and only 14 are left so if you are interested you need to sign up soon. See our curriculum by clicking here. Contact Registrar at info@emergenetwork.org. Download the registration form by clicking here.
This term, we have another outstanding slate of professional media producers as our teachers. Our teachers come from major media production houses and international ad agencies. These ten weeks could change your life!
Last term we had students from five nations. Many of our students had never shot or edited video before MediaLight1.0. One student is already working in professional television production. Click here to see some samples of their work after just a few weeks of instruction.
For more information click here…
MediaLight Graduation
Student progress was impressive, especially when you note that many of them had never used a movie camera or an editing program before. Just three weeks into their training we asked them to produce four documentaries.
Click here to see the video that won the best documentary
The group produced a 15 minute fund-raising video for a local Christian school that was needing $500,000 in funding for new facilities. That project took over 100 total hours. Students then turned to making commercials and short videos for the internet.
In addition to video training (from Shane, Di and Paul) everyone received training in
* blogging (Joyce)
* graphics creation using Photoshop (Rory)
* radio station operation (Ron)
Our teachers were hugely qualified and experienced in their fields and we will always be grateful that so many came at their own expense to train our students so they can serve as Christian voices in Asia.
Special Thanks to Diane and Shane Vermooten, Paul Richardson, Rory Morales & Ron and Joyce Titular for the outstanding contribution as teachers.
We also want to thank the 10 person Emerge ministries team here in Chiang Rai for their sacrifice and dedication and to all the churches who supported us for the project’s first running.
Special thanks in this regard has to go to Bay Community, Tuscaloosa COG, Grace Fellowship and Mount Paran COG
for believing in the vision of the school and for supporting it so sacrificially in those early days.
What’s next? Now that school is out locally, we will use April and May for Thai discipleship camps that use either media training or learning English as the drawing card for the local camps.
Our next MediaLight will open in September and will run for 10 weeks. We will accept 20 students max. Five may come from the USA. If you know of anyone interested please contact me directly by email through clicking here.
Week Seven Video Report
ML Videocast- Camera Rolling from medialight on Vimeo.
Riding without training wheels
The first time I pushed Andrew down the hill on a bike I sort of expected him to crash and get cut. He wobbled a bit but made it without too much damage. Not long afterward I could sit in the shade and watch him charging down the hill enjoying the rush and the speed.
That’s pretty much where we are with our MediaLight students now. In the first week my main message was: “Do NOT drop these cameras!” But now we don’t worry about those things. These kids know what they are doing and can be trusted. Their skill is growing with every project. Click here for Sherry’s photos of the last two weeks.
Episode Two: Media Light Video Update
Here’s our latest report. Watch students solving a problem on a shoot on a college campus. 2 minutes.
