Bates College: Three events, three videos

Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, had a string of important events this spring, on campus and around the country, and chose videos to be a focal point of the events: the videos provided a break from socializing and speakers at the podium, and a time for the audience sit back and watch and listen to different voices from the Bates community that they may not otherwise have had access or exposure to.  The videos now live on online, and are being used by the college in online publications and newsletters, and on the website.

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The first video of the series was for the college’s Mount David Society events, held across the country from Maine to Chicago, New York to Washington D.C. The Mount David Society is an organization for Bates College’s top donors, whose contributions go directly toward funding the college’s financial aid programs. I produced the video using footage from last year’s Mount David Society Luncheon and Scholarship Luncheon, as well as photography from Bates’ extensive Flickr archive. Edited not from my usual perch in Portland, Maine, but between Pucón, Melinka, and Isla Jechica, Chile during Fieldwork Pictures’ travels documenting the salmon farming industry in the Aysen region of Patagonia.

The second of the series is a video commemorating the career of Bates College president, Elaine Tuttle Hansen, who is leaving Bates after nine years at the helm of the college. The video was played at a series of events on campus and in New York honoring the President, and incorporates footage shot by Phyllis Graber Jensen, Bates College Communications’ Director of Photography and Video, and photos from the college’s extensive archives.

The final video commemorates the life and recent passing of the well known Bates College alumnus, Peter J. Gomes, minister at Harvard University’s Memorial Church, and known affectionately as, “Harvard’s pastor.” Here’s the video on the Bates College website.