‘Olelo Opens Cable Studio At Leilehua
By Kerry Miller
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Leilehua High School students and their neighbors now have new technology at their fingertips, thanks to ‘Olelo Community Television opening a Community Media Center at the Wahiawa school last month.
One of seven such media centers on Oahu, it provides video production resources and training for cablecasting by area schools, residents, military families and community groups. It offers a studio, video cameras, lighting and post-production equipment, use of the Final-Cut Pro program, audio equipment and computers with advanced editing software.
“As far as the location, it’s pretty ideal,” said the center’s manager, Angela Breene. “Wahiawa is a growing community, and close to Mililani. Folks from Haleiwa and Waialua tend to drive up to Wahiawa. We can kind of serve the greater area from that location.
“Also Wahiawa is a community that has a significant amount of low-income (residents), recent immigrants, people that aren’t getting the resources and services that wealth-ier communities are.”
It doesn’t hurt that the Mules already have “a really great media program” she added.
For the past several years,Wahiawa students have produced winning entries in ‘Olelo’s Youth Xchange video competitions. Last year, they were finalists in the music video and healthy-living categories.
Principal Aloha Coleman is especially excited for the students to work side by side with ‘Olelo media professionals and collaborate between the school’s existing media program and the new one.
“The greatest benefit we’re looking forward to is having the voice of Wahiawa heard across the state,” said Coleman.
“This is a quiet community, but there are a lot of wonderful things that happen here. It gives students as well as the community the chance to publicize the great things that are happening.”
Producers can make their own videos for airing on ‘Olelo, explained ‘Olelo publicist Carole Tang. For the students, she said, the center opens up a whole new world of learning and self-expression.
“Media literacy’s really important. It’s also the empowerment it provides - it gives them the voice to express issues and concerns they have. That’s part of the mission of ‘Olelo - to promote individual voice through electronic media technology that’s available.”
The center is open to the public after school and in the evening for production of non-commercial material created for cablecasting on ‘Olelo.
“We’re hoping to have a lot of original programming coming out of Wahiawa,” said Breene.
‘Olelo’s other CMC locations are in Kahuku/North Shore, Waianae, Waipahu, Kaneohe/Windward, Palolo/Kaimuki and Mapunapuna. For more information, call Breene at 621-9727 or visit http://www.olelo.org.
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