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| PUC Student Receives $1,000 prize
at SONscreen Film Festival
by Michelle Konn Rai
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 There’s
a new look to the filming industry, and it is refreshingly centered
on Christ. College students from all over the U.S. brought their
best to the first annual SONscreen Film Festival held in Ontario,
California. The festival gave young Adventist video producers the
opportunity to showcase their original videos, network with industry
professionals, and even win prize money.
Christopher “Kit” Kohler, senior digital video technology
major at Pacific Union College, received the second runner up prize
of $1,000 for “Best in Show” (out of nearly 30 entries).
In addition to Kohler’s prize money, the SONscreen Film Festival
donated $1,000 to PUC’s technology department.
Kohler’s winning video, “The Mike Copithorne Story”,
depicted the life of a PUC alumnus who was paralyzed after a skiing
accident. Copithorne, formerly a professional wake boarder, has
managed to still remain active in water sports, fly fishing, and
his love for Christ. The film centered on life, love, and hope—elements
that encapsulate our walk with the Lord. “His life is a miracle,”
said Kohler. “I thought it was a story that really needed
to be told in the video medium.”
Jon Wood, professor of technology at PUC, agrees that video cameras
are becoming an important tool in spreading the Good News.
“I’ve seen God really moving forward in this medium
and using it as a witness to plant seeds all over the world,”
said Wood. For the past three years, he has taken his students abroad
to Fiji, Thailand, India and Cambodia as part of PUC’s “video
student missions” program. “Our mission is to ‘facilitate
the communication of the gospel to the whole world,” he said.
NOTES:
*Kit Kohler is from Sacramento, CA, and is a 1999 graduate of Sacramento
Adventist Academy.
*Joy Mariano, senior digital video technology major from Vallejo,
Calif., received an honorable mention for the “Best of Show”.
She wrote and produced a 30-second PSA.
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