Jammed between all the program elements is a guy who's going to get up on stage and talk. He'll come after the Korean barbecue fills our stomachs. He'll come after the rocking live band takes the stage in the midst of green and blue lights flashing through the auditorium, delivering on live music that's sure to bring the house down. He'll come after the welcome announcements by our esteemed club president, and after the skit which is not only a deft display of thespian talent, but is also a comic parody of all our college experiences, whether you're a "I've been here at Cal six days" student or "I'm a working professional" alumni.
He'll walk up after the Bourne-esque lightsaber video, and he'll stand there at the front of the stage, and look at every one of us. And then he'll talk. He'll talk about life--about your life and mine. He'll talk about his life, and in the telling of it maybe give us a window into our own.
The plush seats will probably beckon some of us to dreamy Neverland (especially after that barbecue), but if you manage to stay awake and listen, I'll bet you'll be glad you did.
Aug 23, 2007
Aug 16, 2007
3 17" Macbook Pros, 2 more 15"s (one Macbook Pro, and the other an older Powerbook), and even a 12" Powerbook: it's not a Mac commercial. It's a group of guys working on a video which will be the last item of the NSWN program. Not going to tell you what it is, but you'll see. Here's the cast of characters doing late nights:
- Richard's getting an MFA in graphic design. He's number one illustrator
- Conrad got an MFA in visual effects and he's doing the animation and keyframing. Abe's co-piloting.
- Paul and Jammy are doing music, sound FX, and making some of their own
- and Nelson... well, we need someone for comic relief and food, right?
For you computer i-post-on-youtube gurus out there: Motion, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, Soundtrack Pro, and a healthy does of Coke Zero.
Just to fill you in, every year as part of our Welcome Night program we have a video we put up on the Wheeler Auditorium big screen. It's Jason Bourne and Darth Vader rolled into one. This year, in addition, we're having a video-mercial at the end of the program. And that's the project we're working on. It's not quite Pixar and you won't see any hopping desk lamps. But you'll see a jumping house and maybe a dropping anvil. And that's all I'm going to say.
Jul 25, 2007
Big props to Andrew for finishing the video trailer for NSWN! We posted it to youtube, and put it on this website over there at the top of the column on the right. The video makes us look almost cool. Now Andrew just has to finish editing the NSWN video itself...
The other stuff rumbling in the NSWN machinery:
- Brainstorming for Welcome Week activities
- Sieun and Myra working on the postcard design (I'll put up some pictures soon)
- Angela applying for our NSWN bbq permits (Thanks, Angela!)
- Kenton reserving Lipman Room for Koinonia Welcome Night ( Aug. 30)
- Bunch of people working on the a2f Welcome Night video... I think they're storyboarding now
- Got ourselves a table at the Summer Bridge Club Fest on Aug. 6
- And, of course, the Deathly Hallows...
Jul 11, 2007
July 11 might be the official launch date of this blog, but it's ain't the beginning of New Student Welcome Night 2007 planning. That started some weeks ago. The old councils met together and did the handoff, and the ball started rolling. This website's just playing at catch up.
One of the first things on the table as we were planning were ideas for different videos: a new NSWN video and a NSWN ad. For those of you who worked on the last NSWN video, you're probably thinking, "That's a lot of work! Do we have enough time?" And others are wondering, "What's a NSWN ad?" Both questions are good. And answers are going to be vague, because part of the fun is that the whole night is looking to surprise: not only new Berkeley students and friends attending our event, but also our own Koinonia and acts2fellowship members! Awesome.
Stay tuned. We're just getting started.