Be sure to watch in 720 HD, looks much better! Also, let me know what you think. Thanks for watching! Every 15 Minutes is a program designed to educate high school students on the effects and consequences of drinking and driving. This one takes place at Clovis West High School in Fresno, CA. Original date of viewing was May 20th, 2010. EFM in California is usually by way of a Grant from the California Highway Patrol Office of Traffic Safety. EFM is typically a two day event for the students and is usually conducted every other year. Day one is when the staged car crash takes place. All of the Juniors and Seniors are released at the sound of a distressed 911 call and gather to watch the events unfold live as they actually happen. Police cars and motorcycles, fire trucks, ambulances, helicopters, news vans and even the County Coroner is usually on hand. This is a large, community involved event. Meanwhile, throughout the day (Every 15 Minutes to be precise), a student is pulled from their class by a grim reaper and a Police Chaplin will read an obituary to the class informing them of their classmate's death. All of the students who are pulled from class become the "living dead" and are on hand at the car crash site, either standing off to the side quietly with white painted faces or sometimes roaming around as the crash unfolds. Day one usually ends with a retreat of sorts, where students are cut off from the world, mobile phones and all, and they usually spend the night at a church or gymnasium, where they listen to speakers and reflect on what has happened. This is to add to the realism as to the student "really being gone". Day two is an assembly. Students are lead in to the gymnasium or theater where they are met by what looks to be a mock court room, and usually caskets are representing a funeral service of sorts. The drunk driver is brought in and stands trial, and the judge will introduce the "evidence" and that is when the video is played. The living dead are brought in as well as the students involved directly in the crash scene directly proceeding the video and the assembly concludes usually with a couple of public speakers from the community sharing their personal experience on drinking and driving and how it has affected their life. The assembly concludes the year's Every 15 Minutes production. Many videos only feature a crash scene or what happens after the crash - I take it much further and try to make it into a "mini movie" if you will. I do my best to get everything on the first take if possible, so that it comes off more natural (although we do some retakes out of necessity ). All of my films are shot in High Definition, typically 720p and sometimes 1080p, depending on the application. I have produced over 100 Every 15 Minutes Videos over the past 12 years all over the West Coast. I am able to travel anywhere in the U.S. EFM videos can be completed in roughly 2 to 5 days, depending on how complex things are. I pre-shoot all of the scenes except for the crash scene, so a final video is ready on the evening of the retreat for students involved to watch. If you are interested in discussing your upcoming EFM project with me, send me a message. I also do EFM consulting and can help your school put together a high quality production along with handling video services. There is a decent size grant that you can obtain fairly easily to conduct this program, which will take care of my services along with the rest of your program, so there is little to no money expended out of your school's budget. Thanks for watching! Kit Hannah Technical: Shot using a Canon T1i DSLR Camera on a Glidecam 4000 Pro Handheld Stabilizer rig. 720 30p HD. External audio using AKG mics through a Zoom H4n Recorder. All shot with one camera with the exception of the crash scene, which we used a "B" camera, Panasonic HPX-500 P2 on the shoulder. Edited With Sony Vegas Pro 9.

• published: 11 Jun 2010
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